Arts
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 - 1:24 pm
Above: The Phoenicia Library's snazzy new sign, via its Facebook page.
After the Phoenicia Library burned down on March 19, 2011, it took almost four years for it to rise from the ashes. But rise it did, with the close-knit Shandaken community raising $... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 - 11:28 am
Above: Barnes Hill on a sunny fall day in 2014. Photo by Dennis Schevjda, via Flickr.
If the national travel press has anything to do with it, the Catskills will be flooded with tourists in 2015.
Two separate publications, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 - 10:16 am
Gov. Andrew Cuomo handed out early Christmas presents on Thursday, Dec. 11 in the form of $709.2 million in economic and community development funding to hundreds of organizations across New York state. Several Catskills organizations, including MTC Cable... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 - 9:20 am
Above: A window display at Ragtime Clothing Exchange in Callicoon, which hosts its first Dickens on the Delaware event this weekend. Photo via the Dickens on the Delaware Facebook page.
The snow is on the ground, just in time for the fourth installment... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 - 1:20 pm
It's holiday shopping season in earnest, now that Thanksgiving is over. You can spend all your gift-giving dollars this year with Catskills merchants and businesses, and maybe see a few Christmas trees and even Santa himself while you're at it. To help... Read more
By Jenna Scherer on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 - 11:47 am
By the time audiences usually see a dance, it’s the final, perfected product—the polished result of months of work. But New York City-based choreographer Christopher Williams is giving viewers a chance to see what a movement piece looks like at the very... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 - 3:10 pm
Above: The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo features indie crafters and makers selling their wares in Kingston. One of the many vendors that will be there this weekend is Wishbone Letterpress, which is run by the Hullabaloo's founder and co-organizer Danielle... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 - 12:21 pm
Water is an ever-present fact of life in the Catskills--especially in the small towns that have seen frequent flooding in the last few decades.
It's also an ever-renewing source of inspiration for artists and musicians, from 18th-century German composer... Read more
By Jenna Scherer on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 - 10:21 am
David Becker released "To Be Forever Wild," a documentary film about the Catskills, in the summer of 2014. The project has been four years in the making—we interviewed Becker back in 2012 about his plans for the film, which was shot and edited... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 - 11:04 am
Above: Simi Stone. Photo via her Facebook page.
Simi Stone, a Woodstock-based music phenom who blows audiences away with her huge voice and stage presence, will be playing the Bearsville Theater on Sunday, Nov. 9. alongside a phalanx of other female... Read more
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