Good Friday Morning,
Soupy Sales has died at 83.
By now pretty much anyone with a light-colored house has already had the vacuum out sucking up lady bugs. It's an annual event where those little guys are doing nothing more than looking for a warm, snug place to spend the winter. I really don't mind all that much but it's when they get in my food that things go bad. Their natural protection is a stink that not only smells bad but tastes even worse and just one in a glass of water will ruin the taste - and man, you know it!
Heteronyms: These are those troublesome words that mean one thing when pronounced one way but something else when pronounced the other. Think "digest". It's either a collection of published materials, i.e., Reader's Digest, or it's what goes on in our stomachs after we eat. Try, "minute". Is that tiny or 60 seconds? One more: "sewer". That's either what your mom is when she's darning your socks or where your poop goes if you live in the city.
But wait! Let's make it even more complex... what if we change capitalization on a word? Then we get Polish, someone from Poland, or polish, what you do to your shoes just before heading out to work. That should help you all perfect the perfect sentence.
Filmmaker Mark Doerrier captures some of the musical talent that performs at The Towne Crier cafe in Pawling, the region's only such performance space. If you have access to a fast 'net connect, check out his you-tube page for some clips.
Note: If you want your event posted here, please don't send a PDF or a JPG file. It's truly difficult to transcribe what could be sent out as a simple text message. While those posters may look nice, they take up bandwidth and clog up some people's email boxes. So, if your stuff ain't here, that may be the reason! Oh, and while we're at it, if your event is in February and you send it to me now, odds are it's going to get lost in the fray. But do try to get it over my way about a week or so in advance.
Tonight The City, the Country, and the Changing Environment  7 PM - What do the city of Poughkeepsie and a family farm in Claverack have in common? How do their histories reveal both the power of place and the dynamic exchange between the city and the country? Professor Emeritus of Vassar, Dr. Harvey Flad, and award-winning author Leila Philip, will discuss their recently published books: Main Street to Mainframes: Landscape and Social Change in Poughkeepsie, and A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family.
The lecture will document both the history of Poughkeepsie and the story of one of the oldest surviving family-owned farms in the Hudson Valley. A Q&A session will engage the audience in dialogue about how lessons from the past can help shape a strong future for the Hudson Valley. This event will meet in our auditorium, located at 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44) in Millbrook, New York. Merritt Bookstore will be offering books for sale.
Come Back To The Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 8 PM - Confronting illusions about oneself is never easy but ultimately cathartic when done in the company of those that know and love us best. In Ed Gracyzk’s deeply affecting memory play, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, past collides with present as members of the Disciples of James Dean fan club come together for their 20th reunion. Presented by the Brewster Theater Company, show dates are October 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th at 8 p.m. at The Melrose School, 120 Federal Road, Brewster, NY.
Saturday Great Swamp Art Show and Celebration 11AM - Join Friends of the Great Swamp for their annual Art Show and Celebration at the Christ Church in Pawling, up on Quaker Hill. It's free and open to the public and a great deal of fun. Trust me on that.
Lake Carmel Cleanup Day 9 AM - 12 Noon - The park district has lowered the lake for the winter so now is a good time to get out there and clean up all the crap that's fallen in there. Volunteers will meet at Beach 3.
Liberia and the American Colonization Society
1 PM - Lecture in cooperation with Southeast Museum – “Liberia and the American Colonization Society “ by Mr. Ron Soodalter (free) Sponsored by the Putnam Arts Council.
Kent Candidates Forum 3PM - At the Sedgewood Club. This event - open to the public - is to meet and greet the candidates running for various offices around Kent. Feel free to drop in at the boathouse. It's casual.
Who Does She Think She Is 7PM - Tilly Foster Farm. Sponsored by the Putnam Arts Council. Who Does She Think She Is? is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of five women artists who are also mothers. In the film, each of the women sustains the competing claims on her heart despite financial hardship, institutional disinterest, and lack of support. Historically, women have not been able to mother and make art--neither pay. So how do these women do it? And why should it matter to us? Who Does She Think She Is? tells the story of ordinary women who pursue their calling--at a price--but for whom art has the power to transform their lives, and perhaps ours, into a deeper experience of living. The film was produced by Mystic Artists in collaboration with the Wellesley Centers for Women.
Come Back To The Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 8 PM - Confronting illusions about oneself is never easy but ultimately cathartic when done in the company of those that know and love us best. In Ed Gracyzk’s deeply affecting memory play, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, past collides with present as members of the Disciples of James Dean fan club come together for their 20th reunion. Presented by the Brewster Theater Company, show dates are October 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th at 8 p.m. at The Melrose School, 120 Federal Road, Brewster, NY.
Sunday Great Swamp Art Show and Celebration Noon - Join Friends of the Great Swamp for their annual Art Show and Celebration at the Christ Church in Pawling, up on Quaker Hill. It's free and open to the public and a great deal of fun. Trust me on that.
Artist's Walk and Talk The Cary Institute will be displaying landscape artist Rebecca Allan's current exhibition, Tributary, through January 17th, 2010. Encompassing large canvases as well as works on paper, the paintings represent wetland habitats, including the Wappinger Creek—a tributary of the Hudson River that runs through the Cary Institute’s campus. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m) in our auditorium lobby. Artwork in the exhibition is available for purchase; a percentage of the proceeds will help support the Cary Institute.
Interested in meeting the artist? On Sunday, October 25th Allan will present an artist’s talk followed by a short walk to the Fern Glen, a site of inspiration for one of the central paintings in the exhibition. To RSVP for this special event, please contact Pamela Freeman at (845) 677-7600 x121 or e-mail freemanp@caryinstitute.org.
Into the Future: Wednesday, October 28 Kent Candidates Forum 7 PM - Join the Lake Carmel Park District at the community center for their annual Candidate's Forum. 10 Huguenot Road. There will be opportunity to meet & greet the candidates. All residents are welcome.
A Special Evening of Science and Music Hudson Valley Science Café
Topic: "Song culture and song learning in songbirds"
Presenter: Ofer Tchernichovski, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, City University of New York
PLUS: Music and comments by David Rothenberg and Timothy Hill.
David Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and author of Why Birds Sing (Basic Books, 2005). He was the editor of the MIT Press journal Terra Nova: Nature and Culture. David Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist, and he has six CDs out under his own name, one of which was named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine.
Timothy Hill is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, in jazz, folk, and world music. He has produced three CDs of his music and appears on eight recordings by David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir, and as a guest vocalist on other recordings. Hill performs his music frequently, and has appeared at Sin-e, Fez, Mercury Lounge, The Living Room, and Joe's Pub, alongside artists such as Jeff Buckley, Susan McKeown, Martha Wainwright, and Teddy Thompson.
Hudson Valley Science Café usually meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month, except where noted. Website: http://www.cafescientifique.org/hudsonvalley.htm Meeting site: Diana's, 1015 Little Britain Road (Route 207), New Windsor (just east of Stewart Newburgh Airport, on the opposite side of the road from the airport entrance). See http://www.DIANASNY.com for menus and map. $3.00 admission fee includes coffee or tea. If you arrive at 6 PM, you can order from the Early Bird menu. No orders are taken during the Presentation (7:00-7:30).
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