Julia Reischel
Articles
Jul. 31, 2012
A flash mob of opera fans staged an impromptu performance on the Walkway Over the Hudson on Saturday morning to promote this weekend's Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice.
VoiceFest executive director Kerry Henderson sent us these photos of... Read more
Jul. 30, 2012
Top: Maria Todaro, left, and Michelle Jennings. Above: The "Divas Unleashed" in action. This is just one of over 20 events happening this weekend as part of the Festival of the Voice.
This Thursday, the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice... Read more
Jul. 30, 2012
The following is a press release from the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. -- Julia Reischel
On Thursday, August 2nd at 7:30PM, the “Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice” begins its annual four day celebration with the operatic... Read more
Jul. 24, 2012
We've been racking up freebies and discounts in our WP Deals section. Three local musical deals are below. Click the links to see the fine print, and the "Buy Now" buttons to buy.
WP Deal: 50% off two-week Summer Jam Camp for Teens & Tweens
Get your... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
It's a first -- the Watershed Post is partnering with the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce to produce a print (yes, print!) and online guide to the Catskills outdoors, just in time for the Central Catskills Great Outdoors Experience Festival on... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
Above: Dorothy Maffei in an Arkville warehouse where she and teams of volunteers stored tons of clothing donated after Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher Auger-Dominguez.
This week in our Faces of the Flood series: How donations after a disaster... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
Dorothy MaffeiOwner, Home Goods kitchen storeVolunteer coordinatorMargaretville, Delaware County
Above: Dorothy Maffei in an Arkville warehouse where she and teams of volunteers sorted and stored tons of clothing donated after Tropical Storm Irene.... Read more
Jul. 19, 2012
Above and below: Rosa Isela De Los Santos, right, and her family. Photos by Julia Reischel.
Last August, Rosa Isela De Los Santos felt some pain in her stomach. When she went to the doctor, she discovered that she had gastric cancer.
Since then, De Los... Read more
Jul. 18, 2012
Our Faces of the Flood photographer, Christopher Auger-Dominguez, is blogging about his experience photographing subjects around the Catskills after Tropical Storm Irene. Here's his entry for our first subject, Bill Lonecke:
Faces of the Flood: Bill... Read more
Jul. 14, 2012
Above: Yvonne Reuter stands in front of "Villa Yvonne," her house in Fleischmanns. Reuter, her 90-year-old mother, and her 14-year-old niece escaped from here by walking through waist-high floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher... Read more
Jul. 13, 2012
Above: Catskills slogans generated by the collective hive-mind via the #catskillsslogans hashtag on Twitter. We designed some of them into T-shirts. Because they're awesome. (If you'll give us permission, we'll make a T-shirt out of yours, too. Buy any... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012
The Margaretville Fire Department was founded way back in 1887, 125 years ago. To celebrate, firefighters old and very young (see above) marched in a parade through Margaretville on Saturday, July 7. Reader Sharon Goldstein sent us these photos from the... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012
The conversation over the Catskill Scenic Byway Project continues. For background, click here and here. -- Julia Reischel
To the Editor,
The Scenic By-way Plan for Route 28 has been misunderstood, misrepresented, misinterpreted and mistakenly attacked... Read more
Jul. 10, 2012
Normally, the loudest thing in downtown Andes on a given weekend is a passing motorcycle. But this Saturday, teenagers from across the Catskills will converge on the fire pavilion on Tremperskill Road to play rock, alternative rock, thrash metal, and... Read more
Jul. 6, 2012
Above: Brian Handy and his DEP vehicle parked upstream of the Gilboa Dam off State Route 990V, where Handy spent Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher Auger-Domínguez.
Our next subject in the Faces of the Flood Project, a collaborative effort to... Read more