The Centennial Celebration is our recognition of people and communities and their progress through a century of challenge and opportunity. The new century brings us new versions of those challenges, but our original idea is as powerful as ever: everyday people, working together, using science and collective experience in their lives to solve present problems and those that lie ahead.

In its 100th year, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) still lives by our mission. We invite you to celebrate with us. CCEUC will host their “Centennial Celebration” on Saturday June 1 in the parking lot of our Education Center located at 232 Plaza Road in Kingston at the Kingston Plaza. Rain or shine, the birthday party will go on!

Festivities will begin at 9:00am with the annual Master Gardeners Great Plant Swap and Sale. Opening ceremonies for the Centennial Celebration will be at 11:00am, led by our guest speakers, Ulster County Executive, Mike Hein, City of Kingston Mayor, Shayne Gallo. Our guest host Emcee will be Ward Todd, President and CEO of the Ulster Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Lots of great family activities are planned, including:

• ·         Live family entertainment by Rich Hines, Ratboy Jr, The Old Double E, Mister Kick
• ·         Centennial Birthday Cake
• ·         Art activities for the kids
• ·         4-H Exhibits
• ·         Hula Hooping
• ·         Rocketry Demo
• ·         Furry Friends Exhibit
• ·         “Centennial” Yard Dash
• ·         Great Food
• ·         Art Exhibit “People, Places & Things in Ulster County” in the Education Center from 5:30pm to 7:30pm will feature Ulster County themed artwork from various local artists. Live jazz music will be performed by guitarist, James Copp.

Cooperative Extension’s connection with Cornell University dates back to 1865, when Cornell was founded as New York State’s land-grant university. Since its inception, the Land Grant idea was that if people had access to university based knowledge and applied it to their everyday lives, stronger individuals, families, and communities would be the result. It was an idea based on a belief that individual success, democracy, and hard work could see us through any challenges.

The Cornell Cooperative Extension System provides access for New Yorkers to their Land Grant University and extends the boundaries of the campus to every corner of the state. CCEUC offers resources, tools and education through on-going community programming. Program areas include Agriculture, Horticulture, 4-H Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Environmental programs.

CCEUC is a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit educational organization, and is part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension land grant system, a partnership between County, State, and Federal governments. The mission of CCE is to enable people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work. Extension staff and trained volunteers deliver education programs, conduct applied research, and foster community collaborations.

 For more information about Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s community programs and events visit our online calendar at www.cceulster.org. Follow CCEUC on Facebook and Twitter. CCEUC provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact the CCEUC office at 845-340-3990 if you have any special needs.

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To celebrate the new year- and say goodbye to what has been a very good year for uptown Kingston- several businesses have united to present a neighborhood-wide celebration themed as if it were a century ago, complete with pre-prohibition style drinks, food, music, and entertainment.

Beginning around 7PM, Boitsonʼs, Duo Bistro, Stockade Tavern, and BSP Lounge (all within a block of each other) will simultaneously be hosting era-specific festivities and providing gift/discounts to those patrons who are ʻdressed appropriatelyʼ. The evening will culminate with the first ever ʻball dropʼ at the corner of N.Front st. and Wall st. (which will be closed to traffic all evening) and events will continue well into the new year!

Here is a look at some of the scheduled entertainment, though roaming street performers, a vintage photobooth, an authentic newspaper reprint, and many other surprises will also be announced via the Facebook Event:

BSP Lounge (323 Wall st.) – A special design installation by At Home Antiques will be revealed with a free reception at 7PM! Located at 81 Broadway in Kingston, AHA specialize in turn of the century furnishings and décor; owner Rebekah Milne (of the Milne Antique family) will be transforming the front lounge and ʻprivateʼ burlesque room at BSP into authentically century-old suites. There will also be atleast one piece of furniture (a leather, rolling bar) that was originally on the showcase floor when the building that now holds BSP Lounge was still Standard Furniture (ca. 1950s) and was recently recovered from a family in Alabama, but thatʼs

another story. After 9PM, there will be a $10 cover (18+) for burlesque, vaudeville performers, a swing band, and a DJ after midnight.

Stockade Tavern (313 Fair st.) – Specializing in pre-prohibition style cocktails year round, this popular destination will also be hosting Caprice Rouge, an eastern European Klezmer band (think jazz meets polka) around 9PM (21+, free) and will have a DJ after midnight.

Boitsonʼs (47 N. Front st.) – Will be offering a special era-specific menu/cocktails, plus a focused set of music from 1912 (converted from 78rpm records) courtesy of local DJ Raissa St. Pierre.

Duo Bistro (50 John st.) – In addition to era-friendly menu items, Duo will host locally-based, internationally renown husband/wife duo Rebecca Martin & Larry Grenadier performing Jazz and Folk standards from the by-gone era (10PM, all ages/free). Also, and this no small feat, Duo will begin serving breakfast at 1AM!

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Learn the secrets to making an old fashioned kissing ball. They’re fragrant, beautiful and not as hard to create as they look. Please bring gloves and pruning shears or wire clippers if you have them, all other supplies will be provided. The fee is $25 per person.

Class size is limited; registration deadline is Wednesday, December 5. Pre-registration is required to participate.

Please call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Master Gardener Program at 845-340-3990 for registration information, or visit our website www.cceulster.org and click on Registration Forms to download a registration form or simply click here.

For more information about Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s community programs and events visit our online calendar at www.cceulster.org. Follow us on www.facebook.com. CCEUC provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact the CCEUC office at 845-340-3990 if you have any special needs.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) is a 501(c) 3 subordinate government agency of the State of New York under Article 5, 224(b) of the NYS County Laws organization that utilizes research based knowledge through their partnership with Cornell University. This information is disseminated through their on-going community programming in the areas of Agriculture, Horticulture, 4-H Youth Development, Family and Consumer Science and Environmental programs held throughout Ulster County.

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 The famed Sinterklaas Celebration that has drawn thousands to Rhinebeck is going Bi-coastal for the second year and coming to Kingston to thrill and delight the children and the young at heart of Kingston. In the story, Kingston will play the role of Spain as a procession of giant puppets, stars, fish, flags, boats, and the great Hudson River itself will travel down Broadway participating in the story of Sinterklaas’ arrival in the Hudson Valley.  Kingston’s Rondout plays a major role in the story of Sinterklaas! According to Legend, Sinterklaas came to Holland from Spain. In our HISTORIC RE-CREATION of the Sinterklaas myth,Kingston will play the role of Spain and Rhinecliff the arrival point in Holland!

What is Sinterklaas

We are honoring our Dutch heritage by recreating customs that the settlers from Holland brought to the Hudson Valley. The Dutch people who came to here over 300 years ago brought a celebration with them that was already a deeply rooted part of their traditions.

The ritual was simple enough. Each year on December 6 (that’s the Dutch tradition, ours begins the first Saturday after Thanksgiving as we bid farewell to Sinterklaas sailing off to the Netherlands from Spain), a town resident dressed up as Sinterklaas (that is, elegantly garbed in a bishop’s tall hat, red cape,  shiny ring, and jeweled staff). Mounted on a white steed, this Sinterklaas would ride through town knocking on doors late at night. He would be accompanied by his long-time sidekick, the Grumpus. Also known as Black Peter, the Grumpus — a wild looking half-man, half-beast character — rattled chains and threatened to steal away the naughtiest children in his big black bag. And for those “less bad” he had switches for exacting lesser punishments! And for the good children — Sinterklaas and the Grumpus would deliver a bag of goodies.

Over the years, as towns developed and houses grew closer together, Sinterklaas’ ride turned into a Parade that still happens in Holland to this day, and is the most popular of all Dutch holidays.

***SINTERKLAAS SCHEDULE***

 Crowns & Branches Workshop

Friday, November 23, 1-4pm
Saturday, November 24, 11am-3pm
Where every child becomes a King or Queen as they create their own crowns and branches.

Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing
Museum open TreeSpecial donation tree.    Bring new mittens to decorate the tree

Saturday All afternoon

11:00am-5:30pm:
Kingston Catholic School Carolers , Mid-Hudson Juggling Club, Grumpuses cavorting about, the Pocket Lady in her mysterious treasure-filled coat, face-painting, photo booth, music, and vote for your favorite decorated tree in the Rondout Tree Trail (look for the Tree Trail Handouts with a ballot to vote for your favorite tree!).

Noon -3:15pm Performances/Events/Happenings
Noon-5:00pm: Trolley & Maritime Museum
1:30-3:30pm: Roam the streets and meet Carolers, grumbling grumpuses, the town crier, pocket lady and more
3:30pm: Parade Steps off as we escort Sinterklaas down, the hill, accompanied by sparkling stars, wind wheels and undulating waves on our magical journey. Kids: wear your

Crowns and carry your Branches. Grown-ups: illuminate their way with your Sinterklaas stars! At the end we’ll bid farewell to Sinterklaas as he is launched across the mighty HudsonRiver and is taken to the Arrival Procesion in Rhinecliff!

 5:15pm: Tree Lighting at the Visitors’ Center.

 Open Houses, Business Specials, and Rondout Tree Trail

 Agustsson Gallery, 176 Broadway
2-6pm The Unveiling of our Large Scale Chess Set & Tree Trail

Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway
1:30pm Storytelling by Karen Pillsworth
2:30pm The music of Los Viejos de la Torre

The Storefront Gallery, 93 Broadway
Noon-3:30pm Say Cheese at The Storefront Gallery – Open house serving Dutch Cheese and get your photo taken in a vintage style Photo Booth & Tree Trail

Don Vito’s Pizzeria, 83 Broadway
Noon-1:00pm Build a Cupcake Bar by JJ’s Rockin Cupcakes

At Home Antiques, 81 Broadway
At Home for the Holidays:
Noon-2:00pm Family Cookie Decorating with a Pro (bring your creativity to our gallery, we’ll supply the rest!!)
Noon-6:00pm OPEN HOUSE with delicious treats—Holiday Gift Sale (with something for everyone at every price range) Find antique presents with past! & Tree Trail

Mezzanine Antiques, 79 Broadway
11am-5pm Open House and Stocking Stuffer Sale & Tree Trail

TheGreenSpace, 73B Broadway
11am-5pm  Open House & Tree Trail

Karmabee, 73A Broadway
11am-5pm Open House and Holiday Card Sale & Tree Trail

Madden’s Fine Wines & Spirits, 65 Broadway
3-5pm Spanish Wine Tasting

Pat’s Tats, 4 West Union Street
noon-4pm  Open House & Tree Trail

On the Hill Antiques @ Skillypot, 41 Broadway
11am-5pm Open House & Tree Trail

Dolce, 27 Broadway
8am-4pm Restaurant open serving homemade hot cocoa, espresso drinks, homemade baked goods & more.-Tree Trail

Vetere Real Estate, 37 Broadway
11am-5pm Open House serving light pastries of Dutch delights and Netherlands Spirits! & Tree Trail

Hot Towel Barbers, 33 Broadway
11am-5pm Open House & Tree Trail

Rondout Music Lounge, 21 Broadway, 12-6pm Tree Trail
4:30pm Music by the Momma’s Boys & Tree Trail

Savona’s Trattoria, 11 Broadway
noon-5:00pm Gift Card Promotion. Buy first gift card regular price second one half off.

Visitors’ Center, 20 Broadway
5:15pm Tree Lighting Ceremony/Tree Trail and Raffle winners announced. Tree donated by David and Barbara Loeding. Lighting donated by Herzogs. Cut and hauled by Joe Russello.

Trolley Museum, 89 East Strand
Noom-4pm Museum Open and limited trolley rides 12:30-1:15pm The Old Double E performing in #358 Trolley Car at the foot of Broadway

Special Thanks to: The Old Dutch Church of Kingston sponsors the Scions of Patria as the Rondout Grumpuses! Greet the roaming grumpuses for your gift of gold – if you’ve been good.

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New York designer Brian McCarthy, with help from area artists and stylemakers, will reinvigorate the Johnston House for the holidays by bringing his contemporary perspective to the 1812 Federal-style house’s period interiors and celebrated collection of American and European antiques.

The transformed rooms can be viewed 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, from Dec. 14 through Dec. 22.  Admission is $10 for all dates except Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, which are designated “Community Days,” with free admission.  Visits can also be arranged by appointment by contacting fhkevents@yahoo.com.

The Johnston House, at Wall and Main streets uptown, is administered by the Friends of Historic Kingston (www.fohk.org), which has traditionally displayed the rooms as antiques dealer Fred J. Johnston originally decorated them.

“It’s a pleasure to combine my love for Ulster County and Kingston with my talents as a decorator, and an honor to be able to put my personal stamp on the Johnston House interiors,” said McCarthy, who has a home near Kingston.  “These are rooms that symbolize Hudson Valley furnishings for so many people.”

Known for his skill at juxtaposing 18^th, 19^th and 20^th century antiques with contemporary art, McCarthy participated in the 2012 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York City and was commissioned in 2005 to redecorate the State Rooms and private quarters of Winfield House, the American ambassador’s residence in London.  McCarthy was also the first designer since 1913 to redesign a room in the Frick Collection in New York City.

With his own unique spin, he brings high-style traditionalism into the 21^st century,” the editors of Veranda magazine recently wrote of McCarthy.

As part of the Johnston House’s new holiday look, McCarthy will be installing original work by two of Kingston’s most important artists of the past 20 years, Nancy Graves and Judy Pfaff.

Leading artisans and craftspeople from the region will also create holiday décor, including a series of holiday table settings and interior vignettes inspired by the Fred J. Johnston collection.

The table settings display, sponsored by Sav-On Party Center, will be designed by retailers High Falls Mercantile and Spruce, both of High Falls; Accord antiques dealer Ron Sharkey; design author Linda O’Keeffe; Grand and Water  Antiques of Stonington, CT; and Haynes Llewellyn Associates.

Additional decorations for the Johnston House will be created by the Stockade, Ulster and Hillside garden clubs; designers David Cavallaro, Dan Giessinger and Steven Keith; food stylist Roscoe Betsill; Brian Lynch of Botanical Design, and Victoria St. John Gilligan.

The holiday events at the Johnston House are sponsored by Floyd Lattin, Adam and Renate Soyer, Brian McCarthy and Daniel Sager, and Haynes Llewellyn and Gary Swenson.

The Fred J. Johnston House was opened to the public in 1997 and is located in the heart of the 1658 Stockade National Register Historic District.  Its restorer and last private owner Fred J. Johnston (1912-1993) was a nationally renowned antiques scholar and dealer whose clients included Henry F. du Pont, the founder of Delaware’s Winterthur Museum, and Richard Jenrette, the financier and preservationist.

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Volunteers are needed to assist at the crowns and branches making workshops on Friday and Saturday from 12:00pm – 4:00pm.  You will be there to help set up, assist the children and put things away at the end of the day.  In addition, volunteers will be needed at the venues that will have entertainment.

Call for Grumpuses! And Wild Women! The Grumpuses are Sinterklaas’ wild sidekicks who carry out his judgment on the children—either switches for the bad or candies for the good. But, our Grumpuses are people you know in the community who are candy men, there for joyous revels and to delight the children. The Grumpus is also the Bel Snickle in German culture.  Wild Women — If you have Wild Men (The Grumpuses) you have to have Wild Women­ — a fantastic gaggle!

 The day culminates with a parade down Broadway where we will send Sinterklaas and his white horse off on a tugboat across the river to his destination in Rhinecliff.  The Parade need hundreds of volunteers to help carry puppets, “steer” the boat, “ride” the waves, as well as for traffic control during the Parade.

 As the event moves into the evening, activities will continue throughout the Rondout with special offers at restaurants and the lighting of the tree at dusk at the Downtown Visitors Center, where again volunteers will be needed.

Sign up early, become a part of the planning process, ask your friends, and like SinterklaasKingston on Facebook. For more information or to volunteer for the Sinterklaas events, call 845-339-4280 or visit www.sinterklaashudsonvalley.com.

What is Sinterklaas

We are honoring our Dutch heritage by recreating customs that the settlers from Holland brought to the Hudson Valley. The Dutch people who came to here over 300 years ago brought a celebration with them that was already a deeply rooted part of their traditions.

The ritual was simple enough. Each year on December 6 (that’s the Dutch tradition, ours begins the first Saturday after Thanksgiving as we bid farewell to Sinterklaas sailing off to the Netherlands from Spain), a town resident dressed up as Sinterklaas (that is, elegantly garbed in a bishop’s tall hat, red cape,  shiny ring, and jeweled staff). Mounted on a white steed, this Sinterklaas would ride through town knocking on doors late at night. He would be accompanied by his long-time sidekick, the Grumpus. Also known as Black Peter, the Grumpus — a wild looking half-man, half-beast character — rattled chains and threatened to steal away the naughtiest children in his big black bag. And for those “less bad” he had switches for exacting lesser punishments! And for the good children — Sinterklaas and the Grumpus would deliver a bag of goodies.

Over the years, as towns developed and houses grew closer together, Sinterklaas’ ride turned into a Parade that still happens in Holland to this day, and is the most popular of all Dutch holidays.

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On Friday October 19^th,  the shops and galleries on Lower Broadway look forward to entertaining visitors with various food and drink, numerous art openings, music events, vintage and antique collectibles, outdoor movies, and off-beat music.

Studio Stu will bring his Studivarious, a single string, virtuosic, ten-ply maple, washtub bass to the street.  His solo act is pure entertainment combining his original jazz style and unique Brooklyn humor.  Add to that a willingness to navigate uncharted paths through the improvisational wilderness; he is ‘el ultimo hombre del lounge’.

View the Storefront Gallery’s show of Rita Sherry’s show titled, Evocations: prints, sculptures and paintings of birds, bears, monkeys, little people, and ensembles.  While there, join the family in posing for a fun holiday greeting card at the vintage-inspired Photo Booth.

Mid-block, cruise through the Parisian style antiques market set up outside At Home Antiques and Mezzanine Antiques.  Shop for interesting furniture, art, toys and assorted “collectibles”.  A few steps away at Karmabee, some of its Hudson Valley artisans will show off their unique crafts, a perfect place to pick up handmade gifts for the holidays.  At 7:30pm, Pam and Jorge, well-known for their popular dance classes, will offer free salsa-dancing lessons outside Karmabee. Come give it a try!

Local artist Chris Gonyea returns with his Tekki-Torch art and his one-man outdoor theatre of vintage movies.  Pat’s Tats will host an open house to introduce her new location.  And the newest Rondout shop TheGreenSpace puts New York-made food products front and center.   Last but not least, catch the many facets of the moods, feelings and personalities of the feminine figure in nude form at Agustsson Gallery ‘s sculpture show “The Feminine Mystique”.

So come down to the Kingston waterfront.  Catch some up-beat music. Shop early for the holidays.  The Night Market runs from 6 PM to 10PM, on Lower Broadway between McEntee & West Union Streets. Rain date: Oct. 26^th.

For more info, contact B.C. Gee at  845-339-6925

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Kingston will get to experience a little bit of its history as the Rondout plays a part in the non-denominational and Dutch heritage of New York State. The festivities kick off on Friday at a workshop at the Maritime Museum, where children and adults can make regal crowns and scepters made out of branches to carry in the parade.  Then join us on Saturday, November 24 for a day of open houses in all the shops, music, a workshop creating beautiful crowns and branches and a visit from Sinterklaas himself.  In addition to Sinterklaas, there will be a cast of characters roaming through Downtown that afternoon including the Pocket Lady (a fanciful dowager who allows children to pick little surprises from the pocket of her coat) and a group of Grumpuses, the wild men who guard Sinterklaas.

The day culminates with a parade down Broadway where we will send Sinterklaas and his white horse off on a tugboat across the river to his destination in Rhinecliff. As we move into the evening, there will be activities throughout the Rondout and special offers at restaurants with the lighting of the tree at dusk at the Downtown Visitors Center.

On both Friday and Saturday, the bustling and beautiful workshops will be from 1:00–3:30 pm for children of all ages (must be accompanied by an adult) to create their Crowns and Branches at the Maritime Museum (Friday) and the Rondout Youth Center (Saturday). Hundreds of handsome branches will be laid out alongside lots of beautiful and fanciful materials—jewels, ribbons, glitter, lace, streamers, wonderfilm — with which the children can create their Royal garb! At the end of the day each child has something to carry in the Parade and to take home with them.

What is the meaning of the Crowns and Branches that are made by and carried by the children in the Parade? Since St. Nicholas loved children so much, it makes sense on his name day that children, who at all other times of the year are the least authoritative people in society, are turned into the most powerful for just one day. Children are crowned kings and queens!

The birch rod—the indispensable instrument of medieval education— is transformed by the power of imagination and art into a symbol of empowerment and love. The birch rod becomes the Royal Scepter, a symbol of creative power in the hands of today’s children.

What is Sinterklaas?

We are honoring our Dutch heritage by recreating customs that the settlers from Holland brought to the Hudson Valley. The Dutch people who came to here over 300 years ago brought a celebration with them that was already a deeply rooted part of their traditions.

The ritual was simple enough. Each year on December 6 (that’s the Dutch tradition, ours begins the first Saturday after Thanksgiving as we bid farewell to Sinterklaas sailing off to the Netherlands from Spain), a town resident dressed up as Sinterklaas (that is, elegantly garbed in a bishop’s tall hat, red cape,  shiny ring, and jeweled staff). Mounted on a white steed, this Sinterklaas would ride through town knocking on doors late at night. He would be accompanied by his long-time sidekick, the Grumpus. Also known as Black Peter, the Grumpus — a wild looking half-man, half-beast character — rattled chains and threatened to steal away the naughtiest children in his big black bag. And for those “less bad” he had switches for exacting lesser punishments! And for the good children — Sinterklaas and the Grumpus would deliver a bag of goodies.

Over the years, as towns developed and houses grew closer together, Sinterklaas’ ride turned into a Parade that still happens in Holland to this day, and is the most popular of all Dutch holidays.

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A bit of its agrarian heritage will return to Frog Alley Park in Uptown Kingston later this month with an event celebrating scarecrows and other autumnal arts.

 Scarecrows at Frog Alley, sponsored by Friends of Historic Kingston in association with the Junior League of Kingston, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the ruins of the Louw-Bogardus house on Frog Alley, adjacent to the Wiltwyck Fire Station.

 The event will feature elaborate and stylish  scarecrows crafted by area businesses and artists, including doll manufacturer Robert Tonner, Boitson’s restaurateur Maria Phillips, O+ Festival co-founder Joe Concra, and Hyde Park Historic Properties curator Frank Futral,

 The public is encouraged to enter their own scarecrow creations for judging. Prizes will be awarded for Best Design, Most Original Concept and Most Frightening creation. A pumpkin-carving demonstration and lessons for children in scarecrow crafting will also be featured. Refreshments will be served.

The event’s sponsors include Dietz Stadium Diner and Deisings Bakery.

  The Louw-Bogardus House, a 17th-century stone foundation, is one of the oldest known sites of a working sawmill and gristmill in Kingston and has yielded significant archaeological remnants of early Dutch porcelain and 17th-century bricks. It was purchased in the late 1970s by Friends of Historic Kingston with a major contribution by the Ulster Garden Club for the landscaping of the hill garden and bluestone seating area. Today the site serves as an outdoor historical teaching venue for students in elementary school through college and for visitors worldwide.

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McCormack has photographed the nude for over forty years, working in the studio, various indoor settings, and out in the landscape of upstateNew York.    His latest technique uses the extreme wide angle distortions of a round oatmeal box pinhole camera and the digital colorizations of B&W negatives to create a series of visceral images that probe the unconscious, stepping away from the literal reality and choosing instead to seek expressionism. Through successive pulling of curves, B&W values are replaced with color in separate channels that ultimately create the dreamlike state in the finished piece.   Industrial sites, homes, architecture, landscape or props are juxtaposed with the model in the camera.  With its solarization-like tone reversals and silkscreen-like color layering, these images are a hybrid of “sixteenth-century optics juxtaposed with twenty-first century digital print technology.”   The photographic show will be available for viewing,  to mature audiences aged 18 or older.

Also on the same block, the Storefront Gallery in collaboration with The Center for ezerdian Studies, is serving as the way station for the remaining fifty displaced interstellar robots in search of new friends and places to call home.  In an adjunct show, Erik Richards will present a group of local landscape photographs in a selection of archival digital prints ranging in size from 5×7″ to 20×20″.  A few doors away, an outdoor crafts fair featuring local HudsonValley artisans will include original photography by Andy Milford, mosaics by Jenny Strohm, and notecards & tees by Karmabee.

And further up the same street at the Agustsson Gallery, sculptor Magnus Agustsson will be exhibiting his talent for fashion design and presentation of the feminine figure in his original ceramic art sculpture series “Fashion Street.”

Come meet the Artists!. Peek in Behind the Green Door. Shop Early & Local  for the holidays!

The Night Market will run from 6 PM to 10PM, on Lower Broadway between Spring & West Union Streets.  Rain Date August 31.

For more info, contact Nancy Donskoj at  845-338-8473

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