What kind of artwork should Woodstock display in the center of the city’s first traffic roundabout? City officials have formally asked for ideas by issuing a 32-page RFP – Request […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com A new year means new initiatives, and the Woodstock Arts Commission is already at work on them. One of the major projects is a Public Arts […]
Folk Festival spring concert set for April 16 at Stage Left Woodstock Folk Festival has scheduled its first in-person spring concert since 2019 for 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at […]
Democracy is a wonderful system for us regular folks. No, not the democratic republic form of our government that allows us to vote a couple of times a year for […]
State research grant will assess Woodstock arts needs, aid plan Woodstock will use a $75,000 research and planning grant in preparing a plan to further develop the local arts community […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com From being “the art kid” to a Chicago street artist and gallery owner, and now to a local farmer and artist, Jay Turner has no shortage […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock Fine Arts Association, the oldest resident company of the Woodstock Opera House, has continued its support of the historic theater with its latest donation of […]
Some evidence to the contrary, we have plenty of summer remaining. Sure, students are back in class, high school football will be seriously underway this coming Friday, and we’ve had […]
By Lydi LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com With the Benton Street mural under their belt, members of the Woodstock Arts Commission are moving steadily forward with more initiatives. At its monthly meeting July […]
By Julia Eastham news@thewoodstockindependent.com Cheers erupted from the crowd at Benton Street Thursday evening as the “Made In Woodstock” mural ceremony concluded with a ribbon-cutting. Muralist Mauricio Ramirez from Chicago […]
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