January may seem like forever up here in the mountains with cold, long nights, and not enough sun to keep us company. But there is art, and that is nourishing. Many events taking place this weekend: exquisite collections of art at the Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, quirky and fresh Creative Non-Fiction presented by Writers in the Mountains in Pine Hill, the 18th celebration of … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 1/23/15
Art in the Catskills, The Definitive Guide to the Catskills’ Rich Cultural Life is a compendium of one hundred and twenty-three arts organizations, events and other attractions in the Catskills and surrounding area, some in the neighboring Hudson Valley, and others elsewhere upstate New York. The guide includes anything from museums and memorial sites to summer festivals, art galleries and residencies, as well as … Continue reading The Second Edition Is Now Available as Paperback and E-Book
Mohonk Mountain House Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz is hosting the Wired Gallery’s annual Art Foray event featuring close to thirty local artists and artisans working in various media this Thursday, December 11 and Friday, December 12 from 11 am to 6 pm. Mohonk Mountain House, a Victorian castle built in 1869 on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, is one of America’s most beautiful … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 12/12/14
Arts and crafts holiday markets have become quite popular in the Catskills over the past few years, to catch on a rising trend of shopping local, artisanal products. Bard College Prestigious Bard College is hosting its own annual Arts & Crafts Fair this Friday, December 5 from 11 am to 6 pm at Bertelsmann Center in Anandale-on-Hudson. The “Art and Craft of the Book,” presented … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 12/05/14
This weekend in the Catskills: a panel on self-publishing, filmmaking workshops, painting classes, theater and puppet shows – difficult to choose where to be, and what to do! To Be (Self-Published) or Not to Be (Self-Published): Panel Discussion From Violet Snow, author and journalist: “It’s a tough decision for a writer. Do you bang your head against the wall of trying to get an agent … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 11/7/14
This weekend in the Catskills: jazz, Schubert, Shakespeare, family day at Byrdcliffe Guild in Woodstock, and an art studio tour in Saugerties. The Joy of Jazz week, a program of the Catskill Jazz Factory, will conclude with performances in Tannersville this Friday and Saturday: Late Night Jam Sessions starting at 10 pm at the Last Chance Tavern on Rt. 23A on both evenings, and The … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 8/8/14
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
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
Plenty to do for art lovers in the Catskills this weekend: One Night with Fanny Brice performance at The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville, a Smithsonian lecture at the Zadock Pratt Museum in Prattsville, Chagall in High Falls new exhibition at the Emporium in High Falls, the Irish Arts Week Festival in East Durham, and the launch of the Hudson Music Project in Saugerties, are … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 7/11/14
Re-posted from Short Compositions on Life, Art, PR and More (originally posted on 3.3.2011) “Have you ever thought of the beauty shop as more of a parlor than a place where women go to get a haircut? Faye Lane did more than that: as a chubby yet sweet little girl growing up in her mama’s beauty salon in Texas, Lane imagined that the beauty shop’s floor was her … Continue reading Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories Come to Roxbury
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