D & H CANVAS July 2013

Your FREE Monthly Arts, Entertainment & Buy Local Guide

Covering Orange, Pike & Sullivan Counties, Beacon, Marlboro, Ellenville

HAPPY

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Publisher’s Column

by Barry Plaxen It’s our ninth anniversary. I was told to write something relating to that occasion. So I decided to look through our first issue, which was July-August 2004, 24 pages.

In those early years we had collages on the cover - small photographs that depicted what was inside the issue, covering all the entertainment and arts genres. Today, with a small size newspaper (not our choice), collages don’t work as well. But I love them.

The issue, edited by D.C. Henriquez of Swan Lake, is somewhat amazing, in that it contains articles on names and faces that are well-known today, some who were known before we began publishing and others who came into the spotlight later.

The cover collage contained photos of folk duo Ken and Julie, Creative-TheatreMuddy-Water Players performing the farce Noises Off (see this issue about their farce Lend Me A Tenor), artwork by Shawn Dell Joyce and Roberta Rosenthal, artwork from Rock Hill’s Swarovsky Disney Gallery, Forestburgh Playhouse (with the headline “Goodbye Dolly, Hello Miss Saigon”), Dr. Woomyung Choe and the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, photos of Thrall Library, a Paul Taylor dance concert at Sullivan County Community College, and opera divas Claudia Cummings and Mongaup Valley’s gift to the Met Opera and the world, Stephanie Blythe.

Some of those names are of people we here at CANVAS consider friends. Certainly friends in the sense of camaraderie within the arts and entertainment community, but most wonderfully some as real “friends”.

Debbie (D.C) had gathered a small group of writers who also fit into the above

“friends” categories, names often seen throughout the year in recent issues: Robert Milby (the area’s poetry reading go-to person and writer of our first Milford story (the Waterwheel Cafe), Terry Schommer (from Weekend of Chamber Music), Gary Schuster from the arts-friendly law offices of Jacobowitz & Gubitz and a cohort of mine on both the Orange County Arts Council Board of Directors and a Sullivan County Arts Networking Group, and Roanne Patterson who found her NYC High School of Performing Arts classmate Debbie (D.C.) Henriquez for us.

Others, some now friends too, mentioned in the first issue are Marge Bell and her ‘Handmade/Fairtrade” emporium Newburgh Artisans, present-day CANVAS columnist Susan Handler, artists Ann Higgins, Cynthia Harris-Pagano, Marie Liu, Robert Friedman, Kathy Jeffers, and Mary Mugele Sealfon, musicians Suzanne Clune, Sonando, Shallow Oldies, Little Sammy Davis, Chris Sullivan, the Swing Shift Orchestra, Robert Kopec and the Pine Bush Community Band, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Delaware Valley Opera, Catskill Art Society, Cultural Affairs at OCCC, NACL Theatre, Neversink Valley Museum, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, and Warwick Valley Winery.

Almost all of these names can be seen somewhere in this or very recent issues.

I think that’s pretty remarkable.

CANVAS WRITERS’ TIDBITS Visit www.TheCatskillChronicle.com for J.A. Di Bello’s and Barry Plaxen’s opera, music and theatre reviews, and many other Sullivan County articles and news in this informative online newspaper.

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CALENDARS ART & PHOTOGRAPHY CALENDAR ..............22 CATEGORY CALENDAR................................19 CHILDREN & TEEN’S CALENDAR ................18 LECTURE, DEMO, FORUMS ..........................18 JULY 2013 CALENDAR ........................20, 21 MUSEUM CALENDAR ..................................37 MUSIC CALENDAR ......................................18

COLUMNS COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS..23 HOLISTIC HAPPENINGS ..............................34 MEET ME IN THE GREEN ROOM C. CASTEL 12 MEET ME IN THE LIBRARY C. FALCONE ......32 MEE OUR ADVERTISERS: TICKLED PINK ......26 THE CANVAS BEAT W/ TINA PIAQUADIO ......9 WHISPERING PINES CORNER W/ D. FREY ....15

STORIES ARTERY GALLERY ....................................25 ANN STREET GALLERY ..............................28 BETHEL WOODS MUSEUM ..........................36 CANVAS 9TH ANNIVERSARY ......................3 CATSKILL ART SOCIETY ..............................11 CREATIVE THEATRE MUDDY WATER PLAYERS ..14 CRYSTAL CONNECTION PSYCHIC FAIR ..........12 DANCING CAT SALOON ..............................30 DELAWARE VALLEY OPERA ........................12 DOWNING PARK PLANNING COMMITTEE ......16 FORESTBURGH PLAYHOUSE ........................39 FREE OUTDOOR SUMMER CONCERTS ....6, 7, 8

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GALLERY AT CHANT REALTORS ..................28 GOSHEN GREAT AMERICAN WEEKEND ........15 GNSO SUMMER POPS ..............................38 GRAHAMSVILLE OLD TIME FAIR ..................40 HEALING ARTS STUDIO ..............................25 HUDSON HIGHLANDS NATURE MUSEUM ......24 KINDRED SPIRITS ARTS ..............................27 LAUGH TOUR, THE ....................................40 LIBERTY 4TH OF JULY ................................23 LIVINGSTON MANOR ARTWALK/CHALKWALK 11 MILFORD GARDEN TOUR ............................29 MONTSERRAT ART ....................................16 NACL THEATRE ........................................30 NARROWSBURG RIVERFEST ..........................3 NEVERSINK AREA MUSEUM ........................37 NEWBURGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXHIBIT ..38 OLD STONE HOUSE ..................................28 PACEM IN TERRIS ......................................27 PALAIA VINEYARDS ....................................27 PARKSVILLE USA MUSIC FESTIVAL ............31 PIKE COUNTY ARTS & CRAFTS ..................35 RIVER MARKET GALLERY ..........................29 ROLLING RIVER CAFÉ ................................31 SHADOWLAND THEATRE ............................14 SHANDELEE MUSIC FESTIVAL ......................24 STORM KING ART CENTER ........................36 SUGAR LOAF GUILD ..................................13 SUGAR LOAF PAC ....................................13 SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ....33 SULLIVAN COUNTY MUSEUM ......................37 THEATRE AT WEST SHORE STATION ............39 UPFRONT EXHIBITION SPACE ......................29 WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL ..........................10 WEEKEND OF CHAMBER MUSIC ..................17 WURTSBORO ART ALLIANCE ........................5 WURTSBORO FOUNDER’S DAY ......................4

Celebrate CANVAS’ 9th Anniversary at the Fly Fishing Museum’s Summerfest/Jubilee

Music, Art, Environment & Dogs, Oh My!

CANVAS is 9 in July! Thank YOU!

CANVAS is sponsoring a Plein Air Paintout and Art & Craft Sale at the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum’s (CFFCM) Summerfest / Jubilee Weekend to complement the Museum’s 30th annual Summerfest and Anglers Market.

CANVAS has invited artists and artisans from all over the region to participate.

Artists will create a fishing themed art piece.

The 1,000+ visitors throughout the weekend will vote on a “Best of Show” award, and the artwork created at the event will be on display in the Museum’s beautiful new Wulff Gallery from August 12 - October 18.

The Hardy Cup, a bamboo rod casting contest bringing in casters from our backyard to as far away as Japan, will provide a pig roast barbeque, at no charge for all present.

In the Wulff Gallery on Sunday at 3:00pm: celebrate ‘Doc’ Allan Fried who was very important to the Museum’s community, and organization. And the Annual Jubilee Day

Museum employee Agnes Van Put (with Joan Wulff) will be 97 in August. photo: Eli Ruiz, Sullivan County Democrat

celebrates events and special occasions that end in three (3) for anyone who has a birthday, anniversary, or other special day ending in a three. Cake will be served immediately following the announcing of the Hardy Cup winners. Present-day CFFCM employee, Agnes Van Put will also join in the festivities. She is always up for a party!

For a summer day out, bring the whole family. Those not interested in fly fishing can roam the field at their leisure and visit with CANVAS’ artists and crafters.

The Anglers Market runs August 3 & 4, Saturday from 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday from 9:00am-3:30pm at 1031 Old Route 17, Livingston Manor.

For more information, call 845-439-4810.

Music, art, and the environment are the primary themes of Narrowsburg’s Riverfest, presented by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and sponsored by Catskill Regional Medical Center, embodying the spirit of the Delaware River Valley and highlighting the artists who live and work in the valley.

Riverfest’s distinguishing characteristic is the access it affords to the artists whose products are being sold. Everything at Riverfest is artist-made and the person who is selling it to you is the artist him/herself: broom makers; potters; jewelers; textile, wood, and glass artists; writers, and painters.

Get a book signed or watch a chainsaw artist create a new sculpture, a potter throwing clay, or a fly tier making the perfect fly for the perfect catch.

Music opens the festivities just before 10:00am, followed by the ever-popular River Dogs on Parade. Pooches and pups strut their

stuff at the bandstand, all hoping to win the “best of” awards, while emcee Kevin McDonough offers running commentary and the Dog Parade judges deliberate.

Artists are highlighted most dramatically at the Riverfest poster auction that takes place at the bandstand at 12:30pm. The work of over five dozen artists, whose posters are created especially for the festival in every conceivable medium from watercolor to fabric to wood, are auctioned off by Jerry Malek. These beautiful interpretations are on display in the gallery windows of the Delaware Arts Center and National Park Service and can also be seen online at www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.

The 23rd Annual Riverfest is on July 28, from 10:00am-4:00pm at the edge of the Delaware River on Main Street.

Admission is free.

For more information call 845-252-7576.

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Wurtsboro’s Wonderful Festive Founder’s Day, July 6

On July 6, Wurtsboro will close Sullivan Street to welcome thousands of visitors to the annual Founder’s Day Street Fair, which is always a day of family fun.

From 11:00am until 5:00pm a variety of vendors will be up and down the street selling their arts and crafts, goodies and foods. Children can have their faces painted, laugh on rides, challenge the rock wall, or visit with Truth Muller for his free Bat Education series.

Bring a lawn chair to enjoy live music from 11:00am - 6:00pm. Midnight Slim kicks off with the blues, The Bootlegger’s Band brings soul, The Carl Richards Band is keepin’ country strong, The Ponytails take you back to the fifties and Third Degree East (classic rock) will jam out for the finale.

Need more music? O’Toole’s Harley Davidson is hosting the band HOTROD throughout their bike show and Danny’s is hosting Midnight Slim from 2:00pm until...whenever!

As if that’s not enough excitement, at 1:00pm

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there’s a One Woman Truck Pull, along with a Lumber Jack Carving Demo, carving benches, one of which will be auctioned off.

Rifka, the psychic medium from Rifka’s Curiosity Shop and Bill The Wizard (photo) from the Crystal Connection will offer psychic readings throughout the day.

And back this year: the Wurtsboro Board of Trade’s (WBOT) Wheel Barrel Raffle fundraiser, a new Wheel Barrel filled with gifts that were graciously donated by local merchants, who also welcome you to visit their fine shops on Sullivan Street. All proceeds will help fund the WBOT Scholarship Fund and Founder’s Day expenses.

Visit www.wurtsboro.org for information.

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HOTROD rocks out for your listening pleasure at O’Toole’s Bike Show

Midnight Slim (right, with legendary Little Sammy Davis) starts the music at 11:00am

Wurtsboro Art Alliance: “We Call It Art”

Ceramics by Patti Anderson

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) celebrates this year’s Founders Day with the opening of their exhibit titled, We Call It Art. WAA founding member Patti Anderson will be showing her ceramic pieces. Patti states, “My first experience with ceramics, aside from modeling clay in kindergarten, occurred in 1973 when I was given a gift of ceramic bisque, six acrylic colors, and one brush from a friend who realized I needed a hobby. One piece led to another and by 1977 I had a small ceramics business of my own mostly making slipcast pieces, teaching, and selling finished ware. In 1979 my life took me to a contracting site in the Venezuelan jungle, where, surprisingly, I was able to buy ceramic supplies locally and continue my business on a small scale.”

Following his retirement from teaching, Gene

“All American” by Gene Weinstein

Weinstein continued his interest in outdoor photography, particularly bald eagle behavior.

For 22 years he was a volunteer bald eagle monitor for the D.E.C. in the NYS Bald Eagle Restoration Project. Most recently, over $2,000 worth of his local bald eagle framed photos were donated to the Delaware Highlands Conservancy to support their efforts in preserving the environment.

The gallery will be open all day on July 6, during Founders Day. Visitors to the gallery that day will enjoy an exhibit and sale of original works of art made by local area artists, art demonstrations, raffle drawings and vendor booths.

The WAA members exhibit is on display thru July 28 at the Gallery, 73 Sullivan Street.

Visit www.waagallery.org for information.

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Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series

HOTROD opens for the “On the Lawn” season with their versatile style on July 11!

July 18th is the eagerly anticipated return of Parrots of the Caribbean, the #1 Jimmy Buffet tribute act in the nation.

“On The Lawn” in Sugar Loaf On the Lawn is one of the Hudson Valley’s premiere summer concert series. Thousands have enjoyed the array of musical offerings over the past eight years.

However, On the Lawn at Sugar Loaf Crossing is about so much more than the great sound system and impressive musical talent. The lovely setting in the magical hamlet of Sugar Loaf offers a laid back atmosphere, comfortable for all ages. It’s a great way to kick back with family and friends all summer long.

Concerts take place rain or shine with lawn and tent sections available. Refreshments are available on site such as popcorn, ice cream and grilled favorites from Carrera’s Italian

Sausage truck. Folks are welcome to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets.

HOTROD is a five-piece band that’s been rocking the Hudson Valley since 1996.

Covering songs from the 50’s to the 90’s, they perform an ever-expanding repertoire for audiences of all ages. From the roots of DooWop to the psychedelic 60’s, from the guitar rock of the 70’s to the sounds of the 80’s, HOTROD shares music that awakens our synapses and makes audiences feel alive.

HOTROD opens the On the Lawn season on July 11 which continues Thursdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm thru August.

Sugar Loaf Crossing is at the crossroads of Kings Highway and the Railroad Tracks, a few yards from the Post Office.

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Sarah Morr performs July 14 at 3:30pm

Bertoni Gallery’s Music Festival The 9th Annual Free Music Festival is back every Sunday in July in the Bertoni Gallery Outdoor Sculpture Garden.

Open to the entire community, this is a family event for which three different acts make music and entertain from 12:30pm.to 5:00pm, 5:30pm or 6:00pm.

The Festival concludes with four acts on July 28 for the 6th annual Bill Perry Day in honor of the great Orange County blues guitarist for whom Rachel Bertoni and Barry Adelman of Music for Humanity

Bill Perry (1957-2007)

created The Music for Humanity Bill Perry Scholarship Fund. The 2013 Scholarship Award Ceremony will be held at at 2:30pm, a raffle and the celebration ends at 6:00pm.

This series is sponsored by Jack J Maniscalco & Son Ltd. Insurance of Rock Tavern.

The Bertoni Sculpture Garden is located at 1392 Kings Highway in Sugar Loaf.

Visit Bertoni's website at: www.bertonigallery.com or call Bertoni Gallery at 845-469-0993 for further details and updated information.

Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series

Foley Road performs on July 11 Trophy Point Amphitheatre The Skye Jazz Quartet at Pennings Farm Market, July 6, 7:00pm.

Callicoon Center Band

Callicoon

Town band concerts were once the main source of live entertainment in small towns throughout the country. With the advance of “talking picture shows” in the 1920’s, competition for audience attention increased. In many instances, the town band became less and less popular and in many communities, town bands disappeared altogether.

Such is not the case in Sullivan County where the Callicoon Center Band still presents 10 The Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble Wednesday evening concerts in the summer at Pine Island Park, July 20, 6:30 PM their bandstand on Gulf Road beginning at Town of Warwick Besides the free summer concerts in 8:00pm, rain or shine.

For information phone 845-482-3768.

Warwick’s Railroad Park, there are free concerts all season at Pennings Farm Market in the New West Point Milford area and at Pine Island Park, Kay Road For the Music Under the Stars concert series and Treasure Lane, sponsored by the Pine Island at West Point’s historic Trophy Point Chamber of Commerce.

Amphitheatre, audiences are invited to bring a picnic and a blanket and enjoy wonderful music at one of the most beautiful vistas in the country.

The season begins on July 6 at 6:00pm with the band’s Independence Day Celebration with a fireworks display at the end of the performance.

In the event of rain, the concert will take place on July 7.

The second concert in the series is the band’s annual Kid’s Night on July 14 at 6:30pm with activities for children of all ages. The West Point Band’s Quintette 7 will give an entertaining introduction to a variety of instruments.

Concerts continue through September 1.

For concert information, cancellations and updates, call 845-938-2617 or visit www.westpointband.com.

Middletown x 2 In addition to the City’s Friday concerts in

Festival Square, the newest kid on the block is Sweet Summer Sounds, a 6:00pm Thursday series in the “pocket park” adjacent to Something Sweet Eatery at 17 North Street.

Foley Road is a duo that consists of James Weatherstone (electric and acoustic guitar) and Kurt Emmerich (acoustic guitar and harmonica). They have been performing in NYC and throughout the Hudson Valley for over 10 years and cover a variety of artists, including the Everly Brothers, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and many more including artists of today. The band prides itself not only on their trademark harmonies, but also on a songbook that includes over 100 songs. A frequent comment by audience members is “Wow - I haven’t heard that song in awhile!”.

The acoustic concerts feature a wide variety of music, including a Broadway evening on July 25 with Gail Johnson, Christine Hart and Tracy Stroh, and classical guitar, jazz, et al with Bonnie Law on August 1.

Bring chairs or blankets.

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Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series at Arboretum

Chiku Awali, July 3

Bobby Sanabria, July 24

Ferry Godmother Productions presents the 2013 Newburgh Jazz Series and the 2013 Orange County Pop, Rock & Doowop Series, both held at the Orange County Arboretum located within Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery. All concerts are free of charge, held rain or shine and are “bring your own chair or blanket” events. As in the past, there will be themed days: Veterans Day, Senior Day, Earth Rhythms (Green Day).

Ferry Godmother Productions was founded in 2006 by Aquanetta Wright. Due to the growing size and popularity of the Newburgh Jazz Series, she announced the search for a new home for the free concerts. “County Executive Eddie Diana, who is a supporter of the arts, provided us with the opportunity to relocate the concerts to Orange County Park. In 2012 the beautiful Arboretum became the new home of

Olsen Court, July 2

Shallow Oldies, July 16 Old Dawgz Band, July 23

the Newburgh Jazz Series,” she stated.

Retaining the “name” of the original concert series because of her love for the City of Newburgh where it all began, she added, “we have carved out a strong jazz music presence in Orange County. Our events are tourist quality events that bridge all cultures and generations.”

Indicative of that statement, the eclectic Wednesdays at 6:30pm Jazz series opens on July 3 with the Walker Valley Marching Band, classical baritone Jonathan Dobin singing God Bless America & America The Beautiful, and, as always for the opening event, Chiku Awali African Dance.

Returning will be one of the best known and highly respected musicians of Afro-Cuban and Latin music today, the seven time Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria. Latin jazz, world jazz, and “serious” jazz follow thru August 28.

Every Tuesday at 6:30pm, the Pop, Rock & Doowop series brings a mix of bands to the Arboretum starting with Olsen Court on July 2.

Montgomery-based Olsen Court is a fivepiece band inspired by folk, rock, jazz, and funk.

The band consists of young, talented musicians.

They incorporate many instruments, including guitar, piano, drums, bass, mandolin, banjo, cello, and saxophone. Their music is enjoyed by people of all ages.

Hot dogs, bottled water and lemonade are available. Or get food-to-go at Noble Coffee Roasters (see ad page 15), Mike’s Deli, Eat This Bakery, Ward’s Bridge Inn and Garrison’s Tavern (see ads this page).

Coming Soon: Matamoras And watch for Ferry Godmother’s Hunts Landing Jazz Series at Best Western in Matamoras, beginning August 3.

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Walden / Pine Bush Otisville / Middletown

Helping to promote the tradition of community gatherings and music appreciation through its series of public band concerts, the Pine Bush Community Band can be seen and heard not only at the Town of Crawford free concerts, but they are also touring Orange County in July.

Wooster Grove Park in Walden is the site for the Village’s free summer Music in the Grove concerts and the Band will perform there on July 8 at 7:00pm.

Then it’s back home to perform for the Pine Bush Area Arts Council’s free concerts in the Gazebo on Main Street, July 19 at 7:00pm. (You can dine in or get take-out at Pine Bush Chinese Restaurant and Paraiso Latino (see ads page 32). Bring chairs.

Back on the road again: Named for a lifetime member of the Otisville community and co-chair of the Otisville Country Fair, the Marilyn Budd Pavilion is the site for the Band’s July 28, 1:30pm performance.

Late breaking news: They will also perform in Middletown’s Keystone Park (off Route 17M below Washington Heights) on August 3 at 7:00pm.

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Wallkill Welcomes The Wizzards of Izz

Looking for a band that will keep feet tapping and fingers snapping? This trio of seasoned musicians provides the ideal mix of rock, pop, oldies, country, ballads, and Motown for any occasion.

So, just who are The Wizzards of Izz? Bassist Barry Weisenfeld has worked with Grammy-winning internationally known artists, and has contributed to numerous CD, jingle, radio, and TV projects. His performing and recording credits span a wide variety of genres.

He’s shared stages with The Chieftains, The Association, Seatrain, Steve Forbert, Tommy Makem, Rick Danko, Dodie Pettit, Kevin Gray, Carl Corcoran, and numerous others.

Barry has toured on three continents, and has performed in venues ranging from the small and intimate to an outdoor concert attended by 23,000 fans. He has performed at several highly regarded venues; Carnegie Hall, BB Kings (NYC), and PNC (Garden State) Arts Center, just to name a few. Barry’s own trio, Circle’s End was awarded the prestigious title Vocal Group of the Year by the New Jersey Country Music Association.

He holds a degree in Music Performance and

Theory, teaches privately and at two colleges, and is a nationally published author. In addition to fretted/fretless electric/acoustic bass guitars and upright bass, Barry plays flute and piano, and sings. His students have gone on to study music at schools such as Berklee College of Music and NYU, and some have pursued professional music careers.

On guitar we have John Foley, a professional musician and private music instructor with 40 years of experience. John holds a B.A. in Music, as well as an additional board-certification in Music Therapy. He has shared stages with Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, and many others notable artists. He’s toured and recorded with folk singer Oscar Brand, and has also made radio and TV appearances.

John’s recordings include folk, rock and children’s music, as well as educational material for the Smithsonian Institute, the BBC, and the

with Tina Piaquadio

Encyclopedia Britannica on CD-ROM. He’s written magazine articles and is the author of the forthcoming book, Guitar Music For The MidLife Crisis (Music: Why We Listen, Why We Play).

Band Creator Izzy Cubito is a professional drummer/percussionist with performing experience in many musical genres, including rock, hard rock, pop, folk, and progressive/alternative. He is a NYS Certified Teacher of Special Education and Vocational Instructor, as well as a writer and negotiator.

Izzy has a long history of performing and recording in the Tri-State area and Hudson Valley with many accomplished musicians such as Jimmy Eppard, Rich Tirendi, The Bush Brothers, Tommy Colello, Bob Grimm, and John Yablonsky. He has also organized and ushered out several bands to the music scene.

Izzy sings back up harmonies, while Barry and John alternate lead vocals and harmonies.

The Wizzards of Izz consider themselves an eclectic group of musicians that perform a long list of rock, pop, and country dance hits. They do, however, cater to all musical requests. A few crowd favorites are Up on the Roof by James Taylor, Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson, Heard it through the Grapevine by Marvin Gay, and Rock this Town by Stray Cats. Large venues, parties, weddings, social/cultural, and

corporate events, as well as private and stage venues are all welcome gigs.

“We enjoy performing and bringing the music to the people...” Izzy Cubito.

The Wizzards of Izz will be performing at The Wallkill Rod and Gun Club, 316 Bruyn Turnpike in Wallkill, for their Lobster and Steak Bake on July 13. They are also scheduled for The Wallkill Firehouse, Town of Shawungunk Block Party on July 26.

Music in Ellenville

Greg Dinger is a classical guitar recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music.

Dinger has played electric, steel-string acoustic and bass guitar in many situations, as well as singing a cappella in Woodstock Renaissance. Presently, he is on the music faculty at SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Ulster and Bard College.

Dinger joins with the Ellenville Chamber Players for the second concert in the Chamber Music for the Community series on July 18 at 7:30pm in St. John’s Episcopal Church, 40 Market Street, Ellenville.

Admission is free, donations appreciated.

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July Art at the Wallkill River School & Art Gallery

Elizabeth Ocskay was born in Vienna, Austria to Hungarian refugees and spent her early years on a farm in the countryside. She began drawing animals, particularly horses, as soon as she was able to hold a pencil. Her family emigrated to America when she was five, and she continued to draw, studying watercolor at the Woodstock School and more recently pastels at the Wallkill River School (WRS).

Ocskay has had several careers: travel industry and personnel, and is now a Social Worker at a drug rehab. Because she no longer has to commute to New York she has more time for art and is devoting herself again to this longtime love. She also has practiced yoga for years and finds spiritual strength in nature, meditation and the zen of creating art.

Michael Piotrowski rekindled his passion for oil painting after a forty-year hiatus. For over thirty years his creativity found expression through light in his professional career as a Stage Lighting Designer. He received a BS in Art Education with additional graduate courses in Photography and Art History from SUNY New Paltz.

Recalling his father’s lifelong passion for music, Piotrowski felt encouraged to return to painting. It all came together for him at an oil

“Double Vision” by Catherine DeMaio

painting workshop offered by William Noonan at the WRS. Michael dug out his old paint box, passed down from his mother, containing paint tubes so old and crusted it took pliers to open them! Soon, Michael’s creative energy also released, and he has produced a body of oil paintings ready to be exhibited.

His passion for painting has been seen in group shows at the WRS, Gallery Warwick, and the Garrison Art Center in Garrison.

Besides the “main” two solo members’ exhibits at the WRS, there is always a second themed all-members’ exhibit in the “hallway” gallery. Farms through July 14 and Orange County July 15 through August 14.

The third monthly exhibit is in the “workshop” room and features an “emerging

Work by Elizabeth Ocskay

artist”, exhibiting at WRS for the first time.

A misnomer can be a word that is used incorrectly or misleadingly, as in the case of artist Catharine DeMaio. True, she is emerging as an exhibition artist, but she has painted all her life. Not only has she painted since childhood, but DeMaio has taught cartooning, drawing, watercolors and pencil art at SUNY Orange since 1990, in public and parochial schools in Walden, at Thrall Library (since 2000) for children and for adults, at the Interactive Museum, and at commercial establishments such as A.C. Moore. Not what one might call ‘emerging’.

So, after so many years of painting and teaching, why is she finally ‘emerging’ as an

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Work by Michael Piotrowski

exhibitor? “It took me so long because of life....life gets in the way of our dreams. Yet we still dream. If only....”

Come and see the work of Catherine, Michael and Elizabeth at the WRS from July 1 - July 30.

An opening reception will be held on July 13 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, (Route 17K) in Montgomery.

For information, call 845-457-ARTS.

Livingston Manor’s Artwalk / Chalkwalk 2013

by Kate Hyden It’s time to fill Main Street Livingston Manor with art again, and it’s getting intense...uhh...make that IN TENTS! This year the artists and artisans will set up their tents for a show date of July 6 from 10:00am to 4:00pm (raindate July 7). The Artwalk will extend from Main Street’s WaterWheel Junction all the way to the Livingston Manor Library, Pearl Street, and Renaissance Park and all the nooks, crannies, stores and porches will be filled with art and crafts.

As with last year, maps will be handed out and posted at all artist and artisan locations so visitors can easily find all the participants. Many artists will be there in person to chat with visitors while they create new work or to discuss their works on display.

Participating with inside artist shows this year are Wildlife Gift, the Plunk Shop, Lundquist

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Studio, RM Farm Realty and the Library. The Catskill Art Society will have Jesse Spaethe giving pottery demos at 11:00am and 2:30pm, and Ramona Jan will be performing at the Livingston Manor Ambulance Corps with her puppets at 12:30pm and 1:30pm.

Strolling down the Manor’s flower-filled streets, viewing artists’ work in store windows can make one mighty hungry, so besides the

Artist Ann Higgins

great local eateries, look for communitysponsored events and goodies.

Chalkwalk is back for the kids! “LM Artist Ramona Jan and her puppet friends for a Day” certificates will be handed out to the entertain at 12:30pm & 1:30pm! kids and their junior works judged best will be Help Livingston Manor top off a great Fourth posted to the LMArtwalkChalkwalk 2013YouTube video. Last year’s video can be of July weekend at the Livingston Manor seen by searching Livingston Manor Artwalk Artwalk/Chalkwalk 2013!

Visit www.livingstonmanor.org for updates!

Chalkwalk 2012 on YouTube.

Catskill Art Society’s Summer Shows

Following The Catskill Art Society’s Summer Members Show which runs through July 14, where themes of nature and growth shine, an exhibit of paintings and collages by Lisa Samalin and found objects by Charles Wilkin will run from July 20 - August 25.

The CAS Arts Center is located at 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor.

For information call 845-436-4227.

“River” by Lisa Samalin

“Exodus” by CAS Member TaT Tank-A

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Carol Castel: Artistic Director of the DVO

“Eagles Will Soar With the High C’s.”

There’s no misprint in that declaration! The Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) calls Narrowsburg its home and Narrowsburg is the renowned Eagle Capital of New York State.

This relaxed hamlet, with a population of 400 hardy souls, sits seductively snuggled between the Catskills and the Poconos, overseeing the banks of the Delaware River on the New YorkPennsylvania border.

Beyond symbolic wildlife and tantalizing vistas, there are multiple treasures to be found in this Western pocket of Sullivan County. Leading this writer’s list is Carol Castel, the energetic, gregarious Artistic Director of the DVO. Ms. Castel returned to the Opera in the spring of 2011, bringing with her a renewed sense of vitality and expansion. This season, Carol’s artful scheme continues its reaches beyond the confines of the Delaware River Valley, stretching the majesty of opera to neighboring counties and across the rivers, Hudson and Delaware.

In addition to the Sullivan County venues of the attractive Tusten Theatre in Narrowsburg, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and the accommodating theatre at State University of New York at Sullivan, the company will journey to the Historic Village of Montgomery in Orange County, the Wallenpaupack High School in Hawley, PA and finally crossing the Hudson to Dutchess County where on October 20 La Traviata will be performed with the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra at the Rhinebeck High School Theater.

DVO’s presentation schedule is exciting and as well as celebratory. It’s the year of musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the bicentennial of the influential Italian romantic composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi.

Aside from the indisputable genius of Mozart the concentration on his music creates a “festival approach. The three Mozart productions all together make an event.” remarked Ms. Castel. She stated further, “Some people may not want to come to this but want to come to that. I want to see all three together. I want to understand why they were chosen together. Like a sonata, you hear one movement fine but what about the whole thing?” With reference to Mozart’s comic Impresario, sometimes called the Battle of the Prima Donnas and the Seraglio, an opera singspiel in three acts, “There’s some incredible singing...,” remarks Carol Castel. She states further, “They’re not done that often so many don’t know them and the people who like Mozart will come and expand their musical experience while those not as familiar, will be shocked at 12

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how fabulous they are. The singing is absolutely astronomical!”

A brief glimpse into the personal and professional development of the DVO’s Artistic Director, Carol Castel is to discover the relationship between events of youth and the activities of the adult. Ms. Castel’s reaction and comments related to this topic support the experiential school of development: “There is one musical event that changed me from musical theatre to opera.” She explained. “Opera was not anywhere in my home...it was not a part of my parents’ background or culture. I remember when I was at American University; I was a theatre major and I got some free tickets to see Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor by the New York City Opera Company. I tried to get rid of them but nobody wanted them. So I went and saw Beverly Sills and I heard Beverly Sills! It was the first time I heard the human voice live like that and I could not leave the theatre. I sat there and thought: that’s impossible. People can’t sound like that! I actually went back stage and told her she had changed my life”!

It was the Beverly Sills’ experience that caused Carol to proclaim: “Now that’s musical theatre!”

As soon as the semester ended, I promptly changed to a music performance major. My instrument? the voice.”

“Eagles Will Soar With the High C’s.”

To obtain additional information regarding the schedule of the DVO, visit its website: www.delawarevalleyopera.org In addition to pertinent times and locations, find what may be the grandest entertainment bargain of the year: the cost of a DVO season ticket!

Aura Photography

Aura Photography reflects a person’s quality of consciousness, emotional state, thoughts and well-being. Testing an aura is simple. Place any non-organic object that will conduct electricity (such as a key or coin) on the film and you will see the same aura discharge around the object.

Discover the state of your energy levels and chakras with an aura photograph taken at Crystal Connections’ Psychic Fair on July 20, from 11:00am - 6:00pm.

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NYC Cabaret Stars at SLPAC

SPOTLIGHT ON: SUGAR LOAF GUILD “Summer Sizzles” at Bliss Co-Op

Andrea McArdle (photo above) is best known for her portrayal of the original Annie in the Broadway musical of the same name. As a youngster, she was also involved in the superb 1978 TV movie Rainbow playing the young Judy Garland.

McArdle’s big voice’ll come out to Sugar Loaf, not tomorrow, but on July 13 as the first of a new cabaret series in the Pavilion at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Kings Highway.

McArdle premiered her solo cabaret show 70’s and Sunny to sold-out houses at NYC’s 54 Below in late July 2012. She triumphantly retuned to the venue with an equally successful engagement in January 2013.

The show captures her enthusiastically nostalgic and fascinating performances. As a voice that helped shape and define a decade, she humbly tributes other influential artists of the 70s by presenting audiences with music from the likes of Peter Allen, Stephen Schwartz, Billy Joel, Jerry Herman, and Marvin Hamlisch.

McArdle’s set list easily excites listeners with its familiarity and her skill to make each of these songs feel surprisingly novel once more.

Hopefully, she will relate her most humorous tale about being scolded by Carol Channing when, as an adolescent, she derided the song Tomorrow from ANNIE while talking to a dancer backstage when she and Channing appeared in Jerry’s Girls, a revue of Jerry Herman songs which toured the USA for many years with many different stars.

McArdle will be followed on July 27 by NYC cabaret star Karen Mason (photo above) who has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recordings, and is a ten-time MAC Award winner and has won the MAC Award for Major Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years. She has also won the 2006 Nightlife Award for Major Female Vocalist and has three Bistro Awards.

Both performances start at 8:00pm.

Call 845-610-5335 for info and reservations.

Sugar Loaf Guild member Bliss Co-op is a women’s cooperative specializing in unique home and gift items handcrafted by more than 55 local women.

Bliss will have a “Summer Sizzles” event on July 6 & 7 from 11:00am - 6:00pm.

Saturday, July 6 Noon - 4:00pm: Bring the kids for face painting

by Kate Stigdon of KAS Art, along with crafting projects. Free for all for the kids.

Noon - 2:00pm: Author Wendy Oliveras will discuss her book Let’s Play SHESS, written to inspire women of all ages to play a fun game of chess and transfer those skills into real life including strategies for business development.

Wendy will play chess with all challengers from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.

2:00pm - 4:00pm: Adrienne Butvinik of Catmaid will demonstrate her excellent tye dye technique. You can create and take home

your own tye dye t-shirt. $5 material fee.

2:00pm - 4:00pm: Author Taylor Sterling will present her book I Love You...Goodbye (How to Rid Your Life of Toxic Relatives and Friends Without Using Harmful Pesticides).

Sunday, July 7 Noon - 2:00pm: Wendy Oliveras will again present her book Let’s Play SHESS. She will play too, from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.

2:00pm - 4:00pm: Taylor Sterling will read from and discuss I Love You...Goodbye described as “a road map on how to create positive, passionate energy...with a humorous touch.”

4:00pm - 5:00pm: Author and Illustrator Mary Bono of SnoozeCrafts will read from her picture books, Ugh! A Bug and Easy Street.

Bliss is located at 37 Kings Highway, Romers Alley #4B in Sugar Loaf.

For information, call 518-77-Bliss.

Be sure to visit other Sugar Loaf Guild members...Bertoni Jewelry, Bostree Gallery, Endico Watercolors, Into Leather, Sundog Stained Glass, and many more!

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Theater as Therapy? HA! That’s a Laugh! stress, which keeps the brain alert and know!) allows people to retain more information.”

• 1965: Film: Jerry From Science of Laughter, Discovery Shadowland Theatre and Creative Lewis & Tony Curtis Health Website: Theatre-Muddy Water Players are • 1985: Malayan “It is a proven fact that laughter is good inviting you to laugh and lose weight as film adaptation. for your health. When we laugh, natural you experience their July plays.

• 2005: Hindi film killer cells which destroy tumors and adaptation. viruses increase, along with GammaFasten your Shadowland seat belts, • 2008 to 2009:: Hit interferon (a disease-fighting protein), TIt’s going to be a(n) hilarious ride!

Broadway Revival. cells (important for our immune system) • BC - Greeks • Date Unknown: Brendan Burke and B-cells (which make disease-fighting invent “Farce”.

The play is listed in antibodies). As well as lowering blood • 8th Century: the Guinness Book of Records as the most pressure, laughter increases oxygen in the “Kyogen” is born in performed French play throughout the blood, which also encourages healing.

Japan. world.

“Laughter can be a great workout for • 13th Century: • 2013 - July 12-August 4: Boeing, your diaphragm, abdominal, respiratory, farce comes to Boeing comes to Ellenville at Shadowland facial, leg, and back muscles. It massages France.

Theatre, directed by Brendan Burke and abdominal organs, tones intestinal • 14th Century: co-produced by Collier & Berger, 1965: Tony Curtis functioning, and strengthens the muscles farce comes to Britain.

Attorneys at Law; and Candido & Maria in film version that hold the abdominal organs in place.

• 1960: French Perez. For tickets: 845-647-5511.

“Not only does laughter give your playwright Marc midsection a workout, it can benefit Camoletti writes Forewarned is Forearmed! digestion and absorption functioning as Boeing, Boeing.

Creative-Theatre, Muddy Water Players well. It is estimated that hearty laughter can • 1962: Boeing, Ken Ludwig is an internationally burn calories equivalent to several minutes Boeing comes to acclaimed playwright who has had a on the rowing machine or the exercise bike. London and runs for number of hits on Broadway, in the West “Humor improves brain function and seven years!

End of London and throughout the world, relieves stress. Laughter stimulates both Thelma Ritter • 1965: Boeing, including Crazy For You, the 1992 “new” in film version sides of the brain to enhance learning. It Boeing comes to Gershwin musical (new story, old songs), eases muscle tension and psychological Broadway and runs for 3 weeks. (Go Moon Over Buffalo, a new adaptation of the

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classic play Twentieth Century, and Shakespeare in Hollywood.

Ludwig’s first Tony for Best Play was for Lend Me A Tenor. It has been translated into sixteen languages and Ken Ludwig produced in over twenty-five countries around the world.

“Oddly enough”, Jane Cronin, original Broadway cast understudy told CANVAS, “the curtain call was harder to do than the play because it was based on people coming in and going out like in the whole play itself. It was like another play done in 60 seconds.”

WARNING: After my viewing Lend Me A Tenor at Shadowland in 2006, my sides ached from the hysterical side-splitting laughter evoked by Ludwig’s play.

Don’t sweat it: with newly installed airconditioning, you can watch the mayhem and lose weight at the same time in the Playhouse at Museum Village, July 1228.

For tickets visit www.CTMWP.org or call 845-294-9465.

Great American Weekend 2013 Bring the family, your friends and everyone you know to experience Goshen’s true spirit of community, friendship and fun at the 31st Annual Great American Weekend! (GAW) Since the first patriotic celebration back in 1982 to help promote harness racing at the Historic Track, the races today are still an integral part of the activities.

• 5k/10k road race • arts & crafts fair • food tent • harness racing at Goshen track • children’s rides • merchants on the square • rock wall • entertainment • strawberry festival and much more!

Ted Spiegel described the goings-on in a June 2005 article in Hudson Valley Magazine: “Goshen is not only the Orange County seat, it’s also the site of the Great American Weekend, arguably the Hudson Valley’s liveliest Fourth of July celebration. Twenty thousand people a day will stroll through the nine-acre village green that surrounds the First Presbyterian Church, inspecting the offerings at 150 craft booths, grazing their way through a culinary snackopedia, and clapping approval for local entertainers.”

According to former chairperson Wendy

Bynum-Wade, every event has a guardian angel and GAW over the years has had many. “We have lost a number of GAW individuals who gave a great deal of their time, resources and mostly of themselves to help this event grow into what it is today.

Toni deGeode, Ruth White, Larry Meinwald and our beloved Police Chief John H. Egbertson, Sr. were all vital members of prior committees. Most recently, we lost Sarah “Sally” Wheeler who was an inspiration to all who knew her.

“Today we miss them and will always be indebted to them for being the guiding forces behind Goshen’s beloved Great American Weekend.”

Rain or shine, in Village Square, also known as Church Park, in the heart of Goshen at Route 207 (Main St.) and South Church Street: July 6, 9:00am-5:00pm, and July 7, 10:00am-5:00pm.

Parking is available throughout the Village.

Handicapped spaces are designated at the Berkshire Bank parking Lot at the corner of South Church Street and Route 207.

Please, no dogs.

For updates: www.goshennychamber.com.

Whispering Pines Corner

with Executive Chef Douglas P. Frey Fennel, Orange, Spinach, & Olive Salad Picnic. Where in the world • 1 large bulb fennel, core & stems removed, does the word come from?

Eating al fresco during fronds reserved • 3 navel oranges, peeled • 1/4 c warmer climates is a extra virgin olive oil • 2 tbsp minced shallots • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper • 2 c baby tradition enjoyed all over the spinach, stems removed, rinsed well and patted dry world, with picnics • 20 oil-cured black olives • 2 oz parmesan, thinly becoming the focal point of shaved with peeler. many Summers. To many of • Halve the fennel and thinly slice with a us, picnics are an essential part of summer mandolin or sharp knife.

• Segment the oranges over a bowl to catch any activity ranging from an intimate and romantic juice. Whisk together the orange juice, oil, shallots, setting for two to a lively family gathering.

The term picnic comes from the French verb salt and pepper.

• Add the fennel, orange segments and spinach, piquer, which means to pick or peck (at food) and toss to coat. and it is claimed that its use originated during • Divide the salad among 4 plates and top each the latter part of the 17th century. The French with 5 olives. Top each salad with cheese and the coupled piquer with nique, a term used to reserved fennel fronds. describe something small and of little value. The double barreled piquer-nique was the term thus Proscuitto, Mozzarella & Tomato Panini • 1 loaf Italian bread • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive used to signify a fashionable social gathering where people would contribute by bringing oil • 2 tsp kosher salt • 1/4 tsp ground pepper • 2 tomatoes, sliced • 1 2 c arugula leaves • 12 oz fresh some of their own food and drink.

Since the 19th century, picnicking has mozzarella • 12 oz prosciutto de Parma • Cut bread in half, lengthwise. become imbibed in our culture. On a fine day • In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons olive you’ll find picnics being held on beaches and in oil, and salt and pepper. Brush mixture on inside parks and gardens. On an outing, a picnic is the of bread. cheapest dining option and, once a suitable • Layer with tomatoes that have been sautéed in location is found, it is certainly the most 1 tablespoon oil, arugula, mozzarella and prosciutto. Cover with top side of bread. Cut and convenient.

Here are some of my favorite picnic recipes. serve.

For questions, call me at 845-647-1428.

Enjoy!

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Pond Illuminated, Historians Honored

Mary McTamaney & Don Herron Herron photo courtesy of Jonathan Dobin

The Downing Park Planning Committee is holding its annual fundraiser to continue the restoration for the beautiful Vaux-Olmsted designed park in the heart of the city.

Downing Park was actually the most-used venue for the magical and impressive June Newburgh Illuminated weekend with six bands performing from morning to night, lots of people on the stage, a marketplace, and Trestle, Inc.’s all-day kids activities culminating in awards for their artwork about the Illumination.

The celebratory “electric” joy of the June weekend now generates over to the Committee’s July 20 fundraiser in The Shelter House and Visitors Center, 123 Carpenter Avenue.

Besides a catered dinner, wine, and dancing, there will be a silent auction. The Polly Pond will carry on the new ”tradition” of illumination and its 26 lights, some of which were “bought” at past fundraisers, will illuminate the pond for evening boat rides. The colorful history of the park’s peacocks will be recognized during the evening’s festivities, and two Newburgh

historians Mary McTamaney and Don Herron will be honored.

In addition to her role as Newburgh City Historian, Mary McTamaney also directs the Newburgh Heritage Center, is on the Board of the Historical Society, serves on the Newburgh Waterfront Advisory Committee and writes about Newburgh history for the Mid-Hudson Times. She was, of course, on the June Newburgh Illuminated Planning Committee.

Don Herron was a freelance writer who wrote often on Newburgh’s history, and in fact, wrote about the creation of Downing Park for CANVAS in 2005. He was also an artist known for his sketches of Newburgh’s historic buildings. His home on First Street, where Thomas Edison stayed when he came to Newburgh to illuminate it, was one of the openhouse venues for the Illumination weekend.

To order fundraiser tickets, call 845-565-5559 or mail a check, $60 per person, to Downing Park, PO Box 306, Newburgh, NY, 12550.

Tickets may also be purchased online at www.downingpark.org - but be sure to send an email that “ticket payment” is forthcoming.

“A Dream of a 5 Year Old” by Fay Chandler

Untitled by Barbara Moody

M. E. Whitehill’s “Polly Pond & Shelter House”

Montserrat Art Connection & Outreach Program

The Art Connection, now in its second participated in The Art Connection. The college decade, is a national program that reaches out to gallery is now expanding the outreach of the diverse audiences providing original visual art program to compassionate senior living to non-profits who work with underserved communities, teen health centers, and young communities. The organization was established adult independent living treatment programs by the Boston based painter and sculptor Fay that are designed for struggling young men and Chandler. As Ms. Chandler considered what to young women transitioning into adulthood.

The Montserrat Art Connection and Outreach do with some of her inventory of work, she became convinced that the best result would be Program is placing a call nationally for donated transferring it to interested nonprofit works of art in all visual disciplines, including organizations that have no funds for purchasing sculpture and fiber arts. Works need not be framed. art.

For information about the program, call the As artists, we know that direct access to art can provide transformative life experiences. MCA Community-Engaged Arts Program Since 2011, the Montserrat College of Art Manager, Susan.Handler@Montserrat.edu or (MCA), located in Beverly, Massachusetts, has call 978-921-4242 x1650.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winner John Harbison at “Transformations” Weekend of Chamber Music's 20th Edition

by Philip Ehrensaft

The likely musical highlight among multiple highlights at the aptly named Transformations, the 20th anniversary transformation of the Weekend of Chamber Music, is the world premiere of a violin and piano duet by the invited composer-inresidence, Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison, performed by the eminent violinist Rose Mary Harbison, the composer’s wife and longtime musical partner, with Harbison himself playing piano (see photo).

In its initial guise, the Weekend of Chamber Music was literally that: Judith Pearce, the festival founder, and one of the Big Apple’s finest flutists, used her networks to bring a summer weekend of A-level chamber musicianship to the Catskills. In 2009, Pearce brought the University of Syracuse-based composer, Andrew Waggoner, to the festival as the resident composer - and improvisor.

Waggoner also plays a mean violin, and is at the forefront of a movement to return

Andrew Waggoner, Tannis Gibson, Caroline Stinson, John Harbison, Judith Pearce

improvisation to the core of classical music, as it was from Bach through Liszt.

While staying on as the chair of the festival’s board of trustees, Pearce has passed on the artistic direction baton to a musical power couple: Waggoner and his wife, the cellist Caroline Stinson, whose repertoire runs from Bach’s suites for solo cello through the works of living composers. Their new artistic direction brings us two extra-long weekends of concerts and talks, July 18-28, prefaced by a free outdoor concert July 14.

Reflecting Stinson’s wide mastery of the composed art music repertoire, old and new, Transformations will include music by Bach, Rameau, Haydn, Beethoven, Borodin, Maw, Martinu, Stravinsky, Sergei Wasilenko and, of course, Waggoner and Harbison.

For an opening act for Waggoner and Stinson’s artistic strategy for this now 20

year-old chamber music festival, using the word coup is an understatement for bringing Harbison to the Transformations Festival.

Bravo!

When not doing the like of winning a Pulitzer Prize or a MacArthur Genius Award, he’s a prof at MIT, a jazz pianist, a conductor, and a poet. The general musical public knows Harbison best via his opera The Great Gatsby, commissioned by the Met to celebrate James Levine’s 25th anniversary, wielding the baton at the iconic venue.

As a young composer, Harbison was drawn to both serial atonality and Stravinsky’s neoclassicism, and founded his first jazz ensemble when he was only fourteen. It didn’t take long for Harbison to change gears towards an artistic credo “...to make each piece different from the others, to find clear, fresh, large designs, to reinvent traditions.”

David St. George, writing in the New Grove Dictionary of Music, portrays Harbison’s work as “...eclectic, ever open to fresh sources of development in the music of any style or period, and always rigorously self-disciplined. Reveling in ambiguities of all kinds, it reveals further levels of meaning upon repeated listening.”

To prepare your ears for Harbison’s music at Transformations, I suggest starting with the Met Opera Shop’s Great Gatsby CD, or listen online via the Met Opera On Demand site (www.metoperafamily.org). Or delve into one of the other 87 recordings devoted in whole or in part to Harbison’s music.

Then I’d go to Bridge’s overview CD of both chamber and orchestral music, featuring Lorraine Hunt Lieberson singing Harbison’s settings of Eugenio Montale’s poems of memory and loss; Naxos’ 3-CD series of his chamber music; and the First Edition’s and Albany’s respective disks of Harbison’s orchestral music. These Naxos, First Edition, and Albany recordings can also be heard via subscribing to the invaluable Naxos Music Library. (www.naxosmusiclibrary.com) Tickets can be purchased online at www.weekendofchambermusic.com. For information: 845-887-5803. See ad page 33.

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Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock/ Latin

Lectures / demos / Forums

sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

Concerts Olsen Court........................................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 2, 6:30pm FREE Dave Matthews Band, Fitz & The Tantrums ..................................Bethel Woods, Jul 2, 7pm Walker Valley Band, Jonathan Dobin, Chiku Awali Dance..........Arboretum, Jul 3, 6:30pm FREE

Dean Friedman ......................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 3, 7pm Kobo Town & The Garifuna Collective calypso, indierock The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 4, 7pm Alexis P. Suter BAnd roots, blues, soul, Sasha Pepernik ....The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 5, 7pm Independence Day Celebration concert, rock & jazz bands ......................................................

Trophy Point Amphitheatre, West Point, Jul 6, 6pm FREE Jermaine Paul & Family, Allegro Youth Orchestra Benefit for Harriman Church................

Palaia Vineyards Tent, Highland Mills, Jul 6, 6:30pm The New Swing Sextet salsa, bogaloo, jazz, pop ..................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 6, 7pm JB’s Soul Jazz Trio ......................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 7, 10am-2pm Gayle Donnelly, Ariel, Brian Rowe ......Bertoni Sculpture Garden, Sugar Loaf, Jul 7, 12:30pm-5pm

(U)nity Latin Cuban jazz ................................................Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Jul 7, 3pm The Belly Warmers ..........................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 9, 6:30pm FREE Foley Road ..........................Something Sweet Outdoors, Middletown, Jul 11, 6pm-8pm FREE Hotrod Band ........................................On the Lawn by RR, Sugar Loaf, Jul 11, 6:30pm FREE Petey Hop roots ....................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 11, 7pm Sonando Latin ....................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 12, 7pm Victoria Justice & Big Time Rush ..................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 12, 7pm No Soap Radio ......Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills, July 13, 6:30pm-10:30pm Folk Fest Concert ..............................Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Jul 13 TBA Matuto! world, Living with Elephants ..............................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 13, 7pm The Compact ..............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 14, 10am-2pm Darrell Hankins, Black Dirt Band, Sarah Morr ..Bertoni Sculpture Garden, Jul 14, 12:30pm-5pm

Spirit Family Reunion Americana ............Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Jul 14, 2pm The Dan Brother Band, The Jeremy Langdale Band ......The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 14, 7pm Shallows Oldies Band......................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 16, 6:30pm FREE Kevin McCabe ....................Something Sweet Outdoors, Middletown, Jul 18, 6pm-8pm FREE Parrots of the Caribbean Jimmy Buffet Tribute ....On the Lawn, SugarLoaf, Jul 18, 6:30pm FREE

Matt Schofield Trio blues, Dylan Doyle rockabilly, blues..The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 18, 7pm Rich Bala Hudson Valley folk songs Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 20, 6pm Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers, RoseAnn Fino ..The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 19, 7pm Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ..................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 19, 8pm Tisziji Munoz Quartet ........................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 20, 7pm Natalie Merchant & Hudson Valley Philharmonic........................Bethel Woods, Jul 20, 8pm e’lissa jones, Larrama, DrummersBertoni Sculpture Garden, Sugar Loaf, Jul 21, 12:30pm-5:30pm

Jazz Knights perform Bill JoelTrophy Point Amphitheatre, West Point, Jul 21, 7:30pm FREE Old Dawgz Band..............................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 23, 6:30pm FREE Jay Everett Band and Geoff Doubleday ....On the Lawn by RR, Sugar Loaf, Jul 25, 6:30pm FREE

Jim Campilongo Quartet, Vito Petroccitto ........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 25, 7pm The Eagles..........................................................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 25, 8pm Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert & Love and Theft ......................Bethel Woods, Jul 26, 7pm BeatleFest 2013 w/dancing ............Palaia Vineyards Tent, Highland Mills, Jul 27, Noon-10pm Lynyrd Skynyrd & Bad Company ..................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 27, 7pm Jonah Smith Band, Jason Myles Goss................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 27, 7pm Annual Bill Perry Day ................Bertoni Sculpture Garden, Sugar Loaf, Jul 28 12:15pm-6pm In The Pocket ..................................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 30, 6:30pm FREE Ron Oswanski Quartet roots, post-bop ..............................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 31, 7pm Bonnie Law guitar ..............Something Sweet Outdoors, Middletown, Aug 1, 6pm-8pm FREE Mighty Spectrum Band ......................On the Lawn by RR, Sugar Loaf, Aug 1, 6:30pm FREE Rick Lattimore as Rod Stewart ................Palaia Vineyards Tent, Highland Mills, Aug 3, 7pm West Point Steelband ..................................Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Aug 4, 7:30pm FREE

Open Mic & In-house music

Listings below are not included in our centerspread July calendar due to space limitations.

Open Mic w/Bob Keegan ......................Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown, Tues & Weds Open Mic w/Eric Callari ..........................................Eddie’s Roadhouse, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic w/Mike & Ed ..................................Castle Fun Center, Chester, Wednesdays, 7-10pm Open Mic ............................................................................Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic wJack Higgins ..........................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Aug 1, 7pm-11pm Musician’s Gathering ......................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 6:30pm Songwriter’s Circle ..........................Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, Saturdays, 3pm-5pm Marilyn Kennedy & Jake Lentz pop ..............Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fri & Sat, 6pm-9pm Jim and Michelle Ianucci ..........................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Jul 5, 7pm-10pm Acoustic Dirt........................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Jul 7, 2:30pm-5:30pm Al Westphal................................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Jul 12, 7pm-10pm Jack Higgins ..............................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Jul 26, 7pm-10pm The Henhouse Prowlers bluegrass ..............................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 27, 8pm Acoustic Dirt ..............................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Aug 2, 7pm-10pm Leo B. ................................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Aug 4, 2:30pm-5:30pm

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Musket DEMOS ..............................Fort Montgomery Historic Site, Sats & Suns, Noon, 1pm, 3pm Pottery DEMO Jesse Spaethe ........Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, July 6, 11am & 2:30pm DEMO Tie-dye technique Adrienne Butvinik ..................Bliss Cooperative, Sugar Loaf, Jul 6, 2pm “Couples and Money” Nick Constantino ..Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 8, 6pm “Infusing with Herbs” Judith Lahey ........Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 9, 10am “Forests & Geology of Sawkill Gorge” w/hike ................Grey Towers, Milford, Jul 13, 11am & 1:30pm

FORUM “The Preservation Forum“The Great Catskills Resorts” ......Liberty Museum, Jul 12-14 “Weigh Less, Live More” Lisa Renee Fogarty ....Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Jul 13, 10am “Writing for Publications” Felicia Hodges ..........Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Jul 13, 2pm Frog Frolic ..Pocono Environmenal Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Jul 13, 1pm & Jul 14, 10am “Using Your Mind, Emotions & Spirit to Help the Body Heal” Puja A.J. Thomson ......................

Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 15, 6:30pm DEMO “Come Paint With Me” painting & sketching ....Grey Towers, Milford, Jul 18, 10am-4pm SCIENCE CAFE Chemistry of Brewing Beer, Jack Chastain..........................................................

Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Jul 24, 7pm “Amazing Reptiles”............................................................................Liberty Library, Jul 15, 6:30pm “A Perfect Storm:College Funding, Your Retirement & Soon-to-be-Aging Parents” N. Preddice.........

Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 16, 6:30pm “Owls of the Night” ........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Jul 17, 6pm “Bannerman’s Island” Barbara & Wes Gottlick..Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Jul 19, 10am “Artending: Making a Place for Art in Your Life” Tom Bosket & Laura E.J. Moran ..................

Narrowsburg Library, Jul 21, 2pm “Taking Women Seriously” Kate Lindemann ......Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Jul 22, 1pm “Alternative Energy” Laurence Lanigan & Richard Galbreth Mt.St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Jul 25, 6:30pm

“Grandpa Did What?!? Dealing with Family Secrets & Skeletons” ..............................................

Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 26, 10am OPEN REHEARSAL Weekend of Chamber Music ..Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 26, 7pm 60th Anniversary of Korean War Cease-Fire Purple Heart Hall of Honor, New Windsor, Jul 27, 2pm Regiments prepare for move to Yorktown VA ....Knox’s Headquarters, New Windsor, Jul 27, 7pm Butterfly Walk w/David Trently..............................................................................PEEC Jul 28, 1pm “Wetland Conservation” Laura Heady ....Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 29, 6pm “Birds of Newburgh” Douglas Robinson Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jul 31, 1pm

Children & Teens Calendar HHNM ..........................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson PEEC ........................................................................ Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

concert Gustafer Yellowgold & Rachel Loshak ............Ritz Theater Lot, Outdoors, Newburgh, Jul 27, 5pm

magic & acrobats Domino the Great magic ....................................................................Liberty Library, Jul 18, 6:30pm

museums “Experience the Mastodons”....................................HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Meet the Animal of the Week ......................................HHNM-CoH, Saturdays & Sundays, 2:30pm Eco-Zone!................................................................................................PEEC Jul 21 & 27, 1pm-4pm

music West Point Band Quintette 7, Kid’s Night ............Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Jul 14, 6:30pm Bossy Frog Band Summer Beach Party ....................................Sugar Loaf PAC, Jul 27, 11am

recreation & Lectures Discovery Quests ..........................................................HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 9am-1pm Independence Day ..........New Windsor Cantonment & Knox’s Headquarters, Jul 4, 10am-5pm Chalkwalk ......................................................Main Street, Livingston Manor, Jul 6, 10am-4pm Fireflies ..........................................................................................................HHNM Jul 6, 10am Face Painting & Crafting w/Kate Stigdon ..............Bliss Cooperative, Sugar Loaf, Jul 6, Noon Story Walks “Rabbits & Raindrops” ages 2-6 ....................HHNM-CoH Jul 6 & 7, Noon-4pm “Stories in Stone” HHNM staff ....................Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Jul 7, 1pm Hummingbirds ............................................................................................HHNM Jul 13, 10am Dazzling Deragonflies ................................................................HHNM Jul 20, 9:30am & 11am “Light & Movement” ..................................Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Jul 21, 1pm Bats ..............................................................................................................HHNM Jul 27, 10am “Material Matters”......................................Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Jul 28, 1pm

storytelling Uncle Eye & Julia ..................Liberty Library, Jul 11, 6:30pm & Warwick Library, Jul 14, 7pm

theatre - Musical “Rapunzel” ..........................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 4, 6, 11, 13, 11am “Pinocchio” ......................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 18, 20, 25, 27, 11am “Alice in Wonderland” ..................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Aug 1, 3, 11am

CANvas category calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning and Preservation, Monroe

ART TOURS / walks/Auctions Livingston Manor Artwalk/Chalkwalk ........Main Street, Livingston Manor, Jul 6, 10am-4pm Small Works Auction ......................................................ArtsWAVE Ellenville, Jul 6, 4pm-6pm Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries..........Downtown Beacon, Jul 13, all day to 9pm Art After Dark ......................................................................Milford Galleries, Jul 13, 6pm-9pm

cabaret - & magic, burlesque, contortion “Hello Jerry!” Jerry Herman Songs ........................Tavern at Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 2-13 Andrea McArdle ............................................................................Sugar Loaf PAC, Jul 13, 8pm “Born to Hand Jive” doo-wop ................................Tavern at Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 16-28 “Mr. Choade’s Wild Ride” cabaret, magic, burlesque, contortion, NYC’s The Slipper Room..

NACL, Highland Lake, Jul 21, 9pm (doors open 8pm) Karen Mason ..................................................................................Sugar Loaf PAC, Jul 27, 8pm “Naughty or Nice” Broadway Heroes & Villains ..Tavern at Forestburgh Plyhs, Jul 30-Aug 11

Cinema “Tom Jones” talk w/ George Burke ....Mount St. Mary College Desmond Campus, Jul 2, 10am “The Lorax” documentary ............................................Grey Towers, Milford, Jul 6, 7pm FREE “The Shoes of the Fisherman” talk w/ George Burke Mt. St. Mary Desmond Campus, Jul 11, 10am “Rebecca” Hitchcock ......................................................Cornwall Library, Jul 7, 1:30pm FREE Afternoon Movie ................................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Jul 17, 2pm FREE “Red Persimmons” ............................................................Cornwall Library, Jul 18, 6pm FREE Surrealist Film Series ......................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Jul 26, 7:30pm

Comedy Jessica Kirson The Laugh Tour ..................................Hennings @ Eldred Preserve, Jul 6, 9pm

DANCE & acrobatics Golden Dragon Acrobats................................................................Sugar Loaf PAC, Jul 13, 2pm Flamenco Ensemble SEGUE Kindred Spirits Arts ..................Milford Theatre, Jul 27, 7:30pm

festival 20th Annual Liberty Festival......................................Main Street, Liberty, Jul 4, 10:30am-4pm Wurtsboro Founder’s Day........................................................Sullivan Street, Jul 6, 11am-5pm Great American Weekend ................................................................Downtown Goshen, Jul 6-7 “Summer Sizzles in Romer’s Alley” ..Bliss Cooperative, Romer’s Alley, Sugar Loaf, Jul 6 & 7 Chinook Dog Show & Olympics ............................ Thomas Bull Park, Montgomery, Jul 12-14 Riverfest ..................................................................Downtown Narrowsburg, Jul 28, 10am-4pm The Two Row Wampum Festival ..........................Riverfront Park, Beacon, Aug 3, 11am-dusk Flea Market w/CANVAS 9th Birthday Art Exhibit & Sale ......................................................

Fly Fishing Museum, Livingston Manor, Aug 3 & 4 Festival of Wood music, crafts, kids, arts, etc. ........................Grey Towers, Milford, Aug 3 & 4

holistic UFO Support Group ....................................Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesdays, 7pm Drumming Circle Kofi Donkor....Pocono Environmental Edctn Ctr., Dingmans Ferry, July 13, 6:30pm “Summer Bliss” Psychic Fair ......................Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Jul 20, 11am-6pm

Music - broadway - opera - operetta - Tin Pan Alley - etc.

Broadway Concerts Direct “Summer Lovin’” ......Wurtsboro Community Church, Jul 20, 8pm Gail Johnson, Christine Hart, Tracy Stroh Broadway................................................................

Something Sweet Outdoors, Middletown, Jul 25, 6pm-8pm FREE The Lyric Quartet “Fire and Ice” ................................Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Aug 4, 3pm

Music - classical & Band Callicoon Center Band Light Classics, etc. ......Gulf Road, Callicoon Center, Wednesdays 8pm Pine Bush Community Band ............................Wooster Grove Park, Walden, Jul 8, 7pm FREE Song Concert Delaware Valley Opera ..........Sullivan County Community College. Jul 13, 8pm Weekend of Chamber Music Opening Concert..Jeffersonville Presby. Ch., Jul 14, 3pm FREE Gregory Hayes harpsichord, Albery Brouwer flute, Ted Mook cello ........................................

Pacem in Terris, Warwick, Jul 14, 5pm Ellenville Chamber Players & Greg Dinger, guitar “A Potpourri” ..........................................

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Jul 18, 7:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music Music Talks! ..........................North Branch Inn, Jul 18, 7:30pm Pine Bush Community Band ..........................................Pine Bush Gazebo, Jul 19, 7pm FREE Weekend of Chamber Music “A Tribute to Judith Pearce” ........................................................

Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 20, talk:7pm, concert: 8pm Market Music Weekend of Chamber Music ....Callicoon Farmers’ Market, Jul 21, 11am FREE Allen Yueh piano, Shandelee Music Festival ....................................Bethel Woods, Jul 24, 8pm Weekend of Chamber Music Music Talks ..........Catskill Distilling Co., Bethel, Jul 25, 7:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music Open Rehearsal ..............Eddie Adams Barn, Jul 26, 7pm FREE Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops ..........................................................

Downing Park, Newburgh, Jul 27, 4pm FREE Weekend of Chamber Music Grand Finale & Reception w/Harbison World Premiere ..........

Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 27, talk:7pm, concert: 8pm Pine Bush Community Band ................Marlyn Budd Pavilion, Otisville, Jul 28, 1:30pm FREE

Doris Lee, Helen Shen, Claudia Hu pianists, Shandelee Festival ..Bethel Woods, Jul 28, 3pm DNA Quintet incl. Loma Mar Quartet ........................Pacem in Terris, Warwick, Jul 28, 5pm West Point Brass & Percussion ..................Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Jul 28, 7:30pm FREE Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players............................Shandelee Music Festival, Aug 1, 8pm Alexander Koprin piano ................................................Shandelee Music Festival, Aug 3, 8pm

Music - jazz The Jazz Cats ........................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, Noon Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble................................................The Dautaj, Warwick, Jul 5, 8pm Skye Jazz Quartet ..................................................Pennings Farm, Warwick, Jul 6, 7pm FREE “A Whirlwind of Jazz” Latino-Cuban jazz ................Parksville Methodist Church, Jul 7, 3pm Mr. Gone ..........................................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 10, 6:30pm FREE The Belly Warmers..........................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 17, 6:30pm FREE Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ......................................Pine Island Park, Jul 20, 6:30pm FREE Bob Rodriguez ............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 21, 10am-2pm The Latin Jazz Explosion................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 24, 6:30pm FREE Steve Wilson/Bruce Barth Quartet, Rachel Loshak..........The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 26, 7pm Erik Lawrence Quartet ............................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Jul 28, 10am-2pm Joe Ray Band ..................................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 31, 6:30pm FREE Hunts Landing Jazz Series............................................Best Western, Matamoras, Aug 3, TBA

opera Aria Concert Delaware Valley Opera ..........Sullivan County Community College, Jul 11, 8pm “Mostly Figaro”Delaware Valley Opera ....Sullivan County Community College, Jul 20, 8pm & Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Jul 21, 3pm “The Impresario” Mozart, Delaware Valley Opera ......Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Aug 2-4

opera - livecast & Video

“Armida” Rossini..............Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Jul 10, 7pm “La Traviata” Verdi ..........Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Jul 17, 7pm “Turandot” Puccini ..........Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Jul 24, 7pm “Barber of Seville” Rossini......Sullivan County Comm. College, Loch Sheldrake, Jul 31, 7pm

poetry & PRose reading Rilla Askew & Paul Austin prose ......................................Narrowsburg Library, Jul 5, 7:30pm Haigan Smith, Judith Saunders..............................Howland Cultural Ctr., Beacon, Jul 5, 8pm Poetry at Second-Hand Poetry on the Loose Seligmann Ctr, Sugar Loaf, Jul 6, 3:30pm FREE Mike Jurkovic Poetry in the Gallery ..................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jul 7, 7pm Poetry, Beacon ....................................................................................Beacon Yoga, Jul 17, 7pm Poetry Cafe, Walter Worden, Roberta Gould, Robert Milby ..........Florida Library, Jul 19, 7pm “Wanderings & Wonderings” w/Erica Ehrenberg ....................................................................

Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Jul 20, 3pm Poetry at the Church..............................................Goshen Methodist Church, Jul 29, 7pm Victoria Sullivan Poetry on the Loose ....Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Aug 3, 3:30pm FREE Poetry in the Gallery..........................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Aug 4, 7pm

recreation & Dancing & Singing Country Western Line Dancing ....................Jester’s Restaurant, Chester, Thursdays, 7:30pm Bloomingburg Garden Tour ..................................Bloomingburg & Wurtsboro, Jun 29, 10am Independence Day ..................New Windsor Cantonment & Knox’s Hdqrtrs, Jul 4, 10am-5pm 162nd Birthday free tours ................Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, Jul 4, 10am-5pm “Under the Stars” Polka Dance ......PLAV # 16, Legion Road, Pine Island, Jul 13, 6pm-10pm Secret Garden Tour ....................................................Milford Garden Club, Jul 13, 10am-4pm “Messiah” Singalong Pike Cty. Choral Society..Good Shepherd Church, Milford, Jul 21, 4pm Time and the Valleys Museum Old Time Fair & BBQ ..........Grahamsville, Jul 27, 1pm-5pm Purple Heart Appreciation Day ..........Purple Heart Hall of Honor, New Windsor, Aug 4, 2pm

theatre - musical “Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five”..................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 2-14 “Fiddler on the Roof” ..............................Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh, Jul 11-28 “Monty Python’s Spamalot”..................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 16-28 “Nunsense!”......................................Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills, Jul 18-21 “Grease” ..........................................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 30-Aug 11

Theatre - Play “Love/Sick” by John Cariani ..................................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, thru Jul 7 “$tatu$ Quo Vadi$” Willy Gilly Productions ....First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, thru Jul 14 “Lend Me A Tenor” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players ....................................................

Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Jul 12-28 “Boeing Boeing” ..................................................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Jul 12-Aug 4 “A Few Good Men” Hatmaker’s Attic Productions ..Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Jul19-21 “The Merry Wives Of Windsor” Shakespeare......................Salesian Park, Goshen, Jul 20-28 “Love, Loss & What I Wore” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ........................................

Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg, Jul 26-28 “My Machine is Powered by Clocks” ................................NACL Highland Lake, Jul 28, 4pm July 2013

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= Bertoni Sculpture Garden, Sugar Loaf = Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel = Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players, Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe = The Falcon, Marlboro = Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh

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Cabaret “Hello Jerry!” FP 6pm

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Cabaret “Hello Jerry!”

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Music The Belly Warmers Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Theatre-Musical “Nine to Five” FP 8pm

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Theatre-Musical “Nine to Five” FP 2pm & 8pm Cabaret “Hello Jerry!” FP 6pm

= Howland Cultural Center, Beacon = Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh = NACL Theatre, Highland Lake = Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall = Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

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THURSDAY Independence Day ....New Windsor Cantonment & Knox’ Headqrtrs, 10am-5pm

Festival ..20th Annual Liberty Festival ..Main Street, Liberty, 10:30am-4pm

Cabaret ....................................“Hello Jerry!” ..........................FP 6pm Open Mic Musicians Gathering ....Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 6:30pm Music Newburgh Jazz Series Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing........JCC 7pm Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Music ................Kobo Town & The Garifuna Collective ..FAL 7pm Music Dean Friedman FAL 7pm Theatre - Musical ......“Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five” ............FP 8pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Love/Sick ..........................ST 8pm Music - Band Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Callicoon Center Band Gulf Road, 8pm

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Cinema.....“The Shoes of the Fisherman” ........MSM-DC 10am Music ......Victoria Justice & Cabaret ....................................“Hello Jerry!” ..........................FP 6pm Music..........................................Sonan Cabaret “Hello Jerry!” FP 6pm Music ..........................................Foley Road ..........................SSO 6pm Open Mic Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 6:30pm Theatre - Musical ............“Fiddler on t Music-Jazz Mr. Gone Music...........HOTROD Band ..On the Lawn by RR, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Theatre - Musical ......“Dolly Parton’s N Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing........JCC 7pm Opera-Livecast Music ........................................Petey Hop ..........................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play..“$tatus Quo Vadi$”..Fi “Armida” Rossini Theatre - Musical ............“Fiddler on the Roof” ......TWSS 7:30pm Theatre - Play ......................“Boeing B SCCC 7pm Theatre - Musical ......“Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five” ............FP 8pm Theatre - Play ....................“Lend Me A Music - Band Opera - Concert..............Delaware Valley Opera............SCCC 8pm Callicoon Center Band Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Cabaret ....................................“Hello Je Gulf Road, 8pm

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Cabaret “Born to Hand Jive” FP 6pm

Music Shallow Oldies Band Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Theatre-Musical “Spamalot” FP 8pm

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Cabaret “Born to Hand Jive” FP 6pm

Music Old Dawgz Band Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm

Theatre-Musical “Spamalot” FP 8pm

Cinema Afternoon Movie TL 2pm

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Theatre-Musical “Spamalot” FP 2pm & 8pm

Cabaret “Born to Hand Jive” FP 6pm

Music-Jazz Mr. Gone Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm

Cabaret ..................“Born to Hand Jive” ......................FP 6pm Poetry Cafe.Walter Worden, Ro Music ..........................Kevin McCabe ................SSO 6pm-8pm Open Mic Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 6:30pm Music ......Amy Helm & The Handsome S Music......Parrots of the Caribbean ....On the Lawn by RR, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music............Pine Bush Community Ban Recreation ..................Country Western Line Dancing ..........CFC 7pm Theatre - Musical ............“Fiddler on t Music ......................Matt Schoenfield Trio, Dylan Doyle ........FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ......................“Boeing B

Music - Classical..Weekend of Chamber Music....North Branch Inn, 7:30pm Theatre - Play ....................“Lend Me A Music-Classical.Ellenville Chamber Players&Guitar St. John’s Ch., 7:30pm Theatre - Play....................“A Few Goo

Opera “La Traviata”SCCC 7pm Theatre - Musical ................“Fiddler on the Roof” ..........TWSS 7:30pm Theatre - Musical ....................“Nunsen Poetry Beacon Beacon Yoga , 7pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Boeing Boeing..........................ST 8pm Music ....................Frankie Valli & The Music Callicoon Center Band Gulf Road, 8pm

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Theatre- Musical “Spamalot” FP 2pm & 8pm

Cabaret “Born to Hand Jive” FP 6pm

Music-Jazz The Latin Jazz Explosion Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm

Theatre - Musical ......................“Nunsense!” ......................PVOT 8pm Cabaret ............................“Born to Ha Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ........Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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Theatre - Musical ................“Fiddler on the Roof” ..........TWSS 7:30pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Boeing Boeing..........................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ......................“Lend Me A Tenor” ................CTMW 8pm Music - Classical Alan Yueh piano Theatre - Musical ..........“Monty Python’s Spamalot”................FP 8pm Bethel Woods 8pm Music ..........................................The Eagles ............................BW 8pm Music Callicoon Center Band Music - Jazz.......Jazz Trio ....Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Opera-Livecast “Turandot” Puccini SCCC 7pm

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Cabaret “Naughty or NIce” FP 6pm

Music In the Pocket Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm

Theatre-Musical “Grease” FP 8pm

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Theatre-Musical “Grease” FP 2pm & 8pm

Cabaret “Naughty or NIce” FP 6pm

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Cabaret ........................“Naughty or Nice” ....................FP 6pm Music.......................Bonnie Law guitar ....................SSO 6pm-8pm Theatre - Musical ......................“Greas

Music......Mighty Spectrum Band On the Lawn by RR, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Theatre - Play ......................“Boeing B Open Mic Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 6:30pm

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Nine to Five” ....................FP 8pm

Sick ....................................ST 8pm

dith Saunders................HCC 8pm

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Nine to Five” ....................FP 8pm rst Presbyterian Ch., Goshen, 8pm

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A Tenor” ......................CTMW 8pm

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oberta Gould Florida Library, 7pm

Strangers, RoseAnn Fino FAL 7pm nd ..............Pine Bush Gazebo, 7pm

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Art Walk....................Artwalk/Chalkwalk ....................Main Street, Livingston Manor, 10am-4pm Festival ............................Great American Weekend ....................Downtown Goshen, 9am-5pm Festival.................“Summer Sizzles in Romer’s Alley” ..........Romers Alley, Sugar Loaf, Noon-4pm Festival ..................................Wurtsboro Founder’s Day ........................Sullivan Street, 11am-5pm Poetry....................“Poetry at Second-Hand” Poetry on the Loose ........................SLGMN 3:30pm Music ..........Independence Day Celebration concert & rock bands ........................TPA 6pm Music....Jermaine Paul & Family, Allegro Youth Orch. benefit concert ............PVOT 6:30pm Cinema ..............................“The Lorax” documentary ....................Grey Towers, Milford, 7pm Music - Jazz ..........................The Skye Jazz Quartet ................Pennings Farm, Warwick, 7pm Theatre - Play ..................................“Love/Sick ..............................................................ST 8pm Theatre - Musical..............“Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five”................................................FP 8pm Comedy ........................................Jessica Kirson ....................Hennings, Eldred Preserve, 9pm Cabaret ............................................“Hello Jerry!” ..........................................................FP 10:30pm

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Art Walk ........................Second Saturday............................Downtown Beacon, all day Theatre - Musical ......“Fiddler on the Roof”................................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Art Walk ........................................Art After Dark ..........................Downtown Milford, 6pm -9pm Holistic ............................Drumming Circle Kofi Donkor ....................................PEEC 6:30pm Music ............................................No Soap Radio ..................................PVOT 6:30pm-10:30pm Music..................Folk Fest Concert ................Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, TBA Recreation...........”Under the Stars” Polka Dance ..............PLAV # 16, Pine Island, 6pm-10pm Theatre - Musical..............“Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five”................................................FP 8pm Theatre - Play.............................“$tatus Quo Vadi$” ........First Presbyterian Ch., Goshen, 8pm Theatre - Play ..............................“Boeing Boeing ..........................................................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Lend Me A Tenor”..................................................CTMW 8pm Music - Classical...........Delaware Valley Opera Song Concert ................................SCCC 8pm Cabaret ......................................Andrea McArdle....................................................SLPAC 8pm Cabaret ............................................“Hello Jerry!” ..........................................................FP 10:30pm

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Music ..............................JB’s Soul Jazz Trio ..................FAL 10am-2pm Festival........Great American Weekend ........Downtown Goshen, 10am-5pm Festival.........”Summer Sizzles in Romer’s Alley ......Sugar Loaf, 11am-4pm Music - Jazz.........The Jazz Cats ........Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Noon Music...............9th Annual Free Music Festival ......BERT 12:30pm-5pm Cinema ....................................“Rebecca” ....................Cornwall Library, 1:30pmTheatre - Play ..............“Love/Sick ..................................ST 2pm Music - Latin Cuban Jazz.........(U)nity ....Dead End Cafe. Parksville, 3pm Poetry ..................................Mike Jurkovich ............................WAA 7pm Music ......................................The Compact ....................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Classical..Weekend of Chamber Music ..Callicoon Farmers Market 11am

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Music - Jazz..The Jazz Cats ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Noon Music.....9th Annual Free Music Festival ..BERT 12:30pm-5pm Theatre - Play ......................“Boeing Boeing ..............................ST 2pm Theatre - Play ....................“Lend Me A Tenor”......................CTMW 2pm Theatre - Musical ......“Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five” ....................FP 2pm Theatre - Musical ............“Fiddler on the Roof” ....................TWSS 2pm

Theatre - Play....“$tatu$ Quo Vadi$”......First Presbyterian Ch., Goshen, 2pm Music.....Spirit, Family, Reunion....Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 2pm Music - Classical..Weekend of Chamber Music ......Jeff’ville Presby Ch, 3pm Music - Classical ........................Baroque Trio ....................................PIT 5pm Music ........The Dan Brother Band, The Jeremy Langdale Band ..FAL 7pm

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Holistic“Summer Bliss Psychic FairCrystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 11am-6pm Theatre - Play.........”The Merry Wives of Windsor” ..........Salesian Park, Goshen, 2pm Theatre - Musical ....................“Fiddler on the Roof”................................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Music - Folk.....................Rich Bala ................Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, 6pm Music - Jazz ..................The Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ............Pine Island Park, 6:30pm Music...Weekend of Chamber Music ..........Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, (7pm, talk) 8pm Theatre - Play ..............................“Boeing Boeing ..........................................................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Lend Me A Tenor”..................................................CTMW 8pm Theatre - Musical ..........................“Nunsense!” ........................................................PVOT 8pm Opera ...............................“Mostly Figaro” Delaware Valley Opera ........................SCCC 8pm Theatre - Play ..........................“A Few Good Men”......................................................RTZ 8pm Music...................Natalie Merchant & Hudson Valley Philharmonic............................BW 8pm Music - B’way-Opera-Pop.....Broadway Concerts Direct ..Wurtsboro Community Church, 8pm Cabaret ....................................“Born to Hand Jive” ................................................FP 10:30pm

Music ..........................BeatleFest 2013 ....................................PVOT 10am-Noon Recreation ..Time & Valleys Museum Old Time Fair & BBQ ..Grahamsville, 1pm-5pm Theatre - Play.........”The Merry Wives of Windsor” ............Salesian Park, Goshen, 2pm Theatre - Musical ................“Fiddler on the Roof” ..........................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Music - Classical..Greater Newburgh Symphony Summer Pops ......Downing Park,.4pm Music...Weekend of Chamber Music Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, (7pm, talk) 8pm Music ........................Lynyrd Skynyrd & Bad Company ......................................BW 7pm Dance ............................Flamenco Ensemble Segue ..................Milford Theatre, 7:30pm Theatre - Musical ..........“Monty Python’s Spamalot”............................................FP 8pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Boeing Boeing......................................................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ......................“Lend Me A Tenor” ............................................CTMW 8pm Theatre - Play................“Love, Loss & What I Wore” ....................................SCDW 8pm Cabaret ......................................Karen Mason ................................................SLPAC 8pm Cabaret ................................“Born to Hand Jive” ..........................................FP 10:30pm

Recreation. Flea Market & Art Sale Fly Fishing Museum, L Manor, 8:30am-5:30pm Festival......The Two Row Wampum Festival ....Riverfront Park, Beacon, 11am-dusk Festival ................................Festival of Wood ..................Grey Towers, Milford, TBA Poetry ................Victoria Sullivan Poetry on the Loose..................SLGMN 3:30pm Music - Jazz..........Hunts Landing Jazz Series ........Best Western, Matamoras, TBA Music ......................Rick Lattimore as Rod Stewart................................PVOT 7pm Music - Classical ..........Alexander Kobrin, piano ......................................SMF 8pm Theatre - Musical ......................“Grease” ......................................................FP 8pm Theatre - Play ......................“Boeing Boeing ................................................ST 8pm Opera..............“The Impresario” Delaware Valley Opera ............................TT 8pm Cabaret ..............................“Naughty or Nice” ........................................FP 10:30pm

Music - Jazz ................Bob Rodriguez ......................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cate ......Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Noon Music............9th Annual Free Music Festival ..........BERT 12:30pm-5:30pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Boeing Boeing ..................................ST 2pm Theatre - Play ......................“Lend Me A Tenor” ........................CTMW 2pm Theatre - Musical ......................“Nunsense!”................................PVOT 2pm Theatre - Musical ................“Fiddler on the Roof”........................TWSS 2pm Theatre - Play..”Merry Wives of Windsor” ........Salesian Park, Goshen, 2pm Theatre - Play ......................“A Few Good Men” ............................RTZ 3pm Opera.......“Mostly Figaro” Delaware Valley Opera......................SCCC 3pm Singalong.......Handel’s “Messiah” ..Church of Good Shepherd, Milford, 4pm Music ..........................Jazz Knights perform Bill Joel ..............TPA 7:30pm

Festival..........Riverfest................Downtown Narrowsburg,10am-4pm Music - Jazz ..........Erik Lawrence Quartet ................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.....The Jazz Cats ......Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Noon Music..................6th Annual Bill Perry Day ....................BERT 12:15pm-6pm Music.Pine Bush Community Band Marilyn Budd Pavilion, Otisville, 1:30pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Boeing Boeing ..................................ST 2pm Theatre - Play ......................“Lend Me A Tenor” ........................CTMW 2pm Theatre - Musical ..........“Monty Python’s Spamalot” ........................FP 2pm Theatre - Musical ................“Fiddler on the Roof”........................TWSS 2pm Theatre - Play................“Love, Loss & What I Wore”..................SCDW 2pm Theatre - Play..”Merry Wives of Windsor” ........Salesian Park, Goshen, 2pm Music - Classical.......Doris Lee, Helen Shen, Claudia Hu ................BW 3pm Theatre - Play ........“My Machine is Powered by Clocks” ............NACL 4pm Music - Classical ......DNA Quintet & Loma Mar Quartet ..................PIT 5pm Music - Classical ........West Point Brass & Percussion ..............TPA 7:30pm

Recreation..Flea Market-Art Sale ..Fly Fishing Museum, L Manor, 9am-3:30pm Music.........The Jazz Cats ..................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Noon Festival......................Festival of Wood ..........Grey Towers, Milford, TBA Theatre - Play ......................“Boeing Boeing ..............................ST 2pm Theatre - Musical ......................“Grease” ....................................FP 2pm Opera..............“The Impresario” Delaware Valley Opera ..........TT 3pm Music-Opera-B’way.The Lyric Quartet ..Dead End Cafe, Parksville, .3pm Poetry ..................................Mike Jurkovich ............................WAA 7pm Music ..............................West Point Steelband ..................TPA 7:30pm July 2013

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ART exhibits CAS ..........................................................................................Catskill Art Society Arts Center, Livingston Manor DAC ............................................................Alliance Gallery & Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg SUNYO-KH ....................................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH........................................................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Gallery & Loft WRS ....................................................................................................................Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Carolyn Duke pottery................................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa Strazza paintings ............................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ......Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing David & Joann Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings ..............BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing Art Exhibit ................................................................................Caffe Macchiato, Newburgh, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ......................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Sheila St. Lawrence “Renditions in Watercolor” ..................................Goshen Music Hall, thru Jul Matt Pozorski “We Few, We Happy Few” sculpture & drawings............................DVAC thru Jul 6 Al Bialos “Bold- Colorful - Rhythmic”........................................ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Jul 8 Barbara Lanza............................................................................................Elant at Goshen, thru Jul 8 “Leaving on Track 9: The Train Show” paintings, photos ..RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon thru Jul 8 Middletown Art Group Spring Exhibition ..................................................SUNYO-OH thru Jul 12 “Farms” WRS members ............................................................................................WRS thru Jul 14 CAS Summer Members Show ..................................................................................CAS thru Jul 14 Louis Pantone ............................................................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, thru Jul 14 Frank Shuback “Anticipated Projects” ..................................................Sugar Loaf PAC, thru Jul 16 Summer Group Show ..........................................UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Jul 28 Erika Joy Walker “Synchronicity” ................................Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh, thru Jul 29 David Borenstein paintings ............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, thru Jul 31 Group Show ..................................................................Wulff Gallery, Livingston Manor, thru Aug 6 Artists in the Park “A Day in the Parks” ........................................Bear Mountain Inn, thru Aug 10 “Light as Medium” Art & Photography group show..............Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Aug 17 Andy Brennan “People, Places & Things” & Galen Pittman ..Rolling River Cafe, Parksville, thru Sep 2

“Botanicals” River Valley Artists Guild ......................Town of Deerpark Hall, Huguenot, thru Sep 6 Elizabeth Castaldo, Carol Kronyak, Ella Guma ”Aesthetic Aspirations” SUNYO-KH thru Sep 6 Gordon Graff art, sculpture ......................................................River Market, Barryville, thru Sep 9 “The New York Collection for Stockholm” Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, thru Sep 30 Karune McLaughlin “Birds, Barns, and More” ................Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, thru summer

New art Exhibits Elizabeth Ocskay & Michael Piotrowski, Catherine DeMaio....................................WRS Jul 1-30 County Quilters Guild ................................................Brick House Museum, Montgomery, Jul 1-31 Hemlock Farms Artists “Salon d’Arte”........Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jul 1-Aug 29 “Black Dirt” paintings, photographs, woodcuts ......Orange Regional Medical Center, Jul 2-Sep 13 Group Show Washingtonville Art Society ..........Weathervane Clubhouse, Jul 5 & Aug 2, 5pm-8pm “We Call it Art” WAA members show ............................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jul 6-28 Troy Mack ....................................................................................................Elant at Goshen, Jul 8-15 Holly K. Jackson mixed media ..............................................Back Room Gallery, Beacon, Jul 11-28 Betty Ann Enos-Damms “Far Away & Home Again” ..Karpeles Museum, Nwbrgh, Jul 11-Aug 29 “Art in Bloom” group show - art & floral arrangements ..........................................DAC Jul 12-14 Richard Gubernick drawings ................................................................................DAC Jul 12-Aug 3 Edward Evans, Joyce Pommer paintings ............................................................DAC Jul 12-Aug 3 Debbie Gioello & Carol Margreither Mainardi “Enchanting Metamorphosis” ARTery, Milford, Jul 12-Aug 8

“Peter & Paul Fiore “Father/Son” ................................................The Forge, Milford, Jul 13-Aug 5 Shawn Dell Joyce........................................................................................Elant at Goshen, Jul 15-29 “Orange County” WRS members........................................................................WRS Jul 15-Aug 14 Pike County Arts & Crafts Exhibit ................................................Milford Borough Hall, Jul 17-28 Helen K. Garber, Naomi Teppich, Ray Fiero ............................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, Jul 19-31 “Change - A World in Motion” group show ................Green Door Gallery, Liberty, Jul 19-Aug 17 Vince Sanborn Open Studio ................................................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, Jul 20, 6pm-8pm Lisa Samalin paintings, collages, Charles Wilkin found objects........................CAS Jul 20-Aug 25 Maryann Maffe ..................................................................................Elant at Goshen, Jul 29-Aug 12

photography exhibits HPG ..............................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford

“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County”..Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown John Strazza ............................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Joe Statuto “Perhaps in a Dream” ..............................................................................DAC thru Jul 6 Julia Zimmerman “The White Album” ......................................................................HPG thru Jul 7 Michael Bloom, Shane Cashman ..............................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, thru TBD Lonnie Schlein ......................................................UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Jul 28 Tom Kneiser “Night-light Photographs ..........Capt. David Crawford House, Newburgh, thru Jul 31 Nick Zungoli “Tuscana”....................................................Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Jan 1

New Photography Exhibits Louis Jawitz “India” ..............................................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, Jul 7-28 Jerry Cohen....................................................................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, Jul 5-17

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Art & photography receptions Middletown Art Group Spring Exhibition................................................SUNYO-OH Jun 30, 1pm-4pm “Black Dirt” paintings, photographs, woodcuts ..................Orange Regional Medical Center, Jul 2, 4pm Creating Community:The Life of Allan Berube Exhibit ............Liberty Museum, Jul 3, 2pm-4pm Group Show Washingtonville Art Society....................Weathervane Clubhouse, Jul 5 & Aug 2, 5pm-8pm Hemlock Farms Artists “Salon d’Arte”............Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jul 5, 5pm-8pm “We Call it Art” WAA members show........................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jul 6, 11am-5pm Jerry Cohen........................................................................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, Jul 6, TBA Louis Jawitz “India” ..........................................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, Jul 7, 2pm-4pm Richard Gubernick drawings, Edward Evans, Joyce Pommer paintings..........DAC Jul 12, 7pm-10pm “Art in Bloom” group show - art & floral arrangements ....................................DAC Jul 12, 7pm-10pm Betty Ann Enos-Damms “Far Away & Home Again” ......Karpeles Museum, Nwbrgh, Jul 13, 1pm-3pm Elizabeth Ocskay & Michael Piotrowski, Catherine DeMaio..............................WRS Jul 13, 5pm-7pm Holly K. Jackson mixed media ..........................................Back Room Gallery, Beacon, Jul 13, 6pm-8pm “Peter & Paul Fiore “Father/Son” ..................................................The Forge, Milford, Jul 13, 6pm-8pm Debbie Gioello & Carol Margreither Mainardi “Enchanting Metamorphosis” ..ARTery, Milford, Jul 13, 6pm-9pm

“Change - A World in Motion” group show ..............................Green Door Gallery, Liberty, Jul 19, 6pm Pike County Arts & Crafts Exhibit ..........................................Milford Borough Hall, Jul 19, 7pm-10pm Lisa Samalin paintings, collages, Charles Wilkin found objects ......CAS Jul 20, (talk @3pm) 4pm-6pm Helen K. Garber, Naomi Teppich, Ray Fiero ........................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, Jul 20, 4pm-7pm Vince Sanborn Open Studio ........................................................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, Jul 20, 6pm-8pm

books Book Lover’s Club............................................Greenwood Lake Library, Fourth Tuesday, 7pm Page Turners Book Club ..................................................................Florida Library, Jun 27, 6:30pm Reading & Photography showing “New York Coty of Trees” Benjamin Swift ....CAS Jul 5, 3pm Discussion “Let’s Play SHESS” Wendy Oliveras ....Bliss Cooperative, Sugar Loaf, Jul 6 & 7, Noon Discussion “I love You...Goodbye” Taylor Sterling ..Bliss Cooperative, Sugar Loaf, Jul 6 & 7, 2pm Discussion “Boy who Harnessed the Wind”..........................................Liberty Library, Jul 18, 1pm Discussion “Fever” w/author Mary Beth Keane ............................Newburgh Library, Jul 18, 7pm Discussion “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters”......................Fallsburg Library, Jul 25, 7pm Book Chat & Chocolate “Peaches for Father Francis” ....................Cornwall Library, Jul 25, 7pm Great Books Discussion ..............................................................Newburgh Library, Jul 26, 11:30am

clubs Chess Club..................................................................................Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ......................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ..........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” ..............Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays, 9am Knitters & Crocheters “Crochety Knitters” ..............................Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knitting Club........................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays 2:30pm Knitting Stitch & Bitch ....................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pm Knitting Group................................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knit/Crochet Club ......................................................................Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ........................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle ........................................................................................Florida Library, Jul 15, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org ......Last Sundays, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild ..........................................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop....St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild ..................Cornell Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm Country Quilters Guild Stitch & Bitch ................................Walker Valley School House, Mondays Scrabble Mania ..............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ..............................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Woodcarving Guild ......................................................Museum Village, Monroe, Wednesdays, 7pm

School & COnservatory Pine Bush HS Students Art Show ................................Town of Crawford Gov’t Center, thru July 31 “Honk, Jr. Acting Out Playhouse ....................................Sugar Loaf PAC Jul 20 & 21, Aug 10 & 11 “Alice in Wonderland” SCDW Youth ....Rivoli, South Fallsburg, Jul 19&20, 8pm, Jul 22, 2pm Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids Acting Out Playhouse ............Sugar Loaf PAC, Jul 29-Aug 2 “Babes in Toyland” Youth Opera Workshop ........................Bethel Woods, Aug 3, 10am FREE

July 4 in Liberty

COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS with Susan Handler

Creating Community: The Life of Allan Bérubé Rarely do we have an opportunity to explore the birth of an activist and the impact that one person can have on society. This month the Liberty Museum and Art Center explores Creating Community: The Life of Allan Bérubé. He was devoted to providing a voice about the everyday lives of the women and men in our gay communities.

Although he passed away in 2007, his voice as a community-based scholar, published author, social justice advocate, anti-war organizer, anti-AIDS activist, and visual artist, continues to have an impact on this country.

At the heart of his life’s work were his efforts to communicate the human rights struggles in the American GLBT community.

In essence, he was a sociologist bonding networks and building bridges. In his essay Intellectual Desire he writes, “I do my work in the borderlands between social classes, between the university and the community, between heterosexual and homosexual,

Allan Ronald Bérubé December 3, 1946 – December 11, 2007

between educated speech and down-to-earth talk, between Franco-American and Québécois, between my family and the gay community, between the past and the present.”

As an awarding winning author and the recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant Fellowship, his extensive research files, oral histories, and manuscripts have made a significant contribution to changing the political environment for the GLBT community. In his influential book Coming

Out Under Fire, based on the correspondence and interviews of dozen’s of men and women from all branches of the service, he explored the uneasy relationship between the United States military and its gay members. The documentation in this book provided Senator Ted Kennedy with the material to challenge the ban on gays in the military.

From July 5-August 18 Hudson Valley residents are encouraged to attend the exhibit Creating Community: The Life of Allan Bérubé. This show is an opportunity to learn more about the community-engaged heart-felt temperament and contributions of the late Allan Bérubé.

The Center is located at 46 South Main Street, Liberty.

For more information call 845-292-2394 or e-mail LibertyNYMuseum@yahoo.com.

Visit www.LibertyMuseum.com for more information.

The Museum is also holding a three day forum “The Preservation Forum: The Great Catskills Resorts” from July 12-14 and The Great Catskill Resorts - photos and artifacts from the Ross Padluck Resort Collection, July 4-September 29.

The 20th Annual Liberty Festival Celebrating Liberty on the 4th of July will take place on Main Street from 10:30am-4:00pm with a classic car show, a parade at Noon, and music by the Carl Richards Band, Gary Cormier, and Whiskey Bent.

A special tribute to Liberty’s Poet Laureate Walter Keller, (see photo) will be held at 10:35am.

Pamela Murphy of Walden’s Hudson Valley Conservatory is bringing the Hudson Valley Fine Arts Singers to entertain on Main Street.

Of course, there will be vendors and yummy food all day too. And don’t forget to find your creative side at the art-picnic (for all ages).

Oh Yes! -- Get your frustrations out...take a shot at the dunking booth!

For information call 845-292-9797.

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Shandelee Music Festival’s 20th Anniversary For its 20th anniversary, the Shandelee Music Festival is collaborating with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts to present two concerts that feature Shandelee pianists from previous years.

In 2004, 13 year old Allen Yueh was one of five solo pianists to perform at the Shandelee Music Festival. A former scholarship student of the Festival, he completed the gamut from child performer, advanced student and promising artist to concert pianist while still in his teens. Yueh’s upcoming performance on July 24 at 8:00pm is his fourth appearance for the Festival.

(Editor’s note: Google “Ay, There’s the Rubato” to read Barry Plaxen’s review in the Catskill Chronicle of Yueh’s superb 2012 Shandelee concert.)

Four days after Yueh’s solo concert, audiences will have the pleasure of seeing and hearing three other graduates of Shandelee’s summer coaching program for young professional concert pianists, Doris Lee, Helen Shen, and Claudia Hu. A junior at Princeton University, Doris Lee has been regarded as “poised and elegant” by the Echoes Sentinel. Lee was a top prize winner

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at numerous competitions, including the Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey (2004-2010), the Greater Princeton Steinway Society (2008), Piano Teachers Congress of New York (2010), and Goldblatt Scholarship Competition (2010), among others. Lee attended the Shandelee Music Festival (Shandelee, New York) in the summer of 2009 and 2011 where she studied with Alexander Shtarkman and Yong-Hi Moon of Peabody Conservatory, as well as Mykola Suk of Nevada University.

At the age of 5, Helen Shen began to study the piano with Lana Ivanov, Shandelee Artistic Director. Within one year, Shen began to win competitions and at the age of 6, performed for the first time at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie

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Hall as a winner of the 2006 Russian Music Festival Competition. Since then, Shen has performed with the Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Chioggia, (Chioggia, Italy) during the summers of 2008, 2010 & 2012.

Manor Ink For those of you who are not aware, Manor Ink is THE newspaper of Livingston Manor and Shandelee. What is unique about this monthly publication is that the staff is solely comprised of Livingston Manor High School students.

Reprinted from the August 2012 issue of Manor Ink by Gem Helper: “On Friday, August 3, 2012, Khris, Tyler, Hannah and Gem of Manor Ink went up to the Shandelee Music Festival site to interview that year’s class of five student pianists. Up and coming students are the heart of the piano festival.

“Claudia Hu - Age 14, from New Jersey.

“Claudia started playing piano at age 5. She

started playing as soon as she started to understand music. In the future, she wants to become a better performer. She has decided to make a career in music because it makes her happy to play and she likes to be challenged by harder pieces.

“Claudia also plays the violin as well as the piano. She advises people to keep trying and never give up when you’re stuck on a problem.

If you do this, you are sure to move forward, she says. To succeed in music, she believes that you need to understand the structure and practice.

Her favorite composer is Chopin because she likes his nocturnes.”

Claudia Hu has appeared numerous times at Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and Steinway Hall.

The triumvirate pictured above left will perform Bach, Mozart & Beethoven at Bethel Woods on July 28 at 3:00 pm.

For tickets: 845-439-3277.

Cornwall’s New Play Area Warwick sculptor Daniel Mack recently helped to create the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s new Grasshopper Grove at the Outdoor Discovery Center in Cornwall.

“My favorite part is ‘Loose Parts’, just a great collection of stuff for kids to figure Open Saturdays and Sundays with guided out what to do with,” Mack said. activities.For information: 845-534-5506.

Synchronicity at Healing Arts Studio An eclectic selection of works by Erika Joy Walker in oil paint, ink, watercolor, wire and organic materials will be on display through July 29 at Healing Arts Studio, 75 Broadway, Newburgh.

These vibrantly saturated pieces were carefully chosen to accentuate Erika’s bold conviction that all life in the universe, no matter how dissimilar, is connected.

She brings science and symbolism/ spirituality in collusion, portrayed by intricate representations of the flower of life, the fibonacci integer sequence, the golden ratio and mandalas.

Furthermore, she emphasizes the natural beauty of the world in landscapes and figure drawings and paintings.

The Healing Arts Studio boasts many energetic healing modalities. Everything from reiki, reflexology, IET, violet alchemy, aromatherapy, acupressure, plant spirit healing, integrated nutritional counseling, sound healing, crystal resonance therapy, chakra clearing, deep memory process, Barbara Brennan healing science, raindrop therapy, neuro auricular technique, reiki/aromatherapy for pets, to facials, skincare products, mineral makeup, books, crystals, vibrational jewelry, stone essences, crystal bowls, boji stones, healing cards/decks, an art gallery (their featured

Work by Erika Joy Walker artists changes every two months) and more...how could there even be more!?

They have monthly workshops, community days and meditations too!

Visit the Healing Arts Studios’ website at: www.thestudiosat75broadway.com or call them today: 520-609-1866 for more information.

Wait...I forgot. They have Yoga too!

July Art at The ARTery

Artist Debbie Gioello, who is passionate about her collection of bigger than life, realistic butterflies, states, “After a winter solace, spring brings life and brightness to the natured earth.

For me, the life cycle of butterflies represents this beauty of metamorphisms. Emerging with their splendid color configurations, a butterfly’s beauty represents transformation at its grandest.”

Gioello’s butterfly paintings are vividly colorful and were made using acrylic paints and varnish in a multiple glazing technique. The completed painting of the butterfly is cut away from the original canvas and superimposed on another painted canvas producing a layered, three-dimensional textured painting.

Carol Margreither Mainardi has discovered a potent and transcendent metaphor for her life’s journey embodied in the image of

the mermaid.

Using her own multi-texture self-developed collage techniques, lumiere metallic and pearlescent colors blend to inhabit their environment. The mixed media backgrounds, including suede board, fabric, and canvas embellished with materials found in nature books and decorative papers, are the essential ingredients of this enchanting archetypal alchemy.

The exhibit is at the ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford, July 12-August 5. The Reception is during Milford’s Art After Dark, July 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm. 570-409-1234.

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Tickled Pink: Beauty and The Breast

by Joe Di Bello

In a tumultuous world with an overabundance of emotional bombardments and a daily dose of frightful, horrific news casts, it seems one tragedy follows the other with monotonous and predictable repetition. Breaking stride, a personal event may interrupt a life with a terrifying roar of thunder and a searing bolt of lightning. Such an event crashed into the life of Marie Burger of Walden’s Tickled Pink, a fashion conscious boutique designed to meet post mastectomy needs.

A mere seven years ago, Marie was confronted by her physician. With gentle eyes and an appropriately stern face, he looked at Marie straight ahead and convincingly stated, “You have breast cancer!”

Fortunately, and in terms of friendship and support, Marie’s cousin, who was in fact more like a sister, confronted an identical predicament. Emotionally holding hands they embraced while each courageously braved the chemotherapy, the radiation and then the dreaded surgery. Completing the prescribed, arduous therapy each was unequivocally convinced: they had earned a vacation!

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sportswear to accommodate their now altered bodies proved Herculean.

Marie recalls with fine detail the next chapter of her determined quest. “There was no type of boutique around here! In Manhattan they had them but there was nothing in this area and for us to go to the City to buy bras and things was not doable! I promised myself, once I made it through the three-year window, (the period of time required to determine if the cancer has been clinically eradicated) I was going to open up a boutique in this area, that’s on a smaller scale than the one at Sloan Kettering but with the same idea.”

Emphatically, she continued, “So I decided I would carry top-of-the-line fashions: swimsuits, wigs, prosthetics, bras, and pocketed bras! I had to go back to school and become accredited by the BOC.” (Board of Certification / Accreditation, for orthotic & prosthetic certification.

Marie went on to reference the LBBC’s (Living Beyond Breast Cancer) simple yet complex definition of breast cancer as follows, “Breast cancer occurs when normal breast cells

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grow and reproduce out of control, turning into cancerous (malignant) cells.

These abnormal cells grow so much that they fill the ducts (ductal cancer) or the lobules (lobular cancer) of the breast. The lobules are glands that produce breast milk, and the ducts are the passageways that carry the milk from the lobules to the nipple.”

A mastectomy calls for the complete removal of one or both breasts followed by options. The most common are reconstructive surgery or prosthesis, which is an artificial breast form that fits into the bra. Prosthesis is designed to present a breast shape under the clothing.

The design and creation of a prosthesis or, as in numerous cases, prostheses have recently developed into their own art form. To follow Marie Burger’s recent training in the design and application of “custom prosthetics” is fascinating.

“I actually do a mold of the chest wall, so if there’s any missing tissue or extra tissue, the back of the prosthesis will fit that person. It’s very realistic. First you do a mold of the chest wall. Then you fit that person with a bra and an

off-the-shelf prosthesis. Then you manually shape it and send it to an art studio in Detroit where they actually make the prosthesis that is very life like and the back wall of it is customized to fit that person’s chest wall. And I can also do custom nipples. For example, if someone comes to me before surgery, I can construct a mold of their nipples and place it in that individual’s file. Then after surgery, I can duplicate the nipple that was lost in surgery. The final product is very realistic, frequently with veins and beauty marks showing.”

The molding referenced above is completed as an at-home-service, where the recipient will be most comfortable. It is after all a traumatic experience and most will be more at ease in a familiar setting, i.e., the recipient’s home.

Marie Burger began her business, Tickled Pink, on a demonstrated need, complemented by a burning passion. She’s located at 35 Main Street in Walden and her business is operated as a fashionable boutique for cancer survivors.

There is no hint of anything pharmaceutical or medical. When a potential post op customer enters, Marie is quick to note the comfort level.

And for those who appear a tad timid, Marie reassures in the most caring manner, extending a hand and saying, “Don’t worry; I’ve been there, done that.”

See Marie’s ad on page 27.

Music in the Mill in New Milford

André George Louis Onslow (1784-1853) was an Anglo-French composer, widely recognized during his lifetime but virtually forgotten today.

During Onslow’s lifetime and up to the end of the 19th century, his 36 string quartets and 34 string quintets were held in the highest regard, particularly in Germany, Austria and England, where he was regularly placed in the front rank of composers. His work was admired by both Beethoven and Schubert, the latter modeling his own double-cello quintet (D.956) on those of Onslow and not, as is so often claimed, on those of Boccherini.

Robert Schumann, perhaps the foremost music critic during the first part of the 19th century, regarded Onslow’s chamber music on a par with that of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Mendelssohn was also of this opinion.

For the July 28, 5:00pm concert at Pacem

in Terris in the New Milford area of Warwick on the banks of the Wawayanda Creek, the DNA Quintet (including Loma Mar Quartet) will Loma Mar Quartet perform music by Bach, Haydn’s Quartet Op 64 No 5 The Lark, and Onslow’s Quintet Op. 51, No 21 in g minor.

Come early and visit the museum, created by Frederick and Claske Franck or meditate in the John Feeney Sculpture Garden, 96 Covered Bridge Road.

Bring pillows for comfort. for Visit www.frederickfranck.org information.

Harriman Benefit

Jermaine Paul & the Allegro Orchestra

Jermaine Paul of NBC’s The Voice wants to do something for his church, the Harriman United Methodist Church, so Palaia Vineyards in Highland Mills is hosting. “What a voice this wonderful man has, and his equally talented brothers and sisters will be joining him with the Allegro Youth Orchestra conducted

by Viktor Prizgintas for part of the show,” Palaia co-owner Jan Pallagi said. “Bring a chair or blanket. No outside beverages. please.”

Tickets for the July 6, 6:30pm concert are available at www.PalaiaVineyards.com or through PayPal, and at the winery. $22 presales, $25 at the door. Children under 13 are SEGUE Stomps in Olde Milford Flamenco Ensemble Geller brings her free. For information call 845-928-5384. ensemble’s Ritmo, Color y SEGUE features musicians Pasion, music and dances and dancers who have Local crafters and artists representing a of Spanish Gypsies to the variety of media and subjects will practice their performed in a variety of Milford Theatre, 114 East crafts on the lawn of the Jacob T. Walden prestigious venues Catharine Street in Milford, House, 34 North Montgomery St. in Walden on including Carnegie Hall’s on July 27 at 7:30 pm.

Weill Recital Hall and Steinway Hall in NYC. July 13 from 9:00pm-4:00pm.

Children under 15 are admitted free.

For Milford’s ongoing Kindred Spirits There is no charge and light refreshments will For tickets: 570-409-1269. music program, SEGUE founder Sarah E. be served. Info: Sandy Magill at 845-401-2795.

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“Light as Medium” on Ann Street

In Light as Medium, artists using holographic and photographic techniques explore light as medium on their own terms.

Works of particular interest are the holograms and laser works by Rudie Berkhout. Berkhout played a significant role in establishing holography as an art form in the 70’s and later became known as one of its foremost practitioners.

Also on view in the exhibit are recent works by holographer Mary Harman and Susan Cowles-Dumitru. Harman uses the holographic image as a sculptural entity. Cowles-Dumitru concentrates on holograms using silver halide on glass, sometimes combining ink drawings on paper into her work.

This exhibition also features the works of photographers Eric Anthony Johnson,

Amanda Mean & Sally Weber. Johnson is a photographer working in the wet-plate collodion Tintype tradition. Mean explores the creation of large-format Polaroid prints. Weber focuses on three-dimensional, large-format digital prints.

The works in this show will be on view through August 17 at the Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street in Newburgh. 845-784-1146.

Salon d'Arte, an exhibition featuring original art by Hemlock Farms artists and their friends, curated by Joan Polishook, will run from July 1-August 29. Polishook also heads the Come Paint With Me plein air events in Pike County.

The opening reception is on July 5 from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Join everyone and listen to music while viewing art and tasting wine, at The Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 Rte 739, Lords Valley.

For information, call 570-775-6896.

“Poppy Fields” by Joan Polishook

“Soap Dish & Light Bulb” by Mary Harman

A French Twist at Chant Gallery

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Visit India at the Old Stone House

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Catskill-area photographer Louis Jawitz’ work has been displayed at the Catskill Art Society, the Sullivan County Museum and is in the permanent collection of the Liberty Museum & Arts Center.

“People might say a picture is worth a thousand words,” says Jawitz, “but from time to time, a single image can be more like several chapters in a long novel.” That’s the case with any number of his own photos, in which multiple subjects seem to each tell a totally separate story, while all contributing to the unified whole. “I look for clarity and individuality on the smaller scales,” Jawitz

explained, “but significant fusion when it’s viewed all together.”

Jawitz returns to The Old Stone House of Hasbrouck this July with another collection of his images in a new show titled India that depicts the lives of everyday people in that vast and diverse nation. This is his third exhibition at the Old Stone House, each previous show having generated record-setting attendance.

The opening reception is on July 7, from 2:00pm-4:00pm, at 282 Hasbrouck Road (Woodbourne) and by appointment throughout the month. For info call 845-436-0070, or for an appointment call 212-929-0009.

Wood Meets Fur in Barryville

Local artist-sculptor Gordon Graff is an assemblage artist and co-owner of the UpFront Gallery in Port Jervis. His work has been shown at UpFront Exhibition Space and Twenty Seven Gallery in Port Jervis, The Bluestone Gallery in Milford, Marion Royael Gallery in Beacon, and the River Market in Barryville.

Gordon has also exhibited in the Art From Detritus Shows in Soho and in Williamsburgh Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn.

Graff and the River Market have joined forces to create a spectacular scope of artwork incorporating taxidermy and reclaimed wood. It includes exotic animal mounts, repurposed furniture and sculptures.

The show runs thru September 9 at 3385 New York 97 in Barryville. 845-557-3663.

For more information e-mail Maggie at: itzmaggie@yahoo.com.

Milford’s 21st Annual Secret Garden Tour

Hallelujah, it’s July! Let’s Singalong!

Beat the heat; think cool; think Christmas; think “Christmas in July / Messiah Singalong.”

That’s what the Pike County Choral Society is offering, directed and accompanied by Henry Repp on organ. The decade-old group will sing the Christmas portion of Handel’s work, featuring the “Hallelujah Chorus.”

UpFront’s Summer 2013 Show

For over 35 years, Lonnie Schlein worked as photo-editor for the New York Times while simultaneously pursuing his own career as a photographer. In 2001, he was assigned to handle all photography documenting the 9/11 attacks for the paper’s special section, A Nation Challenged, which won the Pulitzer Prize. He also edited the Times’ photo book, A Nation Challenged, which remained on the best-seller list for several months.

UpFront Exhibition Space’s Summer “Irish Pub” by Lonnie Schlein 2013 Show features the photography of UpFront Exhibition Space is located at 31 Lonnie Schlein and will run through July 28.

UpFront currently has over 35 artists of all Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis.

For more information, call 845-856-2727. mediums included in this exhibit.

Concertgoers are invited to bring their own scores and sing along.

Refreshments will be served following the festive event at 4:00pm, July 21 at the Church of the Good Shepherd & St. John, corner of Fifth and West Catharine Streets in Milford.

More information and tickets are available by calling Carolyn Krejmas at 570-296-6124.

The Milford Garden Club’s 21st Annual Secret Garden Tour will take place on July 13, from 10:00am - 4:00pm.

Locations of the eight gardens are “secret” until the day of the tour. The mission of the club is the beautification of Milford. Proceeds from this event will be used for the many plantings along the streets and in the parks.

Pre-event $15 tickets are available at JillDeal, 101 W. Harford Street until July 6. On July 13 tickets may be purchased for $20 from 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Milford Community House & Library or at Remembrance Place, corner provided at Remembrance Place throughout the day for attendees. Children under 12 are free. of West Ann Street. & Elderberry Alley.

Call 570-296-6345 or 570-296-3833.

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“Neo-Burlesque” at NACL

Henhouse Prowlers at Dancing Cat

James Habacker a.k.a. Mel Frye, Gal Friday, Mat Holzclaw and Ekatarina

When The Slipper Room, New York City’s renowned palace of variety, opened in 1999, neo-burlesque was in its infancy. Before that time there had been some random shows in lofts and bars around Manhattan, but the Slipper Room was the first venue built specifically to showcase the work of this burgeoning new collective. It was an art project in itself, an artist run venue designed to nurture emerging talent, and push performers to reach their true potential.

The early shows were mostly comprised of performance artists, drag queens, experimental dancers, sideshow acts, and anyone who showed up with an idea, no matter how outrageous, messy, lewd, or illegal. Very often in the early days there were not enough performers to make up a full show, and producer James Habacker would ply his friends with drinks, dress them up in outrageous costumes and quickly concoct a plot before pushing them out on stage.

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It wasn’t long before word got around about this new artist collective, and enough young talent presented themselves at the Slipper Room to make it possible to put up high quality shows most every night. As master of ceremonies, James allowed performers a forum to push themselves and try out new work without fear of censorship. He also added comic relief with his wide variety of characters, his satirical wit, and love of Vaudeville.

The Slipper Room, brings Mr. Choade’s Wilde Ride to NACL for one special night of cabaret, burlesque, magic and contortion. Hosted by “borscht belt legend Mel Frye”, the evening features burlesque legend Gal Friday, magic man Mat Holzclaw, go-go sensation Camillicious, acrobatic madman Topher, and contortionist Ekatarina.

NACL Theatre is at 110 Highland Lake Road, Highland Lake. 21 and over? But, of course.

For reservations: 845 557-0694.

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After eight years of hard work and a relentless tour schedule, Chicago’s Henhouse Prowlers have gained a reputation for their highly original, tradition-inspired bluegrass built on a strong foundation of intricate harmonies and electrifying stage energy.

The Henhouse Prowlers use traditional bluegrass as a base, and make it their own by providing a show that’s danceable throughout with uptempo drive and bouncing mid-tempo grooves, all while covering contemporary topics in a largely original repertoire. Their reverence for the forefathers of bluegrass is palpable as they push the music forward on their own path.

The Prowlers wear the Bill Monroe mantle with spit and polish. They perform - and conduct media interviews - in suit-and-tie and work in a tightly choreographed, one-mic stage

setting, which adds a dynamic dimension to their shows. Combining passion, confidence, and flair with instrumental and vocal prowess, the Prowlers deliver bluegrass with an edge.

With a PBS series soundtrack already to its credit and a critically acclaimed recording produced by Grammy winner, Sally Van Meter, and a new recording in production with Grammy Nominee Greg Cahill, Henhouse Prowlers have been barnstorming on to the red hot bluegrass scene. Not just another bluegrass band, Henhouse Prowlers are adeptly positioning themselves for nothing less than success.

Listen to the Prowlers’ groove at the Dancing Cat Saloon, 2037 State Route 17B Bethel, on July 27 at 8:00pm.

For more information, call 845-583-3141.

Groove to (U)nity’s Afro-Cuban Jazz in Parksville

The Dead End Café in Parksville was once a major Sullivan County restaurant/music venue. Everything was put on hold while our tax dollars went to work building the “Future 86” Parksville bypass and the I-86 contractor rented the restaurant space to house the construction crew.

Now that the bypass is completed, the Parksville USA Music Festival will move into the Dead End Café, re-opening this favorite haunt of gourmands and music lovers for its July (U)nity concert.

Festival producer and Dead End Café owner, basso Tom Caltabellotta, will serve food after the performance.

(U)nity was conceived in 2006 by CubanAmerican drummer Amaury Acosta and Cuban pianist Axel Tosca Laugart, who aspired to create a completely original sound, fusing their Afro-Cuban roots with modern jazz and hip hop. Ironically, the group refers to this original genre, as “genre-less”, with each and every musical note and beat able to bridge what typically segregates music and people. As such, their music is able to reach each listener in its own unique way, regardless of age or taste. By doing so, listeners feel enlightened, refreshed and inspired by music again.

At age 11, Amaury began studying privately with master drummer Alex Garcia.

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(U)nity: Amaury Acosta, Axel Tosca, Chris Smith, Max Cudworth, & Michael Valeanu

Soon after, Amaury was awarded a scholarship to Boysharbor Conservatory of Music in New York, studying with the famous David Oquendo, among others, later graduating from the New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music.

Amaury and Axel studied at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC and were soon joined by French guitarist extraordinaire Michael Valeanu, Minneapolis’ bass prodigy Christopher Smith and alto saxophonist Max Cudworth.

(U)nity’s strong heritage and eclectic modern influences parallel many well-known artists

Andrew Crown Brennan, a member of the Unison Art Center in New Paltz, works in the fields of architecture/interior design. He also runs a small orchard in Wurtsboro, and operates a cidery which produces Aaron Burr Cider.

Aaron Burr Cidery is a small homestead farm dating back to the early 19th century that specializes in growing ciderapples, which are different from eating-apples in the same way wine-grapes are different from table-grapes. They use apples and “Pinocchio & Son” by Andrew Brennan other locally grown and foraged apples for one mission: to re-create “true cider”, the most popular drink in America for nearly 300 years.

People, Places & Things, an exhibit of paintings and drawings by Brennan and Galen Pittman is being shown at the Rolling River Café Gallery & Inn, 25 Cooley Road, Parksville, through September 2.

For information and/or reservations for pre and post festival dining, call 845-747-4123.

and composers such as Chucho Valdez, Arnold Schoenberg, Freddie Hubbard, etc.

They have performed at distinguished jazz venues such as The New York Winter Jazz Fest, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Highline Ballroom, Shape Shifter Lab, The New Jersey Jazz Summit, Spike Hill, and many more!

Come groove to their sound at the Dead End Café, 6 Main Street, Parksville on July 7 at 3:00pm.

For tickets call 845-747-4247.

Tickets are also on sale at Floyd & Bobo’s Editor’s note: see August CANVAS for an Bakery, the official Parksville USA Festival upcoming interview with accomplished artist (and beginner piano tuner) Galen Pittman. box office, 89 North Main Street, Liberty.

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Carol Nelson Falcone: Mother, Author, Artist, Sarcastic Humorist Carol Nelson Falcone is a bright, articulate humorist, enhanced with captivating wit and charm. Her appeal is contagious weather found over a cup of coffee or between the covers of her recent publication, Smirk, an intriguing compilation of humor, the joys of morning sickness and the inherent irony of those teeneyweeney blue pills.

So what is humor? Can it be defined?

Reportedly some of this world’s greatest thinkers - Plato, Socrates, Freud, et al.- have attempted without success to define the causal relationship of laughter to identifiable acts or events. For the academic, the quest isn’t even funny. If an author is able to judiciously employ the elements of humor and make people laugh, the plane of the goal line has been crossed.

Simply score for the funny guys!

Falcone’s academic background produced a writer well-versed in the fundamentals of writing humor. Not the least of her numerous fortes is the prudent use of hyperbole, an element of humor. Take for example her

reference to morning sickness in teacher/advisor for an award the first paragraph. Although a winning literary publication common, nothing-funny-abouttook Carol “under her wing” and it experience for mothers, Carol “inspired” her. Carol went on to is able to use this rhetorical the State University of New device to create humor: “I had York at Fredonia earning a B.A. morning sickness, afternoon and M.A. in English. Although sickness, midnight sickness, and handsomely rewarded for that 3am sickness in your sleep employment by IBM and that you thought you dreamt but Carol Falcone with her two Motorola she realized finally unfortunately woke up to realize children, Zoe & Lucca “This is not what I want to do. it was all too real when you find puke on the I’ve wanted to be a writer since kindergarten!” pillow. I christened every street in my county, a Carol worked briefly for a publication in the few others, and at least one or two other states. state of Connecticut before returning to the The Sanitation department gave me such dirty Hudson Valley where up until a few weeks ago looks for months and I had panic attacks she worked for The Shawangunk Journal, a thinking the cops were gonna haul me outta’ the weekly publication located in Ellenville. house in handcuffs. I could see the headlines, “I knew this was coming, I had been at the “Preggo gets Busted for Puking on Streets; Journal four or five years. There I built the Sanitation Dept. Pissed.”

Smirk brand which is what I wanted to do. I built Preparation and inspiration are critical in all the Smirk brand and under that umbrella I have fields, but for the writer the combination all other things going now, the kids’ books, the remains sine qua non. While in high school, the screen plays, the other things but the main

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mothership is Smirk, which has the cartoons and the humorous column. I’d love to be the next Erma Bombeck. That’s really why I got into writing.” She goes on to recall earlier events that defined her path, “I was only in elementary school when I was reading Erma Bombeck, because I thought she was hilarious. I don’t think other kids got into that. As a child, my grandmother served me coffee and gave me the New York Times. That’s how I learned to read.

“I try to appeal to everybody and the brand is there. I have a “Smirk of the Day” on my twitter and facebook. Once a week I update the website which has a running blog on it. I’ve left the Journal and I am going out. I’ll give it all I got.

I’ll get the screen plays and the children’s books sold and I am toying with the idea of freelancing, but promoting the book consumes all my time.”

Carol is a joy to talk with and a trip to read.

For an articulate dip into her world of hyperbolic frenzy treat yourself to Carol’s website: smerkme.com.

Check her website for book signing dates for the summer at the Pine Bush Library and other local venues..

A Grand Rossini Spectacle in a Grand Sullivan Theatre

by Barry Plaxen

In 1580, Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544 1595) wrote his best known poem, Jerusalem Delivered, a fictionalized account of the first crusade, circa 1099. Various sections (stories) of the poem were used as a basis for many operas, and in today’s world of opera his story of Rinaldo and Armida is somewhat known from performances of Handel’s opera Rinaldo.

In April 2010, the Metropolitan Opera produced a version of the same story written by librettist Giovanni Schmidt that had its world premier in 1817. The opera was never done at the Met before, and after viewing it “Live in HD” on May 1 in the acoustically perfect Seelig Auditorium at Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) in Loch Sheldrake, one easily understood why.

This adaptation by Schmidt of Tasso’s epic poem, titled Armida, was the brainstorm of Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) and was composed during what might be called his “middle period”, after Barber of Seville and Cenerentola. Breaking with convention, Rossini created an opera with roles for - count them - no less than six tenors. “Rossini tenors” are hard to come by, but to find five of a high caliber for a production (one tenor sang two roles in this instance) is often almost impossible. His convention-breaking also includes - I know of

Backstage with Lawrence Brownlee and Renee Fleming

no other example - an outstanding trio written for three tenors.

And expanding on convention, for his future wife, soprano Isabella Colbran, Rossini created one of the longest and most demanding soprano roles in the repertoire, containing extremely difficult coloratura passages along with both lyrical and dramatic passages of every sort. In general, most sopranos choose not to take on a role that includes these three different styles of singing: coloratura, lyric, dramatic.

The story contains a combination of real and imagined historic characters, in addition to mythical and imagined creatures from the netherworld, which aid in the creation of a “grand” opera with scores of beings and the fascinatingly costumed creatures singing, dancing, running, jumping and pirouetting all over the stage and each other. (Yes, Armida has the obligatory fifteen minute ballet that grand

Onstage with Lawrence Brownlee and Renee Fleming

opera had to include in the early 19th century).

The production under the helm of Mary Zimmerman was a spectacle. A grand entertainment. And necessarily so, because the cast of characters are all immersed in, and sing about, feelings of hate, rage, jealousy, revenge, pride, killing, manipulating, controlling, etc., and the performers were so perfect in their depictions of these unsavory qualities that it was difficult to find someone with whom to identify and to root for. So the viewer needed the entertaining spectacle to compensate for the lack of any ‘good character’ with whom to identify.

And that also means the viewer had to be heavily involved with the music, more than with the usual combination of music and drama.

Fortunately, that was easy to do. Though not as memorable as in the famous Rossini operas, the music was a joy to listen to. Highlighted by incredibly long melodic lines and tempestuously

difficult runs and glissandos (glissandi?), the audience thrilled to the technical perfection of the singing actors. And with the appearance of one tenor after another, it got better each time from superb performers such as John Osborn and then Barry Banks, to the magnificent and charismatic performance of Met star Lawrence Brownlee as Rinaldo.

Which brings us to the other reason for producing Armida. Renee Fleming. Claiming not to be a coloratura specialist, or a spinto specialist, or a dramatic specialist, Fleming is capable of singing to perfection in all three styles. (Spinto, from the Italian, “pushed”, is a vocal term used to characterize a voice of a weight between lyric and dramatic.) As the only soprano in the cast, she “competed” with the tenors and with the massive production and “carried the show” with her technical abilities, her charm and her presence.

And, once again, the Met chorus and orchestra need to be recognized for their contributions. Conductor Riccardo Frizza was shown to be “having a ball” conducting the riveting music and his enthusiasm was evident.

I guess that’s who this viewer was rooting for.

Thanks again go to SCCC for giving us the chance to see world class opera close-up. They will re-show Armida on July 10 at 7:00pm as part of the “Live from the Met in HD” series.

For tickets: 845-434-5750 ext. 4472.

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Holistic Happenings

But I WANT to Suffer! - Learning About Emotional Freedom Techniques

by Debra Hollinrake

What would you say if someone offered you a chance to feel better and lead a happier life?

What would you say if you were told it involved releasing stress, anxiety, grief, sadness, phobias, trauma, guilt, fear, chronic pain and more, quickly and permanently? Would you say, “Tell me more!?” Would you shake your head in disbelief and not pursue it at all?

I am often amazed when the last reaction is the response I’ve gotten from many people.

Why is it that many people would prefer to suffer? In other words, why don’t certain people want to live a happier life?

Consider this. Over the last fifty to sixty years, western medical practitioners have embraced alternative methods of treatment that cause no harm and no negative side effects to the patient, i.e Reiki, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy, Biofeedback, Acupressure or Meditation. These practices are non-invasive, safe and effective. No drugs are used for these methods and the only side effects are that you probably feel better and your life begins to move in a more positive direction.

There is another method, however, that I have seen work almost 100% of the time. It’s called

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Emotional Freedom Techniques, also known as EFT, or “tapping”.

EFT is based on 5000 year old research and study of the body’s electrical system, originally known as acupuncture.

Acupuncture branched off into acupressure; no needles, and is quite effective on animals and humans. Then it evolved into EFT. With EFT, you use your fingers to lightly tap specific acupoints on your face and upper body to release negative energy. While you tap these points, you focus on the current disturbing issue while affirming something positive about yourself.

Can it really be that simple? The answer is a resounding, “Yes!” I’ve seen people and animals alike relieved of serious physical and emotional pain within 20-30 minutes, often in less time than that. They’re relieved of pain and suffering that they’ve been walking around with for a very long time, sometimes for many years.

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Documented research now proves undeniably that soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and their families can go on to lead much happier lives with only a few sessions of EFT. A 2010 documentary, Operation Emotional Freedom, follows veterans through EFT treatment. The Veterans Stress Project with Dawson Church, Ph.D. is doing ongoing EFT work with veterans, producing positively life-altering results for many military families. EFT is proven to reduce psychological distress to the point where patients no longer meet the criteria for clinical PTSD - within just a few sessions.

EFT works on animals just as effectively as humans. From eliminating fear of thunder, to separation anxiety to behavioral issues, EFT relaxes the animal to a point where they are well-behaved and calm. I recently saw a rambunctious puppy calm down and wait

patiently for her owner within 10 minutes of using EFT. Children experience the same results. Work with a child for a short time on anger, sadness or any negative emotion and they feel the difference immediately because they’re so sensitive. After they experience such results, children not only tend to use EFT, but they teach others how to use it as well!

Why is EFT so effective? Because these techniques actually change the chemistry in your brain. Typically, when you respond to a given situation, you are responding from a past experience that is still alive and well in your brain. Following EFT protocol, within minutes your brain chemistry actually changes, and old response mechanisms are released.

According to David Feinstein, PH.D., Donna Eden, Energy Medicine Expert and EFT Founder Gary Craig, “EFT frequently produces undeniable improvement in only one session and often works where other approaches do not.”

Do you really want to walk around with pain, grief or stress hindering your true happiness? Or that of your child or your pet? The world can use a lot more happy people.

With EFT, you can be one too.

PCAC’s 63rd Fine Art & Craft Show

by Tod Westlake

The Pike County Arts & Crafts Center (PCAC) will be hosting its 63rd annual arts and crafts show later this month, from July 17-28.

PCAC has developed a devoted following through the decades and always attracts a large number of visitors every year. The membership famously transforms the Milford Borough Hall at 109 Catherine Street into a great gallery space, big enough to hold several hundred pieces!

Matilda Gretch, one of the charter members of the center, says that the show will present a diverse selection of artworks, mostly by professional artists, but also including the works of talented local amateurs.

“The PCAC will be exhibiting works from the whole area,” says Gretch. “This includes members of the North East Watercolor Society, Sussex County Art Society, River Valley Arts Guild and Middletown Art Group artists.”

The center acts as nexus for local artists, giving people a chance to network with likeminded folks. It also works to broaden the experience of members by hosting demonstrations on the first Sunday of each

“Peacock” by Harriet Cotterill

month, providing a wide range of arts classes, and, of course, the once-a-year art show.

“We have life classes, watercolor classes, oil, all mediums,” Gretch says. “And also workshops.”

Gretch says that one of the center’s goals is to encourage the fledgling artist by providing a community through which someone who is just learning can grow. The center doesn’t jury the works that are submitted to the shop, so it’s really very open when it comes to those who are new to their craft.

“People are really encouraged to enter the show,” Gretch says. “If you’re a beginning artist, we encourage that so you can show your work.”

In fact, if you live in the area and are

interested in showing your work, you can download a copy of the prospectus off the arts center website. The center also gives away an arts scholarship to a local student each year. This $500 prize is named after Georgie Kiger, who was one of the founding members.

“She was the moving force behind this [the center],” Gretch says, adding that the Kiger family provides the funds for the award each year. Gretch says that the show wouldn’t likely exist without Kiger’s tireless work, as well as the work of Ada and Gaetano Cecere.

“The Ceceres, along with Georgie Kiger, they really started it,” Gretch says.

One of Gretch’s other passions is her role as a founding member of the North East Watercolor Society (NEWS), another group that

has been going strong for many decades. Gretch says that several NEWS members will be on display at the Milford show, so visitors will also be seeing work by artists who do it for a living.

“It’s a very professional bunch of artists,” says Gretch. “Whoever is exhibiting from the NEWS group, you are going to get some good work.”

Harriet Cotterill is another fine artist who has been with the center since its very beginnings. She says that she really enjoys the camaraderie of working with other artists.

“I enjoy the painting together,” Cotterill says.

The center will be hosting an opening reception for the show on July 19 from 7:00pm-10:00pm.

For more information about the center or the show, visit www.pikecountyartsandcrafts.org.

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Enjoy the Abundance of Museums in Our Region

“Sleeping Boy” by Thomas Houseago

Storm King Arts Center: Mountainville Thomas Houseago: As I Went Out One Morning is the first large-scale presentation of the work of artist Thomas Houseago.

Born and raised in England, Houseago also lived in the Netherlands and Belgium before moving to Los Angeles in 2003, becoming a United States citizen in 2012.

Houseago has taken a particular interest in outdoor sculpture, and as such Storm King Art Center is an ideal venue for an exhibition of his work. This exhibition includes indoor and outdoor sculpture in several media, including bronze, aluminum, wood, Tuf-Cal plaster, and charcoal, as well as drawings, displayed in Storm King’s Museum Building.

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sculpture in 2007, and this exhibition includes the earliest example of his large-scale work in bronze, and outdoor and indoor works completed as recently as 2013, and on view for the first time. As he has said, “In my approach to making sculpture, I try to be honest to the experience of looking and recording. You could argue that sculpture is a dramatization of the space between your eye and the world, between what you see and feel, and memory” David Brooks’ A Proverbial Machine in the Garden comprises a 1970s model Dynahoe tractor, complete with backhoe and front-end loader, that has been buried beneath Storm King’s iconic landscape. Brooks has selected visually arresting areas of the machine - including the excavating and loading buckets, and part of its cab - that are framed out in concrete shaftways left open to the sky, while the remaining body of the tractor is buried beneath the earthen hillside.

Visitors are invited to stand on the shaftways’ steel grates and peer down into the exposed compartments of the tractor below the earth. The notion of a ‘machine in the garden’ is a cultural symbol that underlies the tension between the pastoral ideal and the rapid and sweeping transformations wrought by industrialized technology.

The exhibit is on view until November 11

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at 1 Museum Road, Mountainville.

For further information call 845-534-3115.

Bethel Woods Museum: Bethel The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was photographed by scores of professional photographers and photojournalists, but only Baron Wolman’s images of the festival told the story in Rolling Stone magazine immediately following the event.

Wolman’s photos focus on the attendees and behind-the-scenes action, rather than the performers on the stage. “I spent more time photographing the festival ‘experience’ than I did the musicians,” Wolman writes. “I had shot most of the bands before so I thought why would I want to photograph them again? I didn’t need any more band pictures. But all those people...that was something else. I had never seen anything like this before in my life.” His iconic images helped to create the long-lasting, idealized myth of the festival.

Museum Director Wade Lawrence explains, “Baron Wolman has been a pleasure to work with and we are honored that he has decided to donate his Woodstock festival images to the Museum. We are excited for the opportunity to share his extraordinary images with the public.”

In conjunction with On Assignment: Woodstock, the Museum is displaying the first seventy-five covers of Rolling Stone magazine.

Woodstock by Baron Wolman

The covers feature the photography and artwork of Baron Wolman, Robert Altman, Annie Leibovitz, Jim Marshall, and Rick Griffin, among others, documenting the first five years of the venerable music, pop culture, and political newspaper/magazine.

On the Cover of the Rolling Stone and On Assignment: Woodstock are on display until August 18.

And along the entrance plaza...what better way to celebrate peace than with the deep, resonant sound of hand-crafted, large-scale bells? The Museum at Bethel Woods presents the 2013 outdoor sculpture exhibit, Shohola Bells: The Sound of Peace - a sculptural and aural art installation by renowned potter David continued on page 37

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Greenbaum. Embodying the magic of meditative sound and a graceful, restrained aesthetic, Shohola Bells have a profound transformative presence. The installation consists of four handmade ceramic bells - which have been fired to over 2100° F - mounted in beautiful wooden stands.

David Greenbaum The sculptures are on working on a display thru October 14.

“Shohola Bell” Bethel Woods Museum is located at 200 Hurd Road.

Call 1-866-781-2922 for more information.

Sullivan County Museum: Hurleyville Sunday Matinee at the Museum, presented

by The Sullivan County Historical Society is a special exhibit in July and August at the Sullivan County Museum where you can view Sullivan County-related movies in the Woodstock Theater. The films run continuously from 1:00pm-4:00pm.

Sullivan County in the 20th century as told by Joe Purcell.

Enjoy light refreshments courtesy of the Society. No reservations needed. Admission is free, but of course, donations are always welcome.

265 Main Street, 845-434-8044.

Neversink Area Museum: Cuddebackville The Neversink Area Museum occupies historic canal-era buildings in the D&H Canal Park right on the Neversink River. In addition to their exhibitions on the canal and the history of early 20th century film-making by D.W.Griffith and others, the Museum offers concerts and pancake breakfasts throughout the spring-summer-fall.

On July 13, the Museum is presenting a benefit: Folk Festival Concert at the Leura Murray Center backyard on Hoag Road in Cuddebackville, presenting a full day concert featuring all the great folk musicians who have performed at the Museum. A time for the event was not yet available at press time.

Visit www.neversinkmuseum.org for updated information.

Quilt Exhibit at Brick House The Pine Bush County Quilters Guild is exhibiting at the Brick House Museum, 850 Route 17K in Montgomery throughout the month of July. Phone: 845-457-4921.

Fort Delaware Fort Delaware is an authentic depiction of the life of the Delaware Company pioneers who settled in the Upper Delaware Valley in On July 7: Bridal Gowns of the 19th and 1754. It is located in Narrowsburg at 6615 20th centuries. July14 brings the D & H Route 97. Phone: 845-252-6660.

Canal, and last but not least, on July 28:

Museum Calendar Sculpture Exhibits ......................................................................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing Terwilliger House Museum ....................................................................Ellenville, ongoing Brick House & Hill Hold Museums ....................Montgomery & Campbell Hall, ongoing Sullivan County History ..........................Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ..........................................Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing Delaware Valley Settlers ..........................................Fort Delaware, Narrowsburg, ongoing “Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water & the Rondout-Neversink Story” Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, thru summer Fly Fishing Exhibit ................................Fly Fishing Museum, Livingston Manor, thru summer “Mark Twain”..........................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Sep 1 Baron Wolman “On Assignment: Woodstock Photos” and “On the Cover of the Rolling Stone Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Aug 18 Florescent Mineral Exhibit ..........................................Museum Village, Monroe, thru Oct “Thomas Houseago :As I Went Out One Morning” ................Storm King Art Center, thru Nov 11 David Brooks “A Proverbial Machine in the Garden” ..............Storm King Art Center, thru Nov 11 “Unpacked and Rediscovered” ................Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, thru Oct 27 Creating Community:The Life of Allan Berube Exhibit ........Liberty Museum, Jul 5-Aug 18 “The Great Catskill Resorts” Ross Padluck collection..............Liberty Museum, Jul 5-Sep 29 Sullivan County related movies Sullivan Cty Museum, Hurleyville, Jul 7, 14, 28, 1pm-4pm

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Seeing a Familiar Place for the First Time

Magic begins when the sun goes down and the lights turn on. Things that you are familiar with suddenly change and you see them again for the first time.

“Sometimes after a concert on the waterfront we would drive up Broadway in Newburgh and notice how beautiful it was under the lights,” says photographer Tom Kneiser. “It wasn’t just Newburgh; it was in all the cities we traveled through.

“With the perfection of the digital camera, I could capture that magic using the available glow from street lights. It was easy: mount the camera on a tripod, select the night exposure setting, aim and push the button. The camera did the rest. With a little help from PhotoShop the magic was enhanced.”

An exhibit of Kneiser’s night-light photographs, in conjunction with the Newburgh Illuminated Festivities that took place in June, was inspired by Thomas Alva Edison. “It was Edison who gave light to the night when he perfected the light bulb and built generating stations like the one in Newburgh to supply the current.”

Images are woven together to tell the tale of America’s most famous inventor coming to Newburgh in 1883 to personally oversee the construction of the Montgomery Street Power Station and the installation of the electric lines throughout the city. Edison wired the Deyo

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The old court house (now the Heritage Center) by Tom Kneiser.

house on Quality Row, where he stayed while in Newburgh and oversaw the electrification of the Calvary Presbyterian Church.

His team of rivals (including George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla) helped develop the electrical system we now enjoy.

In our area, Central Hudson supplies the power to illuminate the night. “Thank you all - this exhibition is for you,” said Kneiser.

The photographs have been hung at the Captain David Crawford House and will be on view through July 31.

The Crawford House, 189 Montgomery Street, Newburgh, is open to the public Sundays from 1:00pm-4:00pm April through October, and by appointment.

For information, call 845-561-2585.

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Summer Pops at Downing Back Again!

An American Salute with Guest Conductor Richard F. Regan and everybody’s favorite Mini Maestros plus Narrator Erich Tusch make up The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (GNSO) free annual outdoor Summer Pops Concert.

After opening with the “title track” American Salute by Morton Gould, GNSO and Regan will perform John Philip Sousa’s suite, Tales of a Traveler, a sonic souvenir of the march king’s travels around the world.

Erich Tusch, the voice of the Hudson Valley who needs no introduction, will narrate Aaron Copland’s iconic Lincoln Portrait.

Then come the Mini Maestros. All the children in the park who want a turn at conducting the orchestra are invited to the podium to lead us in another Sousa march, Washington Post. (see photos).

After intermission is Leonard Bernstein’s ever energetic Candide Overture, some Gershwin, and a stirring rendition of America’s official march, Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever.

Regan is the Artistic Director of the Greater New York Wind Symphony. He also maintains conducting positions with the

Orange County Youth Symphony and the Hudson Valley Honors Youth Wind Ensemble. Additionally, he is in demand as a guest conductor of bands and orchestras throughout the east coast and has served on the brass and conducting faculty of various summer youth music institutes in New York State. Rick is employed by the MonroeWoodbury Central School District in Central Valley, where he teaches brass and percussion and conducts their award winning High School Wind Ensemble.

The Summer Pops concert is being held in beautiful Downing Park on July 27 at 4:00pm. Bring blankets or chairs, take a chance on one of the baskets brimming with goodies, and enjoy an afternoon of wonderful, light-hearted music.

In case of rain or extreme heat, the concert will be at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College. Visit www.newburghsymphony.org or call 845-913-7157.

“H” is for Lyrics in NewburgH and ForestburgH In the beginning God gave us these guys (along with many others) who honed and added to the art of great lyric writing, which began with W.S. Gilbert.

Otto Harbach (1873-1963) lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies is most remembered for being Oscar Hammerstein II's mentor and was one of the first librettists to believe that songs should be woven into a show, not just placed there. He is also considered one of the first great lyricists, because most of his contemporaries were considered hacks. This was because the shows usually didn’t focus on lyrics, just the music, the costumes, and the stars.

Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) collaborated with composers Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml, and Sigmund Romberg; but his most famous collaboration, as we know, was with Richard Rodgers after Rodgers’ earlier career collaborating with lyricist Lorenz Hart (18951943) who brought great character vulnerability and highly poetic verses to his painful lyrics that contain great depth and understanding of human nature.

Isidore Hochberg (1896-1981) known as E.Y. (Yip) Harburg, wrote the lyrics for Bloomer Girl, Finian’s Rainbow, Flahooley (which introduced Barbara Cook to

Broadway) and Jamaica, as well as all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz, brought even more wit and humor to lyric writing, adding to the puns and cleverness of Gilbert, Porter, Berlin and Gershwin.

Broadway lyric word play reached its peak with Alan Jay Lerner (My Fair Lady, Camelot). No one has Sheldon Harnick pinpointed when the Golden Age of Musicals ended. Though Fred Ebb continued writing into the 90s, this kind of lyric writing could be said to have culminated with Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Herman.

THeatre at West SHore Station Moving forward from Alan Jay Lerner, Harnick continued to create songs that were even more heavily character driven yet still full of clever word play and unequaled alliterations in his three pre-Fiddler musicals, Fiorello, Tenderloin, She Loves Me Ed Romanoff (and later The Apple Tree and The Rothschilds). But for Fiddler on the Roof he plays second fiddle to his partner Jerry Bock whose music for Fiddler is generally given more prominence (“longer shrift”) than

Harnick’s lyrics.

Starring Ed Romanoff as Tevye and Mary Ellen Nelligar as his loving and patient wife Golde, directed

by Joyce A. Presutti, with associate director and choreographer Andrews Mary Ellen Glant-Linden and musical Nelligar director Scott R. Test, Just Off Broadway Inc. is presenting Fiddler on the Roof from July 11-28 at the Theatre at West Shore Station, 27 South Water Street, Newburgh.

For tickets, call 845-565-3791.

ForestburgH PlayHouse Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, there’s no reason to miss the fun! If you don’t like to be out too late, Forestburgh Playhouse presents PRE-show cabarets with a delicious buffet dinner every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening at 6:00pm.

Still a night owl? Friday and Saturday night they present POST-show cabarets - with special favorites included in the Late Night Cabaret Menu.

The Playhouse has welcomed Jill Padua, caterer and former owner of the awardwinning Jill’s Kitchen and the original Chatterbox Café of Narrowsburg. Her talent for making her customers happy has given

her a reputation for being creative as well as offering up delicious meals. A few menu items she is well known for are her Spanakopita, Sesame Noodles, and TurkeyCranberry Wrap.

Jerry Herman Though songs like Hello Dolly, If He Walked into My Life and I Am What I Am are what Jerry Herman is most well-known for, he also continued in the Lerner-type lyric tradition with musicals such as Mame, Mack and Mabel and La Cage aux Folles for which he conceived character driven, clever lyrics, inspired never-before rhymed words, and brilliant word play.

Hello Jerry! at Forestburgh Playhouse, July 2-13 is the cabaret show with Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five on the Main Stage. July 16-27 features a Doo-Wop cabaret (with Spamalot on the Main Stage) and from July 30-August 11, running with Grease, is a fun cabaret based on a musical sing-off between good and evil: Broadway songs from heroes and villains, heroines and villainesses.

Don’t forget to make your reservations for before-or-after viewing of the Main Stage show. Call 845-794-1194.

You’ll be happy you did.

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Kirson in Eldred for The Laugh Tour

Comedian Jessica Kirson’s unique style and stage presence captures the attention of audiences and club bookers everywhere she performs. Her wide variety of characters brings a diverse energy to her routine.

Kirson grew up in South Orange, New Jersey and attended the University of Maryland.

She was in social work before she considered comedy as a career.

“My mother is a therapist. She had clients in the house, so I always had to be quiet. I was like Anne Frank in my own house,” says Kirson. She has performed on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, seasons 2 and 3, NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and is coming back to Sullivan County and performing for The Laugh Tour, this time at Henning’s Local at the Eldred Preserve.

Henning’s Local supports local sustainable agricultural practices and business. Norwegian chef Henning Nordanger and wife Karen Flood have

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searched for the perfect place to showcase their love of good, fresh food shared with friends. They have been building relationships with local farmers, purveyors, winemakers and any other culinary artisans to ensure the best quality products.

They are committed to contribute to the community through local purchasing and staffing.

They believe they have found the perfect place, surrounded by so many hardworking and dedicated producers of fresh, local and sustainable products.

The main room at Henning’s has received a facelift in the form of rough-cut pine lumber floors, bar and tabletops. They also have a catering room with a 200 person capacity and an outdoor deck with pristine views of forests and ponds.

See Jessica perform at Henning’s, 1040 State Route 55, Eldred, on July 6 at 8:00pm.

Email info@thelaughtour.com for tickets, or visit www.thelaughtour.com

July 2013

A Fair to Remember in Grahamsville

by Carol Montana It’s happening come rain or come shine on July 27 from 11:00am to 5:00pm at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds, Route 55 in Grahamsville. That’s where you can enjoy old-fashioned fun at the Old Time Fair and BBQ sponsored by the Time and the Valleys Museum.

Try your hand at corn shucking and skillet throwing, while the kids roll hoops, race in potato sacks and toss a bean bag. The whole family can partake in the ice-cream making demonstration and then enjoy the fruits of the labor, perhaps while watching the blacksmithing or spinning and quilting demos.

Food aplenty will be available for purchase: hot dogs, ice cream, coffee and tea, and the Miller Chicken Barbecue will be available

from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Don’t forget to take home an old-fashioned homemade pie from the ever-popular pie auction!

Just to keep things fresh, there will be some “new” old fashioned activities this year, including a beekeeping demo, wood crafting, fly fishing tying and casting, and some local history exhibits.

Keeping things affordable in an oldfashioned way, there’s free admission and free parking, with a nominal fee for certain contests. All proceeds will benefit the educational programming for the Museum’s new exhibit Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water and the RondoutNeversink Story.

For more information on the Old Time Fair, the museum exhibits, hours or directions, call the Time and the Valleys Museum at 845-9857700.