Festivals
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 - 10:48 am
Pigs at the Delaware County Fair. Photo by Joe Damone.
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 10:43 am
Daily Freeman reporter Paula Ann Mitchell did a little reporting on the annual Hudson Valley RibFest, to be held at the Ulster County Fairgrounds this weekend, and was astounded to learn that Ovarian-Americans would be allowed to participate:
Whoever said... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 - 7:53 am
The Kent Family Magic Circus, a traveling troupe of seven family members, was one of the many acts at the Ulster County Fair over the weekend. Victor Kent, father or seven and head of the show, blogged about their day in New Paltz, which included stitches... 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 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 Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 11:48 am
Pina Jackson in Mercemoriam: Foofwa d'Imobilite's Tribute to Merce Cunningham, Michael Jackson and Pina Bausch
Dear readers: Please believe us when we tell you we'd never inflict a mime on you in our weekend picks if he wasn't going to be brilliant. A... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 11:17 am
Today's Daily Star takes up a vexing problem: The county fair is getting old. Really old.
Many of the directors of the county fairs in Chenango, Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie counties and the town fair in Afton have served for years. There are between... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 30, 2010 - 1:29 pm
It's that time of year again: The much-anticipated Schoharie County Sunshine Fair starts today and will be running all week. With a rodeo, demolition derby, tractor pulls, show animals and a giant Ferris wheel, the Sunshine Fair is about as innocently all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 30, 2010 - 11:49 am
A blue-ribbon draft horse at the Schoharie County Sunshine Fair.
Wondering what to do this weekend in the Catskills? Here our are picks:
Schoharie County Sunshine Fair
Schoharie County's annual fair doesn't fool around. It starts today with harness racing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 5:55 pm
Horseshoe Festival
There are some things that just go together. Abbott and Costello. Rhythm and blues. Beans and cornbread. Hobart and horseshoes. Back in the late 1700s, local lore tells, Hobart pioneer Foote More was the first in the nation to... Read more
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