Woodstock
By lissakiernan on Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2017 - 1:32 pm
Celebrate the launch of Poetry Barn's second “Third Fridays @Woodstock Library” season with renaissance men Mike Jurkovic and Robert Burke Warren, both accomplished writers, performers, and musicians. An open mic will follow. If you have a poem, essay,... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 - 10:46 am
Tiokasin Ghosthorse is a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota. He has a long history with indigenous activism and advocacy. As a writer and performer his presentation will include one Native culture of the Lakota Nation. Expect to... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 - 10:42 am
Why do we feel bad or insecure about ourselves, and how can we start feeling better? Life Coach Peter Heymann says to figure out what may be causing us to feel stuck are patterns of interaction from our early life. The patterns we learn are formed early,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 - 8:21 am
Public protests aimed at the new Trump administration will occur across the world, timed to coincide with today's Women's March on Washington. More than 600 events are planned for today, a few of them in the Catskills region. Women's March organizers have... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 - 5:16 pm
Karen Whitman and Rick Pantell are an acoustic duo who perform mostly original music that is both humorous and thought-provoking. They have performed at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival and the New Jersey Folk Festival, among numerous venues, and... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 - 12:14 pm
What did our hometown look like to Dutch and English explorers? Lines on a map. Beautiful examples of the cartographer’s art. Peer into our colorful past in this informative slide lecture. Richard D. Quodomine, is a geographer and author who works in both... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 - 12:11 pm
Leslie Gerber is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Lies of the Poets and The Edge of Sleep. They have been acclaimed by such well-known writers as Gail Godwin, Billy Collins, Eamon Grennan, Charles Baxter, and Robert Olen Butler. A relative newcomer to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 - 3:10 pm
Woodstock town supervisor Jeremy Wilber died at home on Jan. 1 after a battle with cancer, the Daily Freeman reports. He was 66.
Wilber had been in hospice care for several months, though he continued working on town business until shortly before his... Read more
By swidmeyer on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 - 3:10 pm
Juilliard Students Join Local Opera Singer for Holiday Concert December 11 in Woodstock
Imagine six talented musicians from the Juilliard School in New York teaming up with local opera singer Kerry Henderson for a blockbuster Holiday... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 - 8:52 am
The concert will be a mix of original and traditional folk songs. Julie’s album, In Her Dream, has been played on over 155 stations, nationally and internationally, and was on the Roots & Music Report for the sub-genre Folk for July and August. It... Read more