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GUIDESeptember 2011

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12th ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM

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VOLUME 26, NUMBER 9 September 2011

PUBLISHERSPeter Finn, Chairman, Catskill Mountain FoundationSarah Finn, President, Catskill Mountain Foundation

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR,CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATIONSarah Taft

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERSCarolyn Bennett, Carol White and David White

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On the Cover: Catherine Keener and Jane Fonda star in “Peace, Love and Misunderstanding,” a film shot in the Hudson Valley that will be the opening night film (and will have its U.S. premiere) at the 12th annual Woodstock

Film Festival this September. For more information in the festival, see page 14.

THE ARTS

THE WASHINGTON IRVING INN: Celebrating 25 Years on the Mountain Top By Carolyn Bennett

SEE THE FIRST FLOORS OF FLEISCHMANNS’ HISTORIC HOUSES

MEEKER HOLLOW: For the Not So Faint of Heart

12th ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

BLACKHEAD MOUNTAIN LOOP By Carol and David White

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The ArTsLynn Bianchi: Continuum at Galerie BMGGalerie BMG is delighted to host Continuum, an exhibition of Lynn Bianchi’s “Globe” and “Gold Leaf” collections through September 26. According to the artist “the images are inherently magical, their eternal warmth emerging to represent the universal life force at the center of existence.” In the “Globe” series, each photograph evokes silence and stillness, with light emanating from the center of the Globe. The “Gold Leaf” col-lection “electrifies” this experience, achieved by translating a silver gelatin photograph onto a transparency and gilding twice with 22-karat gold leaf. The result, an inner glowing light, represents our connection to the earth, each other, and the Universe. It becomes a continuum, making the viewer an integral part of each piece, moving the light continually in both directions, inside and out. In both series, a peaceful yet vigorous energy begins and ends at the same point, joining viewer and subject in a shared experience. Lynn Bianchi is a prolific artist based in New York City, whose work has been shown internationally in over 30 solo exhibitions and in

museums worldwide. Her photographic art has been featured in over 40 international publications, and belongs to private collectors as well as the permanent collections of museums including The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Brooklyn Museum in New York and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. Her book Heavy in White was recently published. Galerie BMG is located at 12 Tannery Brook Road in Woodstock. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 11 am to 6 pm or other times by appointment. For further information, please contact the gallery at 845 679 0027.


The roxbury Arts Group Presents Diane Ducey & Measured MileThis september as Part of the “At the end of the Day” At Dusk seriesMeasured Mile, featuring Diane Ducey, will perform on Saturday, September 10 at 5:30 pm at the Old School Baptist Church in Denver, NY. Performing music that can best be described as blue-eyed soul—a melting pot where folk, jazz and blues come together for an intoxicating brew of new music—Ms. Ducey’s voice is clear and pure except when she hears a hip-rocking beat, and then the sources of her inspiration burst forth: Aretha, Janis, Sarah, Phoebe. Her goal: “…to do the work and hopefully say something that moves people. What happens after that is anybody’s guess, and the music can take care of itself.” Diane Ducey, born in Chicago and raised in South Carolina, is her own kind of homegrown

singer/songwriter. Diane has performed tunes from almost every musical genre. Her first real world experience came when singing jazz in the streets of Paris during a college year abroad. From there, she moved into playing mangy rock clubs and pop and jazz venues in Boston before heading to New York City to try the big time. Guitarist James Ducey makes music and runs his recording studio at Darling Hill Farm in central NY. While growing up outside New York City in the ‘60s he scoured the radio dial nightly and greedily absorbed a wide variety of musics, from jazz to opera, from salsa to Broadway, and from soul to bluegrass. This eclectic vocabulary serves him well in his scoring for a variety of television projects, children’s music and playing in Measured Mile. John Davey, upright bassist, gives the music a solid, grooving bottom. From his early days as a rocker in New Jersey, to his time in Seattle playing swing music on the street at Pike Place Market, Davey feeds on musical diversity. He has produced four cd’s of his origi-nal music, ranging from jazz, improvising chamber-music, world music, and spoken-word. He currently teaches the art of bass playing to students at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, and privately. Tickets are $15 adults, $12 seniors & students, $7.50 children 14 and under (must be accompanied by an adult). The Old School Baptist Church is located on State Route 36 in Denver, NY. For more information, call the Roxbury Arts Group at 607 326 7908 or visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org.


so Percussion Quartet Kicks-off Fall sunday Matinee Concert series at Bard CollegeThe Bard College Conservatory of Music presents Sō Percussion, on Sunday, September 18, at 3:00 pm in the Sosnoff Theater of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts as part of the “Conservatory Sundays” series at Bard College. Billboard magazine calls Sō Percussion “astonishing and entrancing.” The New York Times describes their performances as “mesmerizing,” “brilliant,” and “consis-tently impressive”; and the Village Voice writes, “This extraordinary ensemble of four young percussionists is creating a sensation in the music world … a New York City experimental powerhouse.” The Sō Percussion ensemble is a Brooklyn-based quartet whose original music and innovative work with contemporary compos-ers has brought them international acclaim. Sō is: Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski and Jason Treuting. Starting this fall, its members will be The Bard College Conservatory of Music’s new faculty percussion ensemble in concert. The Sunday matinee program includes selections from Imaginary City (2009), Sō Percussion; selections from amid the noise (2006), Jason Treuting (b. 1977); Child of Tree (1975) and 3rd Construction (1941), John Cage (1912-1992); and Neither Anvil nor Pul-ley (2009-2010), Dan Trueman (b. 1966). Since 1999, Sō Percussion has been creating music that explores all the extremes of emotion and musical possibility. Excitement about composers like John Cage, Steve Reich and Iannis Xenakis—as well as the sheer fun of playing together—inspired the members of Sō to begin performing together while students at the Yale School of Music. A blind call to David Lang, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and co-founder of New York’s Bang on a Can, yielded their first commissioned piece, the so-called laws of nature. Sō’s record-ing of the so-called laws of nature became the cornerstone of their self-titled debut album on Cantaloupe Music (the record label from the founders of Bang on a Can). In subsequent years, this relationship would blossom into a growing catalogue of exciting releases: Steve Reich’s masterpiece Drumming; Sō member Jason Treuting’s amid the noise; Treasure State, a collaboration with the electronic duo Matmos; and Paul Lansky’s Threads. Sō’s ongoing body of original work has resulted in exciting new projects such as the site-specific Music For Trains in Southern Vermont and Imaginary City, a fully-staged sonic meditation on urban soundscapes commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the Next Wave Festival 2009 in consortium with five other venues. Sō’s next theatrical project where (we) live is slated to premiere in the fall of 2012. With an audience comprised of “both kinds of blue hair … elderly matron here, arty punk there” (as the Boston Globe described it), Sō Percussion makes a rare and wonderful breed of music that both compels instantly and offers rewards for engaged listening. Sō Percussion has performed their unusual and exciting music all over the United States, with concerts at the Lincoln Center Festival, Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stanford Lively Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and many others. In addition, recent tours to the United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the Ukraine have brought them international acclaim. Ticket prices for the Conservatory Sundays series are by suggested donation: $20 Orchestra seats; $15 Parterre and First Balcony. The minimum donation for Orchestra seating is $5. All ticket sales benefit the Conservatory’s scholarship fund. For ticket information contact the Fisher Center box office at fishercenter.bard.edu or call 845 758 7900.

Sō Percussion. Photo by Janette Beckman


CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION PIANO PERFORMANCE MUSEUM

Featuring the Steven E. Greenstein CollectionWelcoming the new Artistic Director, Kenneth Hamrick

Join Us for the Benefit Eveningfor the Piano Performance Museum

October 22, 2011, 6 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts, Main Street, Hunter

Join us for an evening to benefit this one-of-a-kind collection of historic pianos and musical artifacts thatoffer a unique insight into the development of pianos in Europe and American over the past four centuries.

Visit our Web site, www.catskillmtn.org, for more details as they become available.

Route 23A, Main Street, Village of Hunter • 518 263 2063 • www.catskillmtn.orgThe CMF Piano Museum is funded in part by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation

Rediscover this extraordinary collection and itsnew positioning as a major venue for performance, music education and historical insights.

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Motown Legends The Temptations Perform as the Grand Finale at hITs Pfizer Million!HITS-on-the-Hudson, in association with the Bardavon, is proud to present The Temptations on Sunday, September 11 at 5 pm at HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension in Saugerties, NY. Don’t miss this rare chance to see Motown legends The Temptations, the multi-Grammy Award winning vocal group that first achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group’s expansive five-decade repertoire includes R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary. They have sold over 22 million records in their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career, and their many hits include: “My Girl,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep,” “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” “All I Need,” “You’re My Everything,” “I Wish It Would Rain,” “I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You),” “Cloud Nine,” “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me,” “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today),” “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me),” “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” “Happy People” and “Shakey Ground.” Horse Shows in the Sun, Inc. (HITS) produces high-quality, international-level hunter/jumper horse shows. Based in the upstate New York village of Saugerties, HITS has been producing horse shows since 1982 and is now a nationwide company with world-class circuits in California, Florida, Arizona, New York and Virginia. The Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final and Pfizer Million are the two largest equestrian show-jumping events in the United States and are sponsored by the all-new Diamond Mills Inn & Confer-ence Center in Saugerties, NY and by Pfizer Animal Health. Both events will be the grand finale of the 2011 HITS Horse Show season and will attract the top equestrian athletes and horses from across the world. For more detailed information on the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final and Pfizer Million, including a complete list of special performances, presentations, and VIP seating, please visit www.HitsShows.com. Tickets for The Temptations are general admission festival seating and are priced at $20 in advance and $25 day of show and include admission to the Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final and the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix, as well as The Temptations concert. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Purchase tickets through at the Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, 845 473 2072 or through the UPAC Box Office, 601 Broadway Kingston, 845 339 6088 or through HITS Box Office, 319 Main Street, Saugerties, 845 246 8833 or through Ticketmaster 800 745 3000, www.ticketmaster.com. A limited number of VIP tickets are available. For more information about VIP seating, please call 845 246 8833 or log on to www.hitsshows.com or www.bardavon.org. The HITS-on-the-Hudson (454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, NY) doors will open at 10 am on Sunday, September 11. The Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final will begin at 11 am and the Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix will begin at 2 pm. General Admis-sion concert seating for The Temptations opens at 4:30 pm. Concert begins at 5 pm. The HITS-on-the-Hudson venue includes full bar and assorted food available for purchase. There is ample free parking. A strict no re-entry policy is in effect for this show.

The Temptations


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ashington Irving never lived here but if he had, he would have found it very comfortable: fifteen

beautifully appointed rooms with period antiques in a century old inn filled with old-fashioned charm. That’s the Washington Irving Inn on Route 23A in Tannersville, NY, celebrating its 25th year in business this month. “Many of my guests ask me if Washington Irving’s ghost lives here,” laughs innkeeper Stefania Jozic. “I tell them there are no ghosts here, but if there were any, they would be good ghosts.” Stefania and her husband, Mirko, native Yugoslavians, came to the U.S. with a small son in tow. Their main dream was to make a better life for themselves and their children—another son would soon be born on U.S. soil; their other dream was to own their own business. “We weren’t sure what kind of business we

wanted to own,” said Stefania, “but we definitely knew we wanted to be in business for ourselves.” The couple spent the next fifteen years in New York City working 9 to 5 and raising their two boys. In their leisure time, they took family trips to the Catskills to breathe in the fresh air and enjoy country life. On one of these trips, they visited Hunter Mountain and decided to stay. “We loved to be in mountains. It was so beautiful and had such potential. And the City was so noisy and crowded,” Stefania said. Eventually, Stefania and Mirko had a “vision” to buy an old house and restore it to its former glory. This way they could work together, have a business together and rid themselves of the hassles of working for someone else and traveling back and forth to and from work.

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The Washington Irving Inn Celebrating 25 Years on the Mountain Top

Join innkeeper Stefania Jozic on Saturday, September 24 for a High Tea celebration of Washington Irving Inn’s 25th anniversary

By Carolyn Bennett


“One of our sons had gone off to college and the other loved to ski,” said Stefania, “So we decided that Hunter was the place we wanted to be.” The Jozics fell in love with a cen-tury old building, once the Lillenthal residence, located on Rte. 23A between Hunter and Tannersville. Dr. Lillenthal was an old-fashioned doctor who visited his patients in their homes rather than the other way around. Around 1940, the property changed hands, and it was an Armenian hotel until 1986 when the Jozics bought it. “It was a handyman special and my husband was very pleased because it was a project that would last forever,” Jozic said. “And then the restoration began.” The Jozic family suffered a great loss four years later with the sudden and untimely passing of Mirko. “When I lost my husband, I was devastated,” explained Stefania. “But I found meaning in the Washington Irving Inn. I had to get up every day whether I wanted to or not. My guests gave me the courage to go on. Eventually, I started to feel at home in the area. I became a part of the community. “I want to stress the importance of my guests in helping me to remain in the area all these years by continuing to come through my doors, staying at my inn, referring other guests to me and giving me a sense of purpose. Without them I would not have the business that Mirko and I dreamed of having all those years ago.” Twenty-five years later Stefania’s guests still give her courage and a reason to continue. “I really love my village, my col-leagues, my guests and all those who sup-ports my hard work and success,” Stefania concludes. The Washington Irving Inn will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an open house on Saturday, September 24. Stefania invites you to stop by at 2 pm and “have afternoon tea on us.” The Washington Irving Inn is located at 6629 Route 23A in Hunter. For more information, call 518 589 5560 or visit www.washingtonirving.com.

By Carolyn Bennett


leischmanns, New York, founded in the 19th century as Griffins Corners, has a wealth of historic homes … Victori-

ans, Queen Anne and Craftsmen houses lining Wagner Avenue and Main Street. Two of our historic buildings are on the U.S. Historic Registry! Every year for the last three years, homeowners have opened their first floors to visitors for the Fleischmanns First Floors Historic House Tour on the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend. This year is no exception! Over ten homes and/or structures will participate in the house tour, ranging from a Queen Anne Victorian with turret and front porch to a painted lady with stick and ball decoration on the porch. Also included will be homes on Upper Wagner Avenue which are somewhat younger, and possess the charm of the late Victorian and craftsman styles. During the tour hours, 11 am to 2 pm, each house will have a docent stationed who will point out highlights of the house, those that are unique as well as those that were very common to the houses era. Our docent volunteers are trained by Loraine Tyler, formerly a professor of social architecture at Oneonta. They will guide you through an architectural blueprint that begins in the Victorian era, through the late 19th century and early 20th century Craftsman era, including two historic landmarks in the

village. You’ll learn why the front porch came into fashion and how the invention of the scroll saw changed the architectural landscape of the late 19th century. On that same day, Fleischmanns will also be the site of the last Market on Main for the season. Market on Main, a farmers market which has been operating all summer on Sundays and providing entertainment as well as a wonderful selection of pro-duce and crafts, will offer nature’s bounty for visitors to buy. Fleischmanns Museum of Memories will also be open to visi-tors during the house tour. The Fleischmanns First Floors Historic House Tour and Market on Main are Fleischmanns First initiatives. Founded in 2007, Fleischmanns First is a community organization with the sole purpose of bringing about the enhancement of Fleischmanns, NY. Community connectedness is one of its goals which is ac-complished through the monthly publication of the Fleischmanns Flyer. Visit us on Facebook, as well as the web at www.fleischman-nsny.com. Join us on Sunday, October 9 from 11 am to 2 pm for the Fleischmanns First Historic House Tour. Tickets are available the day of the event at Wagner Avenue ball field or at the Gazebo on Main Street.

See the First Floors of Fleischmanns Historic Houses

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DeBaun Art Gallery

In the Still of Autumn Oil 36 X 48

Featuring the Paintings ofBarry DeBaun

4091Trail Motel, Rt.28, Boiceville, NY 12412(845) 657-2552 www.debaunart.net


t’s wonderful when synergies happen. Even better when it hap-pens between neighbors. That’s how it is out in Meeker Hollow

just west of the village of Roxbury off State Highway 30 in the western Catskills. Between the two, Stone Tavern Farm (www.stonetavernfarm.com) and Plattekill Mountain (www.plattekill.com) treat folks to 800 acres of recreation, relaxing and good times. Plattekill goes all winter with downhill skiing and boarding and adds the more leisurely ability to snowshoe—with rentals for all experience levels. Spring through fall, mountain biking is available for those of you with a need for an adrenaline rush with 60 miles of biking trails, guided tours as well as bike rentals for on and off site use around the county. Then over at Stone Tavern Farm, you can choose be-tween mechanized or four-legged get up and go—with either ATV rides or horseback riding on the farm’s trails from early spring through late fall. If you must get your competitive ya-ya’s out try their paintball campus on 22 acres of fields, forest and stream. New this August to STF will be another speedy medium—the western Catskills’ longest zip line measuring in at 1350 feet! Mountain bikers are offered the convenience of camping on site in the Plattekill parking lot. Or you can take your gear over to Stone Tavern and camp at one of their three campsites or rent the

bunkhouse. Or the log cabin. Or the farmhouse. This is in addi-tion to their luxurious B&B in the old stone farmhouse. Choices galore! Then there are the events. Plattekill is now hosting great events in the fall during peak foliage viewing (hint—take the chair lift ride!) like Plattepalooza on Columbus Weekend, or their first annual Antique Show September 24-25. Over at Stone Tav-ern you can join star watchers or attend a weekend long bluegrass festival and camp on site. Best may be to host a private event—even get married—at either location. Roxbury has long been known as an outdoorsy place. The East Branch of the Delaware River starts here and provides water access for fishing and kayaking. The village of Roxbury is home to Shephard Hills Golf Course, boasts a vintage baseball team that plays in Kirkside Park, and is traversed by the Catskill Scenic Trail—all within its boundaries. For information on Roxbury visit the town’s Web site at www.roxburyny.com. Roxbury’s Meeker Hollow and the Great Western Catskills is a wonderful day or weekend trip that will showcase quaint vil-lage main streets amid the outdoor splendor of gentle mountain slopes. For other recreation and events come check out www.greatwesterncatskills.com.

Meeker HollowFor the Not So Faint of Heart

Photos courtesy of Plattekill Mountain

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The Gala Orchestra ConcertSaturday July 16, 2011 at 8:00 PM

The 2011 Season is made possible in part with public funds from the Greene County Legislature through the Greene County Cultural Fund, administered in Greene County by the Greene County Council on the Arts.

Windham Chamber Music FestivalWindham Civic & Performing Arts Center

5379 State Route 23 (Main Street)Windham, NY 12496

Reserve: 518-734-3868 or [email protected]

Lyric Piano QuartetSaturday September 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Peter Serkin in Recital With Shirien Taylor-Donahue

Saturday August 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM

www.windhammusic.com


he 12th Annual Fiercely Independent Woodstock Film Festival, running from Wednesday, September 21 through

Sunday, September 25, has unveiled a sneak peak into its 2011 line-up of nearly 150 films, panels, performances and special events. Screenings and events will take place in the historic arts colony of Woodstock, and the neighboring towns of Rhinebeck, Rosendale and Kingston, in the Hudson Valley Catskills, just two hours from New York City. “This year’s program reflects the extraordinary works of film-makers from far-flung places such as Bulgaria, Spain and Israel, to those from our backyard right here in the Hudson Valley,” said Meira Blaustein, WFF co-founder and executive director. “Today’s filmmakers continue to carve their own interpretations of global events and individual nuances, pushing the envelope, delving into unchartered territories and unflinchingly exploring and bending genres, stories and characters. We are proud to provide the Wood-stock platform for them and are eagerly awaiting to have them and their work with us this fall”. Major films and special guests will continue to be confirmed through the summer, with the complete 2011 WFF line-up un-veiled in early September.

Opening Night FilmPeace, Love and Misunderstanding (U.S. Premiere)Directed by Bruce BeresfordIn this film by WFF 2010 Honorary Maverick Award recipi-ent Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) Oscar nominated actress, Catherine Keener, plays a conservative lawyer who takes her two teenage children to meet their estranged, hip-pie grandmother (Jane Fonda) in Woodstock. Shot and produced here in the Hudson Valley, the opening night film will take place Thursday, September 22, at the newly renovated Woodstock Play-house. Beresford, along with writers, producers and select cast will attend the Q&A after the screening.

Spotlight FilmAnother Happy Day (East Coast Premiere)Directed by Sam LevinsonHigh-strung Lynn (Ellen Barkin) and her troubled grown children (Kate Bosworth and Ezra Miller) journey deep into the heart of do-mestic darkness to attend the wedding of her estranged eldest son. Ellen Barkin will be the recipient of the WFF Excellence in Acting Award at the Saturday, September 24 Gala Maverick

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Bernadette Peters stars in Coming Up Roses, which will have its world premiere at the 2011 Woodstock Film Festival

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Awards Ceremony. She will be in at-tendance for the Q&A, and the Award ceremony. Two-time Golden Globe Award Nominated actress and Emmy Award winner, Ms. Barkin is known for her remarkable roles in Sea of Love (1989), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and more recently Ocean’s Thirteen (2007).

Special ScreeningGiving BackDirected by Meera Gandhi International humanitarian, author and filmmaker Meera Gandhi explores the deeply personal and unique ways in which her friends from around the world “give back” to humanity. A conversation on global philanthropy will follow the screen-ing of this riveting short documentary. Academy Award Nominated actor, Mark Ruffalo, will receive the very first honorary Meera Gandhi Giving Back award for his community activism involv-ing safe water and hydro-fracking in the Catskills. Ms. Gandhi will present the award to Mark Ruffalo at the Saturday September 24 Gala Maverick Awards Ceremony. Mr. Ruffalo is a resident of the Catskills and an active supporter of the anti-fracking movement, traveling to Al-bany and Washington to protect safe wa-ter for the region. Easily moving between stage and screen his most recent roles include Collateral (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Shutter Island (2010) and The Kids Are All Right (2010).

2011 HonoraryTrailblazer AwardPublic advocacy for the arts pioneer Robin Bronk will receive the Honorary Trailblaz-er Award for her tireless fighting and com-mitment to believing in the power of cre-ativity in the arts to effect social change. The award will be presented at the Satur-day, September 24 Gala Maverick Awards Ceremony. Bronk is Chief Executive Officer of The Creative Coalition—the leading national, nonprofit, nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of


the arts and entertainment industry. Bronk is dedicated to educat-ing, mobilizing and activating the entertainment industry and arts community on issues of public importance, particularly the First Amendment, arts advocacy and media literacy.

Focus on MusicWhat’s Woodstock Without Music?WFF’s popular music programming of iconic musicians, music as political dissent, music videos, and bands vying to be heard, along with the always popular BMI Music panel is expanding this year with an all new exciting, Live Music Concert Series curated by School of Rock founder Paul Green. WFF is proud to present a series of concerts every night throughout the festival, including a performance from Betty, a wildly fun pop band from NYC whose transfixing music combines the ordinary and the surreal. The band has won two Emmy’s, two BMI Career Excellence Awards, numerous humanitarian awards and the hearts of fans everywhere. They will be performing in Woodstock on Saturday, September 24. Stay tuned for the complete concert series line-up.

Special Collaborative Program with the Consulate of SpainThis year, in collaboration with the Consulate of Spain in New York, WFF will present a distinguished film by Spanish filmmak-er, Emilio Aragÿn, who will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. In addition, there will be a Gala Celebration of Spanish Culture, including live music from renowned Flamenco guitarist Javier Limón, and samplings of Spanish cuisine and beverages, at the annual WFF Filmmakers Party, Friday night, September 23.

Paper BirdsDirected by Emilio AragÿnA musician, a ventriloquist, a singer and an orphan named Miguel make up an unlikely family of lost souls, struggling to get

by one day at a time, sharing their joys and sorrows and their only escape from the misery around them: their music. As it turns out, when bread is scarce, applause can really hit the spot. But right away they are put to the test and forced to make decisions that will place their lives in jeopardy.

Special Collaborative Program with the Consulate of IsraelThis year, in collaboration with the Consulate of Israel, WFF will present distinguished films by Israeli filmmakers who will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screenings. Highlights include:

Dolphin Boy (U.S Premiere)Directed by Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir A documentary about a teenager from an Arab village in the north of Israel who disconnects himself from humans following a violent attack. As a last resort before hospitalization in a mental institution, he is taken by his devoted father to be treated with dolphins in the Red Sea. After months of silence, he begins to talk again, but erases his past and refuses to go home to his awaiting mother. This documentary, filmed over the course of four years, is about the devastating havoc that human violence can wreak upon the human soul, and about the healing powers of nature and of love.

Fat Cows Lean Cows (World Premiere)Directed by Meni EliasOn the Gaza Strip border, a Palestinian, an Israeli elderly man, and a Thai immigrant work together on a struggling farm in Israel, at a time when industrial agriculture dominates and politi-cal tensions are rife. Their personal stories are a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the state of small farms in an age of factory farming.

Narrative FeaturesComing Up Roses (World Premiere)Directed by Lisa AlbrightYoung Alice (Rachel Brosnahan) and her theatrical mother, Diane (Bernadette Peters) desperately hold onto each other and the fan-tasy of a better life. A dangerous neighborhood, money troubles, even Diane’s relentless depression will not defeat them. But is their love and determination enough? A breakout dramatic role for Broadway superstar Bernadette Peters.

Left to right: Ellen Barkin, who will be awarded with the recipient of the WFF Excellence in Acting Award; Mark Ruffalo, who will be awarded with the WFF Meera Gandhi Giving Back Award; Robin Bronk, who will be awarded the WFF Honorary Trailblazer Award. All of these awards will be presented at the Gala Maverick Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 24.


WFF Maverick Awards CeremonyThe 12th annual Gala Maverick Awards Ceremony has become one of the most talked-about events in indie film, attract-ing more than 200 filmmakers and in-dustry leaders. It will take place Saturday, September 24, at 9 pm at BSP Studios in Kingston.

Tickets and LogisticsAdvance single admission tickets will be available for purchase, as of August 31, 2011 at the Festival Box Office, located at 13 Rock City Road in Woodstock, open Wednesday through Sunday from 12 to 4 pm. Advance single admission tickets will be available for purchase as of September 1, 2011 at the Festival’s secure Web site, www.woodstockfilmfestival.com. A lim-ited number of special Full Festival Passes are already available for purchase here. Reserve early. Shows tend to sell out quickly. Ticket prices for WFF events range from $8-$75. Panels range in price from $15-$20. There are also a limited number of tickets available for the Gala Awards Ceremony. For more information contact the Box Office at 845 810 0131. Single purchase tickets will also be avail-able at each screening venue.

About the Woodstock Film FestivalHailed by Indiewire as “A true American Maverick Among Fests” and praised by actor Ethan Hawke as “among the finest of a dying breed: a festival that isn’t try-ing to sell you anything, but simply and beautifully celebrating the art & craft of filmmaking”, the Woodstock Film Festival premiers exceptional films, hosts the most talented emerging and estab-lished professionals in the movie industry; presents A-list concerts, panels and par-ties, and creates stimulating, innovative programming year-round. For more information about the Woodstock Film Festival, including details about the 2011 lineup as they become available, please visit www.wood-stockfilmfestival.com.


hen September arrives, we’re grateful that the hottest days of summer are over, but we also remember that nights

become significantly cooler. On mountains that are nearly 4,000 feet in elevation, beyond September means possible ice or nearly invisible black ice on the enticing rock ledges of the Catskill Forest Preserve. That means that it’s time to discuss the hike over Blackhead Mountain now, before its north facing near-vertical section above 3,600 feet becomes possibly dangerous from Octo-ber through April, without proper footgear.1

We usually hike this five-mile loop clockwise over 3,940-foot Blackhead Mountain, ascending the yellow-marked Batavia Kill Trail at the first junction, 0.6 miles from the parking area at a stream crossing.² The Batavia Kill Trail passes the first visible source of the Batavia Kill stream and the Batavia Kill lean-to on the way to the blue-marked Escarpment Trail. Thick bunches of bushes with pretty yellow or orange flowers called Touch-Me-Nots are copious at the lean-to (which needs repair). Touch-Me-Nots have little long green pods and if you gently squeeze them with thumb and finger, they’ll pop open, releasing seeds.

At the Escarpment Trail junction, 1.5 miles from the parking area, you’re only 0.9 miles from the Blackhead summit to the right, but what an ascent it is from here—1,100 feet in less than a mile. Ascending rather than descending the very steep quarter-mile below the summit on the Escarpment Trail is advisable, because descending that steep trail on often damp and slippery rock requires vigilant care; several scenic ledges require seat-of-your-pants descent to the next ledge, so if you decide to descend this route, wear something you don’t mind getting dirty! Good boots are mandatory. This time we hiked counter-clockwise, turning right on the red-marked Black Dome Trail at the first junction at merging streams. This is a good approach because the rocky trail is easier to ascend than descend, footing-wise, and there’s a cold, delicious spring 0.8 miles up from the first junction. It comes out of a pipe and is completely reliable; we’ve never seen it dry. Drink wonder-ful water and cool off your face, arms and legs, because you’ll have climbed 400-plus feet to here, half the climb to Lockwood Gap.

WBlackhead Range from Windham. Photo by Gordon Hoekstra

BLACKheAD MounTAIn LooPBy Carol and David White


Quite soon the trail swings progressively westward into a series of welcome switchbacks, so the grade eases. As you curve up the slope, note a multi-tiered lush mossy ledge; higher up you’ll begin to enjoy distance views through the trees and can see Blackhead Mountain ahead. Arriving at Lockwood Gap, two miles from the parking area, signs show that both Black Dome and Blackhead summits are only 0.6 miles, so it may look like you could scamper up Black Dome before retracing and going up Blackhead—and you could, but up is the operative word. How-ever, it’s very well worth doing! It involves all-body scrambling up characteristic steep ledges to first sweeping views to the Hudson Valley, Kaaterskill High Peak, Blackhead and the Devil’s Path peaks. After climbing more big ledges, the trail becomes gradual and then levels out before reaching the broad rock summit ledge, left off-trail, a fine spot for a snack with a view. The Devil’s Path peaks are south across the valley—Indian Head, Twin, Sugarloaf, Plateau, Hunter and West Kill Mountains. Colgate Lake and Lake Capra are far below. While descending these ledges in winter, I (Carol) decided to bush-whack down rather than cross a narrow spot on snowshoes. As described in Catskill Peak Experi-ences, I dropped down to a ledge grasping a sturdy branch, and then down to another ledge, but my gaiter string caught on a branch and I hung upside down in sub-zero wind chills, hoping my husband would soon notice my absence and climb over to free me. It took him and a friend to lift me—of average weight—to lessen the tension of the string so it could be pulled off the branch. Dave said I looked not unlike a slab of beef in a butcher’s freezer. This is a good reason not to hike solo in winter—or any time, for that matter. Retracing carefully down to Lockwood Gap, proceed up the yellow-marked trail to Blackhead, soon passing the 3500-foot sign. Only 440 more vertical feet to the summit! Touch-Me-Not bushes are here, with the small pod-like green things to pop. After a quarter-mile, you reach open rocks that offer a splendid pan-orama of views from Devil’s Path peaks to the south to 3,980-foot Black Dome very near to the west, and to the north past Black Dome. Autumn is making its way up the slope in later September. These are the last views on this spur trail, including the summit, which is a big rock ledge amidst spruce and balsam fir trees. The narrow trail to the summit is very nice, surrounded by evergreens

and lovely ground cover—note red bunchberry, ferns and mosses of different kinds, and blueberry bushes that should still have some tiny berries. The summit rock is a confusing three-way junction, because a prominent blue marker for the Escarpment Trail is straight ahead, but it guides the hiker south on the Escarpment Trail. The popular loop hike we describe goes north from here, left under the rock, on the Escarpment Trail; the marker is down the trail and not obvious. A sign on a shaded tree facing west is wrapped in wire to keep porcupines from eating it, and it’s easy enough to miss. Someone died up here in March 2010 because they hiked and camped during a weekend blizzard of epic proportions, with such intense wind-blown snow that even a rescue party had to turn back. One ranger told us that the snow on the summit was over ten feet deep. All markers on trees were probably obscured by snow, but the man was found south of the summit.

Before continuing north down from the summit rock, you could go south less than 0.1 mile to a ledge which says “CAMP STEEL, 1936,” which has minimal views if leaves are on but is good in winter. (We’re still trying to learn what “Camp Steel” means). Retrac-ing to the summit, step down to the right of the rock and begin your descent adventure on the blue-marked trail, taking vigilant care with your

footing. It’s only 0.9 miles to the yellow-marked gradual Batavia Kill Trail, so take your time. Terrain off the summit is initially moderate. Enjoy Indian pipe—an interesting fungus-like plant off in the woods—and bluebead lilies, also named Clintonia after New York’s governor Dewitt Clinton. Soon you’ll reach an extremely steep section down rock. Not only is it steep, but being north facing the trail is wetter than a south facing trail, so be aware that areas can be slip-pery. We advocate acquiring hiking poles, which we did in 2000 for a hiking trip in Scotland, and we’ve liked them ever since, especially on descents and for balance in general. The good news on this trail is that there are a lot of good handholds from tree roots and reasonable places to put your foot while descending. It’s actually kind of fun, but does mean taking your time and probably sitting on occasion if you descend this route. You’ll see why we prefer to climb this—likewise best enjoyed at a leisurely pace! We avoid this route in the winter, even with crampons, simply because a fall without an ice ax for self-

Black Dome from Blackhead. Photo by Jeremy Apgar


arrest could be serious. The slopes here and below are precipitous. One April we led a hike up this route and we carried crampons, but others did not have them and we encountered serious ice on this north facing trail at 3,800 feet. One person went up and gave their crampons to someone who ferried them down to a person at the bottom of the steep slope. One woman wrote that this was the best part of the whole hike! The trail becomes benign in almost meadow-like surround-ings as it descends, and in half a mile from the summit, reaches Yellow Jacket Lookout. Choose a clear day for this hike you’ll be able to see as far north as Albany. Spend time here enjoying this last expansive view. Below, you’ll pass through a lovely birch forest and a shady hemlock woods as you near the Batavia Kill Trail. Turn left on the yellow trail and arrive at the lean-to in a quarter-mile, which has lots of Touch-Me-Nots and purple thistles. On the other side of the trail here, the source of the Batavia Kill becomes obvious, although it’s much drier at this season. In 0.7 miles, you’ll reach the junction where streams merge, where you

followed the red Black Dome Trail. Continue straight ahead for 0.6 miles to the parking area.

¹ Crampons and instep crampons, Microspikes and Stabilicers are available for hiking when ice or snow may prevail at higher altitudes. ² If signs have different mileage, it’s because they are old; we measured all trails with a surveying wheel from 2001 to 2003, so mileages stated here are correct.

Carol and David White are authors of Catskill Day Hikes for All Seasons (Adirondack Mountain Club, 2002) and editors of Catskill Trails, 3rd edition: Volume 8 (Forest Preserve Series, Adirondack Mountain Club, 2005). Carol is editor of Catskill Peak Experienc-es: Mountaineering Tales of Endurance, Survival, Exploration & Adventure from the Catskill 3500 Club (Black Dome Press, 2008). Signed copies of all of these books are available at the Village Square Bookstore and Literary Arts Center in Hunter, NY.

To reach Trailhead:Turn south on Route 296 from Route 23 just east of Windham, to Hensonville. Where Route 296 swings to the right uphill, continue straight ahead on County Route 40 over a bridge, and then turn right to Maplecrest. If traveling on Route 23A, in Tannersville turn north (right) on County Route 23C at the traffic light; follow it over a hill and past East Jewett for several miles to a T-intersection with an enormous flag; turn right on County Route 40 to Maplecrest. From Hunter on Rt. 23A, turn north on Scribner Hollow Road to Route 23C, turn left (west) to Co. Rte. 40 and turn right to Maplecrest. In Maplecrest, take County Route 56, Big Hollow Road, to a DEC parking area at its end. Overflow parking can be along the road and an additional small parking area is yards down the road at another trailhead (do not park at the snowplow turnaround, even though it is not win-ter). From the final parking area, the trailhead is past the parking area and past a chained-off bridge. Red DEC trail markers lead to the trail register. Take care on the initially very rocky trail, which we’ve seen underwater in spring runoff.

David White, measuring Catskill Forest Preserve trails with a surveying wheel, near the summit of Blackhead.

Left: From Blackhead Mountain, the Devil’s Path peaks Indian Head, Twin, Sugarloaf, Plateau, Hunter and West Kill Mountains in distance. Colgate Lake in East Jewett. Photo by Jeremy Apgar. Right: Blackhead Range from Acra Point. Photo by Mark Robinson


SEPTEMBER AT THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION

wHERE THE PERFORMINg ARTS, FINE ARTS, CRAFTS, MOvIES, BOOKS, gREAT FOOD AND gOOD FRIENDS MEET

Mountain CineMaAt the Doctorow Center for the Arts, Main Street, HunterSeptember Schedule for Screen Two, the only place on the Mountain Top

to see the best Foreign and Independent Films

Ticket Prices: $8 / $6 seniors & children under 11Film schedule subject to change, please call ahead to confirm: 518 263 2002 (recorded messages)

or visit www.catskillmtn.org.

MIDNIgHT IN PARIS(RATED PG-13, 94 MiNuTES)

DIRECTED By wOODy ALLENMidnight in Paris tells the story of a family that travels to the picturesque French

capital on business. The party includes two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall and have experiences there that change their lives. 9/1-9/5. Thursday-Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 2:15, 4:15 & 7:15; Monday 7:15

“Allen’s best film in more than a decade.”—New York Magazine

TABLOID (RATED R, 88 MiNuTES)DIRECTED By ERROL MORRISThirty years before the antics of Hol-lywood starlets were regular gossip fodder, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney made her mark as a tabloid staple ne plus ultra. Academy Award-winner Errol Morris’ Tabloid follows the much

stranger-than-fiction adventures of Joyce McKinney, a former “beauty queen” whose single-minded devotion

to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe and directly onto the front pages of the British tabloid newspapers. Along the way she travels through a sur-real world of gun point abduction, manacled Mormons, oddball accomplices, bondage modeling, magic under-wear and dreams of celestial unions. Equal parts love story, film noir, brainy B-movie and demented fairy tale, Tabloid is a delirious meditation on hysteria—both public and personal—from a filmmaker who continues to blow open the documentary genre with his portraits of eccentric and complex characters. 9/9-9/11.Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 7:15

“A must-see film.”—Washington Post

THE TREE(uNRATED, 100 MiNuTES)

DIRECTED By

JULIE BERTUCCELLIThe exquisite Charlotte

Gainsbourg (Antichrist, I’m Not There) stars in French filmmaker Julie Bertuccelli’s beautiful follow-up to her sleeper hit Since Otar Left. Blindsided with anguish after her husband’s sudden death, Dawn—along with

Tanglewood Marionettes, September 3

Das Rheingold, September 25Kristen Wyckoff, showing at the Gallery through November


HI DEF OPERAAT THE DOCTOROw CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN STREET, HUNTER

DON CARLO,By vERDISunday, September 11at 2:15 pm

Tickets: $203 hours, 2 minutes with two intermissions

In Italian with english subtitlesDon Carlo is possibly the most intense, nuanced, and masterful work of Verdi. it is also the Verdi opera that exists in the most number of versions: the one present-ed here is the four-act version that Verdi reduced and changed into italian from the original five-act version in French. The story is based on the life of Carlos, Prince of Asturias, after his betrothed Elisabeth of Valois married his father, Philip ii of Spain, as part of the treaty ending the war between the Houses of Habsburg and Valois.

DAS RHEINgOLD, By wAgNERSunday, September 25at 2:15 pm

Tickets: $202 hours, 10 minutes with no intermission

In German with english subtitlesDas Rheingold is the first in Wagner’s operatic tet-rology, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Be transported to a world of gods, mortals, dwarves and giants—and surrounded by lush harmonies and powerful melo-dies. Experience a masterpiece of German opera at the most prestigious opera house in italy: Teatro alla Scala. Starring René Pape as Wotan, ruler of the Gods.

her four young children—struggles to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its pres-ence, but then the tree’s enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the structure and threaten their fragile existence. 9/16-9/18. Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 2:15, 4:15 & 7:15

“I shall never see a film as lovely as the tree”….Comes close to perfection!”

—The Australian

MAgIC TRIP(RATED R, 107 MiNuTES)

DIRECTED By ALEx gIBNEy

& ALISON ELLwOODin 1964, Ken Kesey, the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, set off on a legendary, LSD-fueled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair.

He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, includ-ing Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s On the Road, and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters in-tended to make a documentary about their trip, shoot-ing footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With Magic Trip, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Ali-

son Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, HiSTORY and the uCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordi-nary piece of American history. 9/23-9/25. Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 7:15

LIFE IN A DAy(RATED PG-13, 90 MiNuTES)

DIRECTED By

KEvIN MACDONALDBorn out of a unique partner-

ship between Ridley Scott’s Scott Free uK and YouTube, Oscar-winning film director Kevin Macdonald’s Life in a Day is a user-generated, feature-length documentary shot on a single day—July 24, 2010. Enlisted to capture a moment of the day on camera, the global community responded by submitting more than 80,000 videos and over 4,500 hours of deeply personal, powerful moments shot by contributors from Australia to Zambia, and from the heart of bustling major cities to some of the most remote places on Earth. Life in a Day brings to-gether the most compelling of this footage to create a film that offers a truly unique experience: with beauty, humor, and joyful honesty, what it’s like to be alive on Earth today. 9/30-10/2. Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 2:15, 4:15 & 7:15

“Undeniably real and incredibly inspiring.”

—Toronto Star


COwBOyS AND ALIENSA posse of cowboys are all that stand in the way of an alien spaceship that lands in Arizona in 1873.

CRAZy, STUPID, LOvE.A father deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.

COwBOyS AND ALIENSA posse of cowboys are all that stand in the way of an alien spaceship that lands in Arizona in 1873.

THE DEBTThe espionage thriller begins in 1997 as shocking news reaches two retired Mossad secret agents about their former colleague. The agents have been venerated for decades because of a mission that they undertook in 1966, when the trio tracked down a Nazi war criminal. They now question the success of that mission.

FINAL DESTINATION 5Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there’s no way you can cheat Death.

FRIgHT NIgHTA teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.

THE HELPA look at what happens when a southern town’s unspo-ken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three women who strike up an unlikely friendship.

ONE DAyAfter spending the night together on the night of their college graduation, Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. Sometimes they are together on that day, and some-times they are not.

OUR IDIOT BROTHERA comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APESAn origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.

SPy KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE wORLD IN 4DA retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.

THE TREE OF LIFEThe life journey a young man through the innocence of childhood in 1950s Texas to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father.

In the Doctorow Center for the ArtsMain Street, Village of Hunter

Screens One and Three, showingthe best of first-run Hollywood films.

We show the very best Hollywood films available each week. The following are some films that we will

show during the month of September.

For the most up-to-date schedule, call 518 263 2002 orcheck www.catskillmtn.org. While there, sign up for our e-mail updates so

you can get the newest schedule delivered to your e-mail box each week!


Presented by the Catskill Mountain Foundation

Rocks, Fossils, WaterThe Paintings & Watercolors of Kristen Wyckoff

A unique art exhibition displaying the art work of local artist Kristen Wyckoffand highlighting the recent fossil finds in Gilboa, NY and the disappearance

of the Town of Gilboa

at the Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery • Main Street, Rte. 23A, Hunter, NY

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 3, 4-6 PM

518 263 2060 • www.catskillmtn.org Gallery Hours: Mon., Thu., Fri., Sun. 10am-5pm, Sat. 10am-7pm (Closed Tues. & Wed.)

Saturday Art Talks at the GallerySeptember 10, 1 PM: Kristen Wyckoff, artist and director of the Gilboa Museum on art, fossils and the history of Gilboa

September 17, 3 PM: Diane Galusha, author of Liquid Assets, on the disappearance of the Town of Gilboaand the importance of the Catskills Watershed

October 1, 3 PM: Dr. Robert Titus, geologist and professor of geology, Hartwick College,on the geology of the Catskills and the Gilboa fossils

CATSKILL HIGH PEAKS FESTIVALMUSIC WITH ALTITUDE!

Presented in partnership with Close Encounters with Music, Yehuda Hanani, Artistic Director

Sunday September 4, 8pmDoctorow Center for the Arts

Main Street, Hunter, NY

From Baroque to Flamenco … An Evening of Classical Guitar and Cello

Eliot Fisk, guitar; Yehuda Hanani, celloProgram will include works by Boccherini, Bach, Paganini, Albeniz, Villa-Lobos and de Falla

Tickets/Info: 518 263 2063 or www.catskillmtn.org

Left: Yehuda Hanani, photo by Judith Grunberg

Right: Eliot Fisk, photo by Keitaro Yoshioka


Events at the Catskill Mountain FoundationFor Tickets, call (518) 263-2063 or purchase online at www.catskillmtn.org

Unless otherwise noted, all performances take place at theDoctorow Center for the Arts, Main Street, Hunter

For complete details about each event, pick up a copy of our 2011 Performing Arts Season brochure, or log ontowww.catskillmtn.org.

FAMILY PERFORMANCESTanglewoodMarionettes:“The Dragon King”Saturday, September 3,3:30 pmTickets: $8 adults;

$6 children/studentsBased on Chinese folklore, this underwater fantasy tells the tale of an intrepid Grandmother who journeys to the bot-tom of the sea to seek the Dragon King, and the answers to why he has not brought the life-giving rains in such a very long time. Colorful sea creatures, an exciting adventure, and a Dragon King that will knock your socks off! This show is recommended for ages K-6.

National MarionetteTheater: “Pinocchio”Saturday, December 3,3:30 pmTickets: $8 adults;$6 children/students

National Marionette Theater’s newest work is a faithful re-telling of the beloved children’s story. Follow Pinocchio as he goes on a series of adventures and discovers that only by being truthful, selfless and kind will he realize his dream of becoming a real boy. The performance is recommended for ages four and up.

FALL COLORS OF MUSICVladimir Pleshakov and Elena WintherSaturday, October 15, 8 pmTickets: $20;$15 seniors/students

This event is funded in part by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation.Pianists Vladimir Pleshakov and Elena Winther will perform works by Brahms, Debussy, Kabalevsky and Scriabin.

Double Entendre MusicEnsembleSaturday, October 30, 8 pmTickets: TBA

Double Entendre encourages community among players of double reed instruments, and promotes the advancement and awareness of double reed music.

Young Artist Concert withPianist Michael WeddSaturday, November 5, 7 pmTickets: $10; $8 seniors; $5 studentsPianist Michael Wedd, a protégé of Vladi-

mir Pleshakov and Elena Winther, will perform works by Schubert, Beethoven and Schumann.

Music for Strings, Harp and VoiceWindham FestivalChamber Orchestra

Robert Manno, conductorDarcy Dunn, mezzo-sopranoKarlinda Caldicott, harpSaturday, November 26, 8 pmTickets: $20; $15 seniors/studentsThe Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra will be joined by two soloists, Darcy Dunn and Karlinda Caldicott, for a pro-gram that includes world premieres by Robert Manno and Vladimir Pleshakov.

PIANO PERFORMANCE MUSEUMBenefit for The PianoPerformance MuseumSaturday, October 22, 6:00 pmJoin us for an evening to benefit this one-of-a-kind collection of historic pianos and musical artifacts that offer

a unique insight into the development of pianos in Europe and American over the past four centuries.


HUNTER vILLAgE SqUARE • 7950 MAIN ST/RTE. 23A / 518 263 2050 HOURS: MON., Thur., Fri., & SuN. 10AM-5PM, SAT. 10AM-7PM (clOSed Tue. & wed.)

ViLLaGe SQuaRe bookStoRe& LiteRaRy aRtS CenteR

Often the highlight of any European vacation, castles have captured the hearts of architecture buffs and romantics for generations. However, splendid examples of the form can be found right here in New York, as award-winning photographer Scott ian Barry shows in this architectural and historical tour of twenty-nine of his favorite castles throughout the state. included here are such well-known destinations as Castle Gould on Long island, Belvedere Castle in Central Park, and Frederic Edwin Church’s nineteenth-century Moorish castle Olana just south of Hudson, along with less well-known and more off-the-beaten-track structures, including Boldt Castle on Heart island in the Thousand islands and “Cat Rock” Castle in Garrison. in words and in stunning photographs, Barry tells us the story behind each castle, while also exploring along the way what draws him—and us—to these monumental buildings in the first place.

Scott Ian Barry’s award-winning photographs have been published by numerous publications and organizations, including The New York Times, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Sierra Club. His first book, The Kingdom of Wolves, won the Outstanding Science Trade Book Award from the National Science Teachers Association, and Wolf Empire: An intimate Portrait of a Species won the praise of many, including Robert Redford Ted Turner, and Tom Brokaw. He currently lives in Rhinebeck, NY.

The Village Square Bookstore & Literary Arts Center has over 10,000 titles in stock including books on the visual arts, crafts, film, poetry, drama, illustrated children’s storybooks, cooking, gardening,

fiction and non-fiction, bestsellers, publishers’ overstocks and one of the largest selections of books on the Catskill Region in the area. We also carry an assortment of games, gifts and cards.

Castles of new yorkDiscussion and Booksigning with Scott Ian Barry

date: Saturday, September 10, 1-3 pmLocation: Village Square Bookstore

admission: FREE

(The Hunter Village Square Bookstore is always adding programs to its calendar of events so please check our Web site at www.catskillmtn.org frequently!)

“Presented in full color and accompanied by a great array of history alongside it, Castles of New York is a gorgeous coffee table book for any castle lover.”

—Library Bookwatch

“…a perfect conversation-starter, easily fitting onto any living room coffee table, or something you can proudly show off to house guests.”

—Kingston Daily Freeman


Catskill Mountain Foundation

Arts PartnershipsThe Catskill Mountain Foundation Celebrates its Arts Partnerships in 2011

The Orchard Project / eXchangeMay 29 – July 2

The Orchard Project is a theater development center where theater companies and artists from around the globe gather each summer for intense work and collaboration on new productions. More than two-thirds of these works have gone into production, on stages rang-ing from Broadway to regional theaters, from off-off Broadway to international houses. Every project in residence at the Orchard Project opens its laboratory doors for an “Open Rehearsal” towards the end of its stay in the Catskills. For a schedule of these open rehearsals, please visit the Orchard Project’s website at www.exchangenyc.org.

Hudson River FellowshipJuly 5 – 31

The Hudson River Fellowship is an initiative that offers a historical Hudson River School location for painters to develop their skills us-ing techniques reminiscent of the nineteenth-century American real-ist painters. The Hudson River Fellowship is led by Jacob Collins, an extraordinarily respected artist, teacher, and role model in the field of contemporary realism. Look for these artists making their field studies throughout the Mountaintop area in July.

National Dance InstituteJuly 17 – 30

The National Dance Institute (NDI) was founded by Jacques D’Amboise, former principal ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet, to use dance as a catalyst to engage children and motivate them towards excellence. Children discover the arts through dance and develop a pride of achievement and a curiosity about the world that supports their success in school and in life. For more informa-tion on NDI, see www.nationaldance.org. NDI offers a two week dance residency for children on the Mountaintop who will have an opportunity to hone their dance skills, gain self-confidence and to have lots of fun. At the end of the two weeks, the children will participate in a fully staged performance at the Orpheum Theater.

Harrison Atelier andChoreographer Catherine Miller

July 24 – August 31Harrison Atelier and choreographer Catherine Miller will continue development of their new dance work PHARMACOPHORE at the Orpheum Theater during the month of August. This new dance work offers a meditation on the role of psychotropic drugs in con-temporary society. On August 19, PHARMACOPHORE will be showcased at the Orpheum. All are encouraged to see this work at the end of the residency on the Mountaintop, and look forward to seeing it produced internationally in the future.

Amati Music FestivalAugust 8 – 21

Amati Music Festival returns to the Mountaintop in 2011 with a residency for a small group of young musicians from the Republic of China and from America who will experience a unique program of music performance and appreciation. Studies will include instruc-tion in violin, viola and piano.

Close Encounters with Music & Windham Chamber Music Festival

August 27 – September 4Close Encounters with Music, led by Artistic Director Yehuda Ha-nani, and Windham Chamber Music Festival, led by Robert Manno and Magdalena Golczewski, are our partners in the creation of the Catskill High Peaks Festival: Music with Altitude!. This festival will host 23 international students of piano, violin and cello and present 4 classical music concerts. For more information, seewww.catskillmtn.org/events/high-peaks-music-festival/index.html

The vision of the Catskill Mountain Foundation is to develop the arts as a way to transform our community into an internationally known arts destination. We believe that partnerships with other arts organizations that enable

them to bring their talent and creativity into our community are a key element of this vision. The Catskill Mountain Foundation is proud to be working with these organizations to bring artistic excellence to our mountaintop community.


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Every Saturday night, 5 pm to 9 pmfeaturing classic Italian and Asian specialties, such as: Mango Salad with Seared Salmon,

Thai Tofu & Butternut Squash Curry, Pasta with Ragu Bolognese,Penne with Herbed Grilled Chicken Alfredo and Spaghetti with Shrimp Fra Diavolo

executIve chef, mIchaeL cotrone, preSentS:

Thai-Italia

When a small group of compassionate citizens came together some years ago, their purpose was quite simple: to enrich life on the mountaintop. This

progressive group of second homeowners, soon to become the Windham Chapter, has taken many small steps to make great strides in our community. As a division of the Catskill Mountain Foundation, the Windham Chapter is

committed to supporting projects in the arts, education, and recreation.

Their impact has been felt on many levels; from the very public to the intensely personal: radio and emergency equipment for local firefighters, medical care for families, band uniforms for WAJ students and college

scholarships for deserving graduates. This group saw a need and made a commitment to help fill it. Since 2003, the Windham Chapter has awarded

nearly 2 million dollars to local non-profit organizations.

Some people want things to happen, some people wish things to happen...

The Windham Chapter makes things happen.

The Windham Chapter is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, governed by an all-volunteer board.

Windham Chapter• P.O. Box 600• Windham, NY 12496 www.windhamchapter.com

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FREE Workshop taught by Dennis Hamcke, Advanced Tech Computer Services

This workshop is designed to address any questions you may have with regard to using your computer. It is an open format which means

we are prepared to answer any issues you may have. Some of the topics we can cover are:

• Using the computer as an entertainment device. • The computer as an educational device

• Basic and advanced web browsing • Protecting yourself from viruses, malware and spyware

• How to protect and secure your data These topics are strictly suggestions. If there is a question you have

that is not covered in the list above please call Dennis at 518 589 6614 and let him know what you would like to discuss. You may bring your

laptop to the workshop for more personalized hands-on participation.

Dennis Hamcke is the founder and chief technician of the Advanced Tech Computer Services Company located in Haines Falls. He has been repairing

computers for 17 years. He has authored many training manuals and conducted seminars for the various Fortune 500 companies he has worked for, educating

their employees in the effective use of computers.

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Help Us Meet Our $75,000 Challenge!An anonymous donor has given the Catskill Mountain Foundation a $75,000 challenge grant. The donor will match dollar for dollar all funds we raise between Memorial Day Weekend and

December 2011 that are in excess of the funds we raised during this same period in 2010.

Please help us meet this challenge. A portion of the proceeds from the challengewill be used toward the purchase of theatrical lighting and sound equipment for the

Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville.

All funds raised at our annual benefit, all new memberships or membership renewals,and all donations made through our web site, by mail or in our retail operations

will count toward this challenge. Every pledge made during this time period will also count.

Every donation and pledge, no matter how small or large,will help us raise more funds in 2011 to meet this challenge.

YES! I want to help the Catskill Mountain Foundation Meet the Challenge!Enclosed is a donation of $ .

In addition, I am happy to pledge additional donations:

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For more information, call (518) 263-2001To make your donation, log onto www.catskillmtn.org /support-the-cmf/index.html

or mail to: Catskill Mountain Foundation • P.O.Box 924 • Hunter, NY 12442Attn: Meet the Challenge!

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