Arts
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 17, 2012 - 9:58 am
Above: The Schoharie Creek as dawn is just breaking, still wreathed in early-morning mist. A local photographer -- known only to Flickr as A Man Called ACME -- took this shot in the Schoharie County town of Esperance on Sunday. For a bigger view, check... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 10, 2012 - 11:14 am
Watershed Post reader David snapped this shot of a fawn trying to blend in with his lawn ornaments from his front door in Delhi. Thanks David! (Send us two more, and you're on your way to earning our "Where The Wild Things Are" badge.)
Photo taken on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2012 - 9:53 am
Friday, August 31 was a blue moon -- the second full moon in a single calendar month, a phenomenon that only rolls around every couple of years. The next blue moon won't be seen in the night sky until July 31, 2015.
John of Catskills Photography took this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:34 pm
It's a year to the day since flooding from Tropical Storm Irene pummelled upstate New York. While a lot of commemorative events have already happened over the past week, the next few weeks will see more (including a picnic in Maplecrest that is underway... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 10:47 am
Above: Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Wednesday, August 22. Photo by John Taylor.
“Rock-n-roll is annennergy,” slurred Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland midway through their Bethel Woods... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 1:26 pm
Above: Video proof that there's talent in them thar hills. (Promo for the Art & Soul of the Catskills Film Festival.)
If you had to guess how many filmmakers were based in the Catskills, what number would you pick? Five? Ten?
Try dozens. This weekend... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 - 1:18 pm
Dear Editor,
On Sunday, July 15 John Stobaeus e-mailed me, "Do you know about the mini-folk fest in Phoenicia today at the Parish House? They'll be celebrating the Roots of Folk," so I walked over to see. It was a reunion of Camp Woodland, a summer camp... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 - 10:13 am
Above: Trailer for "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope," a new film by Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock will screen the film and take questions tomorrow in Arkville at the MMMFestival.
Today and tomorrow, some big names in film and music are descending on the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 - 7:52 am
The Maetreum of Cybele in Palenville. Photo by Julia Reischel.
A group of self-described pagans in Palenville has lost its bid for a religious exemption from property taxes.
Last Thursday, a New York State Supreme Court judge issued a decision in the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 - 5:30 pm
Above: Ursula Eagly's performance art is the final event at the Mount Tremper Arts festival, which concludes this weekend.
This weekend will see the conclusion of the Mount Tremper Arts summer festival. The festival, which kicked off June 9th, hosted... Read more
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