Book Release
Now “Art in the Catskills” is available as paperback and e-book Buy on Amazon and Kindle Continue reading Book Release
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
Weekend in the Catskills – 7/18/14
If there was ever a perfect weekend to be in the Catskills, this would be it: pleasant weather, in the mid-70s during the day, and low 50s at night, an abundance of green, and birds, and all the beautiful things that make country living so enriching. And, there is art – lots of it this weekend. The Phoenicia Spoken Word event takes place tonight at … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 7/18/14
Weekend in the Catskills – 7/11/14
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
The Season Opens at Orphic Gallery in Roxbury
The season opens at Orphic Gallery in Roxbury, NY on June 7 with music photography by Catherine Sebastian. Sebastian’s photographs have been published in prestigious magazines; she’s also done album covers for well-known musicians. The exhibition Images & Objects, Stories & Sounds, which also includes musical assemblages by Lenny Kislin, will run through June 29. More information at http://orphicgallery.com/exhibitions/ Continue reading The Season Opens at Orphic Gallery in Roxbury
Fenimore Art Museum
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Rare Photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Andes, NY
Re-posted from Short Compositions on Life, Art, PR and More (originally posted on 7.22.2011) “This summer, Andes is a destination for Beatles memorabilia. A collection of 23 never-before-published images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their West Village apartment in New York City are displayed at Andes Art & Antiques. Merna Popper owns the gallery, which is in a barn attached to the back of her … Continue reading Rare Photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Andes, NY
Four Art Documentaries You Won’t Regret Watching
Re-posted from Short Compositions on Life, Art, PR and More (originally posted on 7.26.2009) Since it’s summer and vacation time – that period of the year when we feel like accumulating new experiences, seeing and learning new things – I feel like recommending a few documentaries I watched recently and enjoyed a lot.What I propose today is: “Mark Twain” (2000), “Stravinsky: Once at a Border” (2008), “The … Continue reading Four Art Documentaries You Won’t Regret Watching
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
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