Orphic Gallery Presents Bob Gruen - ‘Rock Seen’ Rock & Roll Photography Exhibition

August 29 – October 5
53525 New York 30 (corner of Main and Bridge) Roxbury, NY

Reception for the Artist and Book Signing Friday, August 29, 5-8 pm

The Orphic Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of photographs from legendary rock photographer Bob Gruen. The show will present 46 photographs of rock greats including John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Debbie Harry, The Ramones and more.

Rock Seen at the Orphic will also include a Teenage Bedroom installation (as seen at MoMA). In addition, signed copies of Bob Gruen’s 14th book ROCK SEEN (Abrams 2011), a monograph spanning his long career, will be available at the gallery.

For forty years, Bob Gruen has been documenting the rock scene, capturing now iconic images of The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, New York Dolls, Blondie, The Ramones, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono among others and continues to work today with current acts Green Day and the Strypes. Bob Gruen says of his career, “Photography has led me to some great experiences and enduring relationships. Blurring the line between work and play, many of the people I met through my work have become friends; some are like family to me.”

Bob Gruen’s career began in 1965, when he shot his first concert photos at the Newport Folk Festival. “I was still a kid and a big Bob Dylan fan.” Bob Gruen recalls, “I talked my way into getting a photo pass so I could be down front. That was when Dylan played electric guitar and claimed rock’n’roll was American folk music and got booed off stage for it. After that I began taking photos a lot.” (Bob Gruen, Interview with Carlo McCormick, The New York Trash)

While shooting freelance work and photo stories for the underground rock magazine “Rock Scene,” Bob photographed local New York City bands “on stage, off stage, at home, at parties, and during time off”. “Many photos I was taking then weren’t used until years later; they weren’t considered to be news at the times, but now they are ‘history’ ” Bob says of his early photographs which document the very beginnings of what would later become a monumental rock scene at the now infamous New York City clubs CBGB and Max’s Kansas City where bands such as the Ramones and Blondie got their start.

Many of Bob Gruen’s iconic photographs began with unassuming introductions that became the catalyst for honest and enduring friendships. A hurried introduction to Ike and Tina Turner outside a concert began a friendship that resulted in Gruen’s first album cover, and later Gruen’s first concert tour.

In 1972, Gruen met John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a benefit concert, and later dropped some prints at their nearby apartment. This simple gesture began a close friendship between Bob Gruen, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono. Throughout the 1970’s Gruen worked as their personal photographer, documenting concerts and press conferences, as well as capturing serene moments between John and Yoko, and the first images of their son, Sean Lennon. In 1974, Gruen suggested photographing John Lennon on top of his New York apartment building, which would later become the hugely iconic image of John Lennon wearing the New York City T-Shirt.

Gruen’s photographs are in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and have been shown in the Museum of Modern Art’s 2009 exhibition, “Looking at Music: Side 2” and the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s 2009 exhibition, “Who Shot Rock & Roll”. Bob Gruen lives and works in New York City.

For further information on Rock Seen or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phillip Lenihan at 607-326-6045 or phil@orphicgallery.com.

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Come Have A Blast in Roxbury - August 31

The Roxbury Arts Group in partnership with the Town of Roxbury, Greater Roxbury Business Association, the MARK Project, and the Roxbury Fire Department Throw an End of Summer Blast in Roxbury!

Festivities, Concert, Fireworks!
FREE Admission. Donations Appreciated.
Sunday, August 31, 2014, 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Kirkside Park, Roxbury, NY 12474
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group (RAG) in partnership with the Town of Roxbury, Greater Roxbury Business Association (GRBA), the MARK Project, and the Roxbury Fire Department invite you to a spectacular Labor Day festivity, A Blast of Roxbury, Sunday, August 31 from 4:00 to 9:00 PM. The day’s festivities start at 4:00 PM with walking tours through Roxbury’s Historic District, covering over eighty buildings and sites; and in Kirkside Park at 6:00 PM, a performance by The Spectacular Average Boys followed by fireworks. Town eateries Cassie’s Café, East Branch, Queens Mountain Café, Public Lounge, Petra Estiatorio at Shephard Hills Golf Course, and the Ate-O-Ate Gourmet Food Truck will be open and offering picnic menus for patrons to bring in the park. Roxbury Wine & Spirits boasts a fine selection of wine and spirits and will host a tasting at the store between 3:00 and 5:00 PM. The events are free. For more information call 607.326.7908 or visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

By their own admission, The Spectacular Average Boys “…are a folk band that rocks… or a rock band with their grandfathers’ instruments…” With Ned Brower on lead vocals, banjo and guitar; Joel Shue on bass and vocals; Justin Ploutz on guitar and vocals; and Jeff Landry on drums and vocals, this regional band of twenty-somethings will treat everyone fortunate enough to be in the audience to a spectaular and foot-stomping time, as play both traditional Americana and Folk along with their original tunes like “That Dirty River”. “I have been a fan of Ned Brower and The Spectacular Average Boys for a few years now” said Jenny Rosenzweig, Executive Director for the Roxbury Arts Group. She added, “It is perfect we were able to bring them to Roxbury for this end of summer’s celebration”.

In recent years Roxbury, like many communities in the Catskills, has seen an amazing resurgence of its Main Street businesses and a renewed vibrancy. Come, experience a splendid summer day in Roxbury’s Historic District on August 31, and celebrate community with neighbors, friends, and family.

A Blast of Roxbury is partly funded with funds from the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation.

The Roxbury Arts Group Celebrates with Road Trip to Dance Mecca Jacob’s Pillow

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The Roxbury Arts Group Celebrates 35 Years of Great Arts Programming with Road Trip to Dance Mecca Jacob’s Pillow
Rare East Coast Apperance for Pacific Northwest Ballet

Saturday, August 9, 2014
2:00 PM Bus Departure Leaves From the Roxbury Arts Center
5025 Vega Mountain Rd., Roxbury, NY 12474
607.326.7908

Are you on the bus? The Roxbury Arts Group (RAG) has confirmed there are still some seats left on the coach bus taking dance enthusiasts to the mecca of dance – Jacob’s Pillow in the Berkshires of MA, Saturday, August 9, 2014! Included in the trip is a premier seat in the Ted Shawn Theater to see a rare east coast appearance of the Pacific Northwest Ballet; a guided tour of Jacob’s Pillow, a 220-acre National Historic Landmark and home to the longest-running international dance festival; and an ‘Inside/Out’ Performance on the lawn. Bring your own food and refreshments for the bus ride and dinner on the lawn, or purchase your dinner in one of the cafes or restaurants on the grounds. A day of dance, history and beauty and you can leave the driving to RAG! The bus departs Saturday, August 9th at 2:00 pm from the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Rd., Roxbury, NY 12474. So, are you on the bus? The all-inclusive ticket is $70 (less than the cost of a premier ticket if you were to buy it on your own). For more information and to get your seat on the bus, please call 607.326.7908 or visit roxburyartsgroup.org.

The programs of the Roxbury Arts Group are made possible in part by the support of the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, the Community Foundation of South Central New York, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center, members of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, and by the generous donations from individual community members like you.

Essential Thursdays Performance Series Final Installment with The International String Trio

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces The Essential Thursdays Performance Series Final Installment with The International String Trio

Thursday, August 14, 2014, 7:30 PM

The Old School Baptist Church, 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road), Denver, NY 12421

607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group’s popular Essential Thursdays Summer Performance Series draws to end with its final installment for 2014, featuring world-renowned group The International String Trio (IST) on Thursday, August 14th at 7:30 pm. IST not only embodies musical selections from around the world including Gypsy swing and jazz, old-time Appalachian laments, traditional Irish reels, celebratory klezmer and passionate tango, but its members hail from different countries, featuring Russian-born guitarist Slava Tolstoy, British violinist Ben Powell and American acoustic bassist Greg Feingold. Ate O Ate Gourmet Food Truck will be serving dinners prior to the performance and menu plans will be made available on ateoatecatering.com. The Old School Baptist Church original wooden seats are beautiful but a little hard, so audience members are invited to bring a seat cusion. Tickets to this and all performances at the Old School Baptist Church this summer are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors when purchased in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the performance are $23. Get your tickets by calling 607.326.7908 or by visiting www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you. The complete Essential Thursdays Performance Series is sponsored by Beaverdam Builders.

Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached – The Performance

Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached – The Performance

You are cordially invited to a musical performance by Brooklyn artist and musician Ken Butler and friends at the Orphic Gallery on Saturday, August 9th at 7 pm. The performance is in conjunction with Ken’s exhibit Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached which is comprised of a very select sample of his incredible array of instruments, collages and assemblages and has astonished visitors to the gallery. Ken’s brief performance at the opening of the exhibit on July 4th demonstrated the astounding sonic capability of his highly inventive instruments and left the audience in enthusiastic anticipation for his performance with an all-star ensemble at the gallery on August 9th.

On that evening Ken will perform with Ed Potokar, Ernie Brooks and Michael Suchorsky. Ed Potokar, percussionist and instrument designer, was recently featured with Ken at the Venice Design and Architecture Biennale Art or Sound exhibition sponsored by the Prada Foundation. Ed has played with Audio Artists, Skin Slappers – an all percussion band, and The Buddy Scott Trio, and currently performs with John Houshmand in Soundwall. Bassist Ernie Brooks has performed with The Modern Lovers, Gods and Monsters, Edge of Heaven, Arthur’s Landing and Bear 54. Michael Suchorsky has played drums and percussion touring and recording throughout the world with artists such as Lou Reed, Soldier String Quartet, jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, French rock legend Jacques Higelin, and is currently performing with Night Sky and Soundwall.

The performance on August 9th will begin promptly at 7 pm and last approximately one hour to be followed by a reception. In the interim, the exhibit may be seen during the gallery’s normal business hours, Wednesday through Sunday 12 to 5 and by appointment. For further information on Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phil Lenihan at phil@orphicgallery.com or 607-326-6045.

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Violin Duo is 3rd Installment in Essential Thursdays Series at RAG

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces The Essential Thursdays Performance Series 3rd Installment with Violin Duo

The Old School Baptist Church, 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road), Denver, NY 12421

Thursday, July 24, 2014, 7:30 PM
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group’s popular Essential Thursdays Summer Performance Series continues on Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm as RAG pairs exquisite music performed by extraordinary violinists Solomiya Ivakhiv and Pavel Ilyashov with the pristine acoustics of the Old School Baptist Church in Denver NY. This is the third performance in this series and it is the last performance that has been curated by Ms. Jungeun Kim, a multi-award winning pianist whose is also the Founder and Executive Director of the New York Summer Music Festival and Director of Instrumental Accompaniment for The Curtis Institute of Music. As always the Ate O Ate Gourmet Food Truck will be serving dinners prior to the performance. For tickets and more information call 607.326.7908 or visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Tickets to this and all performances at the Old School Baptist Church this summer are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors when purchased in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the performance are $23. Get your tickets by calling 607.326.7908 or by visiting www.roxburyartsgroup.org. The complete Essential Thursdays Performance Series is sponsored by Beaverdam Builders.

Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you.

For Arts’ Sake Art Auction to benefit the Roxbury Arts Group and over 70 artists, July 19, 2014

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For Arts’ Sake
A Benefit for the Roxbury Arts Group
Featuring over 70 Artsists

Saturday, July 19, 2014, 3:00 – 5:30 PM
$10 includes entrance and hors d’oeuvres
607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

For Arts’ Sake, an annual art auction and fundraising event benefitting the Roxbury Arts Group and participating artists returns to the Roxbury Arts Center this year on Saturday, July 19. Be wined and dined with scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and refreshing drinks, as you bid on the fine art created by 70 accomplished regional and international artists. Visit the Roxbury Arts Center from July 12-18 for the For Arts’ Sake Preview Week where you will be able to view all of the beautiful pieces generously donated for this spectacular event and begin to plan your bidding strategy. You can also place a bid during this time, but be sure to attend the For Arts’ Sake main event on Saturday July 19 at 3:00 PM to ensure that your bid remains on top. For Arts’ Sake will take place at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury NY, on Saturday, July 19 from 3:00 – 5:30 PM. Communities members are invited to preview the works at the Roxbury Arts Center from July 12-18 during which time bids can be placed. A special thank you to the Roxbury Motel for sponsoring For Arts’ Sake. For more information about this event and to purchase your ticket in advance, visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org or call the Roxbury Arts Group at 607.326.7908. Admission is only $10, and bidders can register in advance at www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Open Air Films in Kirkside Park this Summer!

July 17 at Sunset

The Birds

This evening’s movie features the 1963 Hitchcock classic ‘The Birds’.A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

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July 31 at Sunset

Waiting for Guffman

This evening’s movie feature is ‘Waiting for Guffman’.Directed by, co-written by and starring David Guest, ‘Waiting for Guffman’ is a mockumentary of an aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

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August 7 at Sunset

To Kill A Mockingbird

This evening’s feature is the 1962 film classic ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ starring Gregory Peck.The film version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-prize-winning, semi-autobiographical novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was one of those rare screen adaptations that pleased fans of the book and its author as well. After seeing the film, Lee commented, “I can only say that I am a happy author. They have made my story into a beautiful and moving motion picture. I am very proud and grateful.”Set in Lee’s hometown, Monroeville, Alabama, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ vividly captures a specific time and place when racial unrest was at its peak in the South. Yet despite its controversial nature, the real focus of the story is the relationship between Scout, a tomboyish six-year-old, her older brother, Jem, and their attorney father. Part of the film’s huge appeal is seeing the dramatic events unfold through the innocent eyes of childhood.

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August 21 at Sunset

Frozen Sing-a-Long

This evening’s feature is the new Disney classic ‘Frozen’ in a special sing-a-long format!After the kingdom of Arendelle is cast into eternal winter by the powerful Snow Queen Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), her sprightly sister Anna (Kristen Bell) teams up with a rough-hewn mountaineer named Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his trusty reindeer Sven to break the icy spell. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee co-directed this Walt Disney Animation Studios production based on Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale The Snow Queen.

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Popular Series “Essential Thursdays” continues with Brass & Ivory, Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 7:30pm

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces The Essential Thursdays Performance Series 2nd Installment with Brass & Ivory: a trumpet, trombone and piano

The Old School Baptist Church, 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road), Denver, NY 12421

Thursday, July 10, 2014, 7:30 PM

FREE • 607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Essential Thursday Summer Performance Series, presented by the Roxbury Arts Group, which pairs exquisite music performed by extraordinary musicians and the pristine acoustics of the Old School Baptist Church continues with its second of four performance on Thursday July 10th at 7:30 PM with Brass & Ivory, an evening featuring a trombone, trumpet and piano. The Old School Baptist Church is located at 6424 County Highway #36 (Denver-Vega Road) on the corner of Cartwright Road and County Rte. 36, Denver, NY 12421. Audience members are encouraged to arrive early and grab a bite to eat in the idyllic Denver Valley from the Ate.O.Ate Gourmet Food Truck that will be parked outside the church. The Old School Baptist Church original wooden seats are beautiful but a little hard, so audience members are invited to bring a seat cushion.

Tickets to this and all performances at the Old School Baptist Church this summer are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors when purchased in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the performance are $23. Get your tickets by calling 607.326.7908 or by visiting www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you. The complete Essential Thursdays Performance Series is sponsored by Beaverdam Builders.

July, 4, 2014 Orphic Gallery will celebrate the opening of Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached

On the Fourth of July from 5 to 7 pm The Orphic Gallery in Roxbury will celebrate the opening of Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached, an exhibit by Brooklyn artist Ken Butler.

Ken is an artist and musician whose hybrid musical instruments, performances, installations, and other works explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, sounds and silence.

In Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached, he will exhibit a violin made from a hatchet, a guitar made with a turntable, a cello fashioned from a metal detector, and a piano constructed with Styrofoam shipping components, and along with other eccentric instruments, drawings and collages.

Created primarily from urban detritus, the hybrid instruments express a poetic spirit of re-invention and hyper-utility as hidden meanings and associations momentarily create a striking and re-animated cultural identity for common objects. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice. Pianos and keyboards become cybernetic and symbolic architecture. Anxious objects speak in tongues.

Ken Butler’s hybrid musical instrument sculptures, collage/drawings, performances, and audio-visual installations explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, sounds and silence, and altered images as function and form collide in the intersections of art and music.

Created primarily from urban detritus, the hybrid instruments express a poetic spirit of re-invention and hyper-utility as hidden meanings and associations momentarily create a striking and re-animated cultural identity for common objects. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice. Pianos and keyboards become cybernetic and symbolic architecture. Anxious objects speak in tongues.

Bridging fine art, craft, technology, and music, the hybrids exist as ergonomic functional musical instruments as well as sculpture; they are constructed from readily available consumer objects designed to perform a different function, and when amplified are shaped with cutting-edge sound processing allowing artful musical sounds and expression.

His works have been featured in numerous exhibitions and performances throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe including The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Mass MoCA, and The Kitchen, The Brooklyn Museum, The Queens Museum, Lincoln Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as well as in South America, Thailand, and Japan. His works have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Artforum, Smithsonian, and Sculpture Magazine and have been featured on PBS, CNN, MTV, and NBC, including a live appearance on The Tonight Show.

He has performed with John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Butch Morris, The Soldier String Quartet, Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, The Tonight Show Band, and The Master Gnawa musicians of Morocco. His CD, Voices of Anxious Objects is on Tzadik records.

Works by Ken Butler are represented in public and private collections in Portland, Seattle, Vail, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City including the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently, eleven pieces of his work was featured in the Prada Pavilion exhibition Art or Music at the Venice Architectural Biennale.

The Orphic Gallery is located at 53525 State Highway 30 in Roxbury, NY, the corner of Main and Bridge Streets, where art and music collide.

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"Fizz! Boom! Read!" at the Roxbury Library

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Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

“Fizz! Boom! Read!” at the Roxbury Library

The July 2014 Roxbury Library Association Summer Reading Program at the Roxbury Library will focus on the NYS 2014 themes “Fizz! Boom! Read!” for grades K-4 and “SPARK a Reaction” for grades 5-7 and will run from Tuesday, July 8th, through Thursday, July 31st. The 2014 RLA SRP will offer themed reading and craft activities, along with refreshments, to all SRP participants: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. for grades K-2; Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., for grades 3-4; and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., for grades 5-7.
To register for the July 2014 RLA SRP, please contact RLA 2014 SRP Coordinator Carol L. Meckes at (607)-326-2897.
Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

Ken Butler at the Orphic Gallery

Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached
Ken Butler at the Orphic Gallery

You are cordially invited to the opening of Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached featuring the stunning musical instruments of New York artist Ken Butler at the Orphic Gallery in Roxbury, NY, on Friday, July 4, 2014, from 5 to 7. Ken Butler will be present at the opening and will provide those in attendance with a demonstration of the sonic capability of some of his ingenuous instruments.

The Orphic Gallery is located at The Roxbury Corner Store located at 53525 State Highway 30 in Roxbury at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets. The exhibit will run through August 24th and be open during the gallery’s normal business hours, Thursday through Sunday 12 – 5 pm and by appointment.

Ken Butler’s hybrid musical instrument sculptures, collage/drawings, performances, and audio-visual installations explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, sounds and silence, and altered images as function and form collide in the intersections of art and music.

Created primarily from urban detritus, the hybrid instruments express a poetic spirit of re-invention and hyper-utility as hidden meanings and associations momentarily create a striking and re-animated cultural identity for common objects. String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice. Pianos and keyboards become cybernetic and symbolic architecture. Anxious objects speak in tongues.

Bridging fine art, craft, technology, and music, the hybrids exist as ergonomic functional musical instruments as well as sculpture; they are constructed from readily available consumer objects designed to perform a different function, and when amplified are shaped with cutting-edge sound processing allowing artful musical sounds and expression.

His works have been featured in numerous exhibitions and performances throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe including The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Mass MoCA, and The Kitchen, The Brooklyn Museum, The Queens Museum, Lincoln Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as well as in South America, Thailand, and Japan. His works have been reviewed in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Artforum, Smithsonian, and Sculpture Magazine and have been featured on PBS, CNN, MTV, and NBC, including a live appearance on The Tonight Show.

Awards include fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pollack/Krasner Foundation. Ken Butler studied viola as a child and maintained an interest in music while studying visual arts in France, at Colorado College, and Portland State University where he completed his MFA in painting in 1977.

He has performed with John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Butch Morris, The Soldier String Quartet, Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, The Tonight Show Band, and The Master Gnawa musicians of Morocco. His CD, Voices of Anxious Objects is on Tzadik records.

Works by Ken Butler are represented in public and private collections in Portland, Seattle, Vail, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City including the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently, eleven pieces of his work was featured in the Prada Pavilion exhibition Art or Music at the Venice Architectural Biennale.

On the evening of August 9th, Ken Butler together with an ensemble of musicians from the NYC downtown experimental music scene will give a performance at the Orphic Gallery with instruments from the exhibit and others of their own creation.The Orphic Gallery

The Orphic Gallery opened the summer of 2012 in the artistic enclave of Roxbury, NY. The gallery exclusively exhibits art related to music including photographs, concert posters, musical instruments, portraits of musicians, souvenirs of musical events, specimens of musical technology, etc. All work exhibited at the gallery has a definite connection to the world of music, and it features exhibits based on both local music history, and musical traditions from around the USA and abroad.

For further information on Instrumental Desire: Strings Attached or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phillip Lenihan at 607-326-6045 or phil@orphicgallery.com.

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Authentic Mississippi Blues is coming to The Roxbury Arts Center

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Authentic Mississippi Blues is coming to The Roxbury Arts Center
Performing Live: Cedric Burnside Project for a Red, White and Blues Weekend!

7:30 PM • 607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

The Roxbury Arts Group is gearing up for a ‘red, white and blues’ 4th of July weekend with Performing Live: Cedric Burnside Project, at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Moutain Road, Roxbury, NY, Saturday, July 5th, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Authentic Mississippi blues man Cedric Burnside, grandson of legendary blues legend R.L. “Big Daddy” Burnside and 4-time Blues Music Awards winner for best instrumentalist-drummer, along with Trenton Ayers on the guitar and bass, will be in Roxbury playing the genre he created by fusing Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Funk, R & B, and Soul. Now that’s authentic red, white and blue! Advance tickets for this performance are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors. All tickets purchased the day of the event are $23. For tickets and more information please call 607.326.7908 or order online at roxburyartsgroup.org.
Programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group in 2014 are supported by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generosity of our business sponsors and individual donors like you. Presenting Live Cedric Burnside Project is sponsored by Sluiter Agency, Inc., Metnick Law Office and the Catskill Mediation Center.

"ZOBO": Children's Book Reading and Signing at the Roxbury Library

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Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

“ZOBO”: CHILDREN’S BOOK READING AND SIGNING AT THE ROXBURY LIBRARY

To kick off July 4th weekend, Christopher Durham, a oxbury resident, will be giving a reading of his recently published children’s book “ZOBO” at the Roxbury Library Saturday morning, July 5th, at 10:30 a.m. . Come hear the story of the little sad clown who journeys out into the world to find happiness. As part of the Roxbury Sidewalk Festival, Christopher will also be outside the library after the reading to sign copies of “Zobo” and will feature a display of the original illustrations used for the book. Don’t miss this fun event for the whole family!

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For additional information about the July 5th “Zobo” reading and signing, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Lucky number 13 for Two Songwriters

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org
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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Lucky number 13 for Two Songwriters

CD Release Party for the Duo Called “13 For Life” Friday, June 13, 2014, 7 – 10 pm, Free

The number thirteen may be bad luck for some, but not for the duo known as “13 For Life”, Darren Collins and Eric Wetmore. They were both born on the 13th, they met when they were 13 years old and this Friday, June 13th the duo will be hosting an Open House CD Release Show for their new collaboration “Even More” from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Join them at the Coffee House in Roxbury Arts Group’s venue 76 MAIN! in Stamford, for an evening of music, refreshments, good times and get yourself your own copy of “Even More”. “13 For Life” reminds us it’s about feeling young in mind and heart. So, is the number 13 bad luck? Not for “13 For Life”! Come on down and dare to feel young in mind and heart and let Friday the 13th be your lucky day. Admission is free and all are welcome. For more information please call the Roxbury Arts Group at 607.326.7908

Images & Objects, Stories & Sounds

Images & Objects, Stories & Sounds
Catherine Sebastian and Lenny Kislin at the Orphic Gallery – June 7th Reception

You are cordially invited to The Orphic Gallery in Roxbury, NY on Saturday, June 7th from 5 to 7 pm for an artists’ reception celebrating its first exhibit for the Summer of 2014 – Images & Objects, Stories & Sounds featuring sculpture by Lenny Kislin and photographs by Catherine Sebastian. Both Catherine and Lenny will be in attendance this gala evening, and Lenny will give a demonstration of his sonic sculptures. The exhibit will run from May 24th through June 29th and be open to the public during the gallery’s normal business hours, Thursday through Saturday 12-5 pm, Sunday, 12-3 pm, and by appointment. The Orphic Gallery is located at the Roxbury Corner Store at 53525 State Highway 30, Roxbury, NY, at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets.

Lenny creates sculpture from antique rarities and oddities transforming them into intriguing assemblage pieces. For this exhibit, Lenny has chosen a variety of his musically inspired works, some that function as musical instruments and others that suggest evocative narratives. Catherine will exhibit a selection of music photography from her time in California and New York. She will show portraits, concert photos, and intimate behind the scenes shots including pictures of Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, John Sebastian, Pete Seeger, and Richie Havens.

Catherine Sebastian

Catherine Sebastian’s mother was a painter, which no doubt contributed to her daughter’s exceptional eye for what makes an outstanding photograph. Catherine has been taking pictures since she was a Los Angeles teenager. She studied darkroom and printing technique with the legendary teacher Kirk Kirkpatrick. “Like every other person who picks up a camera I had a lot to learn about light and shadow and how to lay them down on film. I immediately felt this was for me, the excitement of interpreting the visual world,” she said. “What I learned in those classes and exercises still informs how I think about capturing what I see. Light is the medium. It is the brush and also at the heart of emotional import.” Sebastian was a charter member of the Soho West Gallery, in the early 1970s and contributed several of her series of prints –hand-tinted double-exposures depicting Los Angeles– for a collective show.

Long known for her photographs of the musicians who were part of her life after her marriage to the Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian. A Woodstock, NY resident for decades, Sebastian produced album cover work for Levon Helm and the RCO Allstars- with Booker T, Duck Dunne, Fred Carter, Jr, Mac Rebbenack and Steve Cropper- covers for Leo Sayer, Music from Mud Acres, and Eye to Eye, a collaboration of blues greats including Pinetop Perkins, Calvin “Fuzz” Jones and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, and, back in Los Angeles, in the early 1980’s she took iconic photographs of a number of New Wave artists including the Textones, the Plimsouls and Doug Feiger as well as for solo projects by Peter Case, Doug Jack Lee and Kathy Valentine. “I have a shot from that period — a telephone pole on Sunset, outside the Whisky, and every single photo and poster stapled on it was my work,” she remembers with a laugh.

She has had work published in The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Chronogram, ROLL, Blues Revue, LA Connection, BAM, Fine Art magazine and Trouser Press. A cover portrait of Levon Helm was recently voted by Chronogram’s reader’s their favorite cover in the twenty year history of the venerable magazine’s wonderful covers. “That honor had more than a little to do with it being Levon, as well as a great shot” says Catherine.”

Lenny Kislin

Lenny Kislin combines his eye for rarity, his razor-sharp wit and pithy sense of humor to create truly individual one-of-a-kind pieces. Limiting himself to using only the pieces he has in front of him, a veritable treasure trove of antique miscellaneous items, the artist produces three-dimensional wall sculptures and stand-alone sculptures. Kislin considers his work to be collaboration with artists from the past: “I express myself through my respect and creativity for the pieces, made by many different souls, many years ago. I pay homage to the early artisans whose work I am offering-up to new eyes,” states Kislin.

His work ranges from sardonic to irreverent. He often uses playful juxtaposition and whimsical titles, but his work is far from limited to making people laugh. Cool Cats is one of several Kislin works which takes a pointed look at the history of race relations using blackface folk art, pieces which may have been derogatory in the way they were rendered, creating fresh commentary on the past.

“I regard the hunting and choosing of material to be a primary part of my art. My palette is limited to objects I can find in my hunting,” he explains. He chooses objects that are both aesthetically and spiritually thrilling, creating fresh perspectives on the past for modern generations.

Through his childlike wonder at the power of found objects, Kislin has become a recognized and highly patronized artist. His first piece ever, titled Suicide, was made up of an 18th century carpenter’s traveler and an old bowling ball. It was purchased by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Hawaii. Alan Stillman, CEO of Smith and Wollensky Steakhouses is a prominent collector who displays the pieces across the country. Gloria Vanderbilt purchased Kislin’s art work for her personal collection and he has received innumerable “Best in Show” awards from respected art organizations. Kislin was chairman of the Woodstock Artists Association from 1996 to 2002, and has curated over 75 art shows in the Ulster County area of New York and continues to do so.

The Orphic Gallery

The Orphic Gallery opened the summer of 2012 in the artistic enclave of Roxbury, NY. The gallery exclusively exhibits art related to music including photographs, concert posters, musical instruments, portraits of musicians, souvenirs of musical events, specimens of musical technology, etc. All work exhibited at the gallery has a definite connection to the world of music, and it features exhibits based on both local music history, and musical traditions from around the USA and abroad.

For further information on Images & Objects, Stories & Sounds or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phillip Lenihan at 607-326-6045 or phil@orphicgallery.com.

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The Roxbury Arts Group Presents the First of Two Out Door Performances In Veterans Memorial Park

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Presents the First of Two Out Door Performances In Veterans Memorial Park in Stamford, NY
Sgt. Pepper’s Phoney Hearts Club Band

Saturday, June 14, 2014, 7:30 PM (immediately following the Flag Day Parade)

FREE • 607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org for more information

This summer, the Roxbury Arts Group is excited to present two concerts in Veteran’s Memorial Park, located in the center of Stamford Village, NY. The first concert featuring Sgt. Pepper’s Phony Hearts Club Band will be on Saturday, June 14, 2014 immediatley following the Flag Day Parade at 7:30 PM and Harmony Street & Second Avnues will perform on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 7:00 PM. In case of rain, the rain location for both concerts will be in the Stamford Central School on River Street in Stamford. Both concerts are free to the public and are family friendly. Everyone is invited to bring blankets and chairs, a boxed meal and sit back and enjoy some good music in the park. Local organizations will be serving chicken and more, as well as restaurants will be open. Come on out and enjoy the music that made an entire generation lose its mind! For more information please visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org, or call the Roxbury Arts Group at 607.326.7908.

The Roxbury Arts Group Announces A Call for Actors

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The Roxbury Arts Group Announces A Call for Actors
Auditions for Crimes of the Heart

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The Roxbury Arts Group is posting a Call for Actors. Upcoming auditions for Beth Henley’s tragic comedy “Crimes of the Heart” will be held on Wednesday, June 11th from 5 – 7pm and Saturday, June 14th, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at 76 MAIN!, 76 Main Street, NY. Gilbert Hirscher will direct and performances will be in Stamford, NY, August 22nd and 23rd. All roles are available and and auditoners will read from the script. No appointment is necessary.

Henley reunites the three MaGrath sisters at Old Granddaddy’s home after Babe, the youngest sister, shoots her abusive husband. Lenny is the oldest sister who is unmarried and facing diminishing marital prospects and Meg is the middle sister, returning back to her hometown after a failed singing career on the West Coast. Supporting roles are Chick Boyle, the sister’s holier-than-thou cousin; Barnette Lloyd, Babe’s lawyer; and Doc Porter, Meg’s old flame. For more information please call 607.326.7908 or go online to roxburyartsgroup.org.

All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the Community Foundation of South Central New York, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generous donations from individual community members like you.

JUNE 2014 ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM BUFFET LUNCHEON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

JUNE 2014 ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM BUFFET LUNCHEON

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, a buffet luncheon at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, New York, will close the 2013-2014 Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum season. Individuals interested in attending the June 10th luncheon should contact RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne at (607)-326-3027 to make a reservation.

At 10:15 a.m. on June 10th, luncheon attendees will meet in the Roxbury Library parking lot for carpool transport to Cooperstown.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury

Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

The Roxbury Arts Group Presents 2 Youth Camps

Telephone: 607.326.7908
Email: mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org

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The Roxbury Arts Group Presents 2 Youth Camps
Rock ‘n Pop Musical Camp and Dance Intensive Camp

607.326.7908 or roxburyartsgroup.org

The Roxbury Arts Group is happy to have the opportunity to offer this summer two jcamps in July for our youth, ranging in ages from 4 years to 15 years. The very popular one-week Rock n’ Pop Theater Camp returns, running from Monday July 7th thru Friday July 11th, will be led by youth educator, playwright and director Malissa Kano-White, and for the first time being offered, a two-week Dance Camp Intensive starting Monday July 14 and culminating with a recital on Saturday, July 26th, will be led by professional dancer and children’s dance instructor Victoria Lundell. Both camps will be run at Stamford Central School in Stamford, NY. Registration is now open and for more information and applications forms, please call 607.326.7908 or go online to roxburyartsgroup.org.

At Rock ‘n Pop Musical Camp, experienced children’s theater director/ playwright and educator Malissa Kano-White will lead campers, ages eight thru thirteen, through a week of training and rehearsals culminating in a musical written especially for them, followed by an encore concert they will perform in the Camp Show on Friday evening. Using her decades of experience and fueled with highly honed skills including theater, character development, directing, and vocal coaching and technique through the help of her assistant, Kano-White will lead the campers through a week of exploration, imagination, and the ins and outs of performing in a musical and in a concert.

And new to the Roxbury Arts Group this summer is a 2-week Dance Intensive Camp culminating in a recital, Saturday, July 26th, dancers will be led by professional dancer and instructor Victoria Lundell. Creative Movement is for the youngest set, ages 4 – 5 and will concentrate on free dance, balance coordination and fun. Ballet is geared for those in the age group 5 – 8 and will focus on the fundamentals and beauty of the dance, as well as build strength and fitness across the whole body. For ages 8 – 12 JazzFunk is all about fun, modern and hip-hop with a splash of theater, while for age group 12 – 15, Bring Your Moves will challenge the dancer to create and execute tasteful, skilled and fun dance moves for the entire class to learn and make collectively into a dance.

Spots are limited and fill fast. Youth scholarships are available. To find out more about scholarships, or for any other questions regarding the camps, please visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org or call the Roxbury Arts Group at 607.326.7908.

All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, the Community Foundation of South Central New York, 2014 Season Sponsor WIOX Community Radio 91.3 FM, and by the generous donations from individual community members like you.