Nature’s cycle will end!
No, this isn’t one of those scary stories about climate change.
“Seasons: Catching Nature’s Cycle,” the current exhibition at the Historical Society of Woodstock located on the road off Tinker Street to the town-owned Comeau estate, will close this weekend. It will be open for viewing from noon to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday. The closing reception is this Saturday, September 4, at 2 p.m.
To March or to Marry reading/talk by Violet Snow
Violet Snow will discuss Ulster County women’s clubs and suffrage activity in the early 1900s, followed by a reading from her historical novel To March or to Marry, on September 5 at 2 p.m. on the porch of the Historical Society of Woodstock, located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock.
The novel begins in New York City in 1912. Two young women find their friendship torn apart when one of them abandons the dignified, middle-class feminism of their women’s club to join suffragists marching for the vote. Abbie struggles with issues of marriage and motherhood, while Louise seeks independence, but they need each other’s help to find their voices in the contentious world of emerging women’s rights.
Visionary feminists Alice Paul and Harriot Stanton Blatch are among the historical figures who make their appearance in this novel about the battle for the vote and the quieter-but-profound influence of the women’s clubs that gave women tools for changing society.
Snow is an author and journalist whose work has been published in The New York Times’ “Disunion” blog, Woodstock Times, American Ancestors, Jewish Currents, Civil War Times and many other periodicals.
Marc Black Band performs September 4 in Woodstock
The Marc Black Band will perform for a special Labor Day weekend show on Saturday, September 4 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) in the beer garden at the Colony in Woodstock. Featuring former members of the Joe Cocker, Stevie Winwood, Miles Davis and Paul Simon bands, the Marc Black Band will perform their wildly danceable Woodstock sound.
Black’s rockin’ blues has led to his being inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame and his recent album, Everybody Wants My Hat, reaching for the Top Ten on the International Folk Radio Charts. His career as a singer/songwriter began when, as a teenager, he fronted the Blades of Grass and toured with many of the biggest acts of the day, including the Doors, Van Morrison and Neil Diamond. Just a few years later, he became the first indie singer/songwriter to garner a pick hit in Billboard Magazine and praise from folks like John Hammond, Sr.
This show at the Colony will also feature the vocals of Amy Fradon; joyous Eric Parker on drums; psychedelic inventor and Blues Magoos founder Mike Esposito on bass; Blue Note recording artist (and man who really knows how to dress) Don Byron on saxes; and king of the Hammond organ Pete Levin from the Gil Evans Orchestra on keys. This will be Black’s final East Coast show before leaving on a promotion tour in the Southwest.
Tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 on the day of the show and can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marc-black-band-outdoor-beer-garden-show-tickets-163537167069?aff=ebdssbdestsearch.
Straighter Roads Tour visits The Chance
Upstate Reggae Woodstock and The Chance present the “Straighter Roads Tour” on Labor Day weekend, Sunday, September 5, featuring twice Grammy-nominated Julian Marley and the Uprising Band. This will be the final Upstate Reggae event of 2021.
The Chance, the legendary premier venue of the Hudson Valley, recently lost its beloved owner of 25 years, Frank Pallett, who was so excited to bring a Marley back to his venue. Also performing is Mighty Mystic, who rocked Woodstock this summer, and Jah Sun, on tour from California. Part of the proceeds of this show will fund the Ghetto Youths Foundation.
For tickets and information, visit www.thechancetheater.com or call (845) 471-1966 or Upstate Reggae at (845) 542-6960 and visit www.julianmarley.com.
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