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Celebrating Cultural Anniversaries
Pat Horner
“Woodstock is known for its music, art, literature, and spirituality. Yes it is the mountains, the unstoppable waters of life, the monasteries, ashrams, churches, shuls, meditation centers, the friendliness and its history too. That means people.� ~Andy Clausen
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ARTICLES: In Memory of Pia Öste Alexander................................ 2-5 Culture Celebrated..................................................... 6-11 For Artists, by Artists: The Woodstock School of Art Celebrates 50 Years...................................................12-17 Theatres in Woodstock – Then and Now..................18-21 A New World Begins................................................ 22-25 The Woodstock Artists’ Association Celebrates Centennial.............................................. 26-27 Historic Byrdcliffe.................................................... 28-29
LISTINGS: Arts, Activities, Galleries & Museums..................... 30-34 Dining & Food........................................................ 36-37 Lodging: B&Bs......................................................... 39-40 Cottages & Campgrounds...............................41 Motels & Inns ................................................42 Media, Music & Theater........................................... 44-45 Mind, Body & Spirit................................................ 46-47 Real Estate...............................................................48-49 Services.................................................................... 50-51 Shopping.................................................................. 53-56
CONTRIBUTORS: Publishers: Pat Horner & Larry Lawrence Graphic Design & Production: Katie Jellinghaus Writers: Pat Horner, Karen St. Pierre, Eliza Siegel & Barry Samuels
ART: All artwork in the Woodstock Guide is from Woodstock area artists. Cover art by Pia Öste Alexander. Left: Pat Horner. This year we celebrate the significant anniversaries of numerous cultural organizations in Woodstock. Businesses advertising in the Guide make our publication possible and we encourage you to support them. Copies of the Guide are available at many of the advertiser locations, or see listed locations at WoodstockGuide.com. 1
In Memory of Pia Öste Alexander
All art in this article is by Pia Öste Alexander
“Let her speak, she is just making an observation” ~Pia Öste Alexander
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Pia’s collages and prints won two Pollock-Krasner grants, a Kuniyoshi award and a prestigious Kyoto International Woodprint award.
My friend and The Woodstock Guide’s cover artist this year (and in 2014), Pia Öste Alexander, has passed away in January 2018 at the age of 86. Growing up in Sweden during the Nazi era, Pia learned to fight against oppression early. She later studied painting, textiles and printmaking in Sweden, Florence and Vienna, where she met her husband before moving to New York City and, 2 years later, to Woodstock in 1955.
Pia began making incredible collages soon after her two sons were born, exhibiting them at the local Woodstock Artists Association (WAA) after joining in 1957, winning several awards and presenting solo shows. Incorporating traditional Japanese techniques, Pia’s collages and prints won two Pollock-Krasner grants, a Kuniyoshi award and a prestigious Kyoto International Woodprint award. She
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taught mixed media collage from 1995 to 2014 at the Woodstock School of Art (cofounded by her late husband Frank Alexander in 1968). Since 1992, Elena Zang Gallery has shown and sold Pia’s work to numerous collectors. Activism surfaced early on and after marching with Dr. Martin Luther King for civil rights in the deep South in 1965, Pia took her sons to Washington in 1968 to protest the Vietnam War. When a local crisis hotline opened after the 1969 Woodstock Festival, she signed up to help those in need and served for 25 years at Family of Woodstock, which is still actively operating.
The Woodstock Library became Pia’s second home in the mid ’70s after her divorce and she worked there for close to 30 years. I first met her in 1994 in the library while returning some overdue art books. She scolded me. “What about those people who may have wanted to take these books out or look at them here?” she asked. I liked her immediately because they were the exact words my Swedish mother would have said to me. Months later in a local arts organization members’ meeting, Pia stood up for me against a bully. “Let her speak, she is just making an observation” Pia ordered. 4
An advocate for anyone she felt was being treated unjustly, Pia was one of the first Women in Black in 2001, protesting weekly against wars and injustice. She helped found the Middle East Crisis Response in 2006 and travelled with that group to Cairo for the Gaza Freedom Her wonderful art, March in 2009.
good humor, lovely smile and authenticity will continue to remind us of a more just and balanced life.
Artist, activist, egalitarian, exemplary mother and friend, generous to all, true to her roots and community, Pia lived her life with high principles, courage, a strong voice and a commitment to justice that is rare today. Her wonderful art, good humor, lovely smile and authenticity will continue to remind us of a more just and balanced life. Thanks, Pia, for your inspiration and bravery! ~Pat Horner
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Culture Celebrated
Sam Spanier
“It is the art and culture that makes our spirit soar.� ~Hillary Clinton
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A strong artistic flow has surged as steadily as the streams near and through Woodstock
Reidunn Fraas
Our country was founded on enlightened values and a Constitution, both of which have seemingly degraded in the past year’s chaotic and uncertain political environment. Decency, honesty, dignity, justice and sensibility have virtually collapsed in the dismantling of our democracy by the top leadership. If truth and a better past are to be remembered and resurrected, we need to look back to our cultural institutions now more than ever.
A strong artistic flow has surged as steadily as the streams near and through Woodstock this past century and before, enriching our ancestors and ourselves. If future generations are to enjoy the extraordinary cultural institutions listed below, we must celebrate the accomplishments that so many artists and visionaries of Woodstock contributed in forming the organizations that are still mostly thriving and have been for the past 115 years.
Ralph Whitehead & Hervey White
The Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts Colony (see story on page 28) began in 1902 when Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead, Hervey White and Bolton Brown developed the site on rolling hills just north from the village of Woodstock. It flourishes today as one of the oldest Bolton Brown continuous art colonies in the United States and serves artists, writers and crafts people who come from near and far to see exhibitions, hear concerts and readings or work in residencies in private wooded studios. 7
In 1905 Hervey White broke away from Byrdcliffe to start his own colony a few miles south. He called it The Maverick and invited writers, musicians and artists to live for very little or no rent. In 1916, White opened his uniquely He called it designed concert hall which The Maverick continues to host performances each summer and draw audiences and invited from near and far. writers,
musicians and artists to live for The Woodstock Artists Association very little or no (see story on page 26) will celebrate its centennial in 2019. rent.
A membership organization, the WAA was founded by a group of artists who also formed the Artists Realty Co. to buy land and construct an art gallery in the center of town. Called “the local Louvre� by The New York Times, it now houses a collection of over 2,000 works along with a vast archive.
Pat Horner
The Woodstock Playhouse celebrates 80 years in 2018 (see story on page 18) and despite closing its doors during the 2nd World War and again after a fire that destroyed the structure in 1988 just shy of its 50th anniversary, it continues today as a rural extension of Broadway at the gateway to Woodstock. 8
Opus 40, the sculpture park and site of Harvey Fite’s Quarryman’s Museum, celebrates 80 years in 2019 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Harvey Fite devoted 37 years to this masterpiece of bluestone engineering and making his land “a world at peace, a reconciliation between all his life, people and cultures.”
Opus 40
The Woodstock School of Art (see story on page 12) began 50 years ago in the space where the summer school of the Art Students League had been housed. Founded by Robert Angeloch, the school has grown into a major center for artists, art students and art supporters to learn, mingle and see exhibitions. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair (see story on page 22) was held on a farm in Bethel, NY, 60 miles southwest of Woodstock after having grown too big for our small village. This one-time 3-day festival changed an entire generation along with our towns’ legacy and reputation, defining us to this day. The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) begins in 1977 when Howard Greenberg and Michael Feinberg started the organization to support artists by offering photographers exhibitions and later residencies, workshops and digital and darkroom workspace. The CPW occupies a space that was once a home to Bob Dylan in the late ’60s. We congratulate their 40th anniversary and honor the integrity and stellar collection of photographs (housed at the Dorsky Museum in New Paltz). 9
One of the younger organizations is the Woodstock Museum, founded 30 years ago by Shelli Lipton and Nathan Koenig. Its mission is to encompass the culture and history of a living colony of the arts and encourage public awareness about the reality of Woodstock, while experiencing the true –“hippie life”- with self-sustaining ecological technologies.
Sandra Palmer Shaw
Woodstock Film Festival will have its 20th anniversary in 2019. Founded by Meira Blaustein and Laurent Riejo to show the best independent films each year. Fiercely independent as its slogan states, WFF is one of the top regional film fests in the country. The Museum at Bethel Woods is an integral part of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and celebrates 10 years, having opened in 2018. The center inspires people to lead creative and engaged lives through its many concerts, events, festivals, programs, and exhibitions— all on the actual site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Sullivan County, 60 miles from Woodstock.
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Gay Leonhardt
Mount Tremper Arts also celebrates 10 years and supports contemporary artists in the creation and presentation of new works of art and performance. Founded in 2008 by photographer Mathew Pokoik and choreographer Aynsley Vandenbroucke, MTA is an artist-run space fostering an environment of creative risk-taking and intellectual curiosity through performances, exhibitions and residencies.
Pat Horner
The Historical Society of Woodstock will celebrate 90 years in 2019. Located at the historic Eames House on Comeau Drive, it was founded in 1929 by a group of artists, writers, academics, and local citizens. It houses an exhibition space, paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, photographs, books and an extensive archive. The Woodstock Library began in 1913 as the Woodstock Club to set up a fund for nurses as well as to create a library. Ralph Whitehead, founder of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, along with charter members Walter Weyl and Dr. Mortimer Downer, charged dues of $1.00 a year. In 1927 they moved into their present location on Library Lane and today are planning to rebuild on the same site. Celebrating 105 years, the library remains a favorite institution in Woodstock.
Sandra Palmer Shaw
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Enjoy these wonderful spaces made by dreamers with vision. Their expressions led to truth and we need as much truth now as we can get.
For Artists, by Artists: The Woodstock School of Art Celebrates 50 Years
Karen St. Pierre
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Unique among Woodstock’s many historic cultural organizations, the Woodstock School of Art (WSA) was established in 1968 by artists with the intent of providing work spaces for artists. At WSA, expert instructors share their viewpoints and techniques while emphasizing freedom of expression for their students. Staff and officers of the school, too, are artists. On any given day, WSA studios hum with creative camaraderie and artistic experimentation, open to students of all levels
At WSA, expert instructors share their viewpoints and techniques while emphasizing freedom of expression for their students. Staff and officers of the school, too, are artists. with the only entrance requirement being the desire to create. It is this level of commitment that distinguishes the WSA: supporting innovative studio education with respect for the artist’s way of life and creative process. As WSA steps confidently into the 21st century, the principles that drive their mission today can be traced back to the earliest days of Woodstock’s establishment as a
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utopian arts colony. In 1906, a tiny band of students from the Art Students League in New York City found their way to the idyllic, unpretentious setting of the Catskills where they hoped to absorb the beauty of the pristine mountain setting and perfect their skills in landscape painting. Each summer, nationally renowned artists and growing numbers of students would be lured to the conviviality of the Woodstock arts community that flourished in the makeshift studios and galleries that lined the bustling main street and dotted the serene hills above. The Art Students League brought national acclaim to Woodstock but it took decades of moving from studio to studio, before the ASL Summer Program would find a stable home base at the site of what is now the Christian Science church at the entrance to the Newly constructed in 1939, Comeau property.
Eleanor Roosevelt was on hand to lay the cornerstone.
The cornerstone of the school’s office and gallery, dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt, 1939
Eleanor Roosevelt in 1928 with Frank Landolfa.
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Simultaneously and just outside of town, a resident crafts training program for youths was established by the New Deal’s National Youth Administration in the stone and timber buildings of today’s WSA. Newly constructed in 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt was on hand to lay the cornerstone. But the hopeful intention of this program was
abandoned with the advent of World War II. In the village, the Art Students League withdrew as well, leaving resident artists to fill the void during wartime and in the recovery period that followed. But the hopeful
intention of this
Once more the guiding spirit of program was the colony was tapped and kept abandoned with alive as ad hoc art schools and the advent of studio workshops were established World War II. throughout the village and on outlying farms by luminaries such as Charles Rosen, Andrew Dasburg and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. By 1947, the League was set for a revival, purchasing and rehabilitating the former Youth Agency buildings and conducting classes until, under financial duress, they closed their doors for good in the ’70s.
Merideth Rosier, instructor at Woodstock School of Art
Woodstock in 1968 was at the forefront of a revolution that would establish it as a center for counter-cultural ideals and inspiration. In this surging wave of creative energy WSA found its footing. With the successes and failures of the League as a point of reference, the founders of the WSA recognized the need to find solid patronage and make savvy financial decisions in order to create a sustainable arts community. The first WSA classes were held in a former 19th century tavern overlooking the Sawkill Creek near the center of the village. Artist-founder Robert Angeloch set the school in motion and along with an alliance of fellow artist15
organizers the WSA became a nomadic affair, referred to by the Woodstock Times as “a conceptual idea of a school without walls other than those of the artists’ individual workshops.” When the Art Students League decided to leave Woodstock and the campus they were leasing, an extraordinary opportunity presented itself. An ad hoc committee of dedicated and determined citizens, led by Angeloch, rallied to establish the school as we know it today. In 1980 they won a renewable 5-year lease, protecting the property from commercial developPainting by Robert Angeloch, artist & co-founder ment, from the City of of Woodstock School of Art Kingston and began the arduous task of renovating the then-dilapidated and deteriorating historic buildings and lands. By 1993, the building complex was listed as a historic landmark in
Llyn Towner, student at Woodstock School of Art
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the National Register of Historic Places and the herculean fundraising efforts of the school’s friends and board culminated in the purchase of the entire campus. All this while maintaining active class and studio offerings and supporting students with exhibition opportunities and scholarships. Today, as it launches its next 50 years, the WSA serves as a beacon of sustainable governance and innovative support for individual artists at every level of exploration and expertise. While pressures of economic expedience too often undercut the resources needed for artists to flourish and master their craft and vision, the WSA forges ahead, building upon the true utopian ideals and dauntless commitment that brought generations of artists to this idyllic corner of the world. ~Karen St. Pierre
Roberta Sickler, student at Woodstock School of Art
“Anyone who knows Woodstock will agree, I think, it is a charming place. It shows what good taste and imagination can do to create a delightful atmosphere.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936 17
Theatres in Woodstock – Then and Now When the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony was established in 1902, the flavor of the town of Woodstock changed forever. Byrdcliffe, founded by Ralph Whitehead in the spirit of artistic utopia, acted as a magnet that attracted hundreds of artists to Woodstock—an appeal that persists in 2018. Although the Festival of ’69 cemented Woodstock’s legacy as a world-renowned site of musical energy, the town had for decades been a hub for creatives of all types. Early venues and groups representing the performing arts were especially important in the evolution of Woodstock, and many of these chronicled sites remain true to their original purposes today. The Maverick Art Colony was established shortly after Byrdcliffe. Hervey White, a writer and friend of Hervey White at the Maverick Hall Whitehead, had grown disillusioned with the way Byrdcliffe was being run and set out to create his own colony. Many artists, actors and musicians soon converged on White’s Maverick. The Maverick Concert Series, founded in 1916, carries on today as the nation’s oldest and longest continuously running music series. 18
and others got to work building a theater on a lot at the town’s entrance, and it opened as the Woodstock Playhouse later that year.
The Woodstock Playhouse has a colorful history. On Memorial Day in 1988, close to its 50th anniversary, it burned to the ground. Though accelerators were found in the rubble and arson was suspected, no one was charged with the crime. The people of the Town of Woodstock, heartbroken at the destruction of a celebrated landmark, fundraised and ultimately rebuilt the structure. In 2015 the owner of the Playhouse, who had also owned it in 1988, Ralph Miller, was convicted of money laundering and insurance-related mail fraud. Miller owned several other playhouses along the East Coast, one of which also burned down and another of which flooded. It is now suspected that these fires and floods were efforts on Miller’s part to access insurance money. More important than this infamy, however, is the impact the Woodstock Playhouse, now celebrating its 80th anniversary, had on Woodstock’s culture. From the beginning, attending the summer stock plays put on at the Playhouse became a distinct part of the town’s activity. In the late ’60s, the Playhouse hosted a midnight concert series called Sound-Outs, which are said to have been the basis for the Festival of ’69. 19
Shelley Parriott
Music was not the only performing art fostered by the Maverick, however. In 1938, Robert Elwyn, an actor and director of Maverick’s summer stock theater troupe, decided the theater facilities needed to be expanded, and he decided to strike out on his own. That summer, Elwyn and others got to work building a theater on a lot at the town’s entrance, and it opened as the Woodstock Playhouse later that year. That summer, Elwyn
The performing arts have a strong historical foundation in Woodstock, with many of the original venues continuing to serve the community in 2018. Today, the spirit of the original Byrdcliffe Arts Colony remains in the modernThe Byrdcliffe Theater, ized Byrdcliffe Guild, which whose building was still offers artist residency part of the original programs to artists of all structure of the Arts types. The Byrdcliffe TheColony, is still used ater, whose building was today as a venue part of the original strucby performing arts ture of the Arts Colony, is still used today as a venue groups. by performing arts groups.
The Maverick Concerts continue in their original music hall, over 100 years later. The repertoire of the concerts has expanded and evolved with the town, and performances vary from classical chamber music to jazz, music for young people, folk music, and even staged readings of plays. The Woodstock Playhouse also continues as a venue for music performance, plays and musicals, with a yearly summer stock season. In 2010, the Pan American Dance Foundation, a nonprofit that operates the local Hurleybased theatre and dance school New York Conservatory for the Arts (NYCA), bought the Woodstock Playhouse from the Woodstock Arts Board, which could no longer sustain the costs of the structure. Executive directors Randy Conti and Douglas Farrell, as well as president Diane Stein, oversaw renovations to the playhouse, which had formerly been an open-air venue with bleacher seating. Today the space is fully enclosed and the theater is climate-controlled. 20
Jared Bliss
In addition to these 3 significant venues, other performing arts organizations continue to shape Woodstock’s dynamic theater scene. Bird-on-a-Cliff Theatre Company, for instance, grew out of the Byrdcliffe Theater Festival, and has been producing the annual summer Woodstock Shakespeare Festival for the past 21 years. It is currently performing on an open-air stage on the Comeau property. Other current theater organizations include Performing Arts of Woodstock, founded in 1964, and Woodstock Fringe. These organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, which rely on individual and business donations, as well as regional, state and national funding, to survive. The most significant funding for these nonprofits comes from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), whose 2017–2018 budget totals $46.9 million. The NYSCA budget is one of the largest of the US state arts councils, and has remained stable since 2015, when the budget increased by $5.2 million. Since this funding comes from New York State, it will likely go largely unaffected by the current federal administration. Funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which also goes toward Woodstock performing arts organizations, is less certain. Threats from the federal government to completely eliminate the NEA budget in 2017 did not come to pass. However, the budgets of both the NEA and the National Endowment for the Humanities were decreased by $5 million each, resulting in a $145 million budget for each endowment.
Funding for the arts is almost always insecure, especially as funding for other institutions takes precedence and the priorities of the federal government do not align with those of arts organizations. Nevertheless, the arts community that Woodstock has always fostered remains strong. The town’s commemorated past, as well as its continuously evolving present, promises a future that is devoted to the arts in new and surprising ways. ~Eliza Siegel 21
A New World Begins
Isaac Abrams
“Woodstock came to symbolize our solidarity…the connection to one another felt by all of us…we showed the best of ourselves…the time was right…the spirit was right, and we were right. What resulted was a celebration… when joy became big news…It was a strange, sometimes magical trip… Woodstock was an opportunity, a moment, a home…” ~Michael Lang
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When I finally got to the Woodstock Festival in White Lake the fences were down and thousands of people were crowded in the natural amphitheater of Yasgur’s Farm facing a makeshift stage, waiting for the music to begin. We drove down from the town of Woodstock, not finding much traffic as we steered my friend’s Jeep Wagoneer down Route 109 to Route 17 and were then directed to a parking lot about a mile from the concert site. We had started out on Thursday morning from New York City with some people I knew who worked at Fillmore East. We drove to the town of Woodstock to catch this band they knew who were practicing while waiting their turn to perform on Saturday. I remember that there was a big sign at the entrance to town that advised everyone that the festival was 45 minutes to the south. The band we came to hear rehearse was Santana who had started to play at the Fillmore months before and who my friends had Mecedes Cecilla become close to. They were preparing for their first festival debut in front of a I remember that rather large crowd of 50,000. there was a big sign They didn’t even have an at the entrance to album out yet. We sat back town that advised in a chemically induced everyone that the haze to listen to them play. festival was 45 The drummer, Michael minutes to the south. Shrieve, was 3 feet from me, all arms and legs going in different directions, pounding those drums and cymbals as only a teenager with bursts of Southern California energy could. Then the other percussionists “Chepito” and Mike Carabello on congrats added their flavor to the mix, along with organist Gary Rolie and bassist David Brown, topped by the explosive electric guitar of Carlos Santana. I listened in rapture to their music playing all night. I still often see that magical house they rehearsed in at the corner of Meads Mountain Road and Glasco Turnpike. 23
Late in the night they let a young Chris Brubeck play some guitar licks and then settled down to listen to the records of Gabor Szabo, Chico Hamilton and Miles Davis. It was fantastic to see them inhale this music to only later expel it on their later albums. That Friday morning we made our way to the festival grounds.
Brian Josselyn
It started to rain when we headed back to our station wagon as Joan Baez began to evoke another time of revolution with her haunting rendition of “Joe Hill.”
We sat at the rim of the crater, smoked the passed joints and ate up all the food we brought for the whole weekend. The music had yet to begin. In that marijuana-filled air, I remember Richie Havens coming out finally and playing for a long time. He prepared us for the journey of the weekend for peace, love and freedom, and the sense that we were all in this together. It was the first time I had seen so many people like me in one spot, in time and place. It was the beginning of something. Then in quick succession Swami Satchidananda, Arlo Guthrie, Ravi Shankar, Sweetwater, etc and the eternal search for munchies. It started to rain when we headed back to our station wagon as Joan Baez began to evoke another time of revolution with her haunting rendition of “Joe Hill.” I knew indeed that something new was happening here.
Gay Leonhardt
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The next morning it was still drizzling and we had the option to go to someone’s family summer home nearby. To shower and get warm and dry, thinking
we would return to the The next time I saw site later. We didn’t. Carlos live was 48 years Instead we stayed out later on the same field, of the deluge and mud, almost in the same spot never seeing Santana on the lawn as before, perform in front of their my first time back. new adoring fans. Not until the movies did I see their awesome set and the beginning of a successful career. The next time I saw Carlos live was 48 years later on the same field, almost in the same spot on the lawn as before, my first time back. He came out and his first words were “déja vu.” It was his first time back as well. The shock of recognition I experienced when I passed those broken-down fences, seeing the thousands of people my age, waiting for a new world to begin. It is a witness to my history that I returned to the town of Woodstock 10 years later to spend my life in the spirit of that music festival that never really happened here, but that inspired a “nation” to actively change the world. I still am dedicated to continue the journey as I find myself in the 50th anniversary year in 2019. ~Barry Samuels
Bobby Blitzer
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The Woodstock Artists Association Celebrates Centennial
Frank Swift Chase, co-founder of the Woodstock Artists Association
Founded in 1919 by John F. Carlson, Frank Swift Chase, Andrew Dasburg, Carl Eric Linden and Henry Lee McFee when artists made up 25% of the summer population, WAA’s first Constitution was framed to create a place where both abstract and representational art could live together. Their purpose was to “give free and equal expression to both conservative and radical elements because it believes a strong difference of opinion is a sign of health and an omen of long life for the colony.”
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Harriet Livathinos
However differences arose and every decade or so resulted in confrontation as one group attempted to wrest control of the WAA from another. Cooperation between the academic and radical groups began to evaporate and conflicts erupted. The artists of the early 20th century often lived in a perpetual state of uncertainty and continue to do so to this day. This fact may be even exacerbated as we live in uncertain and chaotic times.
Lindin wrote, “…out of many “…a place where misunderstandings and much all the different small talk, there developed schools could be the scornful and bitter feeling represented and which seems to follow all where the artists new moves…” Today, the could learn from strong foundation and years of each other…” just respectful sustainability between as Linden wanted. artists and those elected to govern are challenged yet again and the legacy of one of the country’s longest standing artists’ associations is at risk of losing its decades-long fair-minded artist-run institution, not only from policies of our government or the organization itself, but also by divided beliefs from within. The WAA will work through these challenges (as it has always done) and will again become “…a place where all the different schools could be represented and where the artists could learn from each other…” just as Linden wanted.
Franz Heigemeier
One of the founders, Andrew Dasburg, wrote “Woodstock always has a soul in its hills that is satisfying at most anytime. In its totality [it] has a charm, a feeling of human warmth, that wins one over each time. ” Respecting his dreams and vision, along with those of current members, staff and governors, we hope the end of WAA’s first century will find that soul again and will continue to “…believe a strong difference of opinion is a sign of health and an omen of long life for the colony” as their Constitution stated. ~Pat Horner Aileen Cramer and Betty Sturgis started a collection of Woodstock art in 1973 that has now grown to over 2000 works covering more than a century. Ten years ago the WAA began calling itself WAAM (Woodstock Artists Association & Museum). 27
Aileen Cramer
Ralph Whitehead on the porch of White Pines
Historic Byrdcliffe The Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts community began in 1903 as a reaction against rapid urbanization and industrialization and is Woodstock’s oldest arts organization. It was created as an experiment in utopian living and is now celebrating its 115th year. The founders Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead and Jane Byrd McCall, both from England, believed in artistic collaboration based on the ideas of the art critic John Ruskin and artist William Morris. Along with two acquaintances, writer Hervey White and artist Bolton Brown, they criss-crossed the country searching for the perfect site for an artists’ colony. Brown found the natural beauty of the Catskills and their proximity to New York City ideal for an art school and craft workshop. Ralph and Jane bought seven farms on 1500 acres to construct their colony and 30 buildings including a theater, barn and artists’ studios.
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Since then, residents at Byrdcliffe have included feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gillman, naturalist John Burroughs, educator John Dewey, author Thomas Mann, musician Bob Dylan, painters Milton and Sally Avery, George Bellows and Philip Guston, photographer Eva Watson-Schßtze, sculptor Eva Hesse, and actress Helen Hayes. Joanne Woodward was involved in the River Arts Repertory at the Byrdcliffe Theatre and Isadora Duncan danced at White Pines. A home for artists for 115 years, Byrdcliffe has been representing all disciplines in the arts, especially the visual arts, ceramics, textiles, writing and playwriting and music Getting ready for studio tour at Villetta Inn composition. Today, located on a smaller 300 acres with the original buildings, Byrdcliffe offers residencies and hosts studio tours at the Villetta Inn on Upper Byrdcliffe Rd. and gallery openings at the Kleinert-James Gallery in the center of town. Crafts are showcased in the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild shop within the gallery. Recently, the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild received a grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation for the support of artists displaced by the 2017 natural disasters in Texas, Florida, California, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. This historic colony enthralls Woodstock visitors and residents alike with the magical experience of an authentic, unique past life in natural surroundings—a peaceful antidote to the chaotic and complex existence of today. ~Pat Horner
In the back at the Byrcliffe Barn
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Arts, Activities, Galleries & Museums
Franz Heigemeir
“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament… Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” ~Oscar Wilde
Elena Zang Gallery 3671 Rte. 212 Shady (Woodstock) 679-5432 elenazang.com Contemporary Fine Art, Ceramics & Sculpture Garden. Historical Society of Woodstock 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock historicalsocietyofwoodstock.org Exhibitions and events, weekends May-Oct. Art Instruction with K. McGuiness See ad page 33.
Woodstock Framing Gallery
Bethel Woods. See ad page 35. Brian Josselyn Fine Arts Brian Josselyn Fine Arts bjosselyn@mac.com 617.584.0864
Framing & Fine Art 31 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock NY 679.6003 WFGgallery.com
Center for Photography at Woodstock 59 Tinker St. Woodstock 679-9957 cpw.org Exhibitions, Workshops, Lectures. See ad page 34.
James Cox Gallery at Woodstock 4666 Route 212 Willow 679-7608 jamescoxgallery.com DEALERS, ADVISORS, APPRAISERS 30
Arts, Activities, Galleries & Museums Larry Lawrence Art 12 Tinker Street Woodstock LarryLawrenceArt.com Kenitic sculpture & more. Lily Ente Studio 153 Tinker St. Rear Woodstock 917-952-7514 LilyEnte.com Sculpture & Prints by Lily Ente Sculpture by Paulette Esrig pauletteesrig.com
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and so much more for ages 12–99+ (845)679–2388 woodstockschoolofart.org Matagiri Gallery 1218 Wittenberg Road Mt. Tremper 845-679-8322 matagiri.org - info@matagiri.org Paintings by Sam Spanier; by appt. only.
Mount Tremper Arts 647 South Plank Road (old Rt. 28) Mt. Tremper 688-9893 MountTremperaAts.org Contemporary Performance Opus 40 50 Fite Rd. Saugerties 845-246-3400 opus40.org 6 1/2 acres of Harvey Fite’s amazing bluestone wonder; available for weddings. See ad page 32. Saugerties Artists Studio Tour Free Open Studio Days August 10 – August 12 SaugertiesArtTour.org See ad page 34.
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Arts, Activities, Galleries & Museums Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild 34 Tinker St. Woodstock 679-2079 byrdcliffe.org Exhibitions, Residencies, Concerts. See ad page 33. Woodstock Framing Gallery See ad page 30.
6.5 ACRES OF HARVEY FITE’S AMAZING BLUESTONE WONDER
Woodstock - New Paltz Art & Craft Fairs See ad page 31.
50 Fite Rd. Saugerties 845-246-3400 Opus40.org Available for weddings
Shelley Parriott Color Field Sculpture ColorFieldSculpture.com
Woodstock Public Library See ad page 34.
Walking Woodstock See ad page 31. Woodstock Art Exchange See Ad page 30. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum 28 Tinker St. Woodstock 679-2940 woodstockart.org Contemporary and Historic Art.
Starting 5/30/18
3:30 to dusk
Leslie Bender
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Arts, Activities, Galleries & Museums
“The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals & shared wisdom.” ~Gordon Gee
Paul Weinschenk
Paul Weinschenk
34 Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 845.679.2079
Art Instruction
with Kathleen McGuiness References available
WoodstockArtist.com WoodstockArtist@hvc.rr.com • (845)679-1241
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Arts, Activities, Galleries & Museums
THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK
Annette Jaret
Woodstock Museum 13 Charles Bach Road Saugerties 845 246-0600 WoodstockMuseum.org Festival(s) and town history. See ad page 33. Woodstock School of Art See ad page 31.
August 10,11&12 saugertiesarttour.org
WOODSTOCK
PUBLIC LIBRARY Make us part of your trip!
Book Sales • Live Music • Forums • Kid’s Events • Free WiFi • Printers • Local Tips 5 Library Lane Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.2213 www.woodstock.org
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Dining & Food
Alan McKnight
Serving farm-to-table, serving farm-to-table, global cuisine global cuisine in a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere in a welcoming, ing farm-to-table, global cuisine welcoming, serving relaxed atmosphere farm-to-table, global cuisine 51 TINKER STREET WOODSTOCK NY 845-679-5533 relaxed in a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere R STREET WOODSTOCK NY 845-679-5533 atmosphere 51 TINKER STREET WOODSTOCK NY 845-679-5533
Joshua’s Restaurant, Catering and Java See ad this page. Maria’s Bazaar See ad page 37. The Mud Club See ad back cover Peace, Love and Cupcakes See ad page 37.
57 MILL HILL ROAD WOODSTOCK NY 679-7917 36
Dining & Food R & R Taproom See ad page 36 Shindig 1 Tinker Street Woodstock 845-684-7091 woodstockshindig.com Bfast, Lunch, Dinner, & more! CATERING & WOOD OVEN PIZZAS
Sunflower Natural Foods Market Woodstock 845-679-5361 / Deli xt. 5 Rhinebeck 845-876-2555 Cafe 845-876-0798 www.sunflowernatural.com See ad this page.
21 Mill Hill Rd. Woodstock 845-679-5434 mariasbazar.com
Woodstock Farm Festival See ad page 32. Woodstock Meats See ad page 36.
Elin Menzies
Woodnotes Grille 5340 Route 28 Mt. Tremper, 845-688-2828 Food you know done our way with fresh local ingredients. Casual with spectacular views. Happier Hour specials. See ad page 43.
Serving Healthy Breakfast All Day!
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
(845)-679-5361 xt. 5
(845)-876-2555
www.sunflowernatural.com
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Lucille Blanch
“Poets, prose writers, playwrights, painters, potters, political pundits, photographers, portraitists, piano players, pilgrims of every artistic stripe march like an army of P’s into the shops in midwinter, leaving their breath on the inside of the windows.” ~Janine Pommy Vega
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Lodging: B&Bs The Woodstock Inn on the Millstream 18 Lovely Private Rooms Bountiful Continental Breakfast Walk to Shops Cascading Stream
1-800-420-4707 www.woodstock-inn-ny.com
48 Tannery Brook Rd. Woodstock, NY 12498
Barclay Heights B&B Mountain view near the Hudson call 845-532-5565 OutstandingHospitality.com Chef-owned Luxury Eco-Victorian. Paul Weinschenk
Onteora Mt. House PO Box 356 Boiceville 657-6233 www.onteora.com Rooms, Weddings, Retreats PB, FP. See ad page 41.
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
Sandra Palmer Shaw
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Lodging: B&Bs
Accepting Accepting reservations reservations thelodgewoodstock.com
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Woodstock, NY Lane 12498 20 Country Club Woodstock, NY 12498 reservations 845.679.2814 Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.2814 thelodgewoodstock.com 845.679.2814
20 Country Lane Woodstock, NY 12498
Village Green Bed & Breakfast See ad this page.
845.679.2814
Frank D’Alstolfo
Alex Kveton
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Woodstock Inn on the Millstream 48 Tannery Brook Rd-Woodstock 1-800-420-4707 www.woodstock-inn-ny.com 18 rooms, gardens & stream $169-375. See ad page 39.
Lodging: Cottages & Campgrounds Saugerties / Woodstock KOA 882 Route 212 Saugerties 845-246-4089 saugertieskoa.com Award Winning Family Campground Woodstock Inn on the Millstream 1-800-420-4707 www.woodstock-inn-ny.com Private & sunny. Walk to town. Decks overlook stream. Complete kitchen. See ad this page.
The Lodge at Woodstock 20 Country Club Lane Woodstock 845-679-2814 TheLodgeWoodstock.com See ad page 40.
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
Bobby Blitzer
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Lodging: Motels & Inns
BEST WESTERN PLUS Kingston 503 Washington Ave, Kingston, NY tel: 845-338-0400 www.bwpkingston.com Indoor heated saltwater pool
Shelley Parriott
Emerson Resort & Spa 5340 Route 28 Mt. Tremper, 845-688-2828 Spacious rooms in the Adirondackstyle Lodge and Contemporary-style Inn. Spa, Dining, Shopping. Dogs welcome. See ad page 43.
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Hotel Dylan See ad this page. Howard Johnson Inn 2764 Route 32 Saugerties 845-246-9511 hojo.com Indoor heated pool and sauna. The Lodge at Woodstock See ad page 40. Woodstock Inn on the Millstream 48 Tannery Brook Rd-Woodstock 1-800-420-4707 www.woodstock-inn-ny.com Great gardens along lovely stream. Walk to town. Includes b’fast. $169-375. See ad this page.
Welcome Back to the Catskills!
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Spacious Accommodations Day Spa Woodnotes Grille The Country Stores
World's Largest Kaleidoscope Group Retreats & Weddings Outdoor Adventures in Nature’s Playground Pat Horner
emersonresort.com (845) 688-2828
Media, Music & Theater
Suzanne Parker
“The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably in the best sense, more wonderful.” ~George Bellows
Colony Woodstock 22 Rock City Rd. Woodstock Phone: 845.679.ROCK Live Music, Private Events, Catering Full Bar, Kitchen See ad page 45.
Larry Lawrence
Maverick Concerts 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock National historic treasure in the woods. Classical, Jazz and Children’s Concerts June 30 - Sept 2 See ad page 45. Woodstock Playhouse See ad this page.
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
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Media, Music & Theater
Paul Weinschenk
Mount Tremper Arts 647 South Plank Road (old Rt. 28) Mt. Tremper 688-9893 Classical • Jazz • Children’s MountTremperArts.org Contemporary Performance
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120 Maverick Road Woodstock, NY 12498
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Mind, Body & Spirit 28 West Fitness Center See ad page 47. Emerson Spa 5340 Route 28 Mt. Tremper, 845-688-2828 Full treatment menu inspired by the Earth’s Elements, the Tranquility of the Catskills and Mother Nature. See ad page 43.
wood stock
yoga
6 deming street 679-8700 woodstockyogacenter.com
Flowing Spirit Healing 33 Mill Hill Road Woodstock 679-8989 flowingspirit.com Spiritual counseling for Physical/ emotional healing. See ad page 47.
Lily Ente
Joan Apter Aromatherapy Woodstock 845-679-0512 Joanapter@earthlink.net Apteraromatherapy.com massage/consultations
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Mind, Body & Spirit KTD Monastery See ad page 46. Menla Mountain Retreat. See ad page this page.
“The closer the gym, the more you’ll go” Classes Included like us on Facebook
Most physical or emotional illness is really spiritual! Address the issue’s root.
28WestGym.com
Woodstock Yoga 6 Deming Street Woodstock 845-679-8700 WoodstockYogaCenter.com Styles: Iyengar, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin, Basics, Restorative, special workshops and Ashtanga. See ad page 46.
Spiritual Healing, Pathwork, Channeling FlowingSpirit.com 845.679.8989 33 Mill Hill Rd.
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Discover the ancient restorative therapies of Tibet at Dewa, Menla’s world-class healing spa. Dewa features a wide range of Eastern as well as Western spa treatments. Come for the day or treat yourself to one of our personalized wellness getaways and experience the hidden mountain oasis of Menla.
menla.us
375 PANTHERKILL ROAD • PHOENICIA, NY 12464 • 845-688-6897
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Real Estate halter associates realty Dorothea Marcus
licensed associate real estate broker 3257 Rt 212 Woodstock NY (917) 854-5748 | dorothea.realtor@gmail.com
Lisa Halter Dorothea Marcus See ad this page.
Halter Associates Realty 3257 Route 212 Woodstock 679-2010 Halterassociatesrealty.com info@halterassociatesrealty.com
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
Alan McKnight
“Still, up the private drives and shaded lanes of this town, across the streams and valleys borne on the breezes or the winds, beaten into the very earth of this place is the urge to express, to create. Somehow, to be a part of Woodstock bestows a heritage of courage to stand apart and be oneself.� ~Jean Lasher Gaede
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Real Estate
Serving the Woodstock area for 4 decades
westwoodrealty.com Woodstock, NY | West Hurley, NY 845.679.0006 845.679.7321
Laurie Ylvisaker, Associate Broker Coldwell Banker/Village Green R.E. 845-901-6129 lylvisaker@gmail.com Woodstock #1 Realtor 2015, 2016, 2017
Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty, Ltd. 24 Mill Hill Road Woodstock 679-0006 westwoodrealty.com Woodstock’s hometown agency. Integrity. Commitment. Knowledge. Making it best for you. See ad this page.
24-Hour ATM 24-Hour 24-Hour ATM ATM
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68 Mill Hill Road / Woodstock 68 Mill Hill Road / Woodstock 866.440.0391 / ulstersavings.com
Alex Kveton
68 Mill Hill Road / Woodstock 866.440.0391 / ulstersavings.com 866.440.0391 / ulstersavings.com EQUAL HOUSING LENDER / MEMBER FDIC EQUAL HOUSING LENDER / MEMBER FDIC EQUAL HOUSING LENDER / MEMBER FDIC
www.PaulAlexanderCo.com
Renovations • Additions • Restorations
(845) 679-1281
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Services Dr. Bruce Jay Milner
845 • 679 • 4000
TRANSCEND DENTAL
AFFORDABLE • BIOCOMPATIBLE • AESTHETIC • STRESS FREE • DENTISTRY
w w w . t r a n s c e n d d e n t a l . n e t David Ekroth, Architect Willow, NY 845-679-5495 dekroth@hvc.rr.com Regional, Contemporary, Energy-Efficient Site and Building Design. Holsapple Landscaping See ad page 51. KatieDidit Graphic Design & Illustration kjellinghaus@@gmail.com 845-679-4445
Paul Alexander Constructon See ad page 49. Solar Generation. See ad this page. Transcend Dental See ad this page. Ulster County Tourism. See ad page 51. Ulster Savings Bank See ad page 49.
Making Solar Seamless and Affordable
747 Route 28, Suite #4 Kingston, NY 12401 tel: 845.679.6997 www.solargeneration.net
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Services
for seasonal play Find your trail, your mountaintop, your ski slope, your golf course, your art gallery, your restaurant, your bed and breakfast.
SEEK FOR YOURSELF. ulstercountyalive.com Woodstock Tattoo Studio 106 Mill Hill Rd Woodstock 845-684-5983 www.woodstocktattoostudio.com Custom tattoos, walk-ins welcome. Paul Feasel
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
LAWN & HOME CARE 845-679-7282
Complete Lanscaping Services
Spring & Fall Cleanups • Mowing • Planting • Trash Collection Winter Home Watch
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Pat Horner
Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport. ~Pope Francis
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Shopping
Catskill Art & Office Supply See ad page 55.
Crafts People 262 Spillway Rd. West Hurley 331-3859 craftspeople.us Representing 500 craftspeople. See ad page 54. Emerson Country Store 5340 Route 28 Mt. Tremper, 845-688-2828 Unique gift items, fashions, housewares, food products and toys. World’s Largest Kaleidoscope. See ad page 43.
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
Reidunn Fraas
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Shopping
H. Houst & Son Inc. 4 Mill Hill Rd. Woodstock 679-2115 hhoust.com See ad page 55. Happy Life See ad page 53.
Larry Lawrence
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
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J Bliss Studios 39a Tinker St. Woodstock 845-514-9820 JBlissStudios.com Jewelry & Art Made in Woodstock Jarita’s Florist 17 Tinker St. Woodstock 679-6161 or 1-877-JARITAS jaritas.com Serving Woodstock since 1977.
Shopping Modern Mythology See ad page 56. Mowers Sat/Sun Flea Market Maple Lane Woodstock 845 679-6744 woodstockfleamarket@hvc.rr.com Weekends May–Nov • Google us! Namse Bangdzo Bookstore See ad page 54. Pegasus Comfort Footwear 10 Mill Hill Road Woodstock 679-2373 pegasusshoes.com Awesome Footwear.
Alex Kveton
Pondicherry Yoga Arts 12 Tinker St. Woodstock 679-2926 pondi.biz Yoga Accessories, Auroville Handicrafts, Jewelry. See ad page 56.
Pat Horner
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Shopping
Marilynn Rowley
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.� ~African proverb Psychic Rose See ad page 46.
Timbuktu 2 Tannery Brook Rd. Woodstock 679-1169 timbuktuwoodstock.com Exotic World Decor.
Tibetan Arts & Crafts See ad page 53.
All phone numbers are in the 845 area code unless otherwise indicated.
Welcome to
Village Green
Bed & Breakfast 845-679-0313
Meredith Rosier
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TOWN
Crisis Counseling Highway Department Justice Court Police / Fire / Emergency Town Offices
RELIGIOUS
Christ’s Lutheran Church Congregation Agudas Achim Congregation Ahavath Israel KTD Buddhist Monastery Living Word Chapel Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center Overlook United Methodist Church St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church St. John’s Roman Catholic Church Unitarian Fellowship Wesleyan Community Church Woodstock Dutch Reformed Church Woodstock Jewish Congregation Zen Arts Center Donshinji Monastery
679-2485 679-2805 679-6345 679-2422 679-2113
679-2336 331-1176 338-4409 679-5906 338-9305 679-8322 679-6800 679-8800 679-7696 331-2884 657-8444 679-6610 679-2218 688-2228
ORGANIZATIONS
Center for Photography Family of Woodstock Woodstock Artists Association & Museum Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock Film Festival Woodstock Library Woodstock Museum Woodstock Times Youth Center & Skatepark
679-9957 679-2458 679-2940 679-2079 679-4265 679-2213 246-0600 334-8200 679-2015
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