Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison: Photography to inspire social change
The two-month exhibit at Woodstock’s Center for Photography kicks off with a reception Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Woodstock Framing Gallery features exhibit of iconic rock photos from original negatives
Joe Stefko will speak about the collection Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. The exhibit will be up through Thanksgiving.
Dylan’s Nobel: Series of dreams
It was perhaps less the case that Bob sincerely wanted to change the world; and more the case that he wanted to become the greatest songwriter of all time, and so started writing what songs he was allowed to write, which utilized his poetic gift but — most crucially of all — would be popular. Woodstock proved to be that creatively fertile but musically neutral Petri dish. Which exploded.
Art of the world at Cox auction
“I can’t think of anything so layered with emotion, with history, with ‘New Yorkiness.’”
Film Fest 17: A feast for the eyes and soul
Best takeaway of the night? Baldwin’s quip to the packed Woodstock Playhouse audience: “Donald Trump has promised to donate a million dollars to the Woodstock Film Festival if I win an award and have to stay here on Saturday night,” a rakish nod to his recurring role on Saturday Night Live as the Republican nominee.
Woodstock Invitational Luthiers’ Showcase at Bearsville this weekend
This intimate gathering for the community of acoustic stringed-instrument builders, players, collectors and aficionados has become one of the premier international events of its kind in the world today
Dylan’s rules of the road
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, well deserved from this view, and a portion of the body of work on which he’s been judged was created in Woodstock. People often wonder about how an actor learns the long soliloquies of Shakespeare. But most can readily quote Dylan. See if you can follow the meandering puzzle below.
Woodstock attorney donates extraordinary book collection to Bard
Bard College librarian Helene Tieger’s hands, gloved in blue latex, place the 1556 copy of the Magna Carta on blocks that will support it with minimal stress on the spine. With infinite gentleness, she opens it to display a pair of pages. I can’t read the Latin, but my mind is boggled by the idea that I’m looking, in person, at a world-changing text printed four and half centuries ago.
Woodstock Film Festival illuminates the fine art
The 17th annual Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) projects its presence on the region from October 13 to 16, with more
Book Review: The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy is a thriller that belongs on the literary top shelf with Graham Greene and Charles McCarry, a thriller in the way Henry James’s “The Turn Of The Screw” is a ghost story. The thrills it offers are those of narrative and philosophy.