Anne Pyburn Craig
Articles
Sep. 3, 2015
Above: Throwing a rock into Cooper Lake in Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Panda Snaps, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Labor Day is upon us in all its bittersweet glory, and the Catskills are rising to the occasion with festivities... Read more
Aug. 6, 2015
Above: A dachshund in lederhosen from the 2014 Doxie Derby. Photo by Matt Petricone.
And they're off! We’re not talking about thoroughbred horses or greyhounds. No, the creatures that are going to be running their hearts out at Hunter Mountain on... Read more
Jul. 30, 2015
Above: Victor Mullen and John Mahoney install the art for their Jazz Soiree exhibit weekend at Liberty Rock Books. Photo via the Hobart Book Village Facebook page.
The Hobart Book Village will hold a Jazz Soiree and Sale from Friday, July 31 to Sunday,... Read more
Jul. 17, 2015
Above: Steve Earle at the 2014 season of Camp Copperhead at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian. Photo by Michael Bloom via the Camp Copperhead website.
Steve Earle fans are eagerly awaiting the second edition of Camp Copperhead, a four-day songwriting... Read more
Jul. 2, 2015
Above: A Calico Indians mask designed by Angelo Vizcarrondo for the Calico Indian Dance Showdown. Photo via Todd Whitley.
During the 19th-century Anti-Rent Wars, poor tenant farmers rebelled against their rich patrician landlords across the Catskills,... Read more
Jun. 30, 2015
Above: Fireworks at the Monticello Raceway on July 4, 2014. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Independence Day in the Catskills means barbecue, waters warm enough to swim in, and lots of time spent... Read more
Jun. 4, 2015
Above: A scene from last year's Mountain Jam. Photo via the Mountain Jam Facebook page.
Gary Chetkof, the president and owner of WDST Radio Woodstock 100.1 FM, insists he wasn’t really trying to start anything back in 2004, when he launched the first... Read more
May. 21, 2015
Above: Princesses in Liberty's 2014 Memorial Day Parade. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, submitted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool. This year, Liberty's parade takes place on Monday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Ah, Memorial Day: a bittersweet tang,... Read more
Apr. 7, 2015
Calling all Catskills artists: You’re invited to come play a Surrealist parlor game this spring.
Exquisite Corpse was an early 20th century favorite pastime for the likes of André Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miro and Man Ray. It’s the... Read more
Mar. 26, 2015
There’s a brand new outlet for creative provocateurs in the Catskills. Launched on Saturday, March 21, the first day of spring, Catskill Made is a “quarterly digital journal of artists and makers in the Catskills.”
Writer and editor Alecia Lynn Eberhardt... Read more
Mar. 19, 2015
New York state produces almost a fifth of the nation’s maple syrup, and much of that comes from the Catskills. The mountains are home to many sugarhouses, from large operations with state-of-the-art evaporators that use reverse osmosis to little shacks... Read more
Mar. 17, 2015
Above: Delhi's St. Patrick's Day parade. Photo via the parade's organizers.
It’s a gray and drizzly St. Patrick’s Day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate. Festivities celebrating the Irish continue all this week in the Catskills.
A few St. Pat’s... Read more
Mar. 12, 2015
Above: A shamrock on the slopes at Plattekill Mountain.
Why do so many turn part Irish in the season of St. Patrick? Perhaps because there is something primal about celebrating the end of winter by slathering swathes of green everywhere. Perhaps because... Read more
Mar. 3, 2015
Above: Brooke Baxter Bailey and Jeff Bailey at the Woodstok Flea Market. Photo by Alexandra Marvar.
Before leaving Williamsburg for the Catskills, Brooke Baxter Bailey and Jeff Bailey were involved in a series of Broooklyn-based experimental spaces: an... Read more
Feb. 12, 2015
Above: Snowmen in love in Roxbury promote Sunday's Hearts in the Hamlet event, via Facebook.
Just when we desperately need a celebration to take the edge off the cabin fever and the late-winter blahs, here it is Valentine’s Day. What could be lovelier?... Read more
Dec. 11, 2014
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
Dec. 5, 2014
Above: A festive bovine bust at Lucky Dog Farm Store in Hamden.
Challenge: Spend every holiday shopping dollar at a Catskills merchant this month. To help you do it, here's the third installment of our holiday shopping guide. (Want even more things to... Read more
Nov. 28, 2014
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
Nov. 26, 2014
Above: A trio of Catskills turkeys in 2008. Photo by Kristine Paulus, via Flickr.
Ah, gratitude. We all know it’s the right spirit to maintain, there’s a science supporting its benefits, and yet it can be so easy to lose track of in everyday life. How... Read more
Nov. 20, 2014
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