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TilJ. JGTttziv. nvj'inwsw u.jsrr:tr:."'i; (T Poucjhkeepsie 3ournal ENJOY! BARBARA GALLO FARRELL, SECTION EDITOR (845) 437 4979 bfarrell poughkee gannett com www enjpyhv com FRIDAY MAY 17 2002 1H Gannett New Service Nicholas Hoult, left to right, Toni Collette and Hugh Grant in a scene from the witty "About A Boy Review, 3H ON THE BIG SCREEN The five "Star Wars" films have spurred a fan base that spans generations. Take a look back at the old and new reviews. 6H THEATER John Guare's "A Few Stout Individuals," now playing off is chock full of history, greed and celebrity.

Review, 5H DINING OUT Peppercorns on Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie is a friendly, casual place to dine. Review, 5H AND MORE Calendars 8H Film reviews Clubs Concerts 4H Musir charts 5H Tickpt Bgoth Dining Out Film Guide 36H 4H 7H 2H NICOLE EDWARDS BH FRONT CENTER Life holds new look through lens Dmitri Kasterine is looking to meet someone who sends a cold shiver down his back when he takes a picture. "That is certainly a criteria when it comes to a subject," Kasterine said. 'They've got to be somebody, some shape or subject that landed on you." That's the feeling Kasterine would like for his students as well, when he conducts upcoming summer photography workshops in Garrison. Classes for beginners start June 8 from 2 to 5 p.m.

and June 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. for advanced students. Kasterine will instruct beginners on becoming familiar with using a camera. Being comfortable with the camera will allow students to pay more attention to taking photographs and selecting subjects. Advance workshops are geared "to help people look acutely at the world and to record the expression, form and surroundings of the subject that they choose." Knowing what works Kasterine has been a photographer for some 41 years and has been teaching an independent course at Vas time what distinguishes a good from a bad photograph is whether or not it appeals to everybody.

"It's more than a snapshot, which is usually a photograph of somebody who appeals in some way to the photographer emotionally," Kasterine says. "The subject has to be someone, somewhere unusual, something you haven't seen before." You know the kind the photos in most galleries and photo albums of vacation spots, sporting events, friends, family gatherings and landscapes. Kasterine said the work of photographer Nan Goldin was centered around her friends during the 1970s' and '80s' sex, drug and rock era 'The subject has to be someone, somewhere unusual, something you haven't seen Dmitri Kasterine photographer She literally focused on friends in Manhattan's East Village. They held no significance whatsoever to anyone who didn't know them, explained Kasterine, but somehow they were thrilling and intriguing enough to be published in her first book, "The Ballad of Sexual Take a look at the world around you this summer. All you'll need is a camera and some film and you never know what may develop.

Kasterine's seven week workshops are $400. For more information, call him at (845) 424 4049 or visit his Web site at wwwkaster ine.com Nicole Edwards is the arts writer for the Poughkeepsie Journal. Write her co Poughkeepsie Journal, P.O. Box 1231, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602, call (845) 437 4881, or mail ned wardspoughkeeannettjcom. Music, dance laud folk icon Courtesy photo Siflgefcegngwriter Arlo Guthrie will perform in concert at West Satur day.

Also on the bill is the dance troupe Vanaver Caravan. Arlo Guthrie at West Point By Rebecca Rothbaum Poughkeepsie Journal With his 1967 album "Alice's Restaurant," Arlo Guthrie became a poster boy for the 1960s counterculture movement and a leading voice in a new generation of folk musicians. Today Guthrie is still performing, creating symphonic arrangements of his own songs and other American classics for orchestras across the country. Saturday evening he comes to Eisenhower Hall Theater at West Point. The Ulster County based Vanaver Caravan will share the bill, appropriately performing a tribute in music and dance to Arlo Guthrie's folk legend father Woody Guthrie, "Pastures of Plenty" Guthrie, who was recording this week and so could not be reached for an interview, will perform some of his best known songs, such as "Alice's Restaurant," "Darkest Hour" and "Doors of Heaven," as well as Huddy Led better's "Midnight Special," Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind," and Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land." Guthrie, who was bom in IF YOU GO CONCERT What A concert by folk singer songwriter Arlo Guthrie, and a tribute to Woody Guthrie in music ana dance by the Vanaver Caravan When Saturday, 8 pm.

Where Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point. TicketsInformation Tickets are $36, $34 and $32 and are available by calling the box office at (845 938 4159 or charge by phone at 454 3388 1947, grew up surrounded by the most influential folk singers and songwriters of the time including his father, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Rambhn' Jack Elliot and The Weavers. He honed his own sound playing in Greenwich Village during the 1960s' folk revival, emerging at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival with the hit "Alice's Restaurant," which was made into a film two years later by Arthur Perm The title song, a long monologue about how a Thanksgiving dinner gone awry kept Guthrie out of the Vietnam draft, earned Guthrie a solid reputation as a storyteller "I can only imagine that he learned that skill from all the great musician storytellersstorytellers he grew up listening to, including his father," said Tao Rodriguez Seeger frontman for the local band The Mammals and grand son of Pete Seeger, the singersongwriter and envi ronmentahst who lives in Beacon. "It was a time when music was really all about the story" Music Inclusive Seeger also compared Guthrie to his grandfather, saying both men do their best to get their audiences to join them in song "Somehow, when you listen to Arlo's music you feel "I belong said Seeger, whose band will per form with Arlo Guthrie and others in Woody Guthrie's 90th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall in November Bill Vanaver, a singer and songwriter who founded the Vanaver Caravan 27 years ago with his wife Livia Vanaver, agreed, calling Guthrie a "very inclusive performer "We try to do the same, to make the audience feel a part of the performance," Vanaver, who arranged "Pastures of Plenty," said Saturday's performance marks the first time "Pas tures of Plenty," will share a bill with Arlo Guthrie But Vanaver said it just seemed natural, especially since Arlo Guthrie's sister, Nora, is a co producer "We're very excited IM i i I Artists blend styles in exhibit if you go Courtesy photo A religious icon by artist Fred Douglass de Mayo is part of the exhibit at the Howland Cultural Center. Howland show opens Saturday By Nicole Edwards Poughkeepsie Journal When Fred Douglass de Mayo stopped by an art class at Private Studio in Woodstock, run by his friend Gustav Pirrung, he developed interest in an artform beyond dance.

"They looked like they were having such a good time," said de Mayo, who's performed with such dance troupes as the National Ballet Company and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet "It was a nice atmosphere and I felt like I belonged." That was 10 years ago. Soon after, de Mayo began studying at the Woodstock School of Art, exhibiting his paintings in galleries. He is among nine artists showcasing their work in "A Fine Arts Blending" at The Howland Cultural Center in Beacon through June 16. There will be a reception to meet the artists and view the paintings, photographs and sculptures on Saturday from 3 to 5 m. "When I saw their work, it was lovely, and so selecting their work was easy," said Florence Northcutt, president of the board of directors.

She said several area residents brought the artists' work to her attention. Besides the series of sunrise and sunset oil paintings and icononographies de Mayo has on display are contemporary photographs by Todd Weissner and tiny giclee photos, done on a computer, by Eileen MacAvery Kane. One of Elisabeth Nick les' bronze sculptures depicts a Greek fable, while Tim Shannon's paintings take on three dimensional qualities. Unique pieces to see Thomas Moore's photographs zero in on celebrities and human figures, while shades of blue and red in Kate McHenry's paintings convey her subject's emotions. Paintings by Cooper Union School of Art graduate Jeffrey Cara magna and metal objects strategically mounted on boards by Robyn Tauss are also on display "I haven't seen what's in there, but I think my work will definitely lend a unique and ART EXHIBIT What Artists showcase a variety of paintings, photography and sculpture in "A Fine Arts Blending." When Show runs Saturday through June 1 6 Opening reception, Saturday, 3 5 m.

Gallery hours: Thursday Sunday, 1 5 m. and by appointment. Viewing hours are until 2.30 this Sunday. Where Howland Cultural Center, 477 Mam Beacon Admission Free original addition," said Shannon of Hopewell Junction, who uses a combination of materials such as foam, wood and cardboard to create his reliefs and landscapes "It's really a nice show, and Courtesy photo "Orchid," a painting by Eileen MacAvery Kane ReservationsInformation Call (845) 831 4988 as much aS everybody's work is different it gives people a little bit of exposure to dil ferent techniques, said Jacqueline Weissner of Bea con "It's a very diverse show, which is refreshing WINNERS River fest in Wlngdale Hunt County Furniture in Wingdale will host the second annual Ten Mile Riverfest on Saturday and Sunday. Rain or shine, there will be plenty of entertainment, homemade food as well as arts, crafts, a petting zoo and pony rides at the Webatuck Craft Village from 10 a.m.

to 5 m. Special guest appearances include Bill Robinson presenting a birds of prey demonstration at 2 p.m. on Saturday and 130 p.m. on Sunday. Songs of the Sea and Nature by Don Sineti will be performed at 1130 a and 330 m.

on Sunday. The Wild Side Reptile Show by John Kemnitzer will be at noon on Saturday Both days will feature Old Time Fiddhn' Music UWrai tut 4 WHEyy Courtety photo Doreen Valdati and Ami Sullivan are heavenly beings in "Parallel Lives sounds from Dava Paton and Tom White of the Bog Hollow Boys. Parking is $2 at the site along the Ten Mile River, just northeast of Wing dale off Route 55 and 12 miles east of the junction with Route 22 in New York. For more information, call (845) 832 6522 or visit www.huntcountryfurni ture.com. Play spoofs beginning of life Doreen Valdati and Ami Sullivan will appear as Kathy and Mo in Parallel Lives: 1 he Kathy and Mo Show" at The Cunneen Hackett Cultural Center.

Shows will take place today, Saturday, May 24 25, 31 and June 1 at 8 pm There will be a show on Sunday at 5 "Parallel Lives" was written and produced by Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney during the 1980s in San Diego It eventually turned into an HBO special and later ran off Broadway The play examines parity and love through the story of two Supreme Beings who plan the beginning of th play is presented by Tickler Productions, co founded by Valdati and Sullivan Cunneen Hackett is on 9 Vassar St. in downtown Poughkeepsie Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door. For reservations and information, call (845) 297 1937 or 471 1221. uaerrafiw Import cars take over stadium The Import Invasion car show will take place at Dutchess Stadium on Route 9D in Fishkill on Sunday 1 rom noon to 6 see how car owners have" modified their Hondas, Mitsubishi and Nissans There will be a $1,000 grand prize for Best Car in Show Register a car by visiting wwwwspkfm com or call Alice Cheung at (845) 6018 K104 7 FM will provide music and conduct several other competitions Call Ton Neville at (845) 838 6078 'Crossings' Paintings by Chris Metze are on view at Albert Shahinian Fine Art in Poughkeepsie Calendar, 8H world using two suburban wives The or 838 6038 for more information Gardeners, here's one for you Anyone with a love for gardening will enjoy A Day in the Garden, an all day festival full of lectures and demon strations at Mont gomery Plate in Annandale on Hudson I earn about the his tory of gardening in the Hudson Valley, main tenance tips and deto rative workshops on Sunday from 10 a to 5 pm. Tours will be htld throughout the day on the estates hortuul tural histor) Not only will tin event allow tor lews ot the Hudson River but heirloom vegetables garden attessoiies crafts and lot all) pro duted gourmet foods will be for sale lour will take pi tt at 11 am 1 and Admission is $8 for adults $4 tor students, fret' for thildren undi 1 agi 5 Montgomery Plate is throe miU north of the Kingston Rlniu lill Bridge lor more information iall(K4sj 7S8 5461 or visit wwwiiuisomiievir), Nlioe fdwiirds sfii uridi 1.