Arts
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 12:19 pm
Photo of pianist Rafal Lewandowski performing Chopin at a Friends of Music concert at the Cyr Center in Stamford, May 15, 2011. By Kevin Wilson; reproduced with permission.
This weekend, the spirit of Tanglewood descends on Stamford, with an outdoor... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 3:14 pm
Pete Seeger singing at Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival in 2008. Photo by Jim Capaldi, via Flickr.
Clear the decks, folk music fans -- this weekend is Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, the granddaddy of New York folk music festivals. This... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 - 6:13 pm
If you're invested in the future of farming and local food in upstate New York, you'll want to seize the chance to catch a local screening of "The Greenhorns," a documentary about young farmers out to reclaim American agriculture from the roots up. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Top: Rick Bennett as Goering and Mikhail Horowitz as Spinoza in a rehearsal for Midget in a Catsuit Reciting Spinoza, opening this weekend in Woodstock. Photo provided by the Woodstock Players. Above: Carey Harrison talking about the play in a video... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011 - 10:42 pm
Harpo, a White Crested Polish chicken, is just two weeks old, but already practicing the patented Inscrutable Chicken Face. Thanks to Bovina resident Lynne Resch (also the proprietor of Two Stones Realty) for the photo.
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jun. 12, 2011 - 11:24 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. To see Gary's artwork in person, check out his May - June show at the West Kortright Centre. (And for more on what's going on with... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Jun. 10, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: A storm looms over the Catskills in Delhi. Photo by Flickr user Max Talbot-Minkin.
The recent weather nutsiness -- particularly the tornado warning for Delaware County two weeks ago -- inspired our occasional poetical contributor (and SUNY Delhi... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2011 - 1:43 pm
From left to right: James Rueger, representative from Shandaken, Pine Hill Community Center (holding small round sign); Robert Selkowitz, Town of Olive (holding rectangular sign); Diane Galusha, Catskill Watershed Corporation; Doris Bartlett, Town of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2011 - 4:40 pm
Photo of Elton John at the 2011 premiere of The Union at the Tribeca Film Festival by David Shankbone. Published under Creative Commons license.
Seems you can't have a big act at Bethel Woods (Phish, anyone?) without some outsize drama to go along with it... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 6, 2011 - 11:44 am
Gov't Mule performing "Thorazine Shuffle" at Hunter Mountain's Mountain Jam Festival on Saturday.
The seventh annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain went off splendidly over the weekend, and featured a showstopping act from a diva-esque performer... Read more