Courtesy of David Scher and Callicoon Fine Arts Gallery This untitled work by David Scher, in watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, will be one of those featured at the first show held at the new Callicoon Fine Arts gallery, starting on Saturday, May 16 with a reception from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

New art gallery opens in Callicoon

CALLICOON, NY—Callicoon Fine Arts, a new art gallery, will celebrate its opening on Saturday, May 16 with a reception from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The gallery is located at 27 Lower Main Street on the second floor.

Callicoon Fine Arts is dedicated to exhibiting work by contemporary artists working locally in New York and Pennsylvania, and around the world. Informed by a feeling for the centrality of place in experience, it is the gallery’s mission to join rural and urban contexts. Curated group exhibitions and single-artist exhibitions will demonstrate diverse aesthetic commitments, and will present historically significant work by promising emerging artists, and by artists with established careers.

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SCDW opens season with ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY—The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (SCDW) will open its 2009 season at the Rivoli Theatre on May 15 with a two- weekend run of Joseph Kesserling’s classic comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Follow Mortimer Brewster as he tries to marry the love of his life, only to discover that his two maiden aunts are serial killers, one brother is wanted in several states and the other thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt.

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Renoir etching to be auctioned for Humane Society

PORT JERVIS, NY - The Pike County Humane Society will hold a fundraiser at the UpFront exhibition Space at 31 Jersey Avenue from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 30. To be auctioned off is a 1906 etching by Renoir, "Femme nue assise." Proceeds will go to the needy animals at the Pike County Humane Society. Bidding will open with a $4,000 bid. A certificate of authenticity and appraisal showing a value estimate of $13,495 are included.

For more information call 845/856-2666 or 856-2727. A $10 donation per person is requested at the door.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Volunteers sought for Bethel Woods
• CAS presents a twofer
• CineArt presents Downey tour-de-force ‘The Soloist’
• Community square dancing
• ‘Reflections of Days Gone By’
• Bell, Jannicola to perform at Liberty Free
• NACL creates original theatre event for bicentennial
• ‘Framed in the Camera’
• Probing the mysteries of heart and soul
• A taste for the dramatic at the Alliance