Arts
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 11:26 pm
A "Sundance-developed feature film" alliteratively titled "Martha Marcy May Marlene," is casting extras and minor roles tomorrow afternoon, Friday the 20th, at Tennanah Lake in Roscoe. The Catskill Chronicle has details:
No experience is required for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 3:45 pm
Today is the big day for the Rosendale Theatre Collective. The group that spent this year raising money to buy the endangered Rosendale Theatre is signing its mortgage and spending its Pepsi Refresh Grant, possibly as we speak. Tonight at 6pm, there will... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 3:25 pm
On WIOX's blog, they've posted previews of some of the regular shows the station has planned. (Among them: our correspondent Simona David's Monday-noon talk show, which will kick off on August 30 with guest interviewee Linda Norris, recently returned from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 1:01 pm
A lonely feminist divorcee, a family man wistful for the bachelor life, a woman worrying that the new man in her life will break her heart. You already know these people – and by the time the curtain drops on Closer Than Ever, you really know them.
First... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 12:11 pm
There's been some pain for just about everybody in the New York State budget this year. But the budget cuts have been especially tough on state-funded arts organizations.
The Catskill Daily Mail has one word for the state of arts funding in New York: "... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 - 11:26 am
Brian Eppley, a Pennsylvania-based painter, posted a portrait of a scene near Fleischmanns on his blog this week. Something about the scene has been haunting him since this winter, when he came through the Catskills to ski:
I've had this image in my head... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 5:07 pm
A reader emailed us to let us know that the 8:30pm shows tonight and tomorrow at the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice will be preceded by even more vocalicious festivity:
While the Friday and Saturday Performances are set for 8:30 at the park, Todaro notes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 1:37 pm
The Liberty Indy reports that outdoor movies in Lapolt Park -- cancelled hastily last month, when the organizers were informed that one has to pay to host public movie performances -- are back.
After a hiatus caused by licensing issues, MOVIES IN THE... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 11:04 am
Phoenicia is festooned with banners celebrating this weekend's Festival of the Voice, which starts tonight. Photo via the Festival of the Voice Facebook page.
We're skipping our blurbalicious event roundup this week to put out some fires in other parts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 4:37 pm
How do you fill a row of empty storefronts in a small town? You could offer economic incentives or be generous with your zoning laws. Or, if you're the town of Roxbury, in Delaware County, you could invite teams of designers to give the stores makeovers... Read more
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