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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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Halloween concert opens Phoenicia Voicefest “Gatherings
Louis Otey will sing songs by opera villains at the Voicefest Halloween event. (Courtesy of Maria Todaro) “We want to demystify opera and counteract the idea that it’s just for the elite,” said Maria...
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Sante’s The Other Paris
In Luc Sante’s densely-conjured and deeply researched new book The Other Paris, the now-infamous Bataclan Concert Hall is referenced in a long litany of examples of establishments that presented the...
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Larry and Teresa Surrender to Love
Larry and Teresa (photo by Mark Seliger) It was 1978 when Larry Campbell first came to Woodstock. He was introduced to the town by the legendary John Herald who was “looking for a guy to join his band...
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Frieser takes the reins at CPW
Hannah Frieser (photo by Dion Ogust) Hannah Frieser started her new job as executive director at the Center for Photography at Woodstock a few weeks back. She and her partner had found a cottage to...
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I could be wrong
On December 6, 2015 during the Woodstock Holiday Open House celebration I handed out a bumper sticker that read, “I could be wrong” to people on the streets, in the stores, and the galleries. As I went...
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“The Band Photographs” defines a moment in time
The Band, Canada, 1968, Rick’s uncle’s farm. Photo by Elliott Landy. Elliott Landy stands over a stack of proofs that he used to decide what would go into his new book, The Band Photographs, 1968-1969....
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New WAAM director Janice La Motta
Janice La Motta (photo by Dion Ogust) Janice La Motta says things have moved very quickly since she was appointed Executive Director of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) in October....
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Hattie Iles at Oriole9
Apricot Festival by Hatti Iles. Hatti Iles — whose 6 foot 8 inch by 3 foot oil on wood painting “Bonfire Moon” graced the cover of Ulster Publishing’s Gift Guide a few weeks back and will be the focus...
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Sanders book is bio of Sharon Tate
Ed Sanders (photo by Alan Carey) I’m just a poet who lives in a little town in the Catskills,” Ed Sanders says with a laugh. And, though the year has only just begun, that might be one of its biggest...
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The Inklings, Woodstock teen writing group, meet at Golden Notebook
Dante Kanter, left, and Jack Warren, founders of the Inklings. (photo by Violet Snow) When J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were in college at Oxford in the 1930s, they belonged to a writing group called...
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Inside WAAM’s vault
Hannah (Small) painting by Austin Merrill Mecklem will be in WAAM’s Feb. 6 opening. Spring cleaning, a little color on the walls and preparations for the beginning of the 2016 season have kept everyone...
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First show at Zena Music Lab
Michael Lang and Paul Green. (photo by Dion Ogust) Woodstockers can get their first glimpse of The Woodstock Music Laboratory that’s being created out of the former Zena Elementary School by Paul Green...
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Cox’s virtual gavel is poised to sell
Boxers by Fletcher Martin According to the European Fine Art Foundation, (TEFAF), online sales of art reached $3.6 billion in 2014, or about 6% of all worldwide sales. “That’s a big number, and I was...
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Todaro teaches at Rock Academy
Maria Todaro In the classical music world, opera singers used to be scorned for performing in other genres. “If you had recorded CD’s in the rock industry, you changed your name, and you didn’t put it...
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Gaylin dishes True Crime and Hollywood glamour
Alison Gaylin (photo by Franco Vogt) Want to listen in on a lively conversation between two longtime writer friends discussing one of their brand new books? Then go to the Kleinert/James Center for the...
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Music: Spectacular Chi
Yalin Chi Pianist Yalin Chi, assisted by the newly renovated piano at Saugerties United Methodist Church, opened her program there on February 21 with beautiful, luminous sound and gorgeous relaxation...
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Jeff Jacobson’s political photography
Presidential candidate Chris Christie in Ames, Iowa. (Copyright Jeff Jacobson) Photographer Jeff Jacobson of Mount Tremper has had major success in his career. His work is in the permanent collections...
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Woodstock Writer’s Fest dives into the drug problem
Martha Frankel (photo by Dion Ogust) The seventh annual Woodstock Writer’s Festival joins the local dialogue on the drug epidemic, offering inspiration from writers who have trod the difficult path...
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Twyla Tharp in Hunter
Twyla Tharp in 1992. (photo by Greg Gorman) The story reveals a lot about Twyla Tharp and why she’s one of the century’s most renowned choreographers. Sitting with a handful of reporters at the...
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