Robert Tellefsen and I are sitting in a mostly empty coffee shop, which he’s using as a canvas to illustrate his former life as a 17-year-old in Greenwich Village in the midst of the 1960s folk …
BETHEL, NY — In August of 1969, Long Islander Bill Galante was 20 years old and working as an artist at a surfboard shop.
BETHEL, NY — I had turned 15 by the summer of 1969, and already considered myself a man of the world. I’m not sure that my parents shared this lofty opinion, but by then I had attended a …
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (BWCA) hosted a celebration of the publication launch of “Woodstock: 50 Years of Peace and Music” Sunday, July 21, featuring a group of panelists, all …
New York State — Michael Lang gets the most credit—or blame—for launching the original Woodstock Music and Art Festival in 1969, but the three-day event was brought about by Lang …
What's coming up for the Woodstock 50th August 1-7
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — When the last dove is unveiled near Cabernet Franks in Parksville on June 7, there will be 50 painted doves on display in Sullivan County in recognition of the 50th …
The psychedelic painted VW “Light” Bus is tripping back to Bethel for the Woodstock 50th Anniversary celebration. As a symbol of the Woodstock generation, the bus is best described in …
WATKINS GLEN, NY — The concert planned to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock in Watkins Glen—not the one planned for Bethel—is back on, the organizers say. They have …
MONTICELLO, NY — Elected officials from the town, county and state level gathered on May 16 for the unveiling of the Woodstock Way sign on Route 17B in Monticello. The county is celebrating the …
District 1 Legislator Scott Samuelson, who represents Bethel, Cochecton, Highland and Tusten. A crowd gathered on the side of Route 17B, across the street from Raceway Row, at 12 noon on Thursday, …
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Doves begin landing this week throughout Sullivan County. There’s one at the Villa Roma Resort, one at the Narrowsburg Union, another at the Discovery …
The community is aflutter with the 50th year anniversary of the iconic Woodstock music festival. To define the arts and cultural side of the celebration, there are a quite few projects in the works. …
NARROWSBURG, NY — The seven-foot-long fiberglass dove, created in recognition of the Woodstock’s 50th anniversary, has found a home. At the town meeting on February 13, the Tusten Town …
LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — “Should we leave the town as is, or should we be promoting commercial development?” asked councilman Paul Salzberg. His question came after Sullivan County …
TRR photo by Fritz Mayer
The site of the original Woodstock festival will be humming with activity 50 years later.
This is the official logo of the festival, which planned for August 16 to 18.
Contributed photo
Peace doves will mark the Woodstock 50th anniversary.