Arts
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 25, 2011 - 12:31 pm
On May 27, Gary Mayer, the Watershed Post's resident cartoonist, will show a collection of paintings, sculptures and caricatures from 5-7pm at a reception that kicks off the West Kortright Centre's 2011 season. Mayer, whose wicked talent for caricature... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 25, 2011 - 10:03 am
As we reported yesterday, the transmitter at WIOX 91.3 in Roxbury has been down since Monday night. Today, the station's management forwarded us an update from the radio station's managing consultant, Joe Piasek.
According to an email Piasek sent... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 11:38 am
We heard from fans of WIOX 91.3 in Roxbury this morning that the community radio station had mysteriously disappeared from the airwaves last night. We put in a call to the station's office and talked to Glen Pedersen, the station's business manager, who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:36 am
Who needs May flowers? The glories of mid-spring in the Catskills: Technicolor-green grass, mud, and piglets.
Ulla Kjarval snapped this recent photo on her father's farm, Spring Lake Farm, just outside of Delhi. She tells us the mother is a large black... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 12:30 pm
Ramsey Clark, a lawyer who helped the Johnson administration pass civil rights legislation in the 1960s, has in decades since become a controversial human rights activist who has defended Saddam Hussein in court, has attended Slobodan Milošević's funeral... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:47 pm
Calling all seniors at Andes, Margaretville, Onteora and Roxbury schools: You could win $300 bucks by waxing poetical about growing up here in the Catskills. The deadline for the annual Catskill Heritage Alliance essay competition is this Friday, and all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 11:24 am
Uncle Rock, the rockstar alterego of Phoenicia resident Robert Warren, played some of his first shows at the Phoenicia Library. It's not suprising that in the library's hour of need, he wants to give back.
Uncle Rock: Photo by Franco VogtWarren and his... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 4:11 pm
Is our global economy making us miserable? Why did Americans' happiness peak in the 1950s?
"The Economics of Happiness," a film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page -- all members of the International Society for Ecology and Culture --... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, May. 15, 2011 - 9:34 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 13, 2011 - 12:56 pm
First the Cannonsville Adventure Triathlon, now the Kingston's Artists' Soap Box Derby. What other awesome summer Catskills events are going to be cancelled this year?
The Times Herald-Record reports that the artists' derby, which has featured sculptures... Read more
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