Robert Burke Warren
Articles
Jul. 7, 2016
Above: Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, the members of Darkmatter, a trans south asian performance art duo that will appear at Mount Tremper Arts on Saturday, July 16. Image via the MTA website.
Mount Tremper Arts is expanding its public... Read more
Jun. 30, 2016
Above: The Yardbirds play the rebooted Belleayre Music Festival this Saturday.
After taking a season off for the first time in 23 years for financial reasons, the Belleayre Music Festival returns this summer to the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in the... Read more
Jun. 24, 2016
Above: A tribal dress that is believed to be made from the coats of Union soldiers who fell at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Photo courtesy of Delaware County resident Cliff Eaglefeathers, who rediscovered the artifact.
This weekend, June 24, 25 and 26,... Read more
Jun. 9, 2016
Above: The logo for "Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills."
For over a century, birdwatchers have come to the Catskills to enjoy the staggering variety of feathered species on display. This weekend’s “Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills,” held at... Read more
Jun. 2, 2016
Photo via the Mountain Jam Festival's Facebook page.
Late spring in the Catskills means fishing, camping, and, if you’re a live music fan, Mountain Jam.
Originally conceived in 2004 as a one-day celebration of Woodstock radio station WDST’s 25th... Read more
May. 27, 2016
Above: A poem written on a paper airplane, a prototype for "Skywriting: Poems & Planes," a workshop to be held Saturday, May 28 at the Poetry Barn in West Hurley. Photo by Lissa Kiernan.
Poet and teacher Lissa Kiernan makes her students’ poetry fly,... Read more
May. 26, 2016
Above: Jon Cleary and the Monster Gentlemen. Photo via the West Kortright Centre.
When Jon Cleary and the Monster Gentlemen return to the West Kortright Center, you won’t be faulted for thinking you’ve been transported to the Big Easy.
“He played here in... Read more
May. 5, 2016
Above: A "Lime Trude" fly fishing lure tied by Ed Ostapczuk, photographed by Mark Loete and included in "The Art of Artifice," an exhibition of Catskills fly tying that opens this Saturday in Woodstock.
What lured Mark Twain, Babe Ruth, Herbert Hoover... Read more
Apr. 28, 2016
Above: A historical sign in the Ulster County hamlet of Bearsville. Photo by Doug Kerr, via Flickr.
“History is good,” said Michael Drillinger, the coordinator of the Maurice Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center in the Ulster County hamlet of Mount... Read more
Apr. 16, 2016
Above: Twyla Tharp. Images provided by the Catskill Mountain Foundation.
Since its 1998 inception, the Catskill Mountain Foundation has tried to make Greene County an international destination for dance. This weekend, with world-renowned choreographer... Read more
Apr. 7, 2016
Above: Abbie Gardner. Contributed photo.
The housekeeping staff is pounding on Abbie Gardner’s door.
“I was recording last night in Nashville,” said the acclaimed singer-songwriter and master of the Dobro-style resonator guitar, laughing into her phone... Read more
Mar. 31, 2016
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