Culture

For 20-30 somethings
Meets at 7 p.m. on the last Monday of every month
At the Wherehouse, 119 Liberty St., Newburgh, NY

October 24: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Follow the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia as he establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy.

Warning: This is not your average book discussion. With The Underground Page, you’ll find grimier places, seedier people and other odious things, all while talking about books banished to the outskirts of “good literature.”

July 23, 2011, 4pm
Summer Pops at Downing Park featuring the Mini Maestros! Children from the audience are invited to conduct the GNSO! Admission to this concert is FREE!! Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket and spend an afternoon enjoying this great music in park. (In case of rain the concert will be at Newburgh Free Academy, 201 Fullerton Ave.) For more information call 845-913-7157.

The Newburgh Waterfront Jazz Festival is back for 2011. The line-up has been announced. Don’t forget to bring your chairs, blanket and picnic baskets. All shows are Wednesday and Thursday in July and August, 6:30 pm –8:30 pm at the Newburgh Waterfront Landing. See below for the line-up.

• Wednesday, July 6- The Dynamic Approach Marching Band & Chiku Awali African Dancers and Drummers
• Thursday, July 7- Willis Wilson Quintet
• Wednesday, July 13- Compass
• Thursday, July 14- Jive Patrol
• Wednesday, July 20- Andy Polay Quintet
• Thursday, July 21- Matt Jordan Big Band
• Wednesday, July 27- Big Joe Fitz Band
• Thursday, July 28- Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra
• Wednesday, August 3- Freddy Jacobs Quartet
• Thursday, August 4- B Stern’s Bop Nuvo
• Wednesday, August 10- Luz Simas and the Recipe for Rhythm
• Thursday, August 11- Charanga Soleil
• Wednesday, August 17- Sam “Magic Man” Waymon and the Magic Band with special guest, Gina Dee
• Thursday, August 18- Big Blue Band
• Wednesday, August 24- Eric Person and Meta-Four
• Thursday, August 25- String of Pearls
• Wednesday, August 31- Sage

Check out more art events at the City of Newburgh Arts Calendar.

The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, directed and conducted by Woomyung Choe, presents “Tonight We Love” on Saturday, May 14, 2011, 8:00 p.m. at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh.  Acclaimed Armenian-American pianist Kariné Poghosyan, said to have that special spark, will perform Tchaikovsky’s extraordinarily popular Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B-flat minor.  The other enduringly popular crowd-pleaser to be performed is Bruckner’s magnificent Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, “Romantic.”

The Shacklett Preview at 7:00 p.m. is a pre-concert introduction to the evening’s music by Gordon Shacklett.  Ticket prices are $25 for reserved seating, $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, $10 for students, and children under 7 are admitted free of charge. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved.  (845) 913-7157 or www.newburghsymphony.org.