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Weekend in the Catskills – 10/09/2015

This weekend in the Catskills: The American Ballet Theatre performs at Bard College; Dia:Beacon is hosting an art talk with curator Jenny Jaskey focusing on the works of Robert Irwin; Fenimore Art Museum is hosting its annual Americana Symposium focusing this year on the history of photography, particularly the invention of daguerreotypes and their impact on mid-19th century portrait painters. Read more at Upstater.com. Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 10/09/2015

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Weekend in the Catskills – 10/02/2015

This weekend: The Woodstock Film Festival celebrates its 16th season; The Columbia County Council on the Arts is having its annual Member Show; And, the Rhinebeck Arts Festival takes place at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds. Read more at Upstater.com. Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 10/02/2015

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Weekend in the Catskills – 9/25/2015

This weekend in the Catskills: Writing Myth – A Spillian Writing Imaginarium with Dr. Leigh Melander; Margaretville Cauliflower Festival celebrates its 12th anniversary; Geologist Robert Titus is leading a hike at Olana State Historic Site, exploring the influences on the 19th century landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church; And, Natalie Merchant performs at Bard College. Read more at Upstater.com.   Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 9/25/2015

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Weekend in the Catskills – 9/18/2015

This weekend: The Alexander String Quartet at the West Kortright Centre; Community Day at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site; And, the City of the Hills Arts & Music Festival in Oneonta. Find more at Upstater.com. Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 9/18/2015

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Weekend in the Catskills – 9/11/2015

This weekend: Hobart Festival of Women Writers is celebrating its third anniversary this weekend with a variety of workshops from poetry and memoir to blogging and publishing. The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown is hosting its 37th Annual Harvest Festival. And, Basilica Hudson, co-founded by Melissa Auf der Maur, who once played with Smashing Pumpkins, is hosting SoundScape, a weekend of music and art. For more, … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 9/11/2015

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Weekend in the Catskills – 9/4/2015

This weekend: Vintage baseball and fireworks in Roxbury; The 34th Annual Iroquois Festival takes place in Howes Cave; Happy Traum performs at Maverick Concert Hall; Elena Zang Gallery in Woodstock is showing new works by painter and printmaker Joan Snyder. Read more at Upstater.com. Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 9/4/2015

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Featured Artist: Lisbeth Firmin

Lisbeth Firmin was born in Paducah, Kentucky in 1949. She is a contemporary American realist known for her urban landscapes. For over four decades her work has been in hundreds of solo and group shows across the country and internationally. There was a retrospective exhibition at the Taft School in Watertown, CT in 2011, featuring painting and prints from 1994-2010. In 2010, Firmin’s monoprint, “Heading … Continue reading Featured Artist: Lisbeth Firmin

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Weekend in the Catskills – 8/21/2015

This weekend: Cooperstown Summer Music Festival’s last concert of the season takes place Sunday evening at the Otesaga Hotel – the program includes compositions by Ravel, Stravinsky, Gershwin, and others; The Mohonk Mountain House is hosting a Barnival on Saturday evening; The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville presents Summer Shortcuts V Friday, Saturday and Sunday; And, Hobart Book Village of the Catskills is hosting an … Continue reading Weekend in the Catskills – 8/21/2015

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