Festivals
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 - 3:10 pm
For the past few weeks, staffers at the Hanford Mills Museum have been getting ready for Saturday's annual Ice Harvest: clearing snow from the surface of the mill pond, measuring the ice layer, and preparing for the arrival of more than 1,000 visitors... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 - 8:17 am
It may be snowing in parts of the Catskills this morning, but the calendar says that it's Halloween weekend. It’s time to frolic where the goblins go; time to choose a fantasy to embody and dress up for a night. Or maybe two. Or more: With our five-county... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 - 10:08 pm
Above: A clown and a float at Andes Community Day in 2007. Photo via the Andes Community Days Facebook page.
In past years, the main event of Andes Community Day was the parade, featuring the members of the local fire department and other town worthies,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2016 - 12:47 pm
Above: Fireworks at the 2015 Margaretville Fire Department Field Days carnival and fair. Photo by Mark Zilberman, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The Catskills are exploding this weekend with traditional Fourth of July fun: BBQ, beer, bands and... Read more
By Charlene Martoni on Friday, Jun. 3, 2016 - 9:54 am
The town of West Fulton may be tiny, but it has a lot of heart—and art.
“West Fulton is a very interesting place, made up of extremely creative people,” said Cornelia McGiver, the artistic director of Panther Creek Arts, a new arts venue in the small... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, May. 24, 2016 - 3:35 pm
Above: An honor guard leads the 2015 Liberty Memorial Day Parade. Photo by John Kocijanski of Catskill Photography, shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr pool.
Memorial Day Weekend 2016 brings a flood of enticing opportunities to come together, celebrate... Read more
By Jessica Porter on Friday, Apr. 22, 2016 - 10:31 am
Above: The 2015 Catskills Book Festival. Photo via Writers in the Mountains.
This Sunday, local writers, illustrators, editors, educators, booksellers, publishers and journalists will gather at the Union Grove Distillery in the Delaware County hamlet of... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Apr. 1, 2016 - 6:19 pm
This weekend, the Delaware County village of Fleischmanns continues its sweet community tradition with the annual Fleischmanns First Maple Festival.
The festival is the largest event of the second weekend of Maple Weekend, happening Saturday, April 2, and... Read more
By Robert Burke Warren on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2016 - 7:53 am
Above: The seventh annual Woodstock Writers Festival puts the spotlight on addiction, an epidemic in the Catskills. Image via the Woodstock Writers Festival's Facebook page.
Editor’s note: Robert Burke Warren, the author of the new novel “Perfectly... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016 - 1:52 pm
Above: The full Irish treatment awaits at Gavin's Irish Country Inn this weekend in East Durham. Image via the Gavin's Irish Country Inn Facebook page.
The Irish love affair with the rocky, rolling green of the Catskills spans generations. In the Greene... Read more
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