Weekend in the Catskills – 9/5/14

Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers Initiated in 2013, Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers celebrates its second edition this weekend, September 5 – 7. Twenty-three renowned writers, poets and educators will be leading workshops and giving readings: Mary Johnson, Tayari Jones, Esther Cohen, Marianela Medrano, Sophronia Scott, Breena Clarke, Mermer Blakeslee, Bertha Rogers, Lynn Domina, Kat Rosenfield, Stephanie Nikolopoulos, and others. I will … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 9/5/14

Weekend in the Catskills – 8/1/14

Weekend in the Catskills – and, what a weekend! This evening at 8 pm the Bolshoi Ballet and Orchestra will perform Don Quixote at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs – for tickets and more information go to http://www.spac.org/events/2014/08/01/bolshoi-ballet-orchestra. The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice kicked off its fifth season Wednesday night with flamenco and popular Spanish songs. The highlight of the season … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 8/1/14

Weekend in the Catskills – 7/25/14

  Yet another grand weekend for the arts in the Catskills! My recommendations this weekend include: an open studio tour in Roxbury, Margaretville and Andes, opera at Belleayre Mountain, theater in Woodstock and Franklin, and dance in Tannersville. AMR (Andes, Margaretville, Roxbury) Open Studios Tour This weekend twenty artists in Andes, Margaretville and Roxbury open their studios to the public, and show their working spaces. … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 7/25/14

Yung Yung Tsuai: The Difference in Butterflies

Re-posted from Short Compositions on Life, Art, PR and More (originally posted on 8.14.2011) “I would love to be as soft and free as silk,” Yung Yung Tsuai Monday, August 15 from 1 to 2 pm I will have another special guest on WIOX: Yung Yung Tsuai – Chinese dancer and martial arts expert. Born in China in 1948, Yung Yung was raised in Taipei, Taiwan. She started to take … Continue reading Yung Yung Tsuai: The Difference in Butterflies