The high-end boutique hotel being built behind the Center for Photography at Woodstock between Tinker Street and the former Hillcrest Ave., now Sgt. Richard Quinn Drive, has proven controversial— particularly the plan to add a bar and café with alcohol sales.
The town of Hurley planning board has been in preliminary talks for the development of a site plan for a 46 unit multi-family apartment project in the two buildings that once made up the West Hurley school, which was sold by the Onteora School District to Brooklyn real estate developers in February, 2017.
The referendum was devised as a remedy to what opponents see as the trustees’ failure to carry out the wishes of those who participated in a recent survey showing 29 percent are in favor of new construction. (The library board is pressing ahead with plans for a new building.) The pro-referendum group also claims decades of missteps and neglecting routine maintenance on the current building.
The Tomas Young/Pearl Jam/Phoenicia thrift shop story begins with Young’s enlistment in the Army after the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The production, set in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, will be one of 13 events at the ninth annual Voicefest, held August 3 through 5 at the outdoor stage in Phoenicia’s Parish Field and other venues around town.
There’s no statute against statues.
Woodstock Library trustees unanimously approved a budget July 19 for September voter consideration that includes funding for Monday hours and a 2 percent raise for salaried staff, while keeping the tax levy increase at 1.5 percent.
July 30-Aug. 4: The School of Art’s Monoprint Invitational, featuring 62 artists backed by four master printers. What are monoprints? Unlike classic multi-print formats from block and wood cuts to etching and intaglio, monoprints are often the simple transfer of paint to paper through a glass or other “negative.” It’s messy, unpredictable, perfect for experimentation, and hence not only a challenge but a great way for artists to fully explore their creativity, to really show underlying chops.
The production runs at the Comeau Property in Woodstock from July 27 through September 2, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, at 5:30 p.m.
It all kicks off Saturday, July 28, with a children’s parade at 9:45 a.m. from Comeau Drive led by singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer, who is also one of the honorees. The Library Fair runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.