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At 98, Manuel Bromberg won’t give an inch
(Photo by Dion Ogust) Manuel Bromberg needed a cliff. It would be a grand sculpture. It was the mid-1960s and the artist, a professor of painting at SUNY New Paltz, had just been awarded a grant for...
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Every Father’s Daughter
The reading for the remarkable new collection of essays, Every Father’s Daughter: 24 Writers Remember Their Fathers — which takes place at least in part at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 23 at Woodstock’s Golden...
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WSA, CPW will get new leadership
Chris Seubert, new WSA director. (photo by Dion Ogust) Big changes are again underway in the Woodstock cultural scene. First came Nancy Campbell’s announcement that she was stepping down from the...
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Songwriters, seniors collaborate in a restorative fashion
Songwriter Dave Kearney and 86-year-old Carlo Travaglia working on a song. (photo by Thomas Colello) “We all need meaning and purpose, and at the end of life, we need to feel like our life meant...
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Les Gerber’s Maverick Memories
(Photo by Dion Ogust) During my first season reviewing Maverick Concerts, in the mid-1970s, I was surprised and gratified by the quality of the series. However, one concert turned out to be a serious...
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Landy’s Opening Night
Marlene Dietrich, New York City 1968, by Elliott Landy. Before he captured Janis Joplin or Jimi Hendrix on stage, got to know Bob Dylan and then The Band when they played a Woody Guthrie tribute at...
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James Cox, Mary Anna Goetz celebrate 25 Woodstock years
James Cox and Mary Anna Goetz (photo by Dion Ogust) James Cox and Mary Anna Goetz, married nearly 45 years now, are seated behind their Willow gallery talking about the 25 years they’ve been part of...
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Gearing up at Voice Fest
Maria Whitcomb, Voice Fest intern. (photo by Violet Snow) “We’re training a new generation, a new breed of artist,” said Maria Todaro, mezzo-soprano and executive director of the Phoenicia...
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The art of the Maverick
Hervey White by Wang Jida, study for a life size bronze. (photo by Dion Ogust) The great tragic sculptor John Flannagan, three of whose rarely seen works are serving as centerpieces of the ambitious...
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‘Our Country’s Good’ in renovated Byrdcliffe Theater
Shauna Kanter of VOICETheatre enjoys the remodeled space. Photos by Dion Ogust Audiences attending VOICETheatre performances of Our Country’s Good have been among the first to enjoy Woodstock’s...
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Von Stade, Livengood highlight Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
Setting the stage for the Voice Festival. (photo by Dion Ogust) “We are called ‘the little engine that could,’” said Maria Todaro, co-founder and executive director of the Phoenicia International...
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Voices of distinction in Phoenicia
Lauren Flanigan sings at the festival on July 31. (photo by Dion Ogust) The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice extends to many styles of vocal music, but it’s run by opera singers and tends...
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Holz Hollywood
Photograph of Cyndi Lauper by George Holz. Dennis Hopper’s pinched, grizzled, weathered face stares out from the book jacket. Little white shapes around his head suggest flower petals, until you...
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Woodstock Film Fest announces plentiful bounty
The Woodstock Film Festival, which unspools in Woodstock and a variety of other Hudson Valley communities in less than a month, came out with a slew of high-profile announcements this past week. First...
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‘Carnival of the Animals’ at St. Gregory’s
Matthew Odell, Adelaide Roberts and Marie Duane. (photos Courtesy of Adelaide Roberts) Elephants are useful friends, Equipped with handles at both ends. They have a wrinkled moth-proof hide. Their...
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Film Fest’s sweet 16th
(Photo by Dion Ogust) There was a hush around Woodstock earlier this week. But by Wednesday that was disappearing as attendees for the “Sweet 16” outing of the Woodstock Film Festival started arriving...
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Searching for Carlos at Film Festival
Meira Blaustein, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Cristofer and Martha Frankel at the Film Festival. (photo by Dion Ogust) When a friend of mine in California wanted to know if I would cover The...
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Lasdun at Library Forum
James Lasdun (photo by Dion Ogust) James Lasdun, who’ll be reading for this weekend’s Woodstock Library Forum at 5 p.m. Saturday, October 17, has a way of working his Woodstock life of recent decades...
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WAAM benefit auction’s gavel hits
Untitled (Figures on Boat) by John Fenton. Lucky 13. At least that’s how any serious art collectors in the area should feel looking at what the 13th annual auction to benefit the Woodstock Artists...
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James Cox, Mary Anna Goetz celebrate 25 Woodstock years
James Cox and Mary Anna Goetz (photo by Dion Ogust) James Cox and Mary Anna Goetz, married nearly 45 years now, are seated behind their Willow gallery talking about the 25 years they’ve been part of...
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