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Tuesday Nights at the Theater - Thomas and the Rainbow

By Amiebh
4/16/13 - 9:33 am

Tuesday, April 30th, at 7p.m., The Open Eye’s Tuesday Night at the Theater presents Thomas and the Rainbow. Written by Vic Sarin, Catherine Spear and Dennis Foon. Directed by Vic Sarin. Marie (Connie Nielsen) transforms an orphan boy's world when she brings him to live in her small island village off the coast of Ireland. Her reticent husband Alec (Aidan Quinn) can barely hide his disappointment when he meets the frail, shy eight-year-old. Undiscouraged, Marie introduces Thomas (John Bell) to the wonders of his new world, and shows him that you can find magic anywhere - if you really look. A discussion about the movie’s characters’ growth and resonance with our lives will follow the presentation.

No admission charge but donations to the New Roof Fund gladly accepted. Refreshments will be served. 960 Main Street, Margaretville, NY, www.theopeneye.org, 845-586-1660. Future movies will be announced. Read more

"Janet's Class" to Appear on The Open Eye Screen

By Amiebh
4/8/13 - 3:02 pm

Tuesdays at the Theater continues on April 23, at 7:00 pm, with “Janet’s Class,” a documentary film by Dorothy Lyman of Andes. This film follows a group of New York City retirees through their early preparation, rehearsal, and performance of a showcase directed by veteran stage, film, and TV actress Janet Sarno. With humor and inspiration, the video looks at aging, and its opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment.

Janet Sarno appeared on Broadway opposite Danny Aiello in “Knockout,” by Louis LaRusso and off Broadway in his “Sweatshop.” Her TV credits include “All My Children,” and “The Edge of Night”. Films include “Rock the Paint,” “Reqiem, for a Dream,” “The Hard Way,” and “Power.”

Ms. Lyman lives on her chicken farm in Andes. Before moving here in 2003, she lived in Los Angeles and worked in television as an actress and director. In 2006 she produced and directed a film in Delaware County called “The Northern Kingdom.” She will be present at the showing of her film at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville, Tuesday evening, at 7:00, and will participate in the discussion afterwards. Read more

Tuesday Nights at the Theater - Broken Hill

By Amiebh
3/12/13 - 11:46 am

Tuesday, March 19th, at 7p.m., The Open Eye’s Tuesday Night at the Theater presents Broken Hill. Director: Dagen Merrill. Actors: Luke Arnold, Alexa Vega, Rhys Wakefield, Timothy Hutton. Tommy McAlpine lives on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the Australian Outback with his tough, taciturn father George, a farmer and high school football coach. Tommy Dreams of becoming a classical composer, but his father believes his son's future is in the family farm. Will George ever hear the same music that Tommy does? A discussion about the movie’s characters’ growth and resonance with our lives will follow the presentation.

Tuesday Night at the Theater is co-produced and sponsored by the A.S.H.R.A.M. Center of Margaretville. Contact Laura Battelani, PO Box 382, Margaretville, NY 12455 845-586-3101 bodyworx@catskill.net

Tuesday Night at The Theater - Musical Chairs - March 12

By Amiebh
3/4/13 - 7:13 pm

The Open Eye’s Tuesday Night at the Theater presents Musical Chairs, written by Marty Madden, directed by Susan Seidelman. Actors: Leah Pipes, E.J. Bonilla, Priscilla Lopez, Jaime Tirelli, Laverne Cox, Nelson Landrieu. Content warning: some adult language. A romantic tale of two New Yorkers, Armando from the Bronx, and Mia from the Upper East Side, who come together through their love of ballroom dancing. When his dance partner, Mia, is injured in an accident, Armando persuades her to train for a wheelchair ballroom dancing contest. It's a moving story about overcoming challenges. A discussion about the movie’s characters’ growth and resonance with our lives will follow the presentation.

No admission charge but donations to the New Roof Fund gladly accepted. Refreshments will be served. 960 Main Street, Margaretville, NY, www.TheOpenEye.org, 845-586-1660. Future movies are March 19, April 23 and 30. Read more

Tuesdays at the Theater

By Amiebh
10/15/12 - 6:12 pm

DOCUMENTARY: FACE OF FARMING AT THE OPEN EYE THEATER

Next on the big screen in Tuesdays at the Theater series at The Open Eye, 960 Main Street, Margaretville, is Ellen Wong’s “Face of Farming,” Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm. This documentary video tells the story of five of the last operating dairy farm families in Delaware County, where once the dairy farming population was among the highest and most productive in the United States. The video, made in collaboration with Anthony Marizo and Kent Garrett, memorializes the art of working the land and celebrates these families’ commitment to a fast disappearing lifestyle.

“Face of Farming,” created in 2008, was part of a multi-media exhibit at The Roxbury Arts Group in July 2009, and was included in the recent Art & Soul of the Catskills Film Festival 2012 in Delhi. Read more

State senate supports moving Belleayre to ORDA; budget battle looms

By Lissa Harris
3/14/12 - 10:41 am

Photo: The Wanatuska Moguls at Belleayre on Tuesday, March 13. From Belleayre Mountain's Facebook page.

The New York State Senate has staked out a position on the Belleayre Ski Center in their budget proposal: They're willing to let ORDA have Belleayre, if the authority adds a few Catskills representatives to their board and advisory council.

The state senate passed its 2012-2013 budget resolution earlier this week. All three budget proposals -- the Senate's, the Assembly's, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's -- are now on the table. Cuomo and state legislators will have from now until April 1 -- and possibly beyond -- to agree on one final budget, a process that is likely to involve plenty of backroom deals and public chest-beating over the next several weeks. Read more

Surprise candidates emerge in Fleischmanns village elections

By Lissa Harris
3/13/12 - 7:01 pm

Above: Larry Reilly and Martin Morales, who recently announced write-in campaigns for the Fleischmanns village trustee race. Photos from campaign flyer.

A few weeks ago, the upcoming election in Fleischmanns was shaping up to be like most village elections: A sleepy affair where a few dozen voters send a couple of unopposed incumbents back to the village board of trustees.

Then a couple of things happened. First, mayor Dave Morell resigned, with a year left in his term. Then, at the next board meeting, a motion to appoint trustee Todd Pascarella as mayor split the board 2-2, leaving the board deadlocked and the village mayor-less for the forseeable future.

Trustees Fred Woller and Harriet Grossman, who voted against Pascarella's appointment but did not suggest a mayoral candidate of their own, are both up for re-election next Tuesday. Read more

Assembly budget gives thumbs-down to Belleayre ORDA transfer

By Lissa Harris
3/11/12 - 1:57 pm

Above: Sunrise over Belleayre this morning. Photo from Belleayre Mountain's Facebook page.

Not included in the New York State Assembly's 2012 budget proposal: Money for ORDA to take over the management of the Belleayre Ski Center, currently operated by DEC.

The Assembly has not yet passed its budget, but a press release from Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, who represents most of Ulster County and Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, claims that the budget proposal rejects the Belleayre transfer.

Cahill is quoted in the release:

The issue at Belleayre is funding, not administration. Putting it in an under-funded regional authority with little or no connection to the Catskills does nothing to assure the Ski Center will receive the resources it needs to thrive. Read more

Spring forward: Daylight Saving Time begins

By Lissa Harris
3/11/12 - 12:18 am

Photo by Flickr user Dave Stokes. Published under Creative Commons license.

Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour -- Daylight Saving Time starts at 2am on Sunday, March 11.

Readers: Are you looking forward to that extra hour of light in the evenings? Or grumpy about getting up in the dark?

Martens leaves Belleayre out of list of DEC's Irene accomplishments

By Julia Reischel
3/8/12 - 1:19 pm

After a year in office, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens told his staff in a memo issued on February 23 that he was "especially proud of the DEC's response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee." But he forgot to mention Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in a list of the agency's disaster accomplishments.

The staff at Belleayre housed and fed 160 people during the floods last fall, working around the clock as a refugee center, shelter, and medical center. To people made homeless by the flood in Delaware, Ulster, and Greene county, Belleayre was a lifeline.

But while Martens praised DEC forest rangers, remediation staff, dam safety workers, water division staff, central office staff, and solid waste staff, somehow Belleayre staffers weren't on the list.

DEC spokesperson Emily DeSantis calls the omission "an oversight." As soon as it was discovered, she said, Commissioner Martens revised his letter "to recognize all DEC divisions involved with the storm response."

Indeed, a new letter was sent out on March 1, this time praising Belleayre's role in the aftermath of the floods. Read more

Delaware County to NYC: We want $81.3 billion for gas rights

By Lissa Harris
3/6/12 - 5:06 pm

Above: Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in "Austin Powers," demanding one million dollars -- no, scratch that, 100 billion dollars -- from the governments of the world.

$81.3 billion. That's how much Delaware County officials are demanding in reparations for the loss of potential revenue from gas leasing, if a ban on drilling in and around the New York City watershed holds.

If that sounds like a shocking number, it's supposed to, says Dean Frazier, the county's commissioner on watershed affairs. Delaware County officials know full well the city isn't going to pay up.

"Let's be realistic. The city of New York is not going to capitulate to $80 billion," said Frazier. "The point was to show that there's a large impact."

On Feb. 22, the county Board of Supervisors passed a resolution demanding that New York State and New York City pay out $81.3 billion over 60 years to Delaware County landowners in exchange for their mineral rights. The resolution, which passed 12-4, is embedded below. Read more