page 9 The Music Scene A little hurricane music, page 3 Dance: Jacobs Pillow Season closes with classic Mark Morris works, page 6 The Art Scene Life changes an artist, and art, page 10 Calendar, Auditions, crafts, dancing, theater, food, page 11 Supplement to THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL, THE MILLERTON NEWS and THE WINSTED JOURNAL Your Guide to Tri-State Events Art , Movies, Theater, Dining, Music, Dance, Recreation P h o t o :
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E p w o r t h Sept. 1-7, 2011 Chathams outdoor theater, PS 21, draws people together and to the arts, page 4 & 2 Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 Arts Entertainment & WHERE ARE YOU? Image Info: friends and neighbors Photo mosaic, 24 x 37.75, 2011 THE FAbRic OF OUR TOWn Mary close The White gallery 342 main Street Lakeville, CT 860-435-1029 OpEning REcEpTiOn SEpT. 3Rd, 5-7 p.M. Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 3 D eadline day fnds me stranded in the wake of Irene, without power, and, so, without access to the usual digital lineup of upcoming musical events to report to you. Go to the Compass Calendar for listings. But in my brief life as a shut-in, I came to think about musical depictions of meteorological events. Like stormy Weather, Harold arlens song of heartbreak has to top the list. Its been covered countless times and made more than a few Grammy-winners. Ethel Waters was the original, though perhaps Lena Horne is best associated with the song, which she sang in the movie of the same name. (Bonnie Raitts beautiful storm Warning is in somewhat the same vein, though softer and less jazzy.) Beethovens sixth symphony: The depiction of a violent storm in the penultimate movement is one of the most spellbinding moments in classical music, and represented a signifcant breakthrough in Beethovens style. He uses rumbling double basses and then rolling kettle drums for thunder, piccolos for wind, and startling dissonances and piled-up chords to dramatize the height of the gale. For the fnale, the sun comes out and a beautiful major-key song prevails. Then theres La mer (The sea). Few composers were better than the French impressionist Claude Debussy at painting pictures with music. While this signature symphonic piece does not, strictly speaking, contain a storm, each of its three sections paints a specifc scene: From dawn to midday on the sea, play of the waves, and Dialogue of the wind and the waves, which is anything but a calm dialogue, and ends with blaring brass and crashing chords. Grand Canyon suite, Ferde Grofes romantic composition evoking one of the wonders of the american landscape, includes a stirring cloudburst that owes much to Beethovens model, but is even more literal, with swirling strings and piano blowing wind, cymbals as lightning and drums for thunderclaps. of course, we cannot end this list without mentioning the folk ballad Irene, Goodnight, as we say goodbye to she-whose-eye-passed- right-overhead. It was A Little Hurricane Music frst recorded by an early 1900s blues artist and criminal named Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, at the instigation of the great folk musicologists, John and alan Lomax, but is said to be based on a song that dates back to the previous century. It was pete seegers group, The Weavers, who made it famous in the 1950s, in a slightly less bleak version. This is a song, lest we forget, in which the narrator threatens to jump in the river and drown. Fortunately, having been spared a really bad blow from Irene, we can forgo such a notion. The music scene: Fred Baumgarten Undermountain Golf Course 274 Undermountain Rd. Boston Corner Copake, NY 518-329-4444 www.undermountaingolf.com Fabulous Fridays Fall Special 9 holes with riding cart $15.00 18-holes with riding cart $25.00 Walkers: $15.00 18 holes $10.00 for 9 holes Offer Valid Fridays 8am-4pm September 9 Nov 18, 2011 at Infnity Hall, Route 44 Norfolk, Connecticut Best ConCert Venue oPen 6 DAYs A WeeK! DInner Mon, Wed, Thurs, and Sun: 4 9 pm Fri and Sat: 4 10 pm LunCH & LIte FAre Mon, Wed Sun:11:30 am 4 pm BrunCH Sat and Sun: 10:30 am 2:30 pm CLoseD tuesDAYs Except show nights Dinner 4 9 pm 860-542-5531 www.InfnityBistro.com Entrees were impressive... Te artistry, control and good sense in the kitchen was plain to see. Hartford Advocate Vednesday Septemler as th , ao.. at e:o pm Call Ior Details Reserations InIinity Organic Farm to Talle Vine Dinner Pairing oI Iocal Organic Foods ith Sustainalle Vineyards Open Thurs. Mon. 11 AM -5 PM www.rodgersbookbarn.com Come Browse In Our Barn And Read In Our Garden 4 Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 I t was the history of the world in about 66 minutes at ps 21, short for performance spaces for the 21st Century. This is a place for chamber music, plays, modern dance, variety shows, movies and, on this particular saturday before a hurricane, puppets. Kids and grownups, polar orange soda and popcorn in hand, took their seats for To Fuel the Fire, a message-heavy puppet show invented by arm-of-the-sea mask and puppet Theater. The per- formance was delayed, though, by a deafening squall pounding the open-jawed white plastic stage cover set on rolling farmland with apple trees nearby and goats and chickens and a yellow dog just out- side the town of Chatham, NY. But it was not long before Dean Jones mounted his platform set with a microphone, keyboard, drums and trombone (he can play simultaneously the keys with his right hand, the snares with his left and sing, or intone), to get the show on the road. It looked like a pretty long road, though, when one black-draped puppeteer posted a sign as vaudeville shows used to: 8,000 BC. Well, it was actually a bit earlier than that (Bachman et al. aside) with jaunty one-celled creatures merging their DNa to even their odds in a nasty world. In no time, dark fgures had draped a double helix to the back curtain and, voila! We had in succession a fat red worm, then a snail, a humming bird, a polar bear and an immigrant farmer and his wife, Isis and osiris. You remember the Egyptian King, osiris, carved by a rival into 14 pieces, then pieced together, 13 of the pieces, anyway, by his wife and sister, Isis, who, in doing so, became pregnant (which, according to accounts, is pretty interesting since the most vital piece for pro- creation had gone missing). Well, just put that aside and view I & o as Gulf Coast immigrants, simple, hardworking people crushed by Big oil and symbolizing things like magic, regeneration and agricul- ture. The next sign brings us to 2,400-2170 BC and I & o are keeping cows, composting, planting like mad, making soup and discussing Bash Bish Bicycle Proudly serving cyclists for 14 years SALES SERVICE RENTALS Next to Taconic State Park and The Harlem Valley Rail Trail Wed. - Sat. 9am - 5pm Sun. 9am - 1pm 247 Route 344, Copake Falls, NY www.bashbishbicycle.com 518-329-4962 TriCornerNews.com Is your New regIoNal News SIte TriCornerNews September 17 FIRST ANNUAL APPLE PIE BAKE-OFF MUSIC September 3 ~ Wooden Nickel September 10 ~ Doug Mahard September 17 ~ Nancy Johnson September 24 ~ Abby Lappen The Millerton Farmers Market accepts EBT/SNAP, Senior FMNP and WIC Checks, Health Bucks, and Credit/Debit Cards Thanks to NICKBEEs, our September sponsor. 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A PROJECT OF THE Theater: marsden Epworth Drawing People to the Arts With a Little Something For Everybody COMPASS, Thursday, September 1, 2011 5 Country Dining 99 th Annual Goshen Fair Labor Day Weekend 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, September 3 & Sunday, September 4 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, September 5 Entertainment Rides Games Exhibits Animals Lynchs Draft Horse Team Show Saturday: Draft Horse Show Truck Pull Woodcutting Demonstations Beef Juniors Obstacle Course Wamogo Timber Team Lumberjack Contest The Great Fair Dare Sunday: Woodcutting Contest Horse Draw Exhibit Antique Tractor Pull Monday: Draught Oxen Draw Exhibit Woodcutting Contest Garden Tractor Pull Dog Agility Demonstration Route 63, 116 Old Middle Street, Goshen, Connecticut Admission: $8.00, Children under 12: Free Senior Citizens: $5.00, SATURDAY only; Free Parking Visit www.goshenfair.org for $1.00 discount admission coupon for MONDAY only Lakeville Journal ad 2011:Layout 1 8/5/11 12:31 PM Page 1 restaurant Chef, Proprietor French Bistro Lunch & Dinner Closed Tuesdays 845 - 677 - 8166 152 church street MiLLBrook, nY 12545 Herv Bochard [\ [ \ various aspects of physics. Time marches on and monetizing is invented, and the telephone; so is the internal combustion engine, as well as global warming, industrial disas- ters, oil slicks and death. Dont worry. Death is a temporary thing here. Puppeteers will do I & O, but not death. And the presentations are witty and charming and imagi- native. For anyone. This is PS 21s sixth sea- son and the organizations president, Judith Grun- berg (a self-proclaimed city girl and rural per- son), dreaming of making the arts a unifying force in this community, bought land off Route 66 and with help from her friends built a beautiful stage with good lights and sound in a lovely place. Grunberg, at 70-some- thing, is sharp and chatty and heedless of minutiae such as a dropped cam- era. Oh, I do that all the time, she says, picking it up and replacing it over her shoulder. She wanted to present chamber music, here, she tells me, even Bach. Her husband loved Bach. But getting people to music like this is like pull- ing donkeys through the jungle. So, she continues to stage an amazing variety of shows including im- prov, cabaret, clogging, lms (like The Garden of the Finzi-Continis one night, Woody Allens Radio Days another), swing dancing, plays and the annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert which has featured Eu- gene Drucker performing in a trio, and this year, The Four Nations En- semble playing the music of Bach and sons. She gures if she can get people to one kind of show, they may come back for another kind. Some- times audiences surprise her. In what she calls a ash mob, picnickers set up tables, laid out food and wine, hung lights from the apple trees and dined under starry skies after a show. People love this place, she says. COMING UP AT PS 21: Parsons Dance will perform at PS 21, 2980 Route 66, one mile north of Chatham, NY, Sept. 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and information, call 518-392-6121, or go to www. ps21chatham.org.
Judith Grunberg introduces the PS 21 audience to a puppet show, To Fuel the Fire, Saturday, as pre-hurricane rains drummed on the stage cover. 6 COMPASS, Thursday, September 1, 2011 T here are almost no movements in a Mark Morris dance that look like conventional dance steps. The basic building blocks of locomotion we learn as children in a modern dance class are all there: walk, run, slide, skip, gallop, jump, leap. But Morriss dancers also crawl, scooch and lumber, and they gesture and mime, neither of which usually sit comfortably in a dance piece. Rarely do they jet, pass, or pirouette, though many of the dancers are highly trained in classical technique and capable of uttering battements all day long. The group shapes are equally simple: lines of dancers either vertical, horizontal or diagonal on the stage. Large groups moving in a circle like a folk dance appear again and again. From seemingly ordinary movements and shapes, Morris has created dances that are so much more than the sum of their parts that its hard to imagine how anyone could replicate his achievement. For his companys 30th
anniversary, he brought a program of classic pieces that illustrate his works tremendous depth and range to Jacobs Pillow last week (a run of performances sadly curtailed by Hurricane Irene. My condolences to anyone who had tickets for Sunday.) Resurrection, from 2002, seems to be a dream a gloriously silly one in which a couple in moon-and-stars pajamas gets caught up in a stylish murder mystery (the music is Richard Rodgerss Slaughter on Tenth Avenue). Surrounded by dancers in sharp black-and-white suits (each one a different pattern and designed by Isaac Mizrahi), the couple (Noah Vinson and Maile Okamura) become part of the story. First he shoots her, then she shoots him. To his basic vocabulary, Morris adds a few more signature moves: the dancers hitch-kick (one knee goes up, then the other foot, sometimes catching Mark Morris Dance Group in V, Photo: Robbie Jack Dance: Jacobs Pillow JENNY HANSELL A Big Finish . . . Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 7 someone else in the jaw), they swivel their hips, they reach their arms out straight and drop their hands down at the wrist, all to create a big movie musical-style number. at the end, the two dreamers are hoisted onto the shoulders of the others, where they kiss. Corny but perfect. 10 suggestions, a solo morris originally created for himself, was mostly improvised, but now that its danced by others the movements have been set. amber star merkens, in silky pajamas, danced with a hoop, a chair and a hat, combining the pretty and the disturbing. she pulled out a yellow ribbon from her midsection as if it were a piece of viscera, swirled it like a rhythmic gymnast, until she abruptly took a scissors and cut it in two. Colin Fowler played the staccato piano score by alexander Tcherepnin. as is always the case in morris choreography, the movements closely followed the rhythms and infections of the score usually in a way that illuminated the music, but sometimes here in a way that seemed to just mimic it. For Dancing Honeymoon, soprano Danya Katok sings a suite of songs from the 30s and 40s well-known ones like someone to Watch over me, and novelty songs like and Her mother Came Too. The seven dancers, in smart casual wear, pair up, swap partners, and sometimes end up in threesomes. They play with folding chairs, tipping them, falling over (just in time to the music) and tossing them back and forth. sometimes its tongue- in-cheek, sometimes swoonily romantic, often both. Finally, the great V, in reference to the gorgeous Quintet in E fat by schumann, set for fve instruments: string quartet and piano. Two dance groups, one in vibrant blue, the other in sage green, make Vs in lines and circles. Its romantic, lush and touching, and a satisfying conclusion to a program, a Jacobs pillow season and 30 years of brilliant creation. For Another Great Season at The Pillow " 1he mosL hlsLorlc aspecL o 2011 wlll he Lhe nal perormances o Lhe Merce Cunnlngham Dance Company . . ." -AlasLalr Macaulay, New York Times The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College presents Merce Cunningham Dance Company LLGAC 1OUk 1he legendary Merce Cunnlngham Dance Company reLurns Lo Lhe Hudson valley one lasL Llme heore lL dlshands aL Lhe concluslon o lLs nal world Lour, provldlng an exLraordlnary opporLunlLy Lo see Cunnlngham's choreography perormed hy Lhe lasL dancers he personally Lralned, ln a program LhaL lllumlnaLes hls groundhreaklng collahoraLlons wlLh hls lle parLner, !ohn Cage, and arLlsL koherL kauschenherg. Program: Antic Meet , Suite for Five , Sounddance Sosnoff Theater lrlday, SepLemher 9 and SaLurday, SepLemher 10 aL 8 pm Sunday, SepLemher 11 aL 2 pm $55, 45, 35, 25 845-758-7900 | fishercenter.bard.edu klchard 8. llsher CenLer or Lhe lerormlng ArLs aL 8ard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New ork lmage: Derry Swan and Cedrlc Andrleux ln Suite for Five (1956-1958). lhoLo hy 1ony DougherLy. & Arts E n t e r t a i n m e n t 8 Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 Wi n d o W Wa r e s Pleated & Vertical Sheers, Honeycomb & Roman Shades Wooden Shutters & Blinds Hunter Douglas. Comfortex. Graber... At Window Wares we can also help with your storage needs. Closets, Pantries, Basements, Garages, and Attics.
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Hours: Tues & Thurs 12 - 4:30 & By Appointment 184 Main Street, Lakeville, CT 06039 860-435-8026 or 860-364-9824 Sponsored by The Falls Village Inn RACE CAR PARADE! Set up your lawn chairs anywhere along the route and enjoy dozens and dozens of MGs as their drivers undertake their 15-mile parade through Lime Rock, Lakeville and Salisbury, ending with a block party in the center of Falls Village! Parade Route, 14.7 miles: Start Lime Rock Park, then Rt. 112 to Rt. 41 to Rt. 44 to Noble Horizons, then Rt. 41 to Rt. 44 to Salmon Kill Rd. to Brinton Hill Rd. to Dugway Rd., then over the Amesville steel bridge to center of Falls Village. Bring the whole family to Falls Village after the parade and enjoy this one-of-a-kind event! Call Lime Rock Park at 860.435.5000 or the Falls Village Inn at 860.824.0033 for more information. THROUGH LAKEVILLE & SALISBURY! then... STREET FAIR & CARS ON DISPLAY IN FALLS VILLAGE! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 4 p.m., Race Car Parade starts at Lime Rock Park 4 to 5 p.m., Parade through Lime Rock, Lakeville, Salisbury, and Falls Village 5 to 7 p.m., Street fair and the race cars on display in Falls Village Custom Picture Framing 84 Railroad St. Great Barrington, MA (413) 528 - 0997 15 Academy St. Salisbury, CT (860) 435 - 0625 High Quality Photo Reprints! See and purchase published photos and many that werent on our Web site. TRICORNERNEWS.SMUGMUG.COM Also available: High-quality Reprints, Postcards, T-Shirts, Mugs, Aprons and More The Lakeville Journal, The Millerton News, The Winsted Journal Vegetables, fruits, bread, eggs, cheese, arts, crafts, music & More! Every Saturday, May 21 to Oct. 15, 10am to 1pm Norfolk CT, Town Hall lawn (1 block north of rte. 44) For information, visit us at: www.norfolkfarmersmarket.org & sign up for our weekly e-newsletter (Rain or Shine!) www.norfolkfarmersmarket.org AN D C R AFT FAIR N r f o l k
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Hours: Tues & Thurs 12 - 4:30 & By Appointment 184 Main Street, Lakeville, CT 06039 860-435-8026 or 860-364-9824 Sponsored by The Falls Village Inn RACE CAR PARADE! Set up your lawn chairs anywhere along the route and enjoy dozens and dozens of MGs as their drivers undertake their 15-mile parade through Lime Rock, Lakeville and Salisbury, ending with a block party in the center of Falls Village! Parade Route, 14.7 miles: Start Lime Rock Park, then Rt. 112 to Rt. 41 to Rt. 44 to Noble Horizons, then Rt. 41 to Rt. 44 to Salmon Kill Rd. to Brinton Hill Rd. to Dugway Rd., then over the Amesville steel bridge to center of Falls Village. Bring the whole family to Falls Village after the parade and enjoy this one-of-a-kind event! Call Lime Rock Park at 860.435.5000 or the Falls Village Inn at 860.824.0033 for more information. THROUGH LAKEVILLE & SALISBURY! then... STREET FAIR & CARS ON DISPLAY IN FALLS VILLAGE! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 4 p.m., Race Car Parade starts at Lime Rock Park 4 to 5 p.m., Parade through Lime Rock, Lakeville, Salisbury, and Falls Village 5 to 7 p.m., Street fair and the race cars on display in Falls Village Custom Picture Framing 84 Railroad St. Great Barrington, MA (413) 528 - 0997 15 Academy St. Salisbury, CT (860) 435 - 0625 High Quality Photo Reprints! See and purchase published photos and many that werent on our Web site. TRICORNERNEWS.SMUGMUG.COM Also available: High-quality Reprints, Postcards, T-Shirts, Mugs, Aprons and More The Lakeville Journal, The Millerton News, The Winsted Journal Vegetables, fruits, bread, eggs, cheese, arts, crafts, music & More! Every Saturday, May 21 to Oct. 15, 10am to 1pm Norfolk CT, Town Hall lawn (1 block north of rte. 44) For information, visit us at: www.norfolkfarmersmarket.org & sign up for our weekly e-newsletter (Rain or Shine!) www.norfolkfarmersmarket.org AN D C R AFT FAIR N r f o l k
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M a r k e t To Advertise In This Supplement Call The Lakeville Journal Company, LLC 1-800-339-9873 COMPASS COMPASS, Thursday, September 1, 2011 9 At The Movies 354 Main St., Winsted 1-860-379-5108 www.gilsoncafecinema.com Doors open at 6 p.m. 21 Years & Older Now Showing 9/2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 bridemaidS R 7pm horrible boSSeS R 7pm CloSed moNdayS T his is two lms, Sarahs Key. One is about French col- laboration with the Nazis during the Holocaust, the other is a tale of trans-Atlantic yuppie angst. Julia (Kristin Scott Thomas) is a magazine writer with a hell of a story to tell how Parisian Jews were rounded up by the French authorities in the summer of 1942, herded into a sports arena, then into camps, and nally shipped east. Sarah (Mlusine Mayance), the daughter of the doomed Starzynski family, convinces her little brother to hide in the closet when the cops come, and she locks him in, making him promise to keep quiet. Its obvious that nobodys ever going back for any reason, and watch- ing the horror mount as the family members are separated, as Sarah escapes with a friend and as the boys remains are discovered is a power- ful piece of lmmaking. Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner deserves credit for handling this violent material with understatement and class. However, as one of the screenwriters (with Serge Joncour, based on a novel by Tatiana De Rosnay), he is also on the spot for foisting a fairly abby tale of Julias husbands family being the ones who took over the Starzynski apartment, who were there when young Sarah burst in look- ing for her brother and who have held on to this deep dark secret ever since. But what, exactly, is the secret? That this French family the Tezacs rented an apartment that had been occupied by a Jewish family? Why is this cause for generations of shame? Were they supposed to buck the Vichy French and, by extension, the Nazis? Its not very clear. A far better question would have been, since the apartment smelled awful, and the closet was locked, why on earth didnt the Tezac family break the door open? The ashbacks include brief sequences of French citizens mocking their Jewish neighbors as they are led off, and all the French cops look like de Gaulle, more or less. So maybe the idea is to point out different levels of guilt or responsibility. If so, it gets lost in the yuppie drama, as Julia, now obsessed with tracking down Sarah, jets all over the place and ghts with her husband about whether or not to have an abortion. The ashback sequences are skillfully done and absolutely riveting. The present-day sequences suffer from a lack of focus. Is this a historical thriller, or is this a self-esteem exercise? Worth seeing for Thomas and Mayance alone, but the rest of the cast, also, is solid and convincing.
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PATRICK L. SULLIVAN Horrifying Past , Muddled Present 10 Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 Going and Coming, detail 947 SPS. Norman kockwell MuseumCollections nrm.org 43-298-400 open daily 9 kt. 83, Stockbridge, MA Norman Rockwe|| Pants Man's 8est frend on view through November Early Deadline Deadline for the Sept. 8 TH and Sept. 9 TH issues will be THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 ST , at 12 NOON for ALL Advertising, including Classied. This includes all sections of the newspapers. Editorial Deadline Will Be THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 ST at 5 p.m. Urgent News Items & Late Letters to the Editor will be accepted until Noon Friday, Sept. 2 ND . Call to reserve your space! 33 Bissell Street/Lakeville, CT 06039 860-435-9873 FAX 860-435-0146 THE MILLERTON NEWS Main Street/Millerton, NY 12546 518-789-4401 FAX 518-789-9247 The Winsted Journal 452 Main Street/Winsted, CT 06098 860-738-4418 FAX 860-738-3709 m ichael Kessler is a painter of ab- stract landscapes with a difference: He is all about natural processes erosion, sedimentation, layering the way nature builds up the landscapes we see. But this was not always so. In the early days of his career, he is 57, his landscapes were more the expected, angst-heavy abstracts of 1980s New York City, where he lived and found success in many solo shows. But then in 1990 he won a Rome prize The art scene: Leon Graham Life Changes the Artist . . . rather like a Fulbright for artists and students of art history and criti- cism and spent a year in Italy, where his view of nature and of color began to change. He became ob- sessed with the processes of nature. The pointed, angry, paranoid shapes that often characterized his earlier work had already given way to calmer, rounder, softer images after he left the city for his native pennsylvania in 1987. But in Rome and Italy he was surrounded by walls of art, worn patinas and frescoes. The size of his paintings grew, doubled, tripled, and new elements appeared, especially an imperfect, idiosyncratic grid. Kesslers palette now incorporated richer, Italianate colors: sienna reds, bronze, oranges, rust, copper and even gold. paintings glowed with the warmth of the Italian sun. His work was transformed. Then in 1995 he moved to santa Fe, where he lives today, and his work changed again. paintings alternated between feel- ings of depth or of fat- ness, surfaces glowed with a translucent fnish or lay under a fat, desert-like dullness. The juxtaposi- tion of colors for drama and contrast continued black against red, for example but desert colors appeared: wonder- ful sage greens, soft mint, desert sand and stone gray. all built up, layer by layer, in a painstaking process. In argazzi arts frst one-man show of Kes- sler interestingly, his single pieces have been argazzis best sellers since the gallery opened Ju- dith singelis has brought together a cross section of the artists work which includes both translucent and fat fnishes. In the gallerys frst room, several coppery-gold paintings literally shine under bril- liant, translucent varnish. The natural shapes of veiny leaves and ferns show faintly through multiple layers of scraped- on paint. The works are warm, translucent and in another oddity of Kes- sler pictures perfectly communicative whether hung vertically or hori- zontally. a lovely painting in greens with a white grid overlay under a fat fnish, dotted with small splashes of crimson like drops of blood, hangs in the sec- ond room over a stairwell. In the back room, paint- COMPASS, Thursday, September 1, 2011 11 . . . And the Art ings of similar color are hung in small groupings. Best are two paintings of various shades of red and several with light browns juxtaposed against red and white or against darker browns with white and charcoal gray. Some of the paintings, though I doubt Kessler would agree, look like Google maps of highway exchanges in a at, bar- ren geography. Others are like the leaves you placed on paper and then screen painted in elementary school art class. They have the interesting qual- ity of remembered land- scapes and time. Kessler and his wife will be in Lakeville for the shows opening; in fact they are staying two nights in Salisbury, and the artist will adjust place- ment of the paintings. Singelis says he is a friend- ly, bear of a man, who loves to talk and answer questions about his work. Michael Kessler, Art a la Carte is at Argazzi Art, 22 Millerton Road, in Lakeville, CT, through Oct. 23. An opening reception for the artist will be Sept. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. Call 860-435-8222 or go to www.argazziart.com for fall hours.
Correction Last weeks story about Edward Bern- steins new play, The Trial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, incorrectly stated that it was an Aglet Theatre produc- tion. It is directed by Macey Levin, artistic di- rector of Aglet Theatre, but it is produced by the New Stage Performing Arts Center in Pittseld, founded by Nicki Wil- son. We regret the error. Tri-Corner Calendar THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL/MILLERTON NEWS/WINSTED JOURNAL Auditions
[The] Center for PerformingArts, 661 Route308, Rhinebeck,NY, 845-876-3080, www. centerforperformingarts.org Audition: The Man Who Came to Dinner, Sept. 10-12. Visit website for information. The Little Theatre of Newtown, 18 Orchard Hill Rd., Newtown, CT, www. newtownplayers.org, 203-270-9144 Casting call for Buried Child, Sept. 12, 13, 7-9 pm, contact info@newtownplayers.org for information. The Sherman Playhouse, Sherman, CT, 845-877-0338 Auditions for Sleeping Beauty, singing, Sept. 12 and 13, 7-9 pm, dance, Sept. 11, 2-5 pm. For information call 845- 877-0338. Dance Bard College , The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Route 9G,Red Hook, NY, 845-758-7671, www.bard.edu/shercenter Merce Cunningham Dance Company Legacy Tour, Sept. 9 and 10, 8 pm, Sept. 11, 2 pm. Vassar College, Kenyon Hall, Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, 845-437-7468, www.dance.vassar.edu Jane Comfort and Company, Sept. 2, 7:30 pm. Galleries Argazzi Art, 22 Millerton Road (Rte. 44), Lakeville, CT, 860-435-8222, www.argazziart.com Michael Kessler, Art...a la carte, Sept. 1 - Oct. 23, reception, Sept. 3, 5-7 pm. Gallery hours, Fri., Sat. and Sun., noon-5 pm. Eckert Fine Art, 34 Main Street, Millerton, NY, 518-592-1330, www. eckertneart.com Masters on Paper, a show of works by important artists, Sept. 3- 30. Gallery is open Wed.- Sat. 10 am -5 pm, and Sun. noon to 5 pm. [The] White Gallery, 342 Main St., Lakeville, CT, 860-435-1029, www. thewhitegalleryart.com The Fabric of our Town, exhibition of photo mosaics by Mary Close, Sept. 1-30, reception Sept. 3, 4-7 pm. Gallery hours Thurs.-Sun., 11 am-4 pm. or by appointment. The] WhiteGallery, 924MainStreet, Great Barrington, MA., 413-528-3631www. thewhitegalleryart.com Art of the Print & Works on Paper through Sept. 24. Gallery hours Fri.-Sun., 11 am-4 pm or by appointment. Movies Bantam Cinema, 115 Lake Road,Rt 209, Bantam, CT, 860-567-0006, www. bantamcinema.com Cinerom, Opposite K-Mart Plaza, 89 Farley Place, Torrington, CT, 860-489- 4111, www.cinerom.com Gilson Cafe & Cinema, 354 Main St., Winsted, CT, 860-379-5108, 379-6069
Mahaiwe Theatre, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, www.mahaiwe. org, 413-528-0100 Mallory Brook Cinemas, 380 New Hartford Rd., Barkhamsted, CT, 860-738- 7507, www.cinemaholdings.com [The] Moviehouse, 48 Main St., Millerton, NY, 518-789-3408, www. themoviehouse.net [The ] Triplex, 70 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA, 413-528-8885, www. thetriplex.com Music Bard College at Simon Rock, 84 Alford Rd., Great Barrington, MA, 413-644- 4400 Alumna Manon Hutton- DeWyss solo piano recital, McConnell Theater, Daniel Arts Center, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m.
Innity Music Hall & Bistro, 8232 Rte. 44, Norfolk, CT, 866-666-6306, www. innityhall.com Raul Malo, Sept. 1; The Yardbirds, Sept. 2; Joe DeVito, Sept. 3; Missing Persons, Sept. 4; Donna The Buffalo with Roy Jay Band, Sept. 9.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, MA, 413-528-0100, www.mahaiwe.org They Might Be Giants, Sept. 9; Richard Thompson, Oct. 14. Live in HD, Metropolitan Opera, Anna Bolena, Oct. 15; Don Giovanni, Oct. 29. Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 Route 203, Chatham, NY, 518-392-9292, www. machaydntheatre.org Cabaret 2011: piano music from show settings throughout the season, fundraiser, Sept. 3, noon, meet the performers after the show. Tanglewood Music Center, 297 West St., Rt. 183, Lenox, MA, 413-637-1600, (Koussevitzky Music Shed) (Seiji Ozawa Hall) Jazz Fest: Robin McKelle Quartet & Michael Kaeshammer Quintet, Sept. 2; Jazz Inspired, Sept. 3; Latin Jazz Tribute, Sept. 3. Warner Theatre, 68 Main St., Torrington, CT, 860-489-7180, www.premier concerts.com The Temptations, Sept. 10; Celtic Thunder, Sept. 30. Theater
Barrington Stage Company, Stage 2, 36 Linden St., Pittseld, MA, www. barringtonstageco.org, tickets, 413- 499-5447 My Name is Asher Lev, through Sept. 11. [The] Center for Performing Arts, Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY, 845-876- 3080, www.centerforperformingarts. org Highlights from the Footlights, cabaret, show tunes, Sept. 2-4; Lend me a Tenor, Sept. 9-25. Goodspeed Opera House, 6 Main Street, East Haddam, CT, 860- 873-8664, www.goodspeed.org Showboat, through Sept. 11. [The] Goshen Players, Old Town Hall, Rtes 4 & 63, Goshen, CT, 860-491- 9988, www.goshenplayers.org Mary Stuart, Sept. 23-Oct. 8; Strange Snow, Nov. 11-12. Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 Route 203, Chatham, NY, 518-392-9292, www. machaydntheatre.org Carousel, through Sept. 4. Rhinebeck Theatre Society, 845- 758-1518 presents at St. Pauls Parish Hall, Rt. 9, RedHook, NY 3-Hole Punch, by James Sheldon, Sept. 9-11, 16-18., Fri. and Sat. at 8 pm, Sun. at 3 pm. The Parish Hall is not wheelchair accessible. Shakespeare & Company,Founders Theatre, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, MA, 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare. org As You Like It, through Sept. 4; Romeo and Juliet, through Sept. 3; The Hound of the Baskervilles, through Sept. 4; War of the Worlds, Sept. 9-Nov. 6. Sherman Playhouse, 5 Rte. 39 North, Sherman, CT, 860-354- 3622, www.shermanplayers.org An Inspector Calls, Sept. 9- Oct. 1. Stageworks Theater, 41-A Cross St., Hudson, NY, 518-822-9667, www. stageworkshudson.org Tennis in Nablus, Sept. 7-25. TheatreWorks, 5 Brookside Ave., New Milford, CT, 860-350-6863, www. theatreworks.us Shakespeare for my Father, Sept. 16- Oct. 8. For a more complete calendar listing, go to our website at www.tricornernews.com 12 Compass, Thursday, september 1, 2011 september 1 october 23 2011 reception for the artist saturday september 3 5 until 7 ArgAzzi Art 22 millerton road rt 44 laKeVille ct 06039 860.435.8222 argazziart@sbcglobal.net www.argazziart.com MichAel Kessler Art a la carte Open every day seven days a week except Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day Saturday & Sunday brunch items Come & join us for the best hand cut steaks, sushi & freshest seafood around, plus our daily specials. After dinner try some of Peters own hand made Greek yogurt with house made granola Start planning now for your holiday parties! All of us here at The Boathouse look forward to serving you & your guests all year round On & off site catering available. Sorry no Sushi on Tuesday 349 Main Street, Lakeville, CT 860-435-2111, fax: 860 435 4543 E-mail: petersboathouse@sbcglobal.net www.boathouseatlakeville.com Visit our facebook page for upcoming events! SuMMEr HourS Sunday - Thursday 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday 11am to 11pm Serving straight through the entire afternoon Check us out at For reservations call