Festivals
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 10:53 am
Do you enjoy watching mud-covered contestants leap over pits of fire en-route to glory, accolades and booze? The Warrior Dash, a 3-mile race, obstacle course, and after-party on Windham Mountain, had got your number.
Warrior Dash racers are a hutzpah-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 4:51 pm
The village of Deposit in 1887. Photo by snapshotsofthepast.com, via Flickr.
Two Delaware County towns are throwing big bashes this weekend celebrating, well, themselves.
The town of Deposit will be celebrating its 200th birthday on Saturday. Deposit was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 - 10:06 am
Can't get enough about the Delhi flash mob? Our WP correspondent and crack local videographer Jessica Vecchione has a 6-minute video that follows the mob that hit Main Street last week from start to finish.
By wateradmin on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 - 9:59 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.) You can see Mayer's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 4:03 pm
Above: Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, which will perform this weekend at the Batavia Kill Stream Celebration.
For those who might not know what, exactly, the "kill" in Catskill stands for, there's a whole festival happening this weekend that will cement the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 1:09 pm
This Saturday, August 6, the Ulster County town of Saugerties is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its incorporation. And what better way to show your Saugerties pride than donning a pair of pajamas and helping four of your best friends race a bed down... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011 - 10:40 am
Ever heard scores of people bellowing their deepest-held complaints out in harmony? Ever wonder what grudges and dislikes lurk in the subconsciouses of your neighbors? All will be revealed this Saturday in Delhi, when the Complaints Choir of the Art... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 3:36 pm
A crowd enjoys Verdi's Falstaff under a dusky sky at the first annual Phoenicia Festival of the Voice in 2010. Photo courtesy of the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice.
This week, the hamlet of Phoenicia plays host to an influx of visitors, including some... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 12:53 pm
Photo of the Zipper from the 2009 Ulster County Fair, by Flickr user emma.maria. Published under Creative Commons license.
Today, the 124th Ulster County Fair rolls into town, with the requisite smorgasbord of festive trappings: Carnival rides, country... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011 - 11:42 am
The trailer for "Windfall," the feature film being screened at this weekend's New Kingston Film Festival.
New Kingston doesn't have too many claims to fame. There's the inexplicable lone red British telephone booth sitting in the middle of a cornfield... Read more
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