West Hurley
By lissakiernan on Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2018 - 6:58 pm
“Suspended between the tangible and the ephemeral, I find myself pondering: Would anyone but a crazed bicephalous being, half engineer, half poet, willingly shackle himself to a venture of such magnitude? I am a prisoner of my dream.”
—Philippe Petit,... Read more
By lissakiernan on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 - 1:11 pm
Poetry Barn will host a two-day retreat in celebration of the cross section between Beat and Haiku which blossomed during the American cultural revolution. Participants will hike and write, gaining the opportunity to practice Eastern literary traditions... Read more
By lissakiernan on Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017 - 3:48 pm
"We shall not wilt. Let a thousand flowers bloom." — Abbie Hoffman, Workshop in Nonviolence, May 1967
The expression "flower power" was coined by the American beat poet Allen Ginsberg as a way to re-visualize war protests into peaceful affirmative... Read more
By lissakiernan on Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017 - 3:42 pm
Poet Perry Nicholas and singer/songwriter Maria Sebastian are a couple whose partnership illustrates the prolific relationship between words and music. Join us for an intimate house concert/reading, where they'll each perform sets, alone and together,... Read more
By lissakiernan on Saturday, May. 6, 2017 - 9:52 am
"The written word needs the spoken word for absolute clarity" - Anonymous
Giving voice to written work can add layers of meaning while specifying our intent and charging the inky symbols on the page with emotional and intellectual substance. Recitation... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 - 9:49 am
A 40-year-old Phoenicia man died after being injured by a firewood processing machine in West Hurley on Monday afternoon, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports.
Deputies said Lewis Peck was operating a machine that cuts and splits wood when he... Read more
By Michael Ryan on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 - 6:30 pm
Above: The podium at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's August 3 announcement about $54.2 million in grants slated for broadband internet service across New York State. Photo via the governor's Flickr page.
Hundreds of miles of remote rural roads and thousands of local... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Monday, Jul. 25, 2016 - 4:36 pm
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Monday, Jul. 18, 2016 - 3:15 pm