On the morning of Dec. 4, local musician and handyman Paul Duffy was sitting down to a steaming breakfast prepared by his daughter in St. Petersburg, Florida, when his cellphone rang. The caller was a neighbor from De Witt Road in Accord, known to many as “Hoppy,” the bear carver. He delivered grim news: Duffy’s […]
Tad Wise
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Woodstock Center for Awakening Broadens Its Reach
“Love All, Serve All, Feed All.”Neem Karoli Baba The Woodstock Center for Awakening is offering a multidimensional Thanksgiving program this year, feeding an estimated three hundred to five hundred immigrant families across Ulster County. Meanwhile in Woodstock, a loftier feast awaits many of the devotees more commonly associated with the annual Awakening Festival, which will […]
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Before Annie Hall, There Was Woodstock
Why did the world fall in love with Diane Keaton? Tens of millions have their theories. But to trace the origins of that charm—where it began, how it bloomed—we go back to the summer of 1967, when a young woman named Diane Hall arrived in Woodstock, New York. That summer, theater owner Edgar Rosenblum’s star […]
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An American Pope and the ‘Maverick’ Novel That Saw Him Coming
With the surprise election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the first-ever American pope, the United States is witnessing what was long considered a historical impossibility. The ascension of an American bishop—so trusted by his predecessor, Pope Francis, as to leap over a host of more likely candidates—has stirred global fascination and sent viewership soaring […]
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A Celebration of Sound and Freedom
The Creative Improvisers Orchestra gathers in Kingston to honor the late Karl Berger at 90.