When the short film “The Wanting” premieres at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at the Woodstock Opera House, it will represent a confluence of dreams in filmmaker Marty McGinley’s life. […]
Last July, Woodstock surprised itself with a new lightning-rod attraction, transforming itself overnight into the Midwest’s biggest hub of magic and fantasy aficionados outside the Bristol Renaissance Faire. Youth librarian […]
Woodstock finally gave adopted son Orson Welles a permanent seat. And it came as the latest addition to the Woodstock on Film and on the Stage Mural and Sculpture Garden, […]
Each February, with a four-day festival to celebrate “the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather,” the town of Woodstock relives the making of “Groundhog Day,” the film […]
The Judith Svalander School of Ballet has been a fixture at the Woodstock Opera House. The studio has been performing “the Nutcracker,” full-length ballets, recitals, and other dance events for […]
“To Be Heard,” a four-week group fine-art exhibition and exercise in free speech, will be displayed starting this weekend in the Old Courthouse Arts Center. The show is curated by […]
About 60 family, friends, peers and faculty were treated last week to a morning performance of “Trolls” by the Creekside Middle School Life Skills and Target classes, along with their […]
This Saturday at 6:30 p.m., Waverly Ballroom will host the “Tea Party For Teens” EP release concert for Woodstock’s newest and youngest band, Seasalt. With Woodstock’s Becky Sargeant on guitar, […]
The final piece of the Woodstock on Film and on the Stage Mural and Sculpture Garden has been scheduled for public dedication next month. The public is invited to help […]
Acclaimed musical theater historian Charles Troy will bring five shows to the Woodstock Opera House starting next week, with proceeds to benefit Woodstock musical and theater groups. Four of Troy’s […]
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