Contradictions and Superstitions

by Bill Schlesinger When you believe in things that you don’t understand Then you suffer Superstition ain’t the way Stevie Wonder, 1972 I marvel at the contradictions that now rule…

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Walking on ice

by Kevin T McEneaney When snow turns to an icy, slick surface that makes walking difficult to manage if you are carrying large packages, the balancing fluid in your cold…

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Christmas Lessons & Carols at Lyall Community Church

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday evening, under Music Director Daniel Koch, The Millbrook Community Festival Choir performed its annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. They opened with “God…

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Smithfield Chamber Orchestra Imparts Seasonal Cheer

By Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday, on December 6, the Smithfield Chamber Orchestra, under the musical direction and arrangement by trumpeter Matt Finley, performed its annual Christmas celebration, marking its…

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Crescendo Baroque Chorus Dazzles

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday and Sunday, Crescendo, under the direction of Christine Gevert, provided an unusual choral program from the Baroque era, the Saturday concert being performed at…

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When I was Falling

by Neil Donelley My first thought, This can’t be happening, but it was. At the end of the fast walk I missed my footing, and in that powerless moment, I…

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Charming Organ Season Finale to the Millbrook Music Salon

by Antonia Shoumatoff Last Sunday, the “Family Organ Experience,” as it was billed in the program, was attended by young and old alike, with scores of children sitting in chairs…

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A Confluence of Circumstance

Poem and photo by Neil Donnelly At the back of the house, on my route to the compost place, sudden overhead buzzing makes me look up, and there on the…

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Smithfield Church Concert & Tea

Preview by Susan Bang Smithfield Church in northwestern Amenia will conduct its annual (the twentieth) Christmas Concert & Tea, sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series, this coming Saturday at…

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The Sherman Ensemble with Christmas Jazz

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Kent, The Sherman Ensemble was transformed into a quintet with Julia Bailen adding vocals to a sophisticated program…

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