Festivals
By Rebecca Andre on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 - 4:20 pm
Above: Collage of musicians playing this year's O+ Festival. Image from O+ website.
More then 60 musical acts, 25 artists, a kick-off parade, workshops and classes and a late-night literary salon come to Kingston this weekend during the O+ Festival (... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 - 5:50 pm
Above: One of Catskill Puppet Theater's giant puppets at the Taste of the Catskills Festival. From the Taste of the Catskills Festival website.
Giant puppets, a bocce tournament, the "Farm Olympics," a horse show and live music on two stages come to... Read more
By Paula Ann Mitchell on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 - 3:06 pm
Katie Cokinos wasn’t too sure the film she had labored over was going to happen until she found Ridgely Manor. The country refuge in the Ulster County hamlet of Stone Ridge had just the right presence to become Aunt Vera’s estate in the feature film “I... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 11, 2015 - 1:47 pm
Image via the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society's website.
If you've always wanted an excuse to dress your dog in a grass skirt, tomorrow you'll have your chance at the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society's "Bow Wow Luau," a combination fundraiser... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 10, 2015 - 12:35 am
The Ulster County town of Olive has a lot to celebrate this week.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, State Senator James L. Seward announced that the town will receive $150,000 in grants to buy new police equipment and to replace the roof of the town highway garage.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 5, 2015 - 8:50 am
The last place you'd expect to find a reggae festival is Bloomville, a hamlet in the middle of rolling dairy country. Here, you're lucky if you can get a strong radio signal, and if you do, you'll hear country or rock, or maybe bluegrass and folk.... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Sep. 3, 2015 - 12:54 pm
Above: Throwing a rock into Cooper Lake in Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Panda Snaps, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Labor Day is upon us in all its bittersweet glory, and the Catskills are rising to the occasion with festivities celebrating... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 - 6:11 pm
Above: The 2014 MudFest in Prattsville. Photo via the MudFest Facebook page.
It was four years ago today that Tropical Storm Irene flooded towns across the Catskills. The Greene County town of Prattsville, which saw much of its Main Street swept away by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 10:04 pm
Above: A sign for the pie sale at the 2014 Old Franklin Day. This year, the revamped event, known as New Old Franklin Day, still features pies. Photo via the Greater Franklin Chamber of Commerce website.
The annual community day in the Delaware County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 11:55 am
Above: Carriage rides at the Bethel Woods Harvest Festival, via the Bethel Woods website.
Harvest season is upon us. This Sunday, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in the Sullivan County town of Bethel kicks begins its weekly Harvest Festival, which... Read more
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