D & H CANVAS March 2013

Your FREE Monthly Arts, Entertainment & Buy Local Guide

Covering Orange & Sullivan Counties, Milford, Dingmans Ferry, Beacon, Marlboro, & Ellenville

March 2013

art • cinema • dance • festivals • holistic living • music • opera • poetry • theatre

PUBLISHER’S COLUMN Holistic Living May I draw your attention to one very important ecological item we did not cover on our holistic page, a free lecture by Howard E. Welcome Yulan After 9 years of publishing, we have our very Aschoff, Jr. on “The True Feasibility of Solar first event item for Yulan in Sullivan County, a Electric on the Tri-State Area”, March 12 at few miles west of Eldred. See The Parting 7:00pm in the Gilman Library at SUNY Orange in Middletown, 845-341-4891.

Glass Band story on page 26.

by Barry Plaxen

Family Affairs Mother and daughter Mary & Julie Ziavras are travelling around Orange & Sullivan to promote Mary’s new Greek folk tales book. See pages 32 and 33.

Mother, daughter and granddaughter, Barbara & Marianna Bonchek and Rachel Sanborn are reading their poetry in Sugar Loaf on March 2. See page 12.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Wish I could show you a photo of the smile that appears on my face every month when I open my mailbox to find the latest copy of the CANVAS. The paper is always full-to-overflowing with arts events that beckon from every corner of our wonderfully talented area.

Thank you, thank you for providing not only a thorough calendar of events, but also profiles of performers and wonderful previews of upcoming art exhibits, poetry readings, and dance and theatre performances.

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

CANVAS columnist Susan Handler is presenting “The Evolution of the Westernized Female Silhouette a.k.a. The Corset Lecture” at the Albert Wisner Library in Warwick on March 10 from 2:00pm-3:30pm. See page 29 for details.

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DESTINATIONS CHESTER / SUGAR LOAF ......................12, 13 CORNWALL / WOODBURY ............................28 ELLENVILLE ..............................................15 FLORIDA / GOSHEN....................................35 GREENWOOD LAKE / WARWICK ..................29 LIVINGSTON MANOR ..................................24 MILFORD ..................................................14 MONTGOMERY ..................................4, 5, 6, 7 NARROWSBURGH..................................30, 31 NEWBURGH ..........................................10, 11 PORT JERVIS / MATAMORAS ........................25 WALDEN ........................................32, 33, 34 WURTSBORO..............................................27 CALENDARS MUSIC ......................................................16 CATEGORY CALENDAR ................................17 MARCH 2013 CALENDAR ......................18, 19 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY CALENDAR ..............20 CHILDREN & TEEN’S CALENDAR ..................20 COLUMNS COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS ..31 HOLISTIC HAPPENINGS ................................36 MEET ME IN THE GREEN ROOM ..................34 MEET ME IN THE LIBRARY: M. ZIAVRAS 32, 33 MEET OUR ADVERTISERS ..............................6 OPERA NEWS ............................................23 THE CANVAS BEAT W/ TINA PIAQUADIO ....16 WHISPERING PINES CORNER W/ DOUG FREY 26

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STORIES ANN STREET GALLERY ................................8 BRIANNA COX, PHOTOGRAPHER ..................10 CATSKILL ART SOCIETY ..............................24 CORNERSTONE ARTS ALLIANCE ..................35 CORSET LECTURE W/ SUSAN HANDLER ......29 DEBRA HOLLINRAKE ..................................36 DELAWARE VALLEY ARTS ALLIANCE ......30, 31 DELAWARE VALLEY HS STUDENTS ..............14 DOWNING FILM CENTER ..............................11 GRAND MONTGOMERY CHAMBER MUSIC ........4 GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCH. ......3 GREENWOOD LAKE LIBRARY ......................29 JESTER’S COMEDY CLUB............................12 JOAN SCHWARTZMAN, ARTIST ....................29 LEN DEVIRGILIO, ARTIST ............................10 MUSIC IN SULLIVAN & ULSTER COUNTIES ....15 MUSIC IN CENTRAL VALLEY ..........................9 NESIN CULTURAL ARTS ..............................21 NEWBURGH CHAMBER MUSIC ....................22 NEW WINDSOR ART GALLERY ......................9 PARTING GLASS BAND ..............................26 PETER GELLER, PHOTOGRAPHER ................28 PINE BUSH AREA ARTS COUNCIL ..................8 POETRY ON THE LOOSE ..............................12 POTLUCK CONCERTS..................................28 PSYCHIC FAIR ......................................25, 36 SUGAR LOAF GUILD ..................................13 SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ....23 SUNYO MIDDLETOWN ..............................21 SUNYO SYMPHONIC BAND ..........................3 UPFRONT GALLERY ..................................25 WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL ............................7 WASHINGTONVILLE ARTS SOCIETY ................8 WURTSBORO ART ALLIANCE ......................27

GNSO: Back with Mozart & Beethoven in Newburgh and Sugar Loaf Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, one after the other, took the road less traveled, and it truly did make all the difference.

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 has long been considered one of his greatest works, and he wrote it for himself, not for his wealthy Viennese patrons. Mozart broke new ground with his furthest exploration of the piano concerto in this ultimate venture. It was apparently studied by Beethoven, whose Third Concerto not only uses the same key, but includes a theme that resembles Mozart's.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), like Mozart, forever changed the course of music history. In 1787, the teenaged Beethoven visited Vienna and met Mozart, for whom he played. Mozart told the distinguished gathering, “Some day this young man will make a great noise in the world.” Mozart's works continued to influence Beethoven, who is on record as having expressed his profound admiration.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, Opus 55, Eroica was the longest, biggest, most advanced symphony written to date (1803-04). It remains, more than two centuries later, one of the most powerful utterances of symphonic thought

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ever created.

Originally intended as a tribute to Napoleon Bonaparte, the disenchanted Beethoven retracted the dedication and renamed it when Bonaparte crowned himself emperor. Nevertheless, the mighty Eroica was Beethoven's favorite.

The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO), with Woomyung Choe conducting, is presenting these two ground-breaking works Mozart's remarkable achievement, prophetic of things to come, will be performed by the captivating young virtuoso Alina Kiryayeva.

With outstanding command of her instrument, Ukraine native Alina Kiryayeva can be counted on to do justice to this Mozart masterpiece.

Kiryayeva has claimed top prizes and honors internationally and has toured her native Ukraine, as well as Russia, Mexico, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Holland, Japan and the United States. Completing her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees as a scholarship recipient at the Juilliard School, she continues her education in the Doctoral Program at City University of New York.

The GNSO concerts are on March 16 at 7:30pm in the Newburgh Free Academy

High School auditorium, 201 Fullerton Avenue, and March 17 at 3:00pm at the Sugar Loaf PAC, (formerly Lycian Centre) 1351 Kings Highway.

The Shacklett Preview at 6:30pm in Newburgh is a pre-concert introduction to the evening's music by Gordon Shacklett.

Tickets may be purchased at the doors or by phone: 845-913-7157 or by visiting www.newburghsymphony.org.

In memory of noted American composers Norman Dello Joio and Morton Gould, both of whom would have turned 100 years old in 2013, the SUNY Orange Symphonic Band, comprised of students and members of the community, is featuring their music.

Both composers showed an affinity for jazz and classical forms, but while Gould ventured into more popular idioms - he was a noted arranger for radio orchestras - Dello Joio’s music embodied Gregorian chant and Baroque melodic structures.

The concert, under the baton of Dr. Kevin Scott (see photo), will also include an overture by the short-lived 18th century French composer Hyacinthe Jadin, along with music by Douglas Townsend, and Michael Colgrass’

evocative Old Churches which shares similarities with Dello Joio’s work in embodying Gregorian Chant within a modernist idiom.

The concert is sponsored by the College’s Arts and Communication Department.

SUNY Orange students and active military personnel will be admitted free.

The concert takes place on March 15 at 7:00pm in the Great Room of Kaplan Hall on the College’s Newburgh campus.

For more information, 845-341-4787.

Interested in performing? Contact Dr. Scott at 845-341-4393.

Snow dates are March 23, 7:30pm, in Newburgh and March 24, 3:00pm, in Sugar Loaf.

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Chiara Quartet: Look Ma, No Music!

montgomery aREA calendar sponsored by Di Bello Gallery

Art & Photography Exhibits Mike Jaroszko luminist James Hiller photography James Douglas Gallery, ongoing “Love” thru-Feb 14, “Night” Mar 14-Apr 14

Rebecca Fischer & Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violins; Gregory Beaver, cello;, Jonah Sirota, viola

Chiara (key-ARE-uh) is an Italian word, meaning “clear, pure, or light.”

Renowned for bringing fresh excitement to traditional string quartet repertoire as well as for creating insightful interpretations of new music, the Chiara String Quartet often performs the entire concert “by heart” – from memory, without using printed sheet music!

An unusual practice, it allows the group to be fully present in the moment, resulting in an intense and engaging performance. The Quartet recently recorded a forthcoming album of the complete string quartets of Brahms, entirely from memory.

The Chiara trained and taught at The Juilliard School, is established among America’s most

respected ensembles, and is lauded for its Jacqueline Schwab, Mikey Teutul, Nat Baines ongoing, “highly virtuosic, edge-of-the-seat playing” "A Season in Bloom" (The Boston Globe). In addition to the Quartet’s Gayle Fedigan, Sharon Galbraith, Erik regular performances in major concert halls, Boettcher, Laina Mason, KerryLyn including Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall, Boettcher, Janet Baskerville, et al the ensemble performs in alternative venues. In Wolfgang Gallery, Mar 2-Apr 3 2012 the Chiara appeared in Ann Arbor, MI as residents in the community, performing in Bobbi Montanye unusual venues including a vacant storefront “Pictures of Ireland” and a Toyota factory. (www.chiaraquartet.net) Noble Coffee Roasters, Mar 1-31 Chiara performs the quartets of impressionists Cinema Debussy and Ravel from memory as part of the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series “Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom” Mar 22 “The Jerk” Mar 29 at the Senior Center, 36 Bridge St., on March 3 Wolfgang Gallery, 7pm at 3:00pm. Admission is free.

For information call 845-457-9867.

Dining out and in!

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Susan Wilson & Lorraine Furey, Brenda Scott Harburger Mar 2-31 Reception: Mar 9, 5pm-7pm Wallkill River School

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Museum The Culture of Ireland Mar 9, 2pm Robert Score book reading Mar 26, 7:30pm Village Museum,

Music - Classical Chiara String Quartet Mar 3, 3pm Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series Senior Center

Music Joe Frazita Mar 1, Sarah Morr Mar 2 Jeremy Lansdale Mar 8, Cabin Fever Mar 9 Open Mic Mar 14, Piet Koster Mar 15 Music for Humanity Mar 16 e’lissa jones Mar 22, The BlackJacks Mar 23 Nick Morrizo Mar 29, Sojourn Mar 30 Noble Coffee Roasters, 7pm-10:30pm

Poetry Reading Jim Eve Noble Coffee Roasters, Mar 7, 7pm

Recreation Easter Egg Hunt Veteran’s Memorial Park, Mar 23, 10am St. Patrick’s Day Parade Downtown, Mar 23, 2pm

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Shillelaghs & Shamrocks in Montgomery

by J. A. Di Bello As the month of March settles in on the good and faithful residents and neighbors of the Village of Montgomery, it's time to “wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green.” The Mayor of Montgomery, Steve Brescia, has once again initiated what many foresee to be an annual event: The Montgomery Saint Patrick's Day Parade. The occasion is anticipated to bring crowds of spectators and participants to downtown Montgomery on Saturday, March 23.

“There's O'Briens and Ryans and Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland...” to be in this grand parade. Look also for Brescias, Kellehers marchin’ to the beat of McNamara’s Band, “tho’ small in number...(it's) the best in all the land.”

The Grand Marshal for the inaugural parade is Patrick Kelleher of Montgomery. The event will kick off with a 5K race at 8:00am with a start and finish in the downtown area of the village. It will be followed by a junior event beginning at the corner of Clinton Street and Wallkill Avenue. At 10:30am an Easter Egg Hunt

will begin at the Veterans' Memorial Park and a St. Patrick's Mass at St. Mary's Church at 11:00am. The Grand Marshal's Reception will follow at noon in St. Mary's Hall. At 2:00pm the parade will step off.

Lineup is at 1:00pm in Rolling Hills Development.

To safeguard traditions and cinch a fine beginning to the festivities, a Grand Marshal's Celtic Cocktail Reception will be held on March 15 at the Village Senior Center, beginning at 6:00pm. Tickets for the kick-off event are $25/ea. For information regarding the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and festivities, call the Village Office at 845-457-9661 (Ronnie at ext. 203 or Tina at ext. 201).

Expect, as usual, to find shillelaghs and concealed leprechauns checked at the door. Éirinn go Brách!

Wolfgang’s March Exhibit

The Wolfgang Gallery’s March exhibit, titled, A Season In Bloom, will feature paintings, photography, jewelry and pottery and will run from March 2 - April 3.

An Opening Reception will be held on March 9 from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

On March 22 at 7:00pm, the Gallery will have a “Kids Movie Night” and will offer Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom. A $10 donation includes popcorn and soda.

In addition, on March 29 at 7:00pm, Wolfgang’s “Movie Night” features The Jerk.

The Gallery is located at 40 Railroad Avenue.

For info: 845-769-7446.

Art by Erik Boettcher

“Ghost Whistle” by Robert Harry Score The Historic Montgomery Association’s March meeting is scheduled for March 26 at 7:30pm. The meeting will be held in the Village Museum on Clinton Street.

Robert Harry Score, local author and artist will be the featured speaker. His recent book, Ghost Whistle, will be the topic of the evening’s presentation. It is a tale inspired by real people, real events, and a real place, the Wallkill River Valley. If you believe in remembrance and the spirit of those who cleared the path, you will comprehend the Ghost Whistle, for it's simply a conversation between the past and the present, a prosaic train ride through time.

Enjoy the journey!

During the evening Ghost Whistle will be available for sale and for signing. The public is invited, admission is free and refreshments will be served.

For information call 845-457-3457.

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Meet Our Advertisers: Sweet Sensations by Sue! “If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked a Cake”

by J. A. Di Bello There are curious, culinary circumstances that cause the transformation of a survival oriented, newly wed housewife into an artist, a bakery artist, a master of the sugar arts! Susan Rumbold once a young and timid housewife, preoccupied with the fear that her husband and his cousin would starve due to her lack of culinary skills, is now the proud owner of Walden's premier custom bakery. A fan of alliteration, Susan has conveniently christened her covenant with the world of custom cake creations Sweet Sensations by Sue. Producing items of beauty is rarely the result of happenstance. There are causes! In Susan's instance it appears to be her propensity to question and wonder, “Can this be done?” Susan claims that she cannot draw, cannot draw anything, even with a “gun to my head.” But Susan’s mom was an artist, a painter and it is quite obvious that Susan did not stray far from the imaginative tree. “I always like the idea of taking something and creating something beautiful with it. For instance, I use to pick berries and at the end of the day - I’d have these beautiful jars of jam.” From that point it was a short step to a new medium and the desire to create something beautiful. She recalls in detail the affect of her creative energy. “I’d go to a grand wedding and see these beautiful cakes and say ‘I can’t wait to get a piece of that’. And you’d get it and it would be gross.”

Why can't the inside be just as appealing and satisfying as the outside? she wondered. “So that became my goal: to create something beautiful but make it something delicious at the same time!” Can it be done? Yes, it can be done!

Cakes and sweets ordered at Sweet Sensations are individualized and designed to be one-of-a-kind adventures. There are those with personal attachments to firefighting apparatus, farm tractors or as in a recent

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celebratory situation the implements used in a commercial kitchen. Of special concern to Sue is the wedding cake. A couple with intent to marry will consume hours, weeks and months arranging guests lists, seating charts, entertainment and menus. The grand wedding cake is especially deserving of attention, not only for its sensory appeal but because of it’s symbolic value. It is after all the focal point of the reception party but also “a symbol of the first sweet moments of a couple’s new life together.”

To bake from scratch is a procedure that requires patience and the ability to follow direction when provided. It also requires an attitude that appreciates the tradition of making food that is healthful, wholesome and actually tastes good. Sue laments; there’s a whole generation of consumers in this world who never tasted a pie that wasn't made from a frozen supermarket shell.

It is through the use of frostings, icings and various edible decorations that allow the science of baking to achieve status as a creative art form.

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To create a work of art from baked products requires the ability, skill, to manipulate two essentials. Fondant, a very versatile sugar paste is often referred to as Play-Doh for grownups. It can be used to cover cakes, cupcakes and sometimes cookies. Fondant will give cake a porcelain look that can be painted and stamped.

Gum paste on the other hand is similar to fondant, except that it dries very hard and serves a useful function when detailed decorations are needed.

The ingredients mentioned here are without doubt indispensable in the science of baking.

However, the transformation to an art involves Love. That's right Love with a capital L. Any brief encounter with Sue Rumbold will reveal that she's got it. She loves what she does and is proud of her artistic accomplishments. That's what makes her one-of-a-kind product Sensational!

Sweet Susan’s bakery is in the Town of Montgomery BUT in Walden, on the Village’s famous West Main Street, number 81B to be exact. It is at this location that one will find Sue and her husband Bryan. Their diminutive store

front location has become a sweet and sensational café of sorts, where gourmet pastries and quasi-addictive cannoli, can be sampled and mixed with conversation and some really fine coffees.

If you travel, Sweet Sensations is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 7am ‘til all the goodies are gone. Drop in, call 845-7782253 and check out a really neat website www.sweetsensationsbysuellc.com.

...........................Montgomery March at the Wallkill River School Art by Susan Wilson

When Susan Wilson first picked up a paintbrush over 25 years ago, she was immediately hooked. Primarily self taught, she worked diligently on her art while raising her three daughters. Starting with oil painting, she eventually fell in love with the beauty and versatility of watercolor.

In early 2012 she started creating scratchboard art, a subtractive medium in which highly detailed and delicately shaded artwork is created by scratching with a sharp tool, such as an x-acto knife, onto a specially prepared masonite panel. Scratchboard quickly became her passion.

Subject matter has evolved over the decades, but images of the land, both realistic and abstract, never cease to intrigue Lorraine Furey.

After receiving a BFA in sculpture, her personal artistic life was put on hold to work in education for a few decades and raise a family.

Furey’s work includes paintings, sculptures, and mixed media collages. She has shown her work locally and in Rockland County, while studying in Philadelphia and New York.

Lorraine enjoys plein air painting for its immediacy, freshness and sense of place. She also enjoys abstracting landscapes for its freedom, unpredictability, and stimulation. She believes, after teaching art for 26 years, if one wants to learn about painting, watch a child paint: “They are the world's best artists!”

Brenda Scott Harburger graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her goal was to be an art director, but

Art by Lorraine Furey

“A Wash in Sadness” by Brenda Scott Harburger

circumstances took her on a different route as a successful product marketing manager.

For 40 years, Brenda has looked forward to acting on her passion: painting and sculpting. In October 2012, she showed her Colorado awardwinning watercolor, “A Wash in Sadness” in the 50th Anniversary Orange County Art Federation exhibit.

The Wallkill River School’s (232 Ward St.) March exhibit will have Susan Wilson and Lorraine Furey in the Devitt Wing, reception: March 9 from 5:00pm -7:00pm, and emerging artist Brenda Scott Harburger in the Workshop Room.

The exhibit runs from March 1 - March 31.

For information call 845-457-ARTS.

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The Washingtonville Art Society...Aiming to Bring the Community Together

by Naomi Kennedy

Once a month on the first Friday of each month, from 5:00pm-8:00pm, The Washingtonville Art Society (WAS) hosts the Pedestrian Art Gallery (PAG), a pop-up gallery of one night pop-up exhibits in the Weathervane Clubhouse (Community Center), 25 Weathervane Drive in Washingtonville.

Co-founders and co-curators Gabriele Spear and Peter Macaluso are hoping their gallery will act as a “community building tool”. “With both the art society and the gallery, we are trying to make it easier for people to experience art without having to be in a high-priced gallery,” said Spear.

The events, which feature a wide range of artists including musicians, filmmakers, photographers, poets, performance artists, and painters, are all free to the community. All funding is from local businesses.

The society is working toward something more important than just selling paintings. They want to help bring neighbors together and give artists the opportunity to grow. “Art is an amazing tool that bridges gaps in language and conveys emotions when words just won't do,” said Spear.

The WAS are aiming for the establishment to be “family friendly” in the hope to make the community stronger. “We're trying to establish a place where artwork can be viewed, but also

“Room with a Dark Past” by Sabrina Leviton “I was inspired to take this picture because I felt like the sun shining into this room somewhat brought it back to life.”

artist opportunity...

“Kreay” oil by Sarah Bell

where members of the community can interact,” said Spear.

In March, the Society will conduct the Balloon Project, a fundraiser to help the society and gallery get off the ground with their ideas.

They are hoping to acquire more studio space for additional programs such as film-making and printmaking.

The gallery hopes to add several programs in 2014, including a summer arts program and portfolio building events for art school applicants.

Group shows are set for March 1, and April 3, from 5:00pm-8:00pm. For information and directions, visit (and like!) their Facebook page at www.fb.com/washingtonvilleartsociety.

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There is no application or hanging fees for artists. “You do not have to be a member to exhibit work, and you do not have to live in Washingtonville to be a member. Each year the Society will have six group shows with 6 to 20 artists participating, and six solo shows. Group shows are open to public submission on their Facebook page; priority is given to local residents,” said Spear.

The PAG is a salon style gallery which typically doesn't require frames for the works.

The artwork is hung in groupings displayed side by side and on top of each other. “We try to make it as easy as possible for artists to show their work,” said Spear.

One might ask, “What is abstract art good for?” or “What is the value of paintings, sculptures or drawings that do not seem to show anything except pictures of nothing?”

The Ann Street Gallery presents its newest exhibition Abstractions: New Modernism, offering an opportunity to transcend that way of “Danae” rawhide and copper thinking, to remain open for any individual

by Rosalyn Driscoll response, especially those not confined to any Newburgh. An Artist Reception is on March 2 single definition. from 6:30pm-8:30pm. This event is free and The exhibition is on view through April 13. the public is cordially invited to attend. at the Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street, For information: 845-784-1146.

The Pine Bush Area Arts Council is hosting an exhibit, Primavera 13 from March 2 to April 18 at the Town of Crawford Government Center in Pine Bush.

The Opening Reception, March 2 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, is an evening of fine art and great taste, featuring the first Taste of Pine Bush, as over a dozen local restaurants will attend and serve the best from their menus.

Dessert, coffee and tea will follow in the Gallery with a live music performance throughout the evening. For information call 845-744-3862.

“Irish Spring” by Bob Scully

“Blue Tree” acrylic by Reggie Maher “My inspiration for this painting was a late afternoon walk in fall when the leaves had blown off the trees and winter was creeping into the air.”

“Abstractions: New Modernism”

“My current work ‘Kreay’ was part of a series of portraits focusing on the gaze of various female vocalists. The common characteristic of these women are their rebellious natures.

I am drawn to their strong, independent personalities and their determination to pursue their artistic dreams regardless of the criticism they’ve received.”

PBAAC’s Primavera 13 & Taste of Pine Bush

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Schubert Visits Central Valley

Janice Nimetz

Linda Rosenthal

Pianist Janice Nimetz is also the producer of one of Orange County’s major chamber music series, Music in Central Valley (MICV).

For MICV’s March offering, Nimetz will be joined by violinist Linda Rosenthal and cellist Lindy Clarke.

Linda Rosenthal returns to Central Valley where she has performed in the MICV series as recently as 2010 when she and Nimetz wowed the audience performing the sumptuously beautiful warhorse Sonata for Violin and Piano by Cesar Franck.

Lindy Clarke is based in New York City, where she has performed with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Barge Music, and on period instruments with the Long Island Baroque Ensemble and Philomel Baroque.

Clarke will be removing her baroque hat and donning a romantic hat as the three musicians perform sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy, and the Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 100, by Schubert.

Unsuccessful (in terms of posterity) for his operas and, somewhat, for some of his symphonies, Schubert’s status as, arguably, the greatest composer of songs, overshadows his fine solo piano works and chamber music.

Two examples of his brilliant chamber music skills are displayed in his two piano trios.

Both piano trios offer a plethora of themes, developments and variations. His first, in B

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Flat Major, was not played in his lifetime, but his second in E Flat was highly esteemed by his colleagues to such a degree that one of the musicians performing it kissed Schubert’s hand as a sign of admiration. Schubert himself called this second piano trio “vigorous, alert and dramatic”.

Also on the program is a Beethoven Violin/Piano Sonata and Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, notable for its brevity. It is a staple of the modern cello repertoire and is commonly regarded as one of the finest masterpieces written for the instrument.

The piece makes use of modes and wholetone and pentatonic scales, as is typical of Debussy's style. It also utilizes many types of extended cello technique, including left-hand pizzicato, spiccato and flautando bowing, false harmonics and portamenti. Not surprisingly, the piece is considered technically demanding.

The concert is on March 17 at 3:00pm in the Central Valley United Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Road.

Admission is free, donations suggested.

For church information call 845-928-6570.

Harlequin Visits New Windsor

Creating work of ethereal beauty, Lydia Strawbridge uses striking ink and colored pencil drawings to depict the esoteric, mystical and profound themes of artistry.

The movement of perspective and light across her work, intertwined with a spiritual quality, come together for her saturated and vivid formations that are illuminated by entities of light: suns, moons and stars.

With Strawbridge's signature style and the deep connection to Carl Jung's writings, earning recognition and support by the C.G Jung Working Group for exhibitions, the imaginative universe of young and aged people, creatures and spirits were invented.

All of these beings were brought into existence as symbols and archetypes with purpose in imaging the intended deeper meanings, derived from the depths of the collective unconscious.

From such depths, the Harlequin Series was born. The series portrays the story of the Harlequin and his interaction with other creatures, exploring the reactions and emotions involved amidst a figure who goes against the societal norms and values to which we can most often relate in our own society. By looking at the dynamic and powerful aesthetics of Lydia Strawbridge embodied in the presented Harlequin, it is plain to see the beauty, the pain and the

“Harlequin & Moon Maiden Dance Together”

by Lydia Strawbridge

consequences of having such a spontaneous yet lonely life.

Lydia Strawbridge will be exhibiting her works at the new location of the New Windsor Art Gallery, 2314 Route 32 in an exhibit titled, The Art Behind the Harlequin. The work will be on display until April 6.

An Opening Reception will be held on March 16 from 3:30pm-7:00pm.

Refreshments will be served.

For information about the New Windsor Art Gallery, call 845-534-3349 or visit www.1800arts.com.

See ad on page 24.

Dining Options Only 15 minutes from the concert, you can stop for pre-concert lunch in Cornwall at either Leo’s or Fiddlestix, or post-concert dinner at Leo’s. See ads page 28.

aRTIST oPPORTUNITy & Commissioned works

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CRAFT: Photography at Newburgh Brewing Co. The Newburgh Brewing Company will host a photography exhibit by Briana Cox, entitled CRAFT, exploring a variety of subject matter in textures, shape, shadow and light, including original and artistically altered images.

For Cox, the creative process does not conclude with the release of a camera's shutter. In this exhibit, she experiments with image editing techniques, as well as different printing and framing methods, to present each piece in a unique way.

Cox graduated from Marist College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2002. She has been practicing photography for over 15 years and is currently the Communications & Marketing Associate for Safe Harbors of the

Art & Photography Exhibits Kelly Patton Caffe Macchiato, ongoing “Living in the Material World” Kaplan Hall, thru Mar 29 Briana Cox photography Newburgh Brewing Company, thru Apr 30 “Pink Rose” by Briana Cox

Hudson. She also works as a freelance graphic designer and photographer.

The exhibit will be on display thru April 30 in the Brewery’s Tap Room at 88 Colden Street.

For information visit www.brianacox.com.

Watercolors by Len DeVirgilio Len DeVirgilio is skilled in painting both landscapes and seascapes in the traditional watercolorist style. He is an avid sketcher, and enjoys the beautiful landscapes that the Hudson River has to offer to use in his watercolors. His work has been shown in private galleries and he was the “Passing Storm” by Len DeVirgilio featured artist in 2012 at Mount Saint Mary College’s (MSMC) Aquinas Hall Gallery.

De Virgilio graduated from the School of Art and Design in New York City, and also attended the School of Visual Arts. For over 40 years he has worked in various New York advertising agencies and design studios. Retired from the commercial art field, Len has been teaching Beginning and Intermediate Watercolors at Desmond Campus for the last four years.

An exhibit of DeVirgilio’s watercolors is on “A New Day” by Len DeVirgilio view at Mount Saint Mary College, Desmond Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus, from March 3- April 2.

An Opening Reception will be held on Campus is located at 6 Albany Post Road.

For hours and information: 845-565-2076.

March 3 from 1:00pm-4:00pm.

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March 2013

“Abstractions: New Modernism” Ann Street Gallery, Mar 2-Apr 3 Reception: Mar 2, 6:30pm Len DeVirgilio watercolors Mar 3-Apr 2 Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College Reception: Mar 3, 1pm-4pm

Book Discussion

Tuesday Book Discussion Mar 19, 2pm Scholars Book Discussion Mar 20, 7pm Great Books Discussion Mar 22, 11:30am Newburgh Free Library

Cinema Monday Night Movie Mar 4, 6:30pm Saturday Movie Matinee Mar 16, 10am Newburgh Free Library “The Brass Teapot” Downing Film Center, Mar 23, 8pm

Lectures “The General’s Lady” Jacqueline Escobar Washington’s Headquarter’s Mar 23, 1pm “Forgotten Contributions: Women in Psychology Christine Henderson Mar 4, 11am “The Opinion of the Court: Understanding Miranda Vs Arizona James Coll Mar 7, 2pm “Silk & Bamboo Music of South China: Five Regional Traditions” Mercedes Dujunco Mar 27, 7pm Kaplan Hall

Museum Exhibit “Unpacked & Rediscovered” Washington’s Headquarters, ongoing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Harry Houdini “Spiritualism”

Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Apr 30

Music Frank Vignola w/Bucky Pizzarelli Jazz Ritz Theater Lobby, Mar 9, 8pm Orange County Symphonic Band Kaplan Hall, Mar 15, 7pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Newburgh Free Academy, Mar 16, 7:30pm Jay Ungar & Molly Mason folk Newburgh Chamber Music St. George’s Church, Mar 24, 3pm The Parting Glass Trio Irish Newburgh Library, Mar 24, 3pm

Poetry & Prose Readings Hudson River Poets Mar 7, 7pm “Greek Folk Tales” Mary Ziavras Mar 23, 1pm Newburgh Free Library

Theatre - Musical “Godspell” Just Off-Broadway Railroad Playhouse, Mar 14-31

Theatre - Play “Good Lessons from Bad Women” Newburgh Library, Mar 17, 3pm

.................................................................................................Newburgh “Godspell” in Newburgh

Godspell is from the creative minds of the Broadway smash musicals Wicked, Pippin, & The Baker’s Wife. Based on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, Godspell tells the parables through humor, song, and dance.

The cast features talent from the Hudson Valley and New York City, including: Jonathan Bulla as Jesus, Matt Michael as John the Baptist/Judas, Amanda Baumler, Cat Capolupo, Joycelyn Driscoll, AJ Hankins, Allison Hightower, Rich Hotaling, M'Lanie Hunter, James Pillmeier, John Marro and Kelly McCabe.

The Just Off-Broadway presentation is directed by Joyce A. Presutti at Theatre at West Shore Station (Railroad Playhouse), 27 S. Water Street from March 14-31.

For tickets call 845-875-4325, ext. 03.

The cast of Godspell

The Brass Teapot, a magical comedy that reminds us to be careful what we wish for, was filmed in Dutchess and Orange counties, and the first film to use UMBRA studios in Newburgh.

Based on a comic book, it is a feature film about a couple in their 20's, married, very much in love and broke. An accident leads them to a roadside antique shop where “Alice” is spontaneously drawn to a

mysterious brass teapot. It isn't long before they realize that this is no ordinary teapot and that perhaps they have found the answer to all of their financial woes.

The showing at Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, is on March 23 at 8:00pm.

Producer Darren Goldberg will hold a Q&A following the presentation and complimentary refreshments will be served!

Reservations necessary: 845-561-3686.

Downing Film a “First”

3 Generations of Great Guitarists

Jazz greats Frank Vignola and the legendary Bucky Pizzarelli are back at the Ritz Theater thanks to the Newburgh Veterinary Hospital and Poughkeepsie’s Bardavon. This time, they will be joined by rising star Vinny Raniolo, rounding out a concert featuring three generations of virtuoso jazz guitarists.

Even though his career is at the beginning, Raniolo has already had many opportunities that take most players a lifetime to achieve. He has already toured 14 countries and is now playing Jazz Guitarists Vinny Raniolo, guitar along side many of the finest musicians Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola in the world. “It's an absolute honor and Tickets may be purchased through TicketWeb pleasure to share the stage with him (Vignola),” at 866-468-7619, or at www.ticketweb.com. he states about their duo show. “We have a show For more information call 845-784-1199. that will knock your socks off.”

(They will also be at Sugar Loaf PAC The concert is in the Ritz Theater Lobby at March 17 at 3:00pm. See calendar page 12).

107 Broadway, March 9 at 8:00pm.

Trestle Inc’s Hundreds of Bricks

Over the past few years, the Brick Walkway on Front Street at the waterfront, created by Trestle, Inc as part of its mission to enhance the Newburgh community through the Arts, has become a repository for the City’s history, thanks to the many donated memorial bricks, and a fascinating depository of humanity based on the many “personal” messages, serious, humorous, moving, mysterious and

emotional, on recently donated bricks, all telling a story of Newburgh and its citizens.

Hundreds of bricks have been laid in the walkway, and each year people create new ones of all kinds to add to the already existing remarkable collection of “stories”.

Stop by, check them out, and get inspired so you can add one of yours.

For information: www.trestle.org.

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March at Jester’s Comedy Club

Sara Contreras se ha establecido como una de las comediantes mas chistosas en los EU. Criada en los proyectos de Brooklyn, NY, de padres puertorriquenos, ella consistentemente mantiene al public pidendo mas de su comedia original y divertida que se trata de su propio Sueno Americano. Su personalidad dinamica refleja un ingenio a veces atrevido y siempre espontaneo que electrifica y entretiene. Aprovecha la oportunidad de ser parte de la diversion y no olvide que Sara es tambien un actor entrenada con papeles en varias peliculas y programas de television. Sara garantiza que la experiencia sea un trato totalmente inolvidable.

“My mother, Maria, another of the island’s (Puerto Rico) most hard-working imports, had flirted one day on the streets of New York with this skinny, really white, Spanishspeaking guy playing stickball and so my story began.

“I was born into a family of laughing, drinking, domino-maracas-card-playing, pork-eating Puerto Ricans that never missed an opportunity to dance and sing. My father had 11 siblings, my mom few, and I remember many days and nights of cousins and aunties and summers on the island with my grandparents and fincas (farms) and coconuts and rum. I also remember coming home to the junkies and needles and missing playground equipment, and longing for the cool of the Caribbean breeze.

“I used to drive really fast and my only splurge in life has been leasing a new car every three years. I have excellent credit, ran two NYC marathons, and my dirtiest secret is that I shop at consignment shops. I believe in public education, love the City University of New York, and earned a Masters Degree in Speech Pathology from Brooklyn College.

(Voice and diction classes at Brooklyn College - isn’t that a contradiction in terms?)

I worked at a special education preschool for

many years.

“I became a comedian because a dear friend sent me a flyer announcing “the Funniest Teacher Contest” at Stand-Up NY and wrote on it “go for it...you’ve always wanted to do it and you’re the Sara Contreras funniest person I know.” I won that night and within two years was signed with Abrams Artists. My career really took off after the Latino Laugh Festival and then New Joke City, and eventually I did Law & Order, Conviction, Third Watch, a Mastercard and Fleet Bank commercial, some radio, some writing, and then Showtime’s Latin Divas of Comedy.

When I can, I do push-ups before a show to ease my nerves, but mostly I know I can’t fail when I hit the mike. The best part is...I mostly don’t. I used to think the “13F” on the door of my apartment in the projects used to mean I was “F---ed for life”. It took this long for me to realize it was “Funny For Life”.

On March 9, Sara Contreras takes the stage at Jester’s Comedy Club. Doors open at 8:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm.

In addition, on March 23, Jester’s will host a Comedy Competition “Finale” with Mark Cooper of Wakin’ Up With Coop and Kricket on 101.5 WPDH. Coop is traveling the Hudson Valley looking for the funniest WPDH listener. Mark Cooper If you ever wanted to try comedy here's your chance!

Jester’s Comedy Club is located at 109 Brookside Avenue.

For tickets, call 845-345-1039.

“Lunatic” at SLPAC

If you are looking for something that the entire family will enjoy and talk about for weeks to come then look no further! Tomás Kubínek is a “Physical Poet and Verbal Acrobat”.

His exuberant one-man show, equal parts comedy and virtuosic vaudeville, is on the main stage at the Sugar Loaf PAC on March 23 at 3:00pm. For information: 845-610-5335.

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Chester/Sugar Loaf Calendar sponsored by Orange County Citizens Foundation and Air Pirates Radio Theater

Cinema Surrealism Film Series Mar 29, 7:30pm.

Seligmann Center for the Arts,

Music “ShamROCK Live! Mar 16, 7pm Castle Fun Center

Comedy

Music - Classical

Don Jamieson, Seymour Swan Mar 2 Mitchell Walters, Sara Contreras Mar 9 Chris Monty, Scott Schedlinger Mar 16 Comedy Competition “Finale” Mar 23 Bob DiBuono Mar 30 Jesters Comedy Club, 8pm

Greater Newburgh Symphopny Orchestra Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 17, 3pm

Exhibits Mary Endico watercolors, Endico Studio Micro Gallery Exhibit, Utopian Direction Nick Zungoli photography, Exposures Gallery

Lectures “We are the Stars: The Magic & Wisdom of Indigenous Poets” Janet Hamill Mar 2, 1pm “Truer than True: Mythology” William Seaton Mar 9, 2pm Seligmann Center for the Arts

Music - Jazz Frank Vignola & Buxcky Pizzarelli with Vinny Raniolo Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 17, 3pm

Poetry & Prose Reading Barbara & Marianna Boncek, & Rachel Sanborn Poetry on the Loose Seligmann Center for the Arts, Mar 2, 3:30pm

Theatre - Comedy Vaudeville Tomas Kubinek Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 23, 3pm

Three Generations of Poets

Barbara Boncek is the author of The World of Soft Edges. Her poetry and writings have appeared in many small literary journals, and for several years she was one of the poetry editors of Oxalis. She has conducted poetry workshops in the local community colleges and has written chapbook reviews for the on-line magazine Frigate: The Transverse Review of Books.

Marianna Boncek (see photo) is an English teacher, author, and poet. She grew up in the Sullivan County Catskills. When she is not teaching Shakespeare, reading the stars or talking to dead people, she is off looking for another mystery to solve. She has a particularly keen interest in “lost” local

history. Her poems have appeared in The Waywanda Review, The River Reporter, Home Planet News and Lifeblood.

Rachel Sanborn is currently attending SUNY New Paltz where she is majoring in Asian Studies with a focus on Japanese language and culture. Her minor is disaster studies. She has been writing poetry since the time she could first pick up a pencil. Her first chapbook, My Little Red Book, is a compilation of poems written while studying creative writing at SUNY New Paltz.

Poetry on the Loose presents Barbara, Marianna, Rachel, mother, daughter, and grand-daughter, reading their work in a program titled Three Generations of Poets at 3:30pm in the Seligmann Studio, 23 White Oak Drive, (across from the SLPAC) on March 2. An open reading will follow Bonceks’ presentation.

For information call 845-469-9459

...........................................................................Chester/Sugar Loaf Sugar Loaf: Where Artists and Crafters Work and Live

Sometime in the early 1980's Bob Fugett of Endico Watercolors and the Sugar Loaf Guild was working on making his Sugar Loaf house energy efficient and eco-friendly when somebody chided him saying, “You need to be careful how you change this house because it is historic.”

Bob replied, “Historic!? What we are doing right now today in Sugar Loaf is historic.”

Today he goes on to elaborate on that statement: “Recently, in early 2013, I was watching one of those junk collector reality shows in which the stars run around the country picking through people's garbage to find something valuable from the past, and in the process screwing up the prices for people who have actually always cared to own such things for their intrinsic value.

“Immediately I fell in love with the junk collector show (despite the obvious scripting) because they really do find wonderful things and explain the history of each piece.

“However, in one particular episode somebody pulled a vintage stained glass window out of a pile of trash and made a big deal how rare it was, how the materials and construction were so superb it obviously had to be an object from the distant past because ‘...nobody does that kind of work anymore.’

Painting by Christine Louvet, owner of MetaMORPHosis

“Except I knew that my neighbor across the street in Sugar Loaf works with stained glass using the best historic methods and materials while routinely preparing windows and installations artistically far superior to what had just been pulled out of the junk pile and lauded as lost art.

“Down the street is a second generation woodcarver who does work that defies description, not only in raw quality but also in brute diversity of widely distributed quantity.

“Two doors down is the candle maker whose hand dipped candles are unparalleled in their perfection of the craft.

“There is also a potter whose work tests the limits defining the line between mere top

Woodcarved Sculpture by Clay Boone

“I could say ‘etc’ and mention a number of people who live in and around Sugar Loaf, whose work is capable of restoring the vintage cathedrals of Europe while being displayed in world renowned international museums and galleries (actually their work has restored and is displayed thus). These are people whose work is of such excellence they have not only weathered the storms but flourished through some of the worst times America has seen.”

by Sundog Stained Glass Studio, photo by M. Endico The Hamlet of Sugar Loaf has been a level craft and all out refined art. thriving center for the arts since the 1960's “These businesses have survived decades and is as vibrant today as ever, with unique due to their excellence of execution and their art and craft objects found in quantity, quality, close attention to providing one of a kind and character like nowhere else in the world. custom service.

See for yourself: www.sugarloafguild.com.

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Destination.................................................................................Milford Delaware Valley HS Students Exhibit

Pike county calendar sponsored by Irene’s Tailoring and Prime Time Meats

Art & Photography Exhibits David Greenbaum pottery Joann Wells Greenbaum paintings BlueStone Studio, ongoing Nancy Hopping photographs Mar 1-31 Reception & Book Signing: Mar 9, 5pm-7pm The Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley

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Photo by student, Brigid Donlon

A Fresh Perspective 2013 is the third annual juried exhibit of fine arts and crafts created by the art students of the Delaware Valley High School that will be exhibited at The ARTery 210 Broad Street, and student photographers from the Delaware Valley High School Digital Arts Club are the featured artists at the Highlands Photographic Guild, 224 Broad Street, both from March 8 - April 7.

An exciting collaboration between the two cooperative Gallery members, the high school students and their teachers share the creations of these young and talented artists with the community, affording them the experience of showing in a gallery setting.

Work by Karilyn Klag

The opening receptions will be held from 6:00pm-9:00pm on March 9 during Art After Dark.

For information about the Highlands Photographic Guild, call 570-296-2440.

For more information on The ARTery call 570-409-1234.

"Gifford Pinchot - Gone Fishing" painting by Marie Liu “Then there were more talks, including one to the Rhode Island Legislature, two more interviews with the President, conferences in New York and Cleveland, and one more talk in New Orleans. After that I went fishing.”

A statement made by Gifford Pinchot referring to his exhaustive efforts to keep the conservation movement in the forefront of public and political awareness amid the lack of support from President Taft.

Pinchot’s home during and after his Governorship of Pennsylvania, Grey Towers, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013.

For information call 570-296-9630.

Dining out and in!

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“February Dreams” thru Mar 3 Delaware Valley HS Students, Mar 8-Apr 7 Highlands Photographic Guild “A Fresh Perspective 2013” Delaware Valley HS Students The ARTery, Mar 8-Apr 7 Art After Dark Receptions Mar 9 The Forge, 6pm-8pm The ARTery, 6pm-9pm Highlands Photographic Guild, 6pm-9pm

Lecture Walks Sugar Shack Scramble Mar 9, 9am Amphibian Search Mar 10, 1pm Woodcock Walk Mar 16, 6pm Pocono Environmental Education Center

Museum Exhibits “Witness to History” Forestry ongoing Grey Towers

Children's Activities EcoZone! Mar 3, 9, 24, 1pm-4pm Equinox Extravaganza Mar 23, 1pm Pocono Environmental Education Center

Destination.............................................................................ellenville “How MISU Changed My Life”

by Janet Willacker The Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster Counties, Inc. better known as MISU has changed my life!

In 2000, one of my daughters almost lost her life in a catastrophic car accident. She suffered many broken bones and traumatic brain injury (TBI). After months in the hospital and rehabilitation, she came home.

I was constantly worried about her and the decisions she was making while my husband and I were at work. And, I worried about our younger children. My oldest daughter was about to give birth to her second child, the house, the dogs, the cats, my job, etc.

My husband, Jim, saw what was happening and was genuinely concerned about my well being. Because of this, in 2002 he gave me a violin to relieve my stress level. I thought to myself “and seriously, when am I ever going to have time for this?” I played the violin when I was in 4th through around 7th grade in school. So I had a little history with violin and reading music.

Two months later I was looking through a publication and read about a string teacher in Ellenville and all that she offered. I decided

to check this out and called cultural, all ages, all levels, Anastasia Solberg at MISU just the way I like things to to set up a lesson. I was really be. My oldest daughter also nervous. 48 years old and joined the orchestra, she is a going to a violin teacher? violist and we have a lot of I started lessons and also a fun playing together now. friendship with an amazing Anastasia also teaches at Ulster County Community person. Anastasia studied my playing and made many College where there is a adjustments. I think she chamber orchestra. Most of enjoys teaching older people our younger MISU members how to play; she kind of gets who go to that college move into each person's head and on to that orchestra. They decides how they learn. also still play with the MISU Janet Willacker Community Chamber My life started to change.

When I practiced and played the music, no Orchestra. other thoughts came into my head. It was Soon I was in need of a better violin. How pretty incredible considering the hundreds of to get one? Jim looked up information about other things I was doing at one time. But the violins online and became an expert. He music and the concentration took me to bought a few violins on Ebay from someone another place in my brain and gave the rest of that had them in his barn for a long time. Jim my being a break. is a machinist and the mathematical part of Anastasia founded MISU in 2001 as a restoring violins appealed to him. Plus each nonprofit with the hopes that in the near one is a work of art and he taught himself future it will be able to offer tuition free pretty much everything about them. He lessons for all. restored the most beautiful violin for me. He One of the aspects of MISU that I enjoy the even educated himself enough to supply most is the diversity of its members, inter- numerous violins to the students and

orchestra members. As a special gift for Anastasia, he made her a viola. She uses it for concerts in New York City. Yet another expansion in our lives, so positive!

Thank you MISU and Anastasia Solberg for coming into my life!

MISU Grand Opening Event Under the direction of Anastasia Solberg, MISU offers instruction as well as orchestral playing experiences in violin, viola, cello, piano, and voice for students of all levels and ages.

Based on the belief that music within a social environment can enhance interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and personal growth, MISU provides opportunities for people of all ages to develop their varying levels of musical experiences in an environment that acknowledges and nurtures the whole person.

MISU will have its Grand Opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony, information, performances, snacks and art work at its new location, 40 Market Street, on March 3 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

“We love our new home and hope you will too and, yes we need your support now more than ever!,” Janet concludes.

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Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock/ Latin sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

with Tina Piaquadio

Kick Back with the JAF Band!

Concerts UUC.......................................................................................Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern

Joe Louis Walker blues ....................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 1, 7pm, Beacon Winterfest 2013 ....................................The Roundhouse at Beacon Falls, Mar 2, 7pm “An Evening with Sullivan County Songwriters Circle”..Hurleyville Museum, Mar 2, 6pm Sonando Latin ....................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 2, 7pm Howard Fishman & The Biting Fish Band ......................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 3, 7pm KJ Denhert & The New York Unit jazz-urban folk..........The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 8, 7pm Erin Hobson & The Compact ..............................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 10, 10am-2pm Ken & Julie folk ..................................DAC Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, Mar 10, 2pm Talking Machine & Small Town Sheiks..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 10, 7pm Rex Fowler folk ................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 14, 7pm Alexis P. Suter Band, Walt Michael & Professor Louie The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 15, 7pm Chris Bergson Band blues................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 16, 7pm Solas Celtic rock ............................................................................Bethel Woods, Mar 16, 8pm Ice Jammers ..............................................................................................UUC Mar 9, 7:30pm Slam Allen soul, blues ......................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 17, 7pm Bernard Purdie’s & Friends, Casey Shea ......................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 22, 7pm Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck ................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 23, 7pm Gustafer Yellowgold w/Rachel Loshak ................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 24, 10am-2pm Little Sparrow Band folk ....................DAC Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, Mar 24, 2pm Jay Ungar & Molly Mason folk ......................St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Mat 24, 3pm The Campilongo Quartet, Dylan Doyle ..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 28, 7pm Scott Sharrad & The Brickyard Band, Dan & The Wildfire ......The Falcon, Mar 29, 7pm David Johansen Duo w/ Brian Koonin ..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 30, 7pm

The JAF Band, left to right: Craig Perry, Steve Ferranti, Ed Just and Ken Greene The JAF Band likes to call it “rock you can dance to.”

This Hudson Valley cover band keeps people on their feet with party hits like Tom Petty's American Girl and Wild Cherry's Play That Funky Music, while throwing in a few of their own favorites by The White Stripes, Violent Femmes, and Lit. With a song list of approximately 50 tunes, the end result is both an audience and a band that are just having a great time.

“The whole initial idea of this band was to have some fun, make a little extra money, and have no drama. The name means ‘just another f'ing band.’ When other projects start to become a burden, it is always easy to return to the laid back atmosphere of The JAF Band…” - JAF Band guitarist and vocalist, Craig Perry.

The JAF Band consists of Ed Just on guitar - a learned musician and skilled player, all-about-the-feel musician Craig

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Perry on guitar/vocals, Ken Greene on drums - with strong vocal harmonies, and Steve Ferrante on bass - also adding strong vocal harmonies. Greene and Ferrante notably contribute a 70's rock groove to the JAF Band's overall sound.

These guys are all about fun, dancing, and laughter. When they’re playing the music, the crowd is up and moving, and between songs they’re always good for a little self-effacing comedy. All of their covers carry a unique JAF Band flavor, because they don’t rehearse a song into the ground. Often, the first time they play a song together it’s at a gig - a good example of the laid back outlook they pride themselves on.

Check out The JAF Band at Halligans, 22 West Street in Warwick on Saturday, March 2 at 9:00pm, with a guest appearance by their friend John Lepree on vocals. They are also playing Saturday, March 16 at Pawling Tavern, 42 Charles Colman Blvd, Pawling, New York.

For future gigs and updates about The Jaf Band, visit their web site at: www.thejafband.com.

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Open Mic & In-house music BBQ.....................................................................................................Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown PV.....................................................................................................................Palaia Vineyaerds, Highland Mills

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Open Mic w/Bob Keegan..........................................................BBQ Tuesdays & Wednesdays Open Mic w/Eric Callari ......................................Eddie’s Roadhouse, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic w/Mike & Ed ..................Castle Fun Center, Chester, Wednesdays, 7:30pm-10pm Open Mic ........................................................................Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic ................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 14, 6:30pm-9pm Musicians Gathering Stacy & Friends ........Dancing Cat, Saloon, Thursdays, 7pm-11:30pm SC Squared folk ..............................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Saturdays, 3pm Joe Frazita ................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 1, 7pm-10:30pm Albi Beluli ..................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Mar 1, 8pm Sarah Morr ..............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 2, 7pm-10:30pm “Die Hard-Z” ..........................................................................................PV Mar 2, 7pm-10pm Henderson & Osinki ........................................................................PV Mar 3, 2:30pm5:30pm Open Mic w/Jack Higgins ......................................................PV Mar 7 & Mat 21, 7pm-10pm Jeremy Langdale ......................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 8, 7pm-10:30pm Cabin Fever ..............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 9, 7pm-10:30pm “Boom-Boom-Shake” CD release party w/belly-dancers ......................PV Mar 9, 7pm-10pm Steve Wells ....................................................................................PV Mar 10, 2:30pm-5:30pm Piet Koster ..............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 15, 7pm-10:30pm “ShamROCK Live! Band Showcase........................Castle Fun Center, Chester, Mar 16, 7pm Music for Humanity ..............Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 16, 7pm-10:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway ..................................................................PV Mar 16, 7pm-10pm Rob Schiff ......................................................................................PV Mar 17, 2:30pm-5:30pm e’lissa jones ..............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 22 7pm-10:30pm Molly Durnin........................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Mar 22, 8pm The BlackJacks ......................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 23, 7pm-10:30pm TWD Band w/Ken Nicastro ..................................................................PV Mar 23, 7pm-10pm Evan Teatum..................................................................................PV Mar 24, 2:30pm-5:30pm Nick Morrizo ..........................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 29, 7pm-10:30pm Good Friday Sing with Al Westphal ....................................................PV Mar 29, 7pm-10pm Sojourn ....................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell hall, Mar 30, 7pm-10:30pm No Soap Radio ......................................................................................PV Mar 30, 7pm-10pm

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

ART TOURS / walks Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries ......Downtown Beacon, Mar 9, all day to 9pm Art After Dark ..................................................................Milford Galleries, Mar 9, 6pm-9pm

Cinema Monday Night Movie ..............................................Newburgh Library, Mar 4, 7:30pm FREE Reel Eclectic Film Series ................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 7, 7pm FREE “Going My Way” B Crosby, B Fitzgerald, R Stevens Cornwall Library, Mar 13, Noon FREE Saturday Movie Matinee ............................................Newburgh LIbrary, Mar 16, 2pm FREE Afternoon Movie ..........................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 20, 2pm FREE “Red Persimmons”........................................................Cornwall Library, Mar 21, 6pm FREE “The Brass Teapot” Post film Q&A ............Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Mar 23, 8pm “The Jerk” ........................................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Mar 29, 7pm Surrealism Film Series ..............Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Mar 29, 7:30pm

circus New Shanghai Circus ..............................Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Mar 23, 8pm

Comedy Don Jamieson, Seymour Swan ............................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 2, 8pm Mitchell Walters, Sara Contreras ......................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 9, 8pm Chris Monty, Scott Schedlinger ........................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 16, 8pm Tomas Kubinek Physical Theatre/Vaudeville ..........................Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 23, 3pm Comedy Competition “Finale” w/Mark Cooper ............Jester’s Comedy Club, Mar 23, 8pm Bob DiBuono ......................................................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 30, 8pm

dance Bernard Woma & Saakumu Dance Troupe ........Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Mar 8, 7:30pm “The Wizard of Oz” choreog./Dee Tabitha Wright ......New Rose Theatre, Walden, Mar 8-17

holistic UFO Support Group..................................Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesdays, 7pm Introduction to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) ..Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 13, 7pm

Message Circle..........................................Spiritquest Healing Center, Slate Hill, Mar 22, 7pm

lectures - DEMOS - master classes - forums PEEC ............................................................ Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

“We are the Stars: The Magic & Wisdom of Indigenous Poets” Janet Hamill ....................| Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 2, 1pm DEMO Cooking (Part I) w/Chef John Moultrie ....................Newburgh Library, Mar 2, 1pm “Forgotten Contributions: Women in Psychology” Christine Henderson ............................

SUNYO, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh Mar 4, 11am “Introduction to Chinese Culture & Values” ....Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 5, 6:30pm “The Opinion of the Court: Understanding Miranda vs Arizona” James Coll ....................

SUNYO, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh Mar 7, 2pm Sugar Shack Scramble..................................................................................PEEC Mar 9, 9am DEMO Glass Blowing ........................Gillinder Glass Factory, Port Jervis, Mar 9, 10am-3pm “The True Feasibility of Solar Electric in the Tri-State Area” Howard E. Aschoff, Jr. ........

SUNYO Gilman Center Library, Middletown, Mar 12, 7pm Woodcock Walk ..........................................................................................PEEC Mar 16, 6pm “Silk & Bamboo Music of South China: Five Regional Traditions” ....................................

SUNYO, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh Mar 27, 7pm “Liquidity: The Value of Wetlands”............Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mar 21, 7pm “The General’s Lady” Jacqueline Escobar ..Washington’s Hdqtr’s, Newburgh, Mar 23, 1pm DEMO “Framing of Watercolors” Janet Campbell Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Mar 24, 10:30am DEMO Cooking w/ Chef John Moultrie ......Josephine-Louise Lib., Walden, Mar 26, 6:30pm Kayaking Presentation Mid-Hudson Adironack Mt. Club..........Thrall Library, Mar 26, 7pm “Birding Ecuador: The Coast to the Andes” Bill Fiero Josephine-Louise Lib., Mar 28, 7pm FORUM “War”......................Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 4, 7pm

Music - Classical Chiara String Quartet Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series........................................

Montgomery Senior Center, Mar 3, 3pm, FREE West Point Brass “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman”..Jewish Chapel, Mar 3, 3pm FREE Peabody Piano Trio ......................................Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Mar 10, 4pm Orange County Symphonic Band..................SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Mar 15, 7pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra............Newburgh Free Academy, Mar 16, 7:30pm & Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 17, 3pm Music in Central Valley ..........Central Valley United Methodist Church, Mar 17, 3pm FREE Potluck Concerts “The Classics” ..................Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Mar 22, 7:30pm Rachel Crozier Lever violin, Piotr Kargul viola, Ron De Fesi piano ....................................

St. Andrew’s Church, Walden, Mar 24, 3pm FREE William Kanengeiser guitar ..........................Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Mar 24, 4pm

Music - irish Irish Day ..............................................Greenwood Lake American Legion, Mar 3, Noon-6pm Rick & Donna Nestler ..........................DAC Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, Mar 3, 2pm GIRSA................................................................Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 23, 2pm FREE The Parting Glass Trio ................................................Newburgh Library, Mar 24, 3pm FREE

Music - jazz Sunday Brunch with the Jazz Cats ....................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays 11am Vic Juris & Kate Baker............................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 3, 10am-2pm Ali Ryerson Quintet............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 7, 7pm Eliane Elias & Trio ..............................SUNY Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Mar 9, 8pm Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Vinny Raniolo guitars ........................................................

Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Mar 9, 8pm & Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 10, 3pm Marty Elkins & The Saints of Swing ....................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 17, 10am-2pm Leslie Pintchik Jazz Trio ....................DAC Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, Mar 17, 2pm Luis Bonilla ......................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 21, 7pm Erik Lawrence Trio ................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 31, 10am-2pm

opera - livecast “Parsifal” Wagner ....................................Sullivan County Community College, Mar 2, Noon “Francesca Da Rimini” Zandonai ........Sullivan County Community College, Mar 16, Noon

opera - video “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart ..............................................Cornwall Library, Mar 17, 1pm FREE

poetry & PRose reading Bob Wright & John Douglas Calling All Poets ..Howland Cultural Ctr., Beacon, Mar 1, 8pm Barbara, Marianna & Rachel Boncek Poetry on the Loose ....................................................

Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 2, 3:30pm FREE Jim Eve host, Robert Milby ......................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 7, 7pm Hudson River Poets ......................................................Newburgh Library, Mar 7, 7pm FREE Poetry Night..................................................Bank Square Coffeehouse, Beacon, Mar 20, 7pm “Greek Folk Tales” w/Mary Ziavras, author, & Julie Ziavras, Greek folk songs....................

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mar 18, 7pm & Literacy Center, Monticello, Mar 20, 5:30pm & Newburgh Library, Mar 23, 1pm Poetry at the Church ................................................Goshen Methodist Church, Mar 25, 7pm

recreation Country Western Line Dancing ..........................Jesters Restaurant, Chester, Thursdays, 7pm “HVPS Celebrates Swieconka” Hudson Valley Polonaise Society” ......................................

St; Joseph’s School, Florida, Mar 24, 1:30pm

Storytelling Eileen Stelljes “Legendary Ladies”......Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mar 6, 7pm FREE Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Celtic Tales”..............Florida Library, Mar 14, 7:30pm FREE Yarnslingers “Cafe Death” ............................................Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Mar 24, 3pm

Theatre - Musical museums Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria ................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing “Unpacked and Rediscovered”....................Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, ongoing Conan Doyle & Houdini “Spiritualism” ................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Apr 3 Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery ........HHNM Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson “The Culture of Ireland” ..............................Montgomery Village Museum, Mar 9, 2pm

Music - broadway - tin pan alley - light classics Irish Day ..............................................Greenwood Lake American Legion, Mar 3, Noon-6pm Broadway Concerts Direct ................................Wurtsboro Community Church, Mar 9, 8pm

“A Chorus Line” ........................................Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Mar 3, 3pm “Godspell” Just Off- Broadway ............................Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Mar 14-31

Theatre - Play “Chinese Coffee” Cornerstone Arts Alliance ..........................Goshen Music Hall, thru Mar 9 “How the Pinkerton Detectives defeat the Lincoln Assassins and foil the Wild Rose of the Confederacy, No. 1” Gold No Trade Theatre Co. Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Mar 1, 8pm “Good Lessons from Bad Women: A One-Woman Play” ......................................................

Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 15, 7pm FREE & Newburgh Library, Mar 17, 3pm FREE March 2013

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Music - Folk..............................Rex Fowler ........................FAL 7pm Open Mic ..................................Open Mic ..............NCR 7pm-10pm Theatre - Musical ....................“Godspell” ..................RRP 7:30pm Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing ........JCC 7pm Music ..............Bernard Purdie’s & Fri

Open Mic..Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Music ......................................e’lissa jo

Open Mic....................Open Mic Night................NCR 7pm-10:30pm Music - Classical...Potluck Concerts ..C

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Open Mic..Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Music......................................Nick Mor “Triptych” by Kalika Stern

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Music - Jazz ............Vic Juris & Kate Baker..............FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cats......Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am

Coffee” ....Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Music - Folk....”An Evening with Sullivan County Songwriters Circle” ..SCM 6pm Recreation & Music ....................Irish Day ........................GLL Noon-6pm

azita ......................NCR 7pm-10pm Theatre - Play ....................“Chinese Coffee” ....................Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Music - Irish ....................Rick & Donna Nestler ......................DAC 2pm

Walker ............................FAL 7pm Music - Latin ..............................Sonando ....................................................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ....................“Chinese Coffee” ..Goshen Music Hall, 2pm

rary Writers ..Narrowsburg Lib. 7:30pm Music...................Beacon Winterfest 2013 ..The Roundhouse at Beacon Falls, 7pm Music - Classical ......MISU Grand Opening Concert ..............MISU 2pm

eatre Company ..SUNYO-OH 8pm Music........................................Sarah Morr ........................................NCP 7pm-10pm Music - Classical ................West Point Brass ........................WPJC 3pm

...Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Comedy ..................Don Jamieson, Seymour Swan ..................................JCC 8pm Music - Classical..............Chiara String Quartet....................GMCM 3pm

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Dance.......................“The Wizard of Oz” ..............New Rose Theatre, Walden, 7pm Music ..........Erin Hobson & The Compact ........FAL 10am-2pm nsdale..................NCR 7pm-10pm Theatre - Play ....................“Chinese Coffee” ....................Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cats ............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am Coffee” ....Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Music ......................................Ice Jammers............................................UUC 7:30pm Music - Folk ............................Ken & Julie ................................DAC 2pm ew Rose Theatre, Walden, 7:30pm Music - Jazz ......................Eliane Elias & Trio ................................SUNYO-OH 8pm Dance.........“The Wizard of Oz” ..........New Rose Theatre, Walden, 2pm Music - Jazz.........Frank Vignola w/Bucky Pizzarelli ......Ritz Lobby Newburgh, 8pm Music - Jazz..Frank Vignola, & Bucky Pizzarelli & Vinny Raniolo ....SLPAC 3pm Music - Broadway......Broadway Concerts Direct ....Wurtsboro Community Ch., 8pm Music - Classical ..............Peabody Piano Trio ........................HCC 4pm Comedy..................Mitchell Walters, Sara Contreras ................................JCC 8pm Music ................Talking Machine & Small Town Shieks ..........FAL 7pm

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Opera - Livecast................“Francesca Da Rimini” Zandonai ................SCCC Noon Music - Big Band .Marty Elkins & The Saints of Swing ..FAL 10am-2pm

Cinema ..................................Movie Matinee ................................................NFL 2pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cats ............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am Theatre - Musical ....................“Godspell”..................................RRP 2pm & 7:30pm Music - Jazz ..................Leslie Pintchik Jazz Trio ....................DAC 2pm Dance.........“The Wizard of Oz” ..................New Rose Theatre, Walden, 3pm & 7pm Theatre - Musical ....................“Godspell” ................................RRP 2pm Music - Classical.Greater Newburgh Sym. Orch. Newburgh Free Academy 7:30pm Dance.........“The Wizard of Oz” ..........New Rose Theatre, Walden, 2pm Music ................................Music For Humanity ..........................NCR 7pm-10:30pm Music - Classical.....Greater Newburgh Symphony Orch.....SLPAC 3pm Music - Rock ......................“ShamROCK Live! ......Castle Fun Center, Chester, 7pm Music - Classical....Music in Central Valley ....United Methodist Ch., 3pm Music - Blues....................Chris Bergson Band............................................FAL 7pm Opera Video............“Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart ........Cornwall Library, 3pm Music - Celtic Rock ......................Solas ......................................Bethel Woods, 8pm Theatre - Play.........”Good Lessons from Bad Women” ..........NFL 7pm Comedy ..................Chris Monty, Scott Schedlinger..................................JCC 8pm Music - Soul, Blues ..................Slam Allen ..................................FAL 7pm

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Theatre - Musical ....................“Godspell”..................................RRP 2pm & 7:30pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cats ............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am Comedy ................................Tomas Kubinek ..........................................SLPAC 3pm Music - Folk ......................Little Sparrow Band ........................DAC 2pm Music....................................The BlackJacks....................................NCR 7pm-10pm Theatre - Musical ....................“Godspell” ................................RRP 2pm Music ....................Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck ................................FAL 7pm Music - Classical... Lever, Kargul & De Fesi ..St. Andrew’s Ch., Walden, 3pm Circus ..............................New Shanghai Circus..........................................EHT 8pm Music - Folk.Jay Ungar & Molly MasonSt. George’s Church, Newburgh, 3pm Comedy ......Comedy Competition “Finale” w/Mark Cooper ....................JCC 8pm Storytelling..................Yarnslingers............Cafe Devine, Calliccoon, 3pm Cinema.........“The Brass Teapot” w/Q&A ......Downing Film Center, Newburgh, 8pm Music - Irish ....................The Parting Glass Trio........................NFL 3pm Music - Classical ........William Kanengeiser guitar ..................HCC 4pm

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Band, Dan & The Wildfire ..FAL 7pm lm Series ....................SLG 7:30pm

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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 Mike Jarozsko luminist paintings ............................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Lisa Strazza paintings............................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joann Wells Greenbaum potter, paintings ..............BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing Jacqueline Schwab, Mikey Teutul ..................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Local Artists (19) ..........................................................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Kelly Patton ............................................................................Caffe Macchiato, Newburgh, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ......................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoing “Snow” art & photography..........................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru Mar 3 Judith MacCalla......................................................................................Elant at Goshen, thru Mar 3 “Love” members group show..................................................................................WRS thru Mar 14 “Aph-o-risms” mixed media ..................................................................................DAC thru Mar 16 North East Watercolor Society Members’ 2013 Show ............................SUNYO-OH thru Mar 22 “Living in the Material World” Chinese-American art , photos, etc. ....SUNYO-KH thru Mar 29 Sandy Spitzer paintings..............................................Wallkill Town Hall, Middletown, thru Mar 31 “The Neversink River in Winter” River Valley Artists Guild ........Deerpark Town Hall, thru Apr 1 14th Annual Quilt Show Calico Geese Quilting Guild ..........................Liberty Library, thru Apr 3

New art Exhibits Group Show Washingtonville Art Society ......................Weathervane Clubhouse, Mar 2, 5pm-8pm Susan Wilson & Lorraine Furey, Brenda Scott Harburger....................................WRS Mar 1-31 “Near and Far” Judith Meyerowitz, Gordon Gilbert, James Carbney, Kalika Stern....CAS Mar 2-Apr 7

“A Season in Bloom” group show..............................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Mar 2-Apr 3 “Abstractions: New Modernism”..............................Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 2-Apr 13 “Primavera” Pine Bush Area Arts Council ..........................Crawford Gov’t Center, Mar 2-Apr 18 Len DeVirgilio watercolors ..Desmond Campus, Mount St Mary College, Newburgh, Mar 3-Apr 2 “A Fresh Perspective 2013” Delaware Valley HS Students ........The ARTery, Milford, Mar 8-Apr7 Wendell M. Upchurch ..........................................................UpFront Gallery, Port Jervis, Mar 9-16 “Light/Dark” art & photography..................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Mar 9-30 “Expressions” ..............................................................................................................DAC Mar 9-30 “Night” members group show............................................................................WRS Mar 15-Apr 14 Lydia Strawbridge “The Harlequin Series” ....................New Windsor Art Gallery, Mar 16-Apr 6 Ellen Cibula “Symmetries” paintings ..............................................................DAC Mar 23-Apr 13 “Transformation” 9th Annual SUNYOrange Student Art Exhibition SUNYO-OH Apr 1-May 1

photography exhibits FOV ..................................................................................................................................Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon HPG ............................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford

“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County” Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown James Hiller ..............................................................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing John Strazza ..........................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Nat Baines ”Photography Around the World”..................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Laina Mason, Olivia Merchant ....................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, thru Mar 2 “February Dreams” members show ........................................................................HPG thru Mar 3 Robert Rodriguez, Jr. “Intimate landscapes” ..................RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Mar 4 Francois Deschamps Studio Mali ............................................................................FOV thru Apr 7 Briana Cox “Craft” ......................................Newburgh Brewery Company, Tap Room, thru Apr 30

New Photography Exhibits Peter Geller............................................................Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Mar 1-30 Nancy Hopping ....................................................................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 1-31 Delaware Valley HS Students ................................................................................HPG Mar 8-Apr 7

Art & photography receptions Washingtonville Art Society ........................Weathervane Clubhouse, Washingtonville, Mar1, 5pm-8pm “Near and Far” Judith Meyerowitz, Gordon Gilbert, James Carbney, Kalika Stern......CAS Mar 2, 3pm-5pm

“Primavera” Pine Bush Area Arts Council ..............................Crawford Gov’t Center, Mar 2, 5pm-8pm “Abstractions: New Modernism” ......................Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 2, 6:30pm-8:30pm Len DeVirgilio watercolors ....Desmond Campus, Mount St Mary College, Newburgh, Mar 3, 1pm-4pm “Light/Dark” art & photography..............................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Mar 9, 2pm-4pm Wendell M. Upchurch ......................................................UpFront Gallery, Port Jervis, Mar 9, 4pm-9pm Susan Wilson & Lorraine Furey, Brenda Scott Harburger ................................WRS Mar 9, 5pm-7pm

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Nancy Hopping ................................................................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 9, 5pm-7pm “A Season in Bloom” group show ..............................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Mar 9, 6pm-9pm Delaware Valley HS Students ................................................................................HPG Mar 9, 6pm-9pm “A Fresh Perspective 2013” Delaware Valley HS Students ........The ARTery, Milford, Mar 9, 6pm-9pm “Expressions” w/film by Alice Elliott: “The Collector of Bedford Street”....................DAC Mar 9, 1pm Peter Geller ....................................................Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Mar 16, 1pm-4pm Lydia Strawbridge “The Harlequin Series” ................New Windsor Art Gallery, Mar 16, 3:30pm-7pm Ellen Cibula paintings ..........................................................................................DAC Mar 23, 2pm-4pm “Transformation” 9th Annual SUNYOrange Student Art Exhibition ..SUNYO-OH Apr 2, 2pm-4pm

books Book Lover’s Club ..........................................Greenwood Lake Library, Fourth Tuesday, 7pm Discussion “The German Bride” by Joanna Hershon ..............Cornwall Library, Mar 6, 7pm Reading & Singing “Greek Folk Stories Old and New” w/Mary Ziavras ................................

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mar 18, 7pm & Literacy Center, Monticello, Mar 20, 5:30pm & Newburgh Library, Mar 23, 1pm Tuesday Book Discussion ......................................................Newburgh Library, Mar 19, 2pm Great Books Discussion ..........................................................Newburgh Library, Mar 22, 11:30am Scholars Book Discussion ............................................................................Newburgh Library, 7pm Discussion “A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway ............Liberty Library, Mar 28, 1pm Discussion “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin....................................Cornwall Library, Mar 28, 7pm

clubs Chess Club ................................................................................Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ....................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitters & Crocheters “Crochety Knitters” ............................Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knitting Club ..................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays 2pm-4pm 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, Mar 18, 10:30am & 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org ....Last Sundays, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild..............................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Photography Club 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 Manias............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ............................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Woodcarving Guild....................................................Valley Cabinets, Harriman, Wednesdays, 7pm

School & COnservatory Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster Grand Opening Concert MISU Ellenville, Mar 3, 2pm-5pm

Children and teens calendar Festivals, Lectures & Recreation - adults & children, see page 19 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

cinema “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” ......................................Bethel Woods, Mar 9, 2pm “Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom” ........Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Mar 22, 7pm

museums Meet the Animals .. ........................................................HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits ........................HHNM-CoH, Fri, Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm Eco-Zone! ............................................................................................PEEC Mar 3, 9, 24, 1pm-4pm “Birds of Prey for Kids” Delaware Valley Raptor Center ....HHNM-CoH Mar 9, 9:30am & 11am

Recreation Maple Sugar Tours ......................................................HHNM Sat & Sun, 10:30am to 3:00pm Vernal Pool Exploration w/ Laurel Doge ..........Laurel Hill Preserve, Minisink, Mar 17, 1pm “Equinox Extravaganza” ............................................................................PEEC Mar 23, 1pm

Whispering Pines Corner St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17; this is the anniversary of his death since the fifth century. On St. Patrick's Day, Irish families would attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon by feasting on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers reconnect with their Irish roots.

Cooking with Douglas P. Frey, Executive Chef Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades Combine first 3 ingredients; top each cup became a show of strength for Irish with a generous dollop of whipped cream.

Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, Irish Lamb Stew President Truman attended New York City's • 3 to 4 lbs leg of lamb, cut into 1 1/2” parade, a proud moment for the Irish whose cubed ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial • 2 tablespoons butter prejudice to find acceptance in America.

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by • 2 cups water people of all backgrounds in the United • 1 cup chicken broth States, Canada, and Australia. The following • 1 to 2 tsp salt, or to taste are some good old St. Patty's Day recipes for • 1/4 teaspoon thyme, crushed you to enjoy.

• 1/4 teaspoon pepper Irish Coffee • 2 cloves garlic, mashed & minced • 2 teaspoons sugar, or to taste • 2/3 cup hot • 4 medium potatoes, quartered brewed coffee • 2 tablespoons Irish whiskey • • 8 small white onions, peeled Whipped cream, sweetened if desired.

• 1 package frozen peas, (16 oz)

Ghana Drums & Dance in Monticello Bernard Woma is the founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Center in Accra, Ghana and the Artistic Director of Saakumu Dance Troupe. Saakumu means traditions, and as the name implies, the company derives its repertoire from both traditional and contemporary cultures.

Woma has shared the stage with renowned artists such as Maya Angelou, Yo Yo Ma, and Glen Velez and has performed for Nelson Mandela, the Obama family and Queen Elizabeth II.

The performance of his composition Gyil Nyog Me Na took place in the spring of 2006 in Carnegie Hall.

Nesin Cultural Arts is presenting Woma and the Saakumu Troupe in the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, St. John Street in Monticello on March 8 at 7:30pm. (Postponed from February snow.)

For information: 845-794-6013.

Writing Your Own Obituary in Callicoon

Ever wonder what will be said at your funeral? The Yarnslingers have written their own short obituary/eulogies and will be performing them March 24 at 3:00pm at Café Devine, 33 Lower Main Street, Callicoon.

Readers include: Joanne Geranine, Nancy Peterman, Nina Burleigh, Ann Finneran, Isabel Braverman, Neil Deutsch, Annemarie Schuetz, Ramona Jan, Carol Foresta, John L. Robinson, Deborah Brown, June Donohue, Marie Dantoni.

The Yarnslingers are everyday people who tell fantastic stories. The group, directed by Ramona Jan, is about to celebrate their third year of yarnslinging around the County.

For further information about Yarnslingers or to join in on the fun and become a Yarnslinger, email yarnslingers@yahoo.com.

• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced • 1 cup milk • 1/3 cup flour Over medium heat, brown lamb in butter and oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven.

Add water, broth, and seasonings; cover and simmer for 1 hour.

Remove surface fat. Add potatoes and onion; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Add peas and simmer for 5 minutes.

Combine milk and flour; stir until smooth.

Add to simmering stew and simmer for about 1 minute, or until thickened.

Taste and adjust seasonings. Serves 6.

For all of your culinary questions, call Whispering Pines Caterers, 845-647-1428.

Eliane Elias Performs at Orange Hall

Multi-Grammy® Award nominee, Brazilian pianist/singer/composer/arranger Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive and musical style which blends her Brazilian roots and her alluring voice with her impressive compositional and piano skills.

Born in Sao Paulo, Elias’ musical talents began to show at an early age. She started studying piano at age seven, and at age twelve was transcribing solos from the great jazz masters. By the time she was fifteen, she was teaching piano and improvisation at one of Brazil’s most prestigious schools of music. Her performing career began in Brazil at age seventeen, working with Brazilian singer/songwriter Toquinho and the great poet Vinicius de Moraes. In 1981, she headed for New York and in 1982 landed a spot in the acclaimed group Steps Ahead. Her first album release was a collaboration with Randy Brecker entitled Amanda in 1984. Shortly thereafter her solo career began, spanning over twenty albums to date.

Eliane’s composition What about the Heart received a Grammy nomination for Best Brazilian Song. NPR (National Public Radio) named Eliane’s recording of the song Light My

Fire as one of the top 5 recorded vocal songs of 2011. The CD features Eliane on vocals and piano, her arranging, and four original compositions.

Backing her is a crew of twelve high-caliber players, including special guests such as guitarist/vocalist Gilberto Gil, bassist Marc Johnson and trumpeter Randy Brecker.

She performs at SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Theatre on March 9 at 8:00pm.

Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown. For information: 845-341-4891.

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An Americana Change of Pace at Newburgh Chamber Music Th-Th-ThThat’s Not All Folk!

by Philip Ehrensaft The rich, warm sounds of country fiddling and guitar strumming will replace classical violins and company for the March 24 edition of the Newburgh Chamber Music (NCM) series. As one jazz musician put it, when Chamber Music America was wooing the practitioners of “America's classical music, jazz” to join the organization: we're playing music in a chamber, so I guess we're playing chamber music.

In this case, the musicians will be fiddler Jay Unger and guitarist Molly Mason, a grand couple of Americana roots music.

The chamber will be St. George's Church at 105 Grand Street at 3:00pm. They're back to home base in the Hudson Valley for a few weeks, after concerts in North Carolina and Georgia, and then back on the road again to Washington State. After that, they get ready for their nationally eminent Ashokan Fiddle and Dance Camp.

For fellow classical music devotees who may not know the high level of Unger and Mason’s musicianship, I invite you to listen to a Thomas Hampson album, American Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster.

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Thomas “Fats” Waller & Stephen Foster

“Fats” Waller

Fiddler Jay Ungar and guitarist Molly Mason instrumental accompaniment.

A Metropolitan Opera singer of Hampson's caliber is not going to walk into a studio to record with instrumentalists unless the latter meet demanding standards.

The program on March 24 will present a blend of a broad sampling of American folk music and Ungar's own work, including

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Ashokan Farewell, the anthem melody for Ken Burns PBS televison series on the Civil War. The panorama of Americana tunes and songs will feature Fiddle Medley: Forky Deer/Leather Britches/Bill Cheatham (Trad), Hard Times Come Again No More (S. Foster), Presidential Hornpipes, That River's Taking Care of Me

(composer unknown), Tampa (Trad), Scottish Medley (Various), Metsakkukkia (Trad), Old Yazoo (T. “Fats” Waller), Bob Wills Medley (Wills & others), Midnight on the Water/Bonaparte's Retreat (Thomason/Stepp), and Relax Your Mind (Leadbelly).

If you’d like to follow up on the Newburgh concert by tang part in dance, singing, fiddle, or string instrument workshops, the summer music camp at Ashokan kicks off on June 23 with a Western and Swing week. Subsequent workshops run through August 17. The camp's telephone number is 845-246-2121; the web site address is www.ashokan.org/ashokan/camp.shtml.

Tickets for the March 24, 3:00pm concert can be purchased at the door or at www.newburghchambermusic.org.

Opera News sponsored by New Windsor Law office of Drake, Loeb, Heller, Kennedy, Gogerty, Gaba & Rodd

The Best Opera that You’ve Never Heard of: “Francesca da Rimini”

by Philip Ehrensaft It’s mysterious why so few of us have heard of, much less heard, the opera Francesca da Rimini that the Met will broadcast to movie theaters across the planet on March 16. The rich, skillfully orchestrated score is an opera conductor's dream, which is one reason why James Levine decided to revive the opera at the Met in 1984. Renata Scotto and Placido Domingo performed the lead roles. The very fine performance was filmed by Brian Large, one of the best opera film directors of the time, and is available on a Deutsche Grammophon DVD. The story line is based on a real historical incident that has a full basket of what makes opera operatic: Francesca da Polenta married the brave but crippled Giovanni Malatesta in 1275, and then fell in love with his handsome and equally married brother Paulo. They carried on an affair for ten years, until Giovanni discovered them in the sack, and promptly murdered both of them. Unbridled passion, brotherly betrayal, murder, scores and scores of courtiers, damsels, and soldiers to belt out choruses: what more could you want for an Italian opera?

What’s more, Dante made Francesca and Paulo famous for all time by including them in his Divine Comedy. Dante and Virgil meet the two lovers in the second circle of Hell, which is reserved for the lustful.

The composer Ricardo Zanodai (18831944) who created Francesca da Rimini was regarded among the best of a new generation of Italian opera composers. His mentor, Pietro Mascagni, the composer of Cavalleria Rusticana, considered Zanodai to be one of his brilliant students. The conservatory program of the time typically took nine years to complete. Zanodai wrapped it up in three years. When Puccini died in 1924, leaving the

Eva-Marie Westbroek as Francesca

Puccini and company. That book led her to a personal relationship with one of Rasponi's last surviving prima donnas, Adami Corradetti, who shared and encouraged Westbroek’s passion for Francesca da Rimini.

Right now I’m watching the 1984 Francesca’s final bows and loud bravos. I expect that we're going to see and hear the same utter enthusiasm on March 16 at 12:00 noon, in 1600 movie theaters across the globe “Francesca da Rimini” by William Dyce, 1837 as well as the Met's grand hall. last act of his final opera Turandot unfinished, early twentieth century, became her bible, SCCC is located at 112 College Road in Zanodai was widely considered to be the especially the chapters on the great verismo Loch Sheldrake. For tickets call 845-434leading candidate to complete the final sopranos who had worked directly with 5750, extension 4472. orchestration. Unfortunately, backstage politics passed the job to a composer of lesser ability.

Perhaps unlucky timing was one big factor in holding back the popularity of Francesca: the opera premiered in February, 1914. Six months later, the trench slaughterhouse of World War I erupted. Francesca got obscured in the shuffle, and never quite caught its breath.

The Dutch soprano Eva-Marie Westbroek will perform the heroine Francesca's role. She has been captivated by Francesca da Rimini since her first years as an opera singer.

Lanfranco Rasponi's book, The Last Prima Donnas, which focuses on the divas of the

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Alice Elliott’s 2 Films: in Narrowsburg & Livingston Manor Alice Elliott is an Academy Award nominated director, writer, producer, university teacher, advocate for the disabled, cinematographer, and recipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Her short documentary The Collector of Bedford Street was nominated for an Academy Award and will be shown in Narrowsburg, March 9 at 1:00pm (see pg 31).

The Catskill Art Society is showing her work-in-progress, My Father Was a Logger, on March 9 at 4:00pm. This video was drawn from dramatic 16mm black and white footage of logging in the 1920's or 30's, depicting the labor of horses and raw manpower in an age on the cusp of industrialization, which was rescued from a flooded basement in 2005.

The film includes interviews with Dick Riseling from Apple Pond Farm and the filmmaker’s relative Franklin, now 86, who appears as a young child in the film.

Unexpectedly, the interviewees had very different views of the footage, the workers, and the process. This fascinated Elliott as she saw how people tend to create very different movies from what we see.

“Only a generation or two back our ancestors

were clearing the land,” said Elliott. “We share a collective unconscious memory of the swing of an ax, the pull of a saw, and the weight of a moving log. The three versions of this footage explore the narratives that we construct from memory.”

The screening will be followed by a Q & A session and a wine and cheese reception. As a work in progress, Elliott is especially interested in hearing comments from the audience and suggestions for further directions for the work.

For location see CAS ad this page.

Destination.......................................................livingston Manor Catskill Art Society: “Near & Far” Opens at CAS March 2

A triptych is a work of art that is divided into three sections. Catskill Art Society (CAS) is presenting Near and Far, featuring a three person exhibition of photographs in triptych form by Judith Meyerowitz, Gordon Gilbert and James Carney (see Triptych photo right) and Kalika Stern.

Meyerowitz's photography in this series focuses on reflections, refractions, mists, and barks in nature. Gilbert records objects, constructions, and cityscapes in nature, both locally and internationally, while Carney's photographs show wildlife in their natural surroundings and habitat.

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Kalika Stern (see February 2013 CANVAS) has been keeping a daily visual journal for more than 35 years. She prefers to work outdoors, on the spot, “en plein air,” has traveled the world and is known for her

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paintings of New York City. In Near and Far, Stern will be showing paintings, drawings, horizontal scrolls and accordion books that depict scenes and experiences from different places around the world, as well as a

slideshow on India, where she has traveled six times.

CAS hosts an “Artist Talk” for Near and Far on March 2 at 2:00pm and a reception immediately following, from 3:00pm5:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Everyone is invited to see the work and meet the artists.

In addition, horizontal travel scrolls and accordion books by Kalika Stern will be on view from March 2 to April 7 at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street.

For more information about the exhibit or CAS, visit : www.catskillartsociety.org.

Destination........................................Port jervis / matamoras A Psychic Faire To Remember...

Ever wonder what the Spirit World has to say? Find out with Psychic Medium, Spiritual Advisor, and Motivational Speaker, “Tina”.

A native of Orange County, Tina Vesely exhibited psychic abilities from a very early age, having received her gifts from previous generations. She displayed an innate ability to express things about her family that occurred prior to her birth.

Because no credence was given to these early experiences, Tina lived a normal childhood. She embarked on developing her abilities when she was 20 years old, with the guidance of her mother Charlene, who introduced Tina to an array of in-depth information which expanded her psychic nature. That knowledge has been channeled into her work as a medium and spiritual advisor which, “enables me to bring comfort and hope to people on their life’s journey,” she expressed.

During any session, Tina uses her unique

abilities to connect people with loved ones who have passed on, their angels or guides, and provides advice on ways to obtain a sense of peace in their lives. Tina’s fresh, honest, thought provoking and down-to-earth approach has earned her a loyal following which currently includes people in 38 US states and 7 countries.

As a psychic medium, spiritual advisor, and lecturer, Tina has, over the past 20 years, helped thousands with her uncanny ability to predict future events. Tina also offers gallery style readings, workshops, healing modalities, and performs an array of other services.

Tina is available in person or by phone.

For more information contact Tina at: tinavesely@aol.com or 570-832-2120.

Tina will be doing her “Messages from the Other Side” at her 5th annual Mind Body and Spirit Expo on April 7 from 11:00am-6:00pm in the Best Western at Hunts Landing, Routes 6 & 209 in Matamoras (see ad page 36).

“Through the Eyes of Upchurch” at Upfront

Wendell M. Upchurch’s (1946 2000) obsession for painting kept him sleep deprived for many years. He painted people in shadows, demons, freaks and wild animals. Observing his paintings, one Self Portrait can notice that most of the demons are the artist himself.

Upchurch’s other works include nudes, landscapes, still-lifes, portraits and paintings with a southwestern flair. He created with acrylic, oil, pencil and pastels on canvas, cloth, burlap, board and paper.

Discover an unforgettable look through the eyes of Upchurch at an Opening Reception on March 9 from 4:00pm-9:00pm at UpFront Exhibition Space. The work will be on display until March 16. Take a peek inside UpFront’s

Primal Percussion will also be selling some of their handcrafted drums at the Expo.

• Intuitive Approach to the tarot w/ Bernadette Montana Are you interested in or love the art of the tarot?

Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced Mind, Body & Spirit Expo 2012 this workshop is for you! This is an interactive workshop • Multidimensional and Bernadette suggests Transformation w/ bringing your own deck, and Masha Levina pen and paper. (not required).

Experience a vibrational shift • Emotional Freedom Techniques w/ toward a healthier and more Debra Hollinrake harmonious state of being by Debra will demonstrate easy hands-on shifting subconscious beliefs techniques to reduce stress and learn how to that hold you back. easily release negative emotions.

• Introduction to the Djamba The Expo, presented by Tina & Jerry Vesely Primal Percussion Come feel and learn the beat! You are and sponsored by All Better Central, will offer encouraged to bring your own drums, but if you many more workshops! Join the Fun! For more information, call 570-832-2120. don't own drums “we have a few to share!”

New Gallery at Gillinder Glass

The new William T. Gillinder Art & “Upchurch” room, where most of his work is Archive Gallery: The Gillinder Legacy, is an featured. extension of the museum, based on the history UpFront Exhibition Space is located at 31 of Gillinder Glass told through a collection of Jersey Avenue. photos and artwork by historian, Professor Viewings can be made by appointment after Bernard. the opening by calling 845-856-2727.

Once a month there are free glass blowing

demos with artists demonstrating the technique while creating one-of-a-kind pieces of art.

Demos are given throughout the day beginning at 10:00am with the last one at 3:00pm. See LECTURES-DEMOS calendar, page 17.

Gillinder Glass is located at 39 Erie Street, Port Jervis. For information call 845-856-5375.

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Ireland in Salisbury Mills, Monroe, Yulan, Goshen, Matamoras & Newburgh The Parting Glass is an Irish, Scottish and Newfoundland traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It was allegedly the most popular song sung in Newfoundland, Scotland and Ireland before Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne.

The Parting Glass Band is an Irish trio who present a musical tour of melodies, familiar to the Irish in the “Old Country” and their immigrant sons and daughters, here in the Hudson and Delaware Valleys.

Al Gessner, who plays flute and accordion, played in Green Velvet, The Bearded Lady and has done many sessions with Jim and Mary Coogen. He is the owner of Al’s Music Shop in Port Jervis.

Kevin McComb plays guitar, uke, banjo, and sings! He is a brass and string repairman, with roots in Gospel. He has done a stint with a rock band or two and played in the Irish rock group Emish.

Versatile Patti Gessner: flute, vocals, tin whistle and percussion: “My roots are from Cork. I am a teacher, shopkeeper, pianist, mother of 4, and wife (of Al). I have sung Irish music my whole life. This is my first official band outside of the band I raised.”

The multi-faceted musicians’ Saint Patrick’s Day month has an impressive list of gigs.

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The Parting Glass Band • March 3: Shamrock Party at the Captain's Table, Monroe 4:00pm-8:00pm.

• March 9: Baker's Tap Room, Yulan, 8:00pm-11:00pm.

• March 10: A concert, Grandstand of St. Patrick's Day Parade, Goshen’s 11:00am-1:00pm.

• March 15: Blarney Station, Warwick, 9:30pm-11:30pm. (see ad page 29).

• March 16: Riverview Inn, Matamoras, 6:00pm -7:30pm.

• March 17: Baker's Tap Room, Yulan, 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

• March 24: A concert at the Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh, 3:00pm-4:30pm.

AND - they perform Thursday nights from 7:00pm - 10:00pm at CANVAS’ main distribution drop in Salisbury Mills: Loughran’s Irish Pub, 10 Schoolhouse Road, a local favorite for lunch, dinner and also for catering. For information: 845-496-3615.

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Ice Jammers Jam: Washboard Included About two years ago a small group of seasoned and novice musicians decided to hold some jam sessions. Eight more musicians later, they had evolved into the Ice Jammers.

The Jammers perform an eclectic mix of folk, blues, bluegrass and old-time string band music - singing harmony and playing an assortment of guitars, fiddle, mandolins, banjo, mountain dulcimers, a washboard and a Cajun accordion.

Members of the group are from up and down the Hudson Valley: Tim Denman, Roger Flaum, Anne Gayler, John Gebhards, Diana Krautter, Diane Newlander, Peter Segal, Peter Voletsky, and Frank Tetler.

The Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation is featuring the Ice Jammers on March 9 at 7:30pm. Open mic performances will be available to all.

The UUC at Rock Tavern is located in the Town of New Windsor at 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern. For information call 845-978-5620.

Good & Bad in Warwick & Newburgh

In a spirited one-woman romp all learn that deep in the recesses of through history, Dorothy Leeds some very wicked women, some stars as a good girl who wants to be good is lurking. a bad girl. She resolves this conflict Good Lessons from Bad Women with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt can be seen at the Wisner Library and seven bawdy (and often in Warwick on March 15 at hilarious) bad women who guide her 7:00pm. Phone for reservations: from rebellion to self-acceptance 845-986-1047, ext. 3. with the subtle lessons they impart, Leeds then brings her sevenas she wrestles with the concept of vignette play to the Newburgh goodness and dives deep into a world where Library, March 17 at 3:00pm. 845-563-3600. good is bad and bad is good. Along the way, we Admission is free at both libraries.

Destination..........................................Wurtsboro Light/Dark at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance

“Moonlit Night� by Janet Campbell

Artwork by David Munford

Santana by Nelson Pantoja

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) will present an exhibit titled Light/Dark from March 9 -March 30. An Opening Reception, free and open to the public, will be held on March 9, from 2:00pm-4:00pm.

Light/Dark explores the dynamic interplay of these opposites through the means of visual works of art.

In addition, there will be a brief demonstration by Janet Campbell, titled Framing of Watercolors, of the process of framing a watercolor, from cutting the mat to installing the dustcover, on March 24 at 10:30am at the Gallery. Admission is free.

The WAA Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street. For information: www.waagallery.org.

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Destination................................................Cornwall-woodbury Peter Geller’s “Illegal” Photo at Leo’s

cornwall - Woodbury calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Society for Music, Potluck Concerts & Peggi’s Place

Art & Photography Exhibits Paul Gould Hudson Valley Gallery, ongoing Emily Waterfield photography Gary Hoff & Terri Clearwater paintings Clearwater Gallery, ongoing

Meet the Animal of the Week Sat & Sun, 2:30pm

Peter Geller photography Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Mar 1-30 Reception: Mar 16, 1pm-4pm

Karaoke 2 Alices Style 2 Alices, Mar 2, 7:30pm

Book Discussion “The German Bride”Mar 6 “Brooklyn” Mar 28 Cornwall Library, 7pm

Cinema “Illegal Eagle”

by Peter Geller

Peter Geller states, “They say that the eyes reflect the soul. My vision is to capture the emotional essence in my images. Whether it is a celebration, a portrait, a landscape, or wildlife, I have dedicated myself toward the pursuit of gaining meaningful images that evoke an emotional connection to us.

“It is my intent that my portraits illuminate, my wedding images celebrate, and my landscape and wildlife photography

commemorate. It is my hope that my images of celebration bring a fond memory and a smile to your face and that my images of the natural world will inspire our conservation and careful stewardship of our world, and the wildlife that resides with us on our planet.

“Taken at Olive Bridge this past fall, this eagle nests somehow near the bridge and was positioned over the Ashokan dam, perhaps for hunting purposes. Of course artists have to

After Margaret Small (see photo right) and Ruthanne Schempf perform Schubert's Fantasy, Op. 103 for four hands, and Benedikt Kellner sings Brahms’ Ziguenerlieder, Joel Evans and ValentinaCharlap Evans join Schempf for the Trio Serenade, Op. 73 for piano, oboe and viola by Robert Robert Kahn Kahn.

In 1916, Kahn was elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts, a membership he held until

1934 when the n*&%# regime ordered him to resign because.............! They also prohibited the performance of his music. This drove him to England in 1938, where he spent the last years of his life in obscurity but inextinguishable creative power, resulting in a voluminous collection of piano music with more than 1,000 still unpublished pieces.

Many thanks to Potluck Concerts for bringing Kahn’s music to Orange County after introducing it at New Paltz earlier in February. See ad at right for date & location.

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Museum Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery World of Bees & Brook Trout Exhibits Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm

“Going My Way” Mar 13, Noon “Red Persimmons” Mar 21, 6pm Cornwall Library

suffer for their art, the NYC DEP police thought I was over the line on the restricted area and ticketed me for that. Hence the title.

The Eagle technically did nothing wrong!” (www.pmgellerphotography.com).

Geller’s works are being displayed at Leo's Restaurant, 23 Quaker Avenue from March 1March 30, with a reception on March 16 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. See ad below.

HHNM Wildlife Education Center

Music

Music-Classical “Violin, Cello, and Piano Music in Central Valley Mar 17, 3pm Central Valley United Methodist Church, Potluck Concerts “The Classics” Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Mar 22, 7:30pm

Opera - Video “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart Cornwall Library, Mar 17, 1pm

+++++++++++++++++++++ Children’s Events “Birds of Prey for Kids” HHNM Wildlife Education Center, Mar 9 ages 4-6: 9:30am, & ages 6-up:11am Maple Sugar Festival Mar 2, 10:30am-3pm Maple Sugar Tours HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center Sats & Suns, 10:30am-3pm

Destination....................................Greenwood Lake/warwick The Evolution of the Westernized Female Silhouette (& Football Padding)

In 1987 the United States Congress declared the month of March National Women's History Month. Each year educational programs are presented that pay special homage to the impact and achievements of women, as well as to the contemporary problems and limitations that the female gender still faces. On March 10, the Albert Wisner Library will host the interactive performative lecture The Evolution of the Western Female Silhouette AKA The Corset Lecture, presented by Susan Handler.

Ms. Handler engages the tools of fashion history by utilizing the corset and other period undergarments to demonstrate the manipulation and control of the female body, as documented by the changing silhouette spanning over a period of 500 years. Fashion for westernized women has evolved from a

The Evolution of the Western Female Silhouette a.k.a. The Corset Lecture foundation based on physical control. This country. Audience members are invited to lecture even covers the roots of football approach historically affected their personal participate in the hands-on-demonstrations. padding.

The Corset Lecture will be presented at the freedoms and health creating a PR message Over the years many males have volunteered that presently profiles the acceptable physical to be the models. Of course, the corsets, Albert Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Drive on bumrolls, bustles, bloomers, and other March 10 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. attributes and status of women.

For information contact the Help Desk at The Corset Lecture has been presented at undergarments are worn over the many colleges and universities throughout the participating audience members’ clothes. The 845-986-1047, ext. 3.

“Big Ideas on Small Spaces”

“Orchids” oil on board

A retired professional Flutist/Educator, Joan Schwartzman’s musical career has taken her nationwide to concert halls and colleges, demanding mastery of all musical styles from Baroque to Contemporary. She now takes great pleasure in finding connections between these musical ideas and close parallels in painting: form, structure, line, color, shape and motion.

Greatly influenced by the subject presentations of Georgia O'Keefe and Richard Avedon, she especially loves painting oversize “floral portraits”, where she strives to interpret, in oils, each flower as an individual personality.

While there are several such pieces in this exhibition, there are many others reflecting her travels overseas from still life to the street art in Barcelona.

Schwartzman has studied at the Warwick Atelier, and independently has explored the techniques of Frank Covino, Arleta Pech, Jane Wilson, and Kevin MacPherson, in their approach to color, nuance and abstract form.

A member of the Tivoli Artists Gallery, her work also appears extensively in shows throughout Orange and Rockland counties, sponsored by the Warwick Art League, Orange County Arts Council, Orange County Arts Federation, the Pine Bush Area

“GIRSA” at Greenwood Lake Library

“Lisbon Wildflowers” oil on board

Arts Council, regional libraries, as well as the Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts in Ringwood, New Jersey, and the WVFA Gallery in Warwick.

An exhibition of her paintings will be presented in the Library Gallery of the Albert Wisner Public Library, One Mc Farland Drive. The opening is on March 2 from Noon -2:00pm and the exhibit will run through March 28.

For information: 845-986-1947.

“We have all known each other since we were very young, growing up participating in Irish music and dance in our community of Pearl River. We loved playing together so much that we started our own band just over 6 years ago and called it GIRSA, which means “young girls” in Gaelic. We’ve been having tons of fun

ever since!,” the website states.

Hear the fiddle, accordion, guitar, tin whistle, bodhran, banjo, mandolin and piano on this afternoon of traditional Irish music, part of the free Music Makers Concert Series at the Greenwood Lake Library, March 23 at 2:00pm. For info: 845-477-8377, ext.101.

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Destination..................................................................Narrowsburg Irish Music Opens DVAA’s Salon Series

The Salon Series, informal and comfortable concerts with opportunities to chat with the musicians, opens on March 3 with Rick and Donna Nestler performing Irish music and folk songs.

Rick Nestler has learned some of his most effective performance techniques playing in low waterfront dives and institutions of higher learning from St. Thomas to Toronto, California to New York and everywhere in between. Rick will share the stage with his wife, Donna, a multi-instrumentalist who also accompanies with vocals.

The series continues each Sunday in March and will feature acoustic folk duo Ken and Julie on March 10.

Singer/songwriter Ken DeAngelis and soprano Julie Ziavras present acoustic, original, contemporary folk music with storytelling, thought provoking lyrics, rich harmonies, and a strong repertoire of traditional folk covers.

Ken’s original songs incorporate his unique guitar flat and fingerpicking styles. He demonstrates remarkable breadth and technical skill, avoiding the rote sameness that many singer-songwriters fall into.

Besides being a world renown singer of Greek folk songs, Julie is known for her diversity of repertory and styles and her ability

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Leslie Pintchik Trio Ken & Julie

Rick & Donna Nestler

to infuse a classical technique with the popular and folk genres. A well-known “voice” in the Narrowsburg area, she has performed leading roles in Don Giovanni, La Perichole, La Boheme and Kiss Me Kate for the Delaware Valley Opera.

The Leslie Pintchik Trio (March 17) includes Scott Hardy (bass) and Michael Sarin (drums). Pintchik surfaced on the Manhattan jazz scene in a trio with bassist Red Mitchell at Bradley's. Red chose Leslie (along with guitarist Scott Hardy) for the warmth and powerful interplay he heard in their music. Red Mitchell wrote "Leslie Pintchik and Scott Hardy play miraculous music - in tune in all ways. And you can quote me on that."

Local favorite Little Sparrow Band closes

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37 Main Street. Brunch is available at The the series on March 24.

Heron for those who want to make a day of it.

The 2:00pm performances are at the (see ad this page for The Heron).

Delaware Arts Center's Krause Recital Hall, For more information call 845-252-7576.

Community Building Through The Arts with Susan Handler The Arts Break Down Barriers Over one billion people, or approximately 15% of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. In this country approximately 50 million people live with disabilities. Persons with disabilities face barriers to participate in all aspects of society. As President Obama has stated in his Guiding Principles, “A disabled person has the same rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as any other American.”

The President is committed to nurturing a society that values the contributions of all of our citizens and residents. However, infusing these principles into towns and cities requires opportunities for the abled and disabled to meet on common ground. In recognition of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) and SullivanArc will collaborate on the March 9-30 art exhibit Expressions 2013, paintings by people with developmental disabilities.

The Hudson Valley not-for-profit organization SullivanArc is dedicated to providing support and services to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Their mission is to enable persons of all ages with disabilities to live as contributing, valued members of the community by promoting: Inclusion, Independence, Individualization, Productivity and SelfDetermination. Joan Glase, SullivanArc’s Director of Public Relations & Foundation, believes that the arts are a powerful communication vehicle that benefits the disabled by pushing boundaries, sparking discovery, and uniting communities.

Collaborating with the DVAA has been a natural evolution in SullivanArc’s efforts to offer the artistically gifted disabled artists the opportunity to experience the gallery setting as a participating artist and as an audience member.

The DVAA was co-founded thirty-seven years ago by Executive Director, Elaine

Artist Lenny Dalby in front of his painting at 2011 "Expressions" Exhibit

Creative Arts Specialist Vince Sanborn with artist Jeanne Bartolo

Art Wall - previous “Expressions” exhibit at DVAA Giguere. The DVAA mandate is to lead organization with the motto to have the arts as a collaborations that advance the arts; to central article in modern life. We can say we encourage and support cultural programs have made huge strives in that direction.” The relevant to all citizens; and to provide services organization has become the anchor on to individual artists, arts organizations, and the Narrowsburg’s Main Street with a performance area’s arts community. “We started out this theater and two exhibition spaces run by Gallery

Director Rocky Pinciotti.

The success of the SullivanArc Art Therapy Program is primarily due to their Creative Arts Specialist Vince Sanborn. In his group therapy art classes, students are taught the fundamentals of color and painting. However, in the process of being creative, they benefit emotionally, physically, cognitively, and socially. Sanborn strives to reach each student. In this effort, he has even developed a specialized painting device for an artist who could only move her neck and head. The headgear he invented made it possible for her to rotate and fill the entire canvas. When the paintings are completed, participants feel a huge sense of accomplishment.

Twenty-four paintings will be shown at the Expressions 2013 exhibit at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. The artworks of the eighteen artists are available for purchase. The opening is March 9 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, with a 1:00pm film screening and appearance by the director of Academy Award nominated documentary The Collector of Bedford Street, Alice Elliott.

For information call 845-252-7576.

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Meet Mary Ziavras, Author, Poet, Teacher “Tell me a story before I go Director of Walden's Josephine Louise Public to bed.” The consequence of this oft repeated appeal Library, has appropriately knows several languages, arranged for Mary Ziavras, dialects and is frequently a author of Greek Folk Stories strained combination. The Old & New, to a book signing story told, especially when and sale at the Josephinedelivered by a gran’ma that Louise Public Library. made the great journey from Fortunately, Mary was one the “old country” to the of the chosen few who did promising shores of America, write it all down and she time and again serves remembers the tales and trials valiantly as a cultural tether to Author Mary Ziavras of her mother and relatives. a rich, romantic ancestral heritage.

Not only are the traditions of a culture It is no doubt true that many in this preserved, but historical situations, audience have conversed with grown tragedies and brutalities are brought to the siblings about such tales. One brother to a surface and preserved, allowing those who sister was heard recently to comment. come to the trough to grow intellectually “Gee, Sis, I thought you said you were and prosper culturally. going to write down Mom's stories.” Well The individuals used as sources for in an alarming number of cases, it just Mary's book were relatives and close didn't happen. friends of family, all survivors of the GreekThe month of March has been designated Armenian holocaust, a horrific series of as Greek History Month. With that events of which few Americans are even circumstance in mind, Ginny Neidermier, remotely aware. The atrocities occurred

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prior to, during and after the First World War. For all logical purposes it was the systematic extermination of Greek Christians from Asia Minor, Greek genocide.

Mary Ziavras’ mother and father immigrated to America, via New York, in 1916. They were among the two million political refugees from that tattered portion of the world. Her mom, traveling with only her sister and brother, was only sixteen years old. But she brought with her much more than the duffel she carried. She ferried treasured tales, stories and anecdotes from the “old country,” a way of life from a lost homeland.

Literacy was not a common characteristic of the time and Greeks, along with many

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The Harbor at Smyrna, Greek Asia Minor

other nationalities and cultures, preserved much of their heritage orally. Important lessons and family history were preserved by the stories and tales that Mary’s mother brought with her. It was the oral tradition.

Mary Ziavras will be at the JosephineLouise Public Library on Monday, March 18, 7:00pm to read fom her book, Greek Folk Stories Old & New. The presentation will provide insight into the heartwarming, diverse threads that have thankfully become this nation's fabric.

Following the presentation, copies of this cherished book will be offered for sale and signing.

by Derek Leet Figuratively and literally speaking...I mean physically and musically speaking, Mary will be accompanied by her daughter, a celebrated interpreter of Greek folk music, Julie Ziavras, who will perform during the reading, as will Ken DeAngelis on accordion. For the book reading presentations, they will perform music from Asia Minor.

“Traditional Greek music as we know it was / is a combo of eastern and western music with dance rhythms that can include 9/8th and 7/8th rhythms,” explains Julie.

“In the music of the (Greek) east, there was a direct lineage to antiquity, even down to the instruments that were precursors of the guitar and violin, where additional

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Book Reading & Signing “Greek Folk Stories Old & New” Mary Ziavras Josephine-Louise Library, Mar 18, 7pm

Rachel Crozier Lever violin, Piotr Kargul viola, & Ron De Fesi piano St, Abdrew’s Church, Mar 24, 3pm

Dance

Recreation

“The Wizard of Oz” choreography by Dee Tabitha Wright New Rose Theatre, Mar 8-17

Knitting Group Tuesdays, 6pm Josephine-Louise Library

Lectures

Eileen Stelljes “Legendary Ladies” Josephine-Louise Library, Mar 6, 7pm

Storytelling Liquidity: The Value of Wetlands Laura Heady Mar 21, 7pm Cooking w/John Moultrie Mar 26, 6:30pm “Birding Ecuador: The Coast to the Andes” Bill Fiero Mar 28, 7pm Josephine-Louise Library

Story Time 2 & 3 yr olds Tuesdays, 10:30am Story Time 4 & 5 yr olds Wednesdays, 1pm Josephine-Louise Library

rhythms similar to Arabic and Turkish remained in their music, as did instruments in their original form, such as the bouzouki, which was brought to mainland Greece during the Greek diaspora (from the Greek “scattering, dispersion”) from Asia Minor.

“The bouzouki was banned when it was brought to the west, as it represented a subculture that lived in slums.”

Can’t make it to Walden?

Mary, Julie and Ken will be repeating the presentation at The Literacy Center in Monticello on March 20 at 5:30pm, 63 North Street, 845794-0017 and Newburgh Free Library on March 23, at 1:00pm, 124 Grand Street, 845-563-3600. www.greekfolkstories.com.

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Destination..................................................................................Walden Meet Rachel Crozier Lever: Violinist, Piotr Kargul: Violist & Ron De Fesi: Pianist Lots of Strings - No Fret. The phrase is a crafty way to attract attention to the Josephine Louise Public Library's Spring Concert.

Director Ginny Neidermier has assembled the multi-talented threesome for an in-concert performance, March 24, 3:00pm at St. Andrew's Church, Municipal Square, Walden.

Rachel Crozier Lever is a product of The Juilliard School. For this concert, she is particularly fond of Mozart's IV Sonata, as the “mood reflects that period of time during which Mozart's mother died.” Additionally and of interest is the fact that Ms. Lever has performed throughout the country, as a chamber musician and orchestral musician. Currently she resides in Monroe; her performance schedule has included presentations with the Hudson Opera Theater, the Taconic Opera, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.

Lever has also served as concertmaster of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra and has performed regularly with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. With respect to sharing the stage with Piotr Kargul's viola, she appreciates the opportunity for their instruments to “work together, side by side.”

Ron De Fesi is a well-known musical artist

and personality in the Hudson Valley and is also one who demonstrates the level and quality of training received at The Juilliard School. “He has been artistic director, music director and/or principal conductor for the Tri-State Regional Opera, Hudson Opera Theatre, and the Delaware Valley Opera (DVO).” He received considerable notoriety as the DVO's Artistic Director, and conductor of the Delaware Valley

The toque is a chef's hat that dates back to the 16th century. The 100 folds of the toque are said to represent the many different ways a chef knows to cook an egg.

Also a well known doo-wop entrepreneur and radio personality, John Moultrie’s cooking demo is at the Josephine-Louise Library, March 26, 6:30pm.

A member of Florida’s Black Dirt Storytelling Guild, Walden resident, Eileen Stelljes has brought It's Time for a Story to libraries in Pearl River, Hyde Park, Washingtonville and Staatsburg.

Let her entertain you at the J-L Library, March 6 at 7:00pm.

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Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. Especially entertaining was Mr. De Fesi's interpretation of Rossini's La Cenerentola, as performed at the Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, 2004.

Mr. De Fesi has sung over 100 roles with companies in the US, Europe, South America and Israel. Furthermore, he has directed over 250 productions of opera, musicals, and classical theatre with companies around the country. Ron also teaches voice and conducting privately.

Piotr Kargul is also well known about the Hudson Valley. A native of Poland, he began his study of the viola at the age of eight and earned a Master of Arts degree at the Music Academy in Poznan, Poland. He is anxiously looking forward to the Spring Concert as he believes, “It will be a light and jovial concert.” Frequently, concerts of the genre “classical” or “chamber” are enjoyed to a greater degree with prior knowledge or familiarity of the pieces to be offered. Not so, in this case, states Piotr. The concert is divided in two with one intermission.

The purpose is to first demonstrate the sounds of each stringed instrument and then explain by

example how they function as a whole.

“The viola is not the step-child of the string family!” exclaims Piotr.

One small program note: Anticipate a degree of heightened awareness with the delivery of Krieger’s La Gitana for violin and piano. It is frequently presented with a not so modest flair of sensuous anxiety. After all, it is a stimulating Arabo-Spanish Gypsy song. Enjoy!

A “Meet the Artists” reception will be held immediately following the concert at St. Andrew’s Church in Municpal Square.

For information call 845-778-7621.

Editor’s note: Included in this exciting, romantic program are two masterpieces: The main event, so to speak, is Mozart’s unbelievably “perfect” Sinfonia Concertante, with its thrilling chromatic-rising-up-the-scale (on the piano) prior to the out-of-nowhere, stealthy entry of the two soloists.

And a surprise: Johan Halvorsen’s adaptation of a Handel Passacaglia, so wondrously melodic that it will knock your socks off.

Destination...........................................................Florida / Goshen “Chinese Coffee” at Cornerstone

B.J. Boothe and Ken Tschan in “Chinese Coffee”

Harry and Jake are sometimes friends and sometimes rivals as they hold each other accountable for the personal and financial barriers they both face. They are two men struggling with living the artist’s life and merely surviving in Greenwich Village. Their banter is humorous, rapid, and personal. But, what happens when banter grows into honesty? This play has adult content and runs for 75 minutes.

B.J. Boothe (Harry): This is B.J.’s second production with Cornerstone Arts Alliance (CAA). He has been seen in Clue: A

Murder Mystery, Leading Ladies, A Perfect Wedding, and most recently The Falling Moon. He would like to dedicate his performance to Esmè, “You are my favorite thing.”

Ken Tschan (Jake): Ken received his theatre education at SUNY Cortland (Alpha Psi Omega) and The National Shakespeare Conservatory in NYC. He began his professional career as a Resident Actor at The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. He is the founder of The Teen Acting Workshop (1995) and was contracted in 2003 by The Goshen Library to serve as Artistic Director of its Educational Theatre Series, which produced 14 plays during his tenure.

In 2008, Ken received the Arts-InEducation Award from the Orange County Arts Council. He is a founder and serves as Artistic Director of Theatre for the CAA. Chinese Coffee, written by Ira Lewis, will be performed by the CAA March 1 - March 9. The CAA is located at 223 Main Street in Goshen. Call for tickets: 845-294-4188.

Please note: It’s a 2nd floor walk-up, NOT handicap accessible.

Bridging Cultures: “The Butterfly Mosque”

Pick up a copy of The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson at the Florida Public Library today and join an upcoming discussion with scholar Anne Ruszkiewicz.

Her book is a selection from The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association.

In the auto-biography, American writer G. Willow Wilson embarks on a spiritual and physical journey across the continents. She finds herself an atheist converting to Islam and falls in love with an Egyptian man.

Discover how she attempts to accommodate her values while torn between the secular west and the Muslim east.

Ruszkiewicz was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. She earned a Master’s Degree in

Author G. Willow Wilson

Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and is presently a professor at Sullivan County Community College.

The discussion takes place at the Library, 4 Cohen Circle, Florida, on March 21 from 6:30pm-7:30pm.

For information call 845-651-7659.

Goshen’s 37th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade The Mid-Hudson St. Patrick's Parade Committee has announced that the 37th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held in Goshen on March 10 at 2:00pm, with music by The Parting Glass Band at the Bandstand from 11:00am to 1:00pm prior to the parade (see page 26).

For updates: visit www.mhspp.org.

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Meet Debra Hollinrake in Matamoras & Middletown

“Are your thoughts filled with positive images, events and experiences? Do you feel love, a sense of purpose and peace?” asks Debra Hollinrake. “If the answer is “no” to any part of these questions, then perhaps it's time for a new story - the story you were born to live.”

Debra is the founder of Intentional Power, LLC. Her knowledge and experience as a Public Speaker, Law of Attraction Counselor, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner, Life Activation Practitioner, Energy and Light Worker, Expert Author, Voice Artist and Spiritual Life Coach, make her uniquely qualified to provide the tools for success.

“Life Activation” (formerly called the DNA Activation) is a powerful healing modality that infuses your body with pure Light, making it's way through blocks, issues, and weaknesses that we may not even be aware of. This modality, or method, of healing is one of the foundations of human progress and growth, and was part of King Solomon’s healing concepts.

EFT is a form of psychological acupressure, based on the same energy meridians traditional acupuncture has used to treat physical and

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emotional ailments for over five thousand years, but without the invasiveness of needles. Instead, simple tapping with the fingertips is used to input kinetic energy onto specific meridians while you think about your specific problem whether it is a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, etc. -- and voice positive affirmations.

For the Mind, Body & Spirit EXPO (see ad this page) producers Tina and Jerry Vesely have invited local practitioner Debra to join with other practitioners familiar to CANVAS readers, Cornwall’s Bernadette Montana and Milford’s Masha Levina (See page 25) on April 7 in Matamoras. Contact Debra at: 570- 832-4877.

You can catch a preview of Debra’s EFT knowledge at Thrall Library in Middletown on March 13 at 7:00pm. 845-341-5454.

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