There’s an old theater saying that an actor who overdoes it is “chewing the scenery.” In Catskill Mountain Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” however, little is more diverting than watching the actors play with the furniture. What begins as a deceptively calm living-room play, with strong whiffs of Chekhov, quickly gives way to something almost […]
Lex Sottile
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Windham
Windham Forum Connects Residents With Health Providers
About 60 people filled VFW Post 1545 in Windham on June 10 for the first Mountaintop Health and Wellness Forum, where health care providers, advocates, and local organizations offered information on services ranging from hospice care and mental health support to yoga, massage therapy, and insurance enrollment. At one table, a man applied a tuning […]
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Hunter
Catskill Mountain Foundation Gauges Interest in Hunter Music School
The Catskill Mountain Foundation is weighing whether to create a year-round music school in Hunter after about 30 people attended a town hall and more than 100 people responded to an online survey. Residents gathered May 20 at the Doctorow Center for the Arts to discuss the proposal, offer suggestions and ask questions about what […]
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Hunter
Tannersville Culinary Hub Breaks Ground at Fromer Market Gardens
A $1.2 million culinary education center planned for Fromer Market Gardens in Tannersville broke ground April 29, launching a project meant to train local students and adults in agriculture, hospitality, and food service. The Fromer Market Gardens Culinary Hub, a joint project of the Hunter Foundation and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties, […]
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Hunter
Kaaterskill Trolley Comes to a Stop After Four Seasons
The Kaaterskill Trolley will not return this summer, ending a four-season run that carried visitors to some of Greene County’s most crowded outdoor destinations just as the state considers new limits on access to Kaaterskill Falls. Ryan Chadwick, who started the shuttle service in 2022, said last week that the trolley had ceased operations indefinitely. […]
Posted inTheater
Hunter
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Takes ‘Hamlet’ Into Its Final Weekend
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare’s spring tour of “Hamlet” will close this weekend, capping an expanded run that brought Shakespeare to schools and community venues across the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Now in its third year, the company’s community tour has grown from 14 stops in 2024 to 23 this spring, including 13 schools and 10 public […]
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Windham
Magic on the Mountain
Everyone knows these mountains are magic. A thousand local references to Rip Van Winkle can’t be wrong, after all. But metaphors aside, magic is real on Main Street in the snow-kissed ski town of Windham, where an address in hand and a knock on a stranger’s door can show you the real thing: cards disappearing, […]
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Hunter
Line Dancing Finds Its Footing in Hunter
“You actually want shoes with less traction,” teacher Georgina Oram explained, surveying the proffered footwear choices. Western-adjacent heels vied with more sensible naugahyde and rubber snow boots. Outside, the temperature hovered around zero degrees, and snow blanketed the ski mountain. The surprise was not the weather. It was the authority figure recommending heels. Oram, 36, […]
