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Newcomers add to BSMF “Fiddler”

August 8, 2014 Ken Cashman

On a Saturday, cast members visited a pair of retirement homes in Orange County to sing the score from “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Summer theater camp presents “Hairspray”

July 11, 2014 Jason Kaplan

Ever since Hudson Valley Summer Stage’s production of the Broadway musical, “13” four years ago, director Karen Eremin has wanted to do “Hairspray.”

Company builds a room for mural

June 27, 2014 Ken Cashman

When the Belle’s Catering property became Continental Organics, the new partners discovered a mural hidden behind a wall. Not knowing the value of the painting, they contacted Paul Gould for help.

ArtFest grows on the day it makes its debut

June 13, 2014 Ken Cashman

After finishing brunch in Cornwall-on-Hudson, the visitors from Woodbury weren’t ready to go home. So they followed the signs to the riverfront, spent an hour at ArtFest, and left with an assortment of notepads and cards.

Seniors honored as first scholar artists

May 16, 2014 Jason Kaplan

On May 2, Jessica Lipton and Matthew Suckling were among the 34 high school seniors to be honored for their achievements in the arts and humanities during the first annual Senior Scholar Humanities Breakfast, coordinated by the Orange-Ulster B.O.C.E.S. Division of Instructional Support.

Big lectern doesn’t faze kindergarten poet

May 2, 2014 Ken Cashman

The new lectern in the library’s Community Room was stately and polished. It looked impressive, but six-year-old Luba Ferencevych eyed it warily.

Students excel in arts & academics

April 4, 2014 Editorial Staff

Montana Nogrady, a lifetime student of Step By Step Dance Studios in Cornwall, will be performing the Black Swan variation from “Swan Lake” at Cornwall Central High School on May 31.

Audience has a role in H.S. musical

March 21, 2014 Ken Cashman

There was some extra entertainment for people at the middle school show last week. Before the curtain went up, an ensemble from the high school pranced on stage and sang the opening number from “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.”

Audiences will enjoy CCMS score

March 14, 2014 Editorial Staff

The director had a “revelation” for the cast of Forty Second Street. “People are going to know these songs,” Marietta Moulton told them.

“Bench” essay wins top honors

March 14, 2014 Jason Kaplan

Winter has been a busy season for Cornwall High School senior Kelsie Costello. In January she learned she had won an essay contest sponsored by Teaching the Hudson Valley.