Woodstock Bookfest founder and executive director Martha Frankel was ecstatic Monday morning, following completion of the annual event’s ninth outing. Attendance had been the best ever. Local restaurants and shops were chockablock with happy customers all weekend. Books were selling like generators and bottled water before a major storm front.
The restaurant has been an Ulster County fixture for 25 years. It will close April 7.
Frolic under the full moon, see the Sassy Chef, attend a seder, make a Pajaki Chandelier.
Waking up after surgery.
Love, Simon may be the closest thing we’ve seen yet to a contemporary spin on the John Hughes oeuvre.
Saturday-Sunday, March 31-April 1: Her high-adrenaline choreography combines elements of hip-hop, punk, West African and street dance, praised by The New York Times as “an onslaught of thwacking arms, emphatic kicks, dizzying spins, swift somersaults, perilous balances and slippery contortions.”
“Writing is easy,” sportswriter Gene Fowler famously said. “All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
Garland is an eminence in the New York music world, a generous, prolific presence with whom people flock to work– including collaborations with John Zorn, Yoko Ono, Sufjan Stevens and Meredith Monk. He also hosted WNYC’s Spinning on Air for 28 years. On Verdancy, Garland sings of nature, but his tongue is as New York as “fuhgettaboutit.”
Thursday- Friday, March 29-30: Peter Schumann’s legendary troupe puts on two shows at TSL.
“People say we’re in the worst location in Woodstock. I disagree. It’s nice to be tucked away.”