Making art in the Catskills
As Roxbury writer Simona David points out in the introduction to her new ebook How Art is Made in the Catskills, our region has nurtured creative people from Washington Irving to John Cage, from Thomas Cole to Bob Dylan.
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Michael Rosenthal’s Barney: Fighting censorship
Barney Rosset, the spirited subject of Michael Rosenthal’s new biography, “Barney: Grove Press and Barney Rosset, America’s Maverick Publisher and His Battle against Censorship” — which will be the subject of a reading and book signing event at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at the Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock — seems to have made only one key trip to Woodstock in his lifetime.
Pianist Yalin Chi exceeds expectations at Saugerties Pro Musica
From past experience I was expecting a fine performance from pianist Yalin Chi at Saugerties Pro Musica on February 19.
Marie in the Moonlight seeks to remind children of good qualities of little creatures
“I’ve noticed people look askance at little creatures,” said author and artist Miriam Sanders, explaining how she came to write a children’s book about a night in the life of a mouse. “They get angry at mice in the house, ground hogs that pop up in the garden, moles that make tunnels in the lawn.”
Hunt’s Layerings at WAAM
Michael Hunt, whose new series of mashup images Our Inverted Democracy: The Long Winter will get its first local showing at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock) at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4, after uniform successes at Miami’s big art fairs in late December, describes himself as a time traveler.
The man who carved Lincoln’s head
Though public record is mute, word has come our way that the head of Lincoln was carved by one Ugo Lavaggi, whose grandson, Robert Lavaggi, sells organic vegetables (in season) at the top of Wittenberg hill, and who was more than pleased to speak to us about his grandfather two Sundays ago, on that very snowy Lincoln’s birthday.
Ceramics renaissance in Woodstock
Recent years have seen the return of printmaking to art’s forefront. And now is the time for ceramics brightest hour, at least in Woodstock and the rest of the Hudson Valley.
New World Writers Post-Valentine Love Fest
The Thursday, February 16 poetry gathering at New World Home Cooking, 1411 Route 212, between Woodstock and Saugerties, will feature poets
Sarvananda Bluestone’s Yerry Hill Haiku
Sarvananda Bluestone’s blog entries for the past weekend capture the whiteness that blanketed the region and disrupted its power.
Planned Parenthood benefit concert Friday in Woodstock
Students from the Paul Green Rock Academy will perform along with special guests Simi Stone, Amy Pickering, Ambrosia Parsley, Dan Littleton, Zach Djanikian, Chris Maxwell, and others.