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 […]
NEW YORK – Journeys can be measured prosaically, in terms of time, such as the 14-hour drive in a rented Dodge Caravan that Prairiewood Elementary art teacher Chuck Jones and […]
Seventy-five years marks a milestone, so, when traveling piano teacher Don Beyer realized his birthday fell on a Saturday, he decided to have a piano recital to mark the occasion. […]
A Woodstock resident and relentless supporter of veterans, U.S. Army veteran Orville “Butch” Borchardt never has taken the easy way out of anything. Drafted into the military in 1970, he […]
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