4/29 Writers Unbound Literary Festival, Union Grove Distillery, Arkville, NY 6/23 Catskill Interpretive Center Book Festival, Mt. Tremper, NY 7/28 – 29 AMR Open Art Studio Tour, Halcottsville, NY 8/19 Blink Art Gallery, Andes, NY 9/8 Zadock Pratt Museum, Prattsville, NY Look for our news releases to learn more about upcoming events. Continue reading Art in the Catskills 2018 Events
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Slabsides, West Park Naturalist John Burroughs built his log cabin in West Park, Ulster County in 1895, in the Adirondack style. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968, the cabin retains most of its original furnishings, and is open to the public year round. Slabsides is one mile east of Riverby, Burroughs’ main residence. The naturalist wrote some of his most celebrated essays while at Slabsides. He … Continue reading Featured Destination: John Burroughs Estates
Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern (2015) By Francine Prose, Yale University Press, 211 pp. Best-selling author Francine Prose, known for nonfiction titles like Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and Reading Like a Writer, wrote a heartfelt biography of Peggy Guggenheim, influential art collector, and early promoter of Modernism in America. Well-ahead of her time, Peggy developed a taste for … Continue reading Books We Love: Peggy Guggenheim, The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
Novelist Annie DeWitt and photographer Jerome Jakubiec spoke about their widely praised books “White Nights in Split Town City” and “I Actually Wore This: Clothes We Can’t Believe We Bought” at Roxbury General on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25 this year. The Los Angeles Review of Books depicts “White Nights in Split Town City” as “the story of what it means to feel desired and plugged … Continue reading Book Reading Event at Roxbury General
The Irish Hunger Memorial, a public art project designed by sculptor Brian Tolle in Battery Park City, re-opened to the public late last summer after undergoing major renovations to address damage caused by water infiltration in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Originally built in the early 2000s, the monument opened for the first time on July 16, 2002. Roberta Smith from The New York Times … Continue reading The Irish Hunger Memorial Re-Opens to the Public
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Pressing cider has been a cherished tradition at Hubbell Family Farm since 1870 when the family acquired a custom-made press manufactured in Syracuse. For the first 40 years, the press was powered by a steam engine, replaced in 1917 with a gasoline engine that still runs today, a hundred years later. A popular fall activity and tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Hubbell press turns … Continue reading Pressing Cider at Hubbell Family Farm
Olana, home of 19th century landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church in Hudson, is hosting Artist on Art Tour, a series of guided tours through Olana under the tutelage of contemporary artists working in various disciplines. Artistic storytelling is a compelling part of Olana’s ongoing narrative. Participating artists offer a unique lens with which to “read” Olana, and experiment and invent with “poetic license” as they … Continue reading Artists on Art Tour at Olana
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