Catskill Mountain Region October 2013

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Fleischmanns Celebrates 100 Years October 12, 10-2pm Featuring Pick your own pumpkins Pumpkin decorating Face painting Scarecrow building Join us for a fun time!

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Swinging on a Star Cookie’s Re-imagined Attic Pieces Coming Soon to Main St 2 • www.catskillregionguide.com TABLE OF www.catskillregionguide.com VOLUME 28, NUMBER 10 October 2013 CONTENTS PUBLISHERS Peter Finn, Chairman, Catskill Mountain Foundation Sarah Finn, President, Catskill Mountain Foundation

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION Sarah Taft

ADVERTISING SALES Rita Adami Steve Friedman Albert Verdesca

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Tara Collins, Garan Santicola, Jeff Senterman, Carol and David White

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Candy McKee, Toni Perretti, Danyelle McDowell & Cara Dantzig

PRINTING Catskill Mountain Printing

DISTRIBUTION Catskill Mountain Foundation On the cover: Jazz pianist and Artistic Director of the Catskill Jazz Factory Aaron Diehl will perform this October with legendary saxophonist Lew Tabackin. For more information about the concert, please see the article on page 8.

EDITORIAL DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: October 6 Photo by John Abbott

The Catskill Mountain Region Guide is published 12 times a year by the Catskill Mountain Foundation, Inc., Main Street, PO Box 924, Hunter, NY 12442. If you have events or programs that you would like to have covered, please send them by e-mail to tafts@ catskillmtn.org. Please be sure to furnish a contact name and in- clude your address, telephone, fax, and e-mail information on all correspondence. For editorial and photo submission guidelines THE ARTS send a request via e-mail to [email protected]. 4 The liability of the publisher for any error for which it may be held legally responsible will not exceed the cost of space ordered or occupied by the error. The publisher assumes no liability for TABACKIN AND DIEHL: errors in key numbers. The publisher will not, in any event, be 8 liable for loss of income or profits or any consequent damages. Masters on the Mountaintop Jazz Concert The Catskill Mountain Region Guide office is located in Hunter Village Square in the Village of Hunter on Route 23A. By Garan Santicola The magazine can be found on-line at www.catskillmtn.org by clicking on the “Guide Magazine” button, or by going directly to www.catskillregionguide.com 7,000 copies of the Catskill Mountain Region Guide are 10 FRESH FROM THE CATSKILLS: Crunch and Be Counted distributed each month. It is distributed free of charge at the Plattekill, Sloatsburg and New Baltimore rest stops on the By Tara Collins New York State Thruway, and at the tourist information offices, restaurants, lodgings, retailers and other businesses throughout Greene, Delaware and Ulster counties. Home delivery of the Guide magazine is available, at an 14 MILL TO MUSEUM: Hanford Mills Museum Celebrates additional fee, to annual members of the Catskill Mountain Foundation at the $100 membership level or higher. 40 Years of Vision and Dedication ©2000 Catskill Mountain Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. The Catskill Mountain Region Guide is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts. All photo- 16 THE GREAT OUTDOORS IN THE CATSKILLS graphic rights reside with the photographer. By Jeff Senterman

THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION 20 THE 2013 CATSKILL LARK IN THE PARK 7950 MAIN STREET By Carol and David White P.O. BOX 924 HUNTER, NY 12442 PHONE: 518 263 2000 FAX: 518 263 2025 24 OCTOBER AT THE WWW.CATSKILLMTN.ORG CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION

October 2013 • guide 3 THE ARTS

“The Future of Jazz,” The Grace Kelly Quintet Comes to the West Kortright Center this October On Sunday, October 13 at 7 pm, the West Kortright Center welcomes the Grace Kelly Quintet. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear this young jazz sensation about whom Wynton Marsalis raved, “Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling … a first-class musician.” And acclaimed musician, writer, and producer David Was raved on NPR, “What if I told you that the future of jazz…rested in the hands of a Ko- rean American saxophonist named Grace Kelly?…. I’ve heard the future of jazz and it is Grace Kelly.” Saxophonist Grace Kelly has played with the Boston Pops and with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at Lincoln Center and at D.C.’s Ken- nedy Center. She fronts her own band and has recorded and/or performed with Harry Connick, Jr., Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Phil Woods, Frank Morgan, Esperanza Spalding, Toots Thielemans, Hank Jones, Chris Potter, Rufus Reid, Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Billy Hart, Ann Hampton Callaway, James Cotton, and Terri Lynn Carrington. She’s played the major jazz festivals in the U.S. and Europe, has eight recordings on her own label, and been featured on CNN, ABC, NPR’s “Piano Jazz,” and in the LA Times, Jazz Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, The Observer/London, Downbeat, and Glamour. And she just turned 20. Tickets for the Grace Kelly Quintet are $28 general, $25 WKC Member and $11 under 19. The West Kortright Centre is located 49 West Kortright Church Road in East Meredith, NY, mid-way between the towns of Oneonta, Delhi, and Stamford. To purchase tickets or for more information, log onto www.westkc.org or call 607 278 5454.

Mixed Media Works by Patti Gibbons, “Escapes,” at The Storefront Gallery in Kingston The Storefront Gallery in Kingston is pleased to feature the paintings and mixed media works of Patti Gibbons in a show titled “Escapes.” The opening reception is Saturday, October 5 from 5 to 8 pm, and the show runs through October 26. In “Escapes,” Kingston artist Patti Gibbons explores images from the physical and the metaphysical worlds. Her landscapes depict vistas that move her deeply: olive trees on a hill, delicate clouds at sunset, a field of hay rolls. Her abstract drawings portray personal experi- ences that emerge from after starting with automatic, or “Poets Walk,” by Patti Gibbons blind drawings. Whether working in realism or in the abstract, Gibbons states: “The studio is a dream world. Once the door is closed the outside world is shut out, it is an escape to a place of wonder, exploration, and magic; a place where one feels most peaceful and complete. Originally from Long Island, Patti Gibbons considers herself a native of the area as she has spent most of her life residing in and being inspired by the Hudson Valley. It is a place that has captured both her heart and her creative muse. Ms. Gibbons was immersed in the arts from an early age, designing for local businesses, showing her work regionally and internationally. She obtained her AA degree in Visual Arts, followed by a Bachelors and Masters in Art Education from the State University at New Paltz. She has been teaching art to special needs students for 20 years. Recently leaving her teaching career, she is passionately pursuing her dream to design and paint full time. Ms. Gibbons’ work depicts vistas of the Hudson Valley and of her travels. Those works, as well as her abstract “mindscapes,” portray an intimate and personal view of both the physical and subconscious world. The Storefront Gallery is located at 93 Broadway in Kingston. Gallery hours are Saturday from 1-6 pm, by appointment and 24/7 through the storefront windows. For more information, call 845 338 8473 or visit www.TheStorefrontGallery.com.

4 • www.catskillregionguide.com October 2013 • guide 5 Cello and Piano Duo Kalayjian & Kazantsev at Saugerties Pro Musica this October Saugerties Pro Musica is proud to present the piano duo of Kalayjian and Kazantsev on October 20 at 3 pm at Sau- gerties United Methodist Church. Cellist Ani Kalayjian will be performing classical selections with pianist Ilya Kazantsev. These internationally renowned musicians enjoy successful solo careers as well as performing together and with chamber orchestras. Ms. Kalayjian, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “repre- senting the young, up-and-coming generation” and by San Diego Arts as a cellist with “notable conviction and skill,” has performed in Japan, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States as both a soloist and a chamber musi- cian. Mr. Kazantsev, a fresh and exciting presence on the international music scene, has performed extensively throughout Russia and the United States as a recitalist and a soloist with orchestras, and he has also appeared in Canada, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, Korea, and Japan. To learn more about the concert program and Saugerties Pro Musica, please visit www.saugertiespromusica.org This concert is the second of Saugerties Pro Musica’s terrific 2013/2014 season. These eight concerts are quality musical perfor- mances, often by world-class musicians, in a comfortable, intimate setting, and at very affordable prices. Subscribe for the season ($50 for all eight concerts) and save off the already low regular ticket prices of $12 for adults and $10 for seniors. Students are always free. Call 845 246 5021 or 845 679 5733 for more information, or visit www.saugertiespromusica.org for the most up to date programming schedule.

6 • www.catskillregionguide.com CATSKILL JAZZ FACTORY a program of the Catskill Mountain Foundation presents

MASTERS ON THE MOUNTAINTOP Legendary Saxophonist Lew Tabackin and the Aaron Diehl Trio Saturday, October 26, 2013, 8 pm DOCTOROW CENTER FOR THE ARTS 7971 Main Street (Route 23A) Village of Hunter, NY

Tickets purchased ahead: $23; $18 seniors; $7 students Tickets purchased at the door: $27; $21 seniors; $7 students

This event is supported, in part, by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, and is partially funded by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Tickets: (518) 263 2063 or www.catskilljazzfactory.org

October 2013 • guide 7 Left: Lew Tabackin, photo by Dirk Stockmans. Right: Aaron Diehl, photo by John Abbott TABACKIN AND DIEHL Masters on the Mountaintop Jazz Concert By Garan Santicola

n Saturday, October 26, at 8 pm, the Catskill Jazz Factory the way the language is built, and then they actually have to Owill feature a performance by legendary saxophonist Lew speak that language with other people. Well, jazz is no different. Tabackin and the Aaron Diehl Trio at the Doctorow Center for If you’re going to play jazz and learn to speak jazz as a language the Arts in Hunter. through your instrument, then you have to have a foundation, Diehl is a celebrated young jazz pianist and the artistic direc- and the only way to do that is by listening to and studying the tor of the Catskill Jazz Factory, which was founded in 2012 by masters.” Piers and Lucy Playfair along with Aaron Diehl to build com- Regarding his trio’s October 26 performance with Tabackin, munity through jazz. It is a program of the Catskill Mountain Diehl says, “They [the audience] can expect to hear some familiar Foundation and receives support from Friends of the Orpheum. jazz standards by tenor saxophonists, such as Coleman Hawkins, Having recently completed the second year of their summer Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane—the giants of that residency program, the Jazz Factory’s upcoming concert is part of instrument—but they can also expect to get a very clear sense of an ongoing Masters on the Mountaintop series, where Diehl and Lew Tabackin’s unique sound on the saxophone and unique con- his trio accompany legendary jazz performers with the intent of tribution to the art-form and to recognize him as a living master.” fostering intergenerational dialogue within the art-form. Tabackin has been hailed by critics throughout the world for Diehl says: “I always talk about jazz as a language, and if his original sound on both the flute and the tenor saxophone, and somebody’s learning a language, especially a foreign language, it is his saxophone that will be featured in his performance with they have to study the grammar, the syntax; they have to study the Aaron Diehl Trio.

8 • www.catskillregionguide.com Tabackin shares Diehl’s view of building on the tradition of jazz greats, and says: “As a young person, I tried to learn about the tradition and the history of tenor saxophone. Veronica M. Kosich You know, for starters, I actually wound up basically imitating John Coltrane, but then Attorney at Law I decided to check out how the saxophone developed, starting with the great Coleman Hawkins, so it’s perfectly natural for me to do a project like this.” He goes on to say: “In the whole history of jazz music, there always were genera- DWI tional differences between older guys and younger guys always playing together. The Criminal * Traffic older players gave information and experience to the younger players and the younger players gave energy to the older players. In the last thirty years or so, they started segre- Real Estate gating with all the young guys playing together and the older players being stuck in this all-star situation. So it kind of messed up the natural reality…. So I think it’s good that Master’s Degree in Elder Law this project is happening.” and Estate Planning Tabackin first noticed Diehl’s talent while the young pianist was a student at Jul- liard. Tabackin recalls: “I met Aaron when I was doing classes at Julliard’s jazz program a Phone: (518) 943-5050 few years back, and I was quite impressed by his sensitivity, sensibility, the way he didn’t Evening and Weekend overplay just to play. He listened very carefully and didn’t do anything that was inappro- Appointments Available priate, which is very rare for a young player.” Credit Cards Accepted Diehl toured with the Wynton Marsalis Septet immediately following his gradu- ation from high school, and he has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “the most promising discovery that Marsalis has made since Eric Reed.” He graduated from Jul- liard in 2007 and in 2011 was named the Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz by the American Pianists Association. Tabackin had a recent concert in Harlem that featured the tenor saxophone and suggested the organizers hire Diehl to accompany on the piano, so their upcoming per- formance at the Doctorow Center will mark their second concert together. Joining them on stage will be bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Mark Whitfield Jr. Diehl has received much fanfare of late for his new album The Bespoke Man’s Narra- tive, where he tailored the music to the skill-set of his band members, and it should be interesting to see what he can put together to highlight the skill-set of Tabackin for this latest Masters on the Mountaintop performance. Tabackin ultimately sees jazz as a living tradition that can be expanded upon. He says: “That’s another aspect of what I try to do as I get older, I try to expand the tradi- tion. I don’t want to leave the tradition and I don’t want to dwell on the tradition, I want to expand the tradition.” He adds, “It’s not a retro reality, it’s a living heritage that exists, and it doesn’t exist in too many people anymore, but when it’s right, you can express yourself through the tradition and try to expand the tradition.” Tabackin sees Diehl as one of those rare talents who will have the chance to make his mark on the jazz world: “I’m looking forward to hearing where he goes and where he takes his music…. He has no limitations in life.” Regarding the upcoming performance, Tabackin says: “The audience can expect a musical explanation, or musical perception of the history of the instrument, without going back and being museum-like or retro but allowing the great tradition to show its life and durability and continuum. And I might do a little bit of explanation verbally. If I play something and feel it will help to say a few words then I might do that.”

October 26 at 8 pm at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY, 12442 is a great time to see jazz history in the making as a legend on the tenor saxophone comes together with a brilliant new pianist to explore the living tradition of their art and to break new ground in this highly anticipated collaboration. To purchase tickets, go online at www.catskilljazzfactory.org or call the Catskill Mountain Foundation Box Office at 518 263 2063.Tickets purchased until 3 pm on the day of the concert are $23; $18 seniors; $7 students, and tickets purchased at the door are $27; $21 seniors; $7 students.

October 2013 • guide 9 Fresh From the Catskills: Crunch and Be Counted By Tara Collins

“Fall Farmstand,” photo by Nora Adelman

n October 24, GrowNYC, the New York Apple Association Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council. “Pure Catskills Oand FoodDay.org are spearheading The Big Apple Crunch. is looking for 1,000 (or more) hardy apple eaters so we can help Primarily focused on participation at several New York City GrowNYC reach their 1-million cruncher milestone. Many tasty venues, the Big Apple Crunch is a play on words for New York varieties come right from our backyard here in the New York City City, also known as The Big Apple. The effort is to raise aware- Watershed. What better way to celebrate the season’s bumper crop ness of apples as a super food, to celebrate Food Day, and to break than to extend the invitation to crunch together?” the world record for Most Participants in an Apple-Crunching To reach their goal, Pure Catskills is reaching out to the Event. City dwellers can crunch an apple at any of GrowNYC’s SUNY-Delhi campus community through the College Associa- Greenmarket farmers’ markets (like Columbia Greenmarket) that tion of Delhi Inc. (CADI). “Weather permitting, we’re gathering day. Schools like P.S. 5592 and 81 will be joined by crunchers at students, faculty and community for the Big Apple Crunch in the the Canaan Senior Service Center and the Marble Hill Youthmar- Agora at 1:15 pm,” notes Christina Viafore, Marketing Manager ket. And to make sure everyone is counted for the “crunch heard for CADI, the food service arm of the SUNY-Delhi campus. around the world,” RecordSetter.com—a New York City-based “When Pure Catskills approached us with this fun group activity, organization tracking new world records—will be tracking the Big we jumped at the chance to support local farmers, raise awareness Apple Crunch progress. of farming and promote nutritious eating simply by crunching “Not wanting to miss out on the fun and the opportunity to a crisp one at the Big Apple Crunch. To accommodate lots of support local farmers, the Pure Catskills Buy Local campaign is people, we’re hosting this event outside SUNY-Delhi’s Farrell fielding a team of its own,” says Communications Director Tara Student and Community Center. We’re also getting nine bushels

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October 2013 • guide 11 of apples from Pure Catskills member Middlefield Orchard of Cooperstown and hope that farmers Willy and Joan Bruneau will join us for the Big Apple Crunch.” Pure Catskills Nutritionally, a medium-sized apple weighs in with just 80 calories, zero grams of Members offering fat and a cool 22 grams of carbohydrates, 5 of those tied up in fiber—about as much as a bowl of bran cereal. An apple also contains Vitamin C and A, antioxidant phytonutri- U-Pick Apples ents, boron, iron and potassium. To top it off, apples contain no fat, sodium or choles- terol. “What better excuse to take a break from whatever you’re doing, to help set a new Otsego County world record,” says Collins. “Make your crunch count and heard around the world. Join Middlefield Orchard us on Thursday, October 24.” 2274 State Highway 166 For more information, visit www.bigapplecrunch.org or www.purecatskills.com. Cooperstown, NY 13326 607 547 8212 [email protected] A Bumper Crop of Apples middlefieldorchard.com Fruit experts predict 2013 to be a “bumper crop” year for apples. But what exactly does that mean? In the agricultural realm, the term signifies an unusually large har- Schoharie County vest of a single crop. Sometimes called a “bumper harvest,” a bumper crop results Terrace Mountain Orchard when Mother Nature lays out all the proper growing conditions for that plant. For Terrace Mountain Road New York State apples, adequate rains, lots of sunshine, moderate temperatures and Schoharie, NY 12157 no killing frost during the bloom period has allowed for this to happen. 518 295 8212 The actual origin of the phrase is up for debate. According to StackExchange. terracemountainorchard.com com, a website on the English language and usage, the term “bumper” was used as slang as early as 1759. Some postulate that bumper was any object that would Sullivan County cause a bump, or swelling, or easily dent a surface. There’s also speculation that Soons Orchards since the top of a silo is called a “bumper,” any crop harvested and stored to the 23 Soons Circle point of filling a silo was a bumper crop. According to Etymonline, bumper in New Hampton, NY 10958 the 1670s referred to a “glass filled to the brim.” To that end then, Pure Catskills 845 374 5471 speculates that any farmer harvesting a bumper crop is gleefully toasting to it at the [email protected] local pub. soonsorchards.com Whatever your reason for eating an apple, mark your calendar for October 24 and register online for the Big Apple Crunch (www.pure-catskills-big-apple- Ulster County crunch-team.eventbrite.com). Hurds Family Farm 2187 State Route 32 Modena, NY 12548 845 883 7825 How to Participate in the Pure Catskills [email protected] SUNY-Delhi Crunch Team: hurdsfamilyfarm.com 1. Register online at pure-catskills-big-apple-crunch-team.eventbrite.com so your crunch will be counted as part of the Pure Catskills SUNY-Delhi Crunch Team. Maynard Farms 326 River Road 2. Pick your apple of choice: Macintosh, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Crispin, Ulster Park, NY 12487 Gala, or whichever suits your fancy. New York State boasts over 40 varieties. Can’t 845 331 6908 make up your mind? Crunch them all! [email protected] maynardfarms.com 3. Take the road trip on October 24. At 1 pm, join the group at the SUNY Delhi campus. Pure Catskills will provide the New York State apples from Middlefield Prospect Hill Orchards Orchard of Cooperstown. Everyone bites in at 1:15 pm Catskills-time. 40 Clarkes Lane Milton, NY 12547 4. Can’t make it to the college on October 24? That’s okay. Register anyway and 845 795 2383 then crunch at home, crunch in your car, or crunch in the dark! Whatever way [email protected] you choose to bite in, your crunch counts when you register for the Pure Catskills prospecthillorchards.com Crunch Team.

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October 2013 • guide 13 Mill to Museum

Hanford Mills Museum Celebrates 40 Years of Vision and Dedication

2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Hanford Mills Museum ing rural industrial enterprise into a living museum. After being in East Meredith. An operating mill site since 1846, for most of chartered as an educational corporation by the Board of Regents its commercial life Hanford Mills was owned and operated by the of the University of the State of New York in 1973, Hanford Mills family of David Josiah Hanford, who purchased the mill in 1860. Museum continued this legacy by actively developing its object Under the Hanfords, the mill grew into a “rural industrial and archival collections in order to fully document and interpret complex” that included a sawmill, gristmill, feed mill, woodwork- the site and its history. Objects in the collection run the gamut ing shop and hardware store. from fully operational woodworking and grist milling machinery In 1898, Hanford Mills harnessed the waters of Kortright to domestic artifacts, wooden tool handles, plows and harrows, Creek to provide the town with its first electricity. Through time, and gasoline engines. The archives contain records that document the Hanfords also used steam and gasoline engines to power the over a century of Hanford and Pizza family business transactions mill and its electric dynamo. and a photograph collection that traces in detail the development The mill closed in 1967, re-opening later that year as a mu- of the Mill and its community from the 1870s to the present. Mr. seum. In 1973 Hanford Mills Museum was chartered by the State Kelso also bought the 1926 Fitz Overshot Waterwheel, a high- of New York. Its significance as one of the last nineteenth century light of the Museum’s guided tour which still powers the Mill, for mills to survive intact earned it a place on the State and National just $40. “We are all indebted to Ken Kelso and his initiative and Registers of Historic Places. vision,” says Callahan. Hanford Mills Museum maintains a remarkable collection of over 50,000 objects housed in twelve of the sixteen buildings that Celebrating 40 Years comprise the site. An extensive photograph collection, library, and Chronicling key events in the Mill’s and the Museum’s history, archive are also housed at the Museum. Mill to Museum: Celebrating 40 Years of Vision and Dedication Many of the papers, photographs and objects in the col- also tells the story of Hanford Mills transitioning from a 120-year lection are original to the site, and others were collected by Mr. old working mill to a museum. Kenneth Kelso, a local farmer and businessman who founded the “The Museum is here today because of the entrepreneurial Museum. In 1967, at the close of over 120 years as a working spirit of the people who ran and worked at the Mill as well as business, Mr. Kelso purchased the core of the site and collections the people who had the vision to transform the business into a and in the process immediately transitioned the site from a work- museum,” says Museum Executive Director Liz Callahan.

14 • www.catskillregionguide.com The exhibit features historic photo- graphs, newspaper articles and artifacts from the Museum’s collection, including pre- and post-restoration photographs, historic equipment and Kelso’s agreement to grant purchasing rights to the Museum. “We have a special area in the exhibit where people can record their memories of Hanford Mills,” says Callahan. “People often tell us that they have a relative who worked at the Mill, heard an old story about Hanford Mills, or that they came to the Museum as a child, and now are bringing their own children to visit. Those are the type of stories we want to collect and preserve.” Mill to Museum: Celebrating 40 Years of Vision and Dedication is on view through October 14. Astor House Miller’s Harvest Festival & Business for Sale or Lease Folkways Fair The Mountain Market & Bakery at the Celebrate The Bounty of Astor House is an established market, the Season bakery, and coffee roaster in Greene On Sunday October 13, from 10 am ti County, NY, with a prime location near Hunter Mountain on Main Street, Tanners- 5pm, Hanford Mills Museum will hold ville, an up-and-coming revitalized area the Miller’s Harvest Festival & Folkways with many new businesses, including a Fair, a day of hands-on history and fall performing arts theater. This 1800’s Vic- fun. At the Festival, you can enjoy activi- torian is fully renovated with 2,700 square ties such as a farmers’ market, artisans feet of first floor retail space and hasa demonstrating and selling traditional prominent, attractive curbside presence with ample off-street parking. The Hunter crafts, music and entertainment, and Foundation*, which owns and operates horse-drawn wagon rides. The Festival the Astor House, is looking for interested includes kids’ activities, like traditional parties to submit proposals to take over children’s games and making corn-husk operation of the business. It is a turnkey dolls. Visitors can also try shelling and operation fully equipped and staffed with very low upfront costs and minimal capital grinding corn using our historic hand- requirements. Favorable lease terms with operated equipment. options to buy are available for qualified In addition to guided Mill tours, the individuals. The Hunter Foundation would Festival will feature our 1869 Gristmill also strongly consider offers to buy this with its newly-installed Munson Brothers property outright. In addition to the first Millstone powered by a water turbine. floor retail space, the second floor has a gallery and two income-producing resi- dential apartments, one 1-bedroom and More Information one 2-bedroom; the third floor has one Hanford Mills Museum is located at 51 2-bedroom/2-bath apartment. Interested County Highway 12 in East Meredith, parties should contact Charlene Holdridge NY 13757. The museum is open Wednes- at the Hunter Foundation, charlene@ hunterfoundation.org, or by phone, day through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm from (518) 589-5050. mid-May to mid-October. It is also open on Columbus Day, Monday, October 14. *The Hunter Foundation is a not-for-profit For more information, call them at 607 foundation whose mission is to help restore and revitalize the Town of Hunter. 278 5744 or visit www.hanfordmills.org.

October 2013 • guide 15 THE GREAT OUTDOORS IN THE CATSKILLS By Jeff Senterman

Shavertown trail. Photo by Ann Roberti

ace up those boots, bring your camera and get out enjoy na- and they are a great opportunity to meet like minded outdoor L ture’s fireworks as the trees of the Catskill Mountains change enthusiasts and lovers of the Catskill Mountains! from green to bright oranges, reds and yellows. The entire schedule of activities for the 10-day Lark in the Park is available online at www.catskillslark.org. Events continue The 10th Anniversary of Lark in the Park! to be added to the on-line schedule right up to the start of the The 10th Annual Lark in the Park is offering exciting hiking, festivities, so be sure to check back frequently. paddling, cycling, fishing, nature walks and lectures as well as For more information on Lark in the Park, call the Catskill cultural events throughout the entire Catskill Mountain Region Center at 845 586 2611, e-mail [email protected], or fol- this October. From October 5 through October 14 you will be low the Lark on Facebook (www.facebook.com/CatskillsLarkin- able to enjoy over 50 outdoor activities during the 10-day “Lark” ThePark). celebration, sponsored by The Catskill Mountain Club (CMC), New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (Trail Conference), and New Shavertown Trail Opens The Catskill Center. This September marked the official opening of another beauti- Celebrating the creation of the Catskill Park, you can help us ful trail in the town of Andes. The Shavertown Trail was built mark the anniversary by hiking to a Catskills fire tower, paddling by the Catskill Mountain Club on land owned by the New York the Pepacton Reservoir, cycling on the Catskill Scenic Trail, learn- City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), with ing about the region’s ecology, and much more. Lark in the Park the assistance of the Town of Andes and support from the Trail group activities are typically free of charge—everyone is welcome Conference.

16 • www.catskillregionguide.com The Shavertown Trail offers families and novice hikers a unique opportunity in the Catskills—a spectacular view after only one moderately strenuous mile, followed by a fairly level mile and a half through beautiful rock ledges and wonderful forest to explore. Be ready to break a sweat as you climb 520 feet in that first mile, but it is so worth it. Wander past a lovely pond, complete with pink and white water lilies in season, and enjoy the spec- tacular view of the Pepacton Reservoir. Visitors can walk around the pond and head back or continue on. The next mile and a half of trail winds around craggy boulders adorned with a variety of lichens. Much of the trail before and after the pond is on an old access road which passes through some overgrown pastures filled with wildflowers. Parts of the steeper first section have stone steps Shavertown trail. Photo by Ann Roberti to ease the climb. The second mile and a half of trail only gains the CMC and schedules of their activities can be found at www. 240 feet of elevation over that distance, making it a pleasant stroll catskillmountainclub.org. The Catskill 3500 Club leads hikes up for most hikers, young and old. The trail is 5.3 miles round trip. the 35 peaks in the Catskills that reach above 3500 feet in eleva- The Shavertown Trail begins across the street from the parking tion. Visit the 3500 Club’s website at www.catskill-3500-club.org area for the DEP Shavertown Boat Launch on the Pepacton Rese- for information on their activities. The Rip Van Winkle Hikers voir. also lead hikes throughout the region and you can find out more information about the club check out their website at www.newy- Running the Long Path for a Good Cause orkheritage.com/rvw. Runner Kenneth Posner recently announced the successful completion of his quest to set a new fastest known time for the Outdoor News, Events and Updates Long Path, a 350-mile scenic hiking trail that stretches from New Five Restored Fire Towers in Catskill Park Are Focus York City to Albany (and includes over 100 miles in the Catskill of Hiking Brochures and Maps Mountains). Posner started his thru-run at 7:14 AM on Sunday, To help visitors find their way to the fire towers and understand August 25 and reached the finish on Tuesday, September 3, at their history, the Trail Conference developed a trail map and 10:20 AM, for a total time of 9 days, 3 hours, and 6 minutes. brochure for each of the restored Fire Towers of the Catskill Park: Of the 119 known end-to-end thru-hikers of the Long Path, the the Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower; the Hunter Mountain prior fastest known time was 12 days. Fire Tower; the Overlook Mountain Fire Tower; the Red Hill Fire “Running the Long Path was an incredible adventure,” Tower; and the Tremper Mountain Fire Tower. Each brochure Posner commented. “I was floored by the scenic vistas as the trail includes a map of the area surrounding the fire tower and a wound its way through many of New York’s most beautiful state description of the most direct hike to the fire tower. They are parks and preserve. I am deeply appreciative to the Trail Confer- available on the Trail Conference’s website as free downloads, in ence and volunteers for their meticulous work blazing, maintain- both black-and-white and color. All five brochures and maps are ing, and providing online notes for the trail. I encourage ultra- available at www.nynjtc.org/news/catskill-fire-tower-brochures. runners and thru-hikers to take a shot at setting a faster record and other people to pick one of the many beautiful sections of the Miller’s Harvest Festival & Folkways Fair Long Path for a day hike.” In connection with his hike, Posner On Sunday October 13, from 10 am to 5pm, Hanford Mills Mu- has so far raised approximately $10,000 for New York Road Run- seum in East Meredith will hold the Miller’s Harvest Festival & ners’ (NYRR) youth fitness programs which provide free resources Folkways Fair, a day of hands-on history and fall fun. At the Fes- to children with little or no access to physical activity in under- tival, you can enjoy activities such as a farmers’ market, artisans served areas in New York and across the USA. demonstrating and selling traditional crafts, music and entertain- ment, and horse-drawn wagon rides. The Festival includes kids’ Take a Hike! activities, like traditional children’s games and making corn-husk If you are looking to get out on the trails, but are looking for dolls. Visitors can also try shelling and grinding corn using our some guided hikes to help you get your bearings on Catskill historic hand-operated equipment. Mountain trails, the region has several different groups that lead guided hikes. The Catskill Mountain Club (CMC) offers mem- Woodland Valley/Romer Mountain Long Path Relocation- bers and non-members the opportunity to go hiking, paddling, Throughout this summer volunteers have been working on biking and skiing throughout the Catskills. More information on what will be over 9 miles of new backcountry hiking trail in the

October 2013 • guide 17 Catskill Mountains between the village of Phoenicia and the existing Burroughs Range Trail. If you are interested in join- ing a trail crew to work on this trail (no experience is necessary—the crew pro- vides the tools and the training), want to learn how you can support this program or just want more information about the work that is being done, please visit http://nynjtc.org/content/new-long-path- construction-catskill-mountains.

Getting Involved If you are interested in learning more about hiking the Catskill Mountains, joining a trail crew, adopting a trail for maintenance, or just finding out more information about stewardship of our recreational facilities in the Catskill Mountains, please contact the Trail Con- ference at 518 628 4243 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Jeff Senterman was formerly an Assistant Forest Ranger for the DEC in Greene County, graduated with a degree in Environmental Science from Lyndon State College, has worked in the Environmental Planning field, is currently the Catskill Region Program Coordinator for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Catskill Mountain Club and the Friends of the Catskill Interpretive Center.

The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference partners with parks to create, protect, and promote a network of 2,000 miles of public trails, including 29 lean-tos and over 200 miles of trails in the Catskill Mountain region. We offer volunteer opportuni- ties for people who love the outdoors, as well as publishing detailed hiking maps for the Catskill Mountain Region, along with a number of other regions. For more information on our maps and our Catskill Community Trails program please visit us on the web at www.nynjtc.org/catskills and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/NYNJTC.CatskillRegion.

18 • www.catskillregionguide.com October 2013 • guide 19 THE 2013 CATSKILL LARK IN THE PARK By Carol and David White

View from Palenville Overlook. Photo by David White.

he Catskill Lark in the Park began in 2004 to recognize and a night hike to view a beaver pond and perhaps see these busy T the centennial of the Catskill Park. Since its inception, the animals. “Lark” has brought together organizations and people who have We will offer three off-the-beaten-path treks for the 2013 participated in hundreds of events aimed at heightening aware- Lark. Huntersfield Mountain on the border of Greene and ness of the Catskill Mountain Region. Coordination of this event Schoharie Counties is 3,423 feet in elevation, just missing being is a partnership between the Catskill Center for Conservation and a Catskill 3500 Club requirement for membership—35 peaks Development, the Catskill Mountain Club, and the New York- exceeding 3500 feet, 13 without trails, must be climbed. We will New Jersey Trail Conference. hike 1.3 miles from a quarry up mostly gradual grades to a lean-to The Catskill Park and Forest Preserve is a 705,000-acre with good viewing. After a lunch break, we will descend 2.4 miles patchwork consisting of nearly 300,000 acres of public land. The on a lovely trail to a lower trailhead with vehicles spotted at both New York State Department of Environmental Conservation parking areas. (DEC) is responsible for managing forest preserve land—consid- From the lean-to, we climb just a bit more on a yellow- ered “forever wild”—within the Catskill Park.¹ DEC’s primary marked trail to the true treed-in summit of Huntersfield, passing objective is to provide outdoor recreation and access; Lark in the a view east to Ashland Pinnacle and Richmond Mountain. A Park events do that splendidly; visit www.catskillslark.org. This red-marked trail from these peaks merges onto the summit route, year, every day between October 5 and October 14 there will be which passes a metal rod up in a tree with two 2x4s; no one we hikes, backpacks, paddles, bicycling, fire tower climbs, educa- know can explain its history. The yellow connector trail to the tional and environmental events, trail maintenance, a children’s lean-to ends, and a steady loss of elevation soon begins with oc- activity, mapping first growth forest, introduction to fly fishing, casional moderately steep pitches through scenic ledges, but no

20 • www.catskillregionguide.com section is difficult along the 1,175-foot descent featuring two long One week later we’ll hike the Sleepy Hollow Trail, which welcome level sections. In 0.7 miles from the lean-to, an ATV heads up Rip Van Winkle Hollow. In the 19th century, tourists trail from the north reaches the red trail. came by Hudson River steamboats and rail to Palenville, and In another quarter-mile the red trail turns right, but first, then by stagecoach up this former rocky woods road to the famed take the unmarked side path straight ahead for good views of the Catskill Mountain House. We found an 1881 penny on this trail Schoharie Reservoir and Stamford’s Utsayantha Mountain with at the foundation of an old inn when we were measuring the trails summit infrastructure. Retrace to the marked trail, which has in the Catskill Forest Preserve. In 1882 a narrow-gauge railroad some lovely birch trees and occasional red efts and Indian pipe. was constructed through Stony Clove, which was preferable to the At 1.3 miles, a steep descent between rock ledges leads to a grassy bumpy stagecoach ride. Ascent is 800 feet in 1.5 miles to a picnic woods road that features stately red pine and spruce plantations, area overlooking the Hudson River Valley. part of a Roosevelt-era Civilian Conservation Corps project. We will then hike a mile up nearby Harding Road Trail This attractive long level section feels welcome after a significant from Palenville to a spectacular lookout up Kaaterskill Clove. descent. At two miles, the red trail leaves the woods road to the George Harding built the Hotel Kaaterskill near the top of South right and descends in wet, mossy, rocky areas (take care with foot- Mountain in 1880-81, which accommodated 1,000 guests, after ing) to the road; turn, right, to the lower parking area. Without a a tiff with Charles Beach, owner of the Catskill Mountain House. second vehicle, the road walk back up to the quarry is one mile. That lavish resort apparently had not provided a special diet for We’ll visit Pratt Rock in Prattsville afterward, a short hike his daughter. He also built Harding Road for access, considered up to a cliff into which are sculptured whitewashed figures that an engineering marvel in its time, painstakingly constructed to symbolize Zadock Pratt’s life: an arm representing the working switchback up the steep 1600-foot escarpment from Palenville; it person, whom Pratt held in great regard; a hemlock, necessary for is now a section of the Long Path.² At the great view up Kaater- tanning; the family motto and shield; a horse; Pratt’s face; and his skill Clove, the route curves around the hillside and passes a large son, who died in the Civil War. fireplace cleverly built into the cliff. (The route reaches the Sleepy

Clockwise from top left: View from Palenville Overlook to the Hudson Valley and Palenville; View down to Route 23A from Palenville Overlook; Approaching rock thrones on Palenville Overlook. All photos by David White

October 2013 • guide 21 have been built for lunch with a view. When you first reach this area, a path goes straight ahead to another overlook. We’ll loop back to North Lake along the Sleepy Hollow Horse Trail and old Mountain House road through occasional very wet sections, passing under a high electric utility line, site of the old stationary engine Otis Railroad Line that carried guests 1600 feet up the escarpment to the Catskill Mountain House. This hike is a 500-foot total ascent.

¹ In 1885 New York became the only state where constitutional protection of public land was given by the citizenry: It shall “be forever kept as wild forest lands.” Article XIV of the New York State Constitution mandated that the newly-created Forest

View up Kaaterskill Clove. Photo by David White. Preserve lands in the Catskills and Adirondacks “shall not be leased, sold, or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public Hollow Horse Trail at 2.7 miles, making a potential 8.4-mile loop or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed, or de- back to Palenville; two vehicles at two trailheads are recommend- stroyed.” Forests are re-growing and our grandchildren will again ed—we road-walked four miles on sore feet!) marvel at stands of giant hemlock. Hiking clubs, dedicated to the The next day we’ll visit Palenville Overlook, a fascinating protection of our public lands, help keep these wondrous places destination that can be approached from five areas. We’ll begin nearly as wild and pristine as they were in 1609, when Hendrick at the terminus of South Lake Road in North-South Lakes State Hudson watched the sun fall behind the mountains as he stood Campground and visit the Catskill Mountain House site, Boulder aboard the Half Moon on his explorations of the great river soon Rock and Split Rock on the Escarpment Trail, past the Hotel to be named after him. He must have imagined what delights Kaaterskill site down to the Sleepy Hollow Horse Trail, turning and dangers the vast wilderness might offer to future explorers. left off the Escarpment Trail. We pass the top of Harding Road Four hundred years later, hikers find inspiration, adventure, and Trail, staying on the horse trail through a shady hemlock forest. re-creation in New York’s Forest Preserves, established by those The route descends a bit and reaches two paths, one down a rocky far-sighted lovers of nature who created this magnificent heritage ledge that horses could not maneuver, so the other option is a by- for all the generations to come. pass that comes back in to the horse trail. Now the route becomes especially attractive, mostly level terrain surrounded by mountain ² The Long Path begins at the New Jersey side of the George laurel, and as autumn leaves fall, views become more and more Washington Bridge and follows state parks and forests, old roads available across Kaaterskill Clove to Kaaterskill High Peak. and existing trails to the end of John Boyd Thacher State Park for In one mile from the Escarpment Trail, the route drops 150 356 miles. Then 80 road miles connect to the Northville-Placid feet to the Palenville Overlook junction; when we last hiked this Trail to Lake Placid. New sections are regularly built to avoid road in autumn, thousands of acorns had fallen on the trail, making walks in the Catskill Forest Preserve and elsewhere. A section is the footing as we descended a bit precarious, like staying upright now being completed from Phoenicia to the 2.7-mile point on on ball bearings! A level 0.3-mile trail from the junction goes to the trail from Woodland Valley State Campground to Wittenberg the site of an historic boarding house where foundations remain. Mountain, avoiding road walking. Another new section was built Views to the mountains and the Hudson Valley from open rock connecting the Tremper Mountain/Willow region to Silver Hol- ledges are spectacular! Route 23A is visible looking straight down low near Edgewood in Stony Clove, and from Silver Hollow to between boulders from one of the overlooks; great rock thrones Plateau Mountain, eliminating two extensive road walks.

Carol and David White are authors of Catskill Day Hikes for All Seasons (Ad- irondack Mountain Club, 2002). Their all-new 4th edition ofCatskill Trails was published in July 2013 and is optionally packaged with the Catskill Park National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map they helped create. Carol is editor of Catskill Peak Experiences: Mountaineering Tales of Endurance, Survival, Exploration & Adven- ture from the Catskill 3500 Club (Black Dome Press, 2008). Carol’s new book, Peak Experiences: Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast (Uni- versity Press of New England) is now available for purchase in bookstores and online. Two accounts are about the Catskills. Signed copies of all of these books are available at the Village Square Bookstore and Literary Arts Center in Hunter, NY.

22 • www.catskillregionguide.com October 2013 • guide 23 OCTOBER AT THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION Have Brush, Will Travel Art Talk October 12

Opera in Cinema: Carmen from Sydney Harbour Catskill Jazz Factory November 3 October 26

where the performing arts, fine arts, crafts, movies, books, and good friends meet Mountain Cinema At the Doctorow Center for the Arts 7971 Main Street, Hunter October Schedule for Screen Two, the only place on the Mountain Top to see the best Foreign and Independent Films

I’m so excited! (RATED R, 95 minutes) LETTERS TO JACKIE (unrated, 90 minutes) Directed by pedro almodovar Directed by BILL COUTURIE A technical failure has endangered the lives of the After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated people on board Peninsula Flight 2549. The pilots, along in 1963, the president’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, with their colleagues in the Control Center, are strug- received thousands of letters from the public offering gling to find a solution. The flight attendants and the their heartfelt condolences. This film focuses on the chief steward are atypical characters who, in the face deeply personal letters that flooded in from all over of danger, try to forget their own personal problems the country to comfort this greatly admired woman. and devote themselves to the task of making the flight Set against a treasure trove of archival footage taken as enjoyable as possible for the passengers, while they during the Kennedy era, the moving letters are read by wait for a solution. But everyone finds that life in the twenty of today’s top actors. 10/11-10/14. Friday 7:15; clouds is as complicated as it is at ground level. In Span- Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 5:00 & 7:15; Monday 7:15 ish with English subtitles. 10/4-10/6. Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 7:15 “…with staggering, exceptional archival footage, Let- ters to Jackie resonates on an emotional, even cathar- “First-class hilarity, and all of the acting is superb.” tic, level nearly fifty years after JFK’s passing.” —Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal —Basil Tsiokos, All Things Documentary

24 • www.catskillregionguide.com PRINCE AVALANCHE “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This Magic Moment,” “A (RATED R, 94 minutes) Teenager in Love,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and dozens of other Directed by DAVID GORDON GREEN hits. For most of his life Doc was confined to crutches Driven by striking performances and a wheelchair, but he lived more during his sixty-five from Rudd and Hirsch, Prince Ava- years than others could experience in several lifetimes. lanche is an offbeat comedy about In his later years, Doc was a mentor to generations of two men painting traffic lines on younger songwriters, and a fierce advocate for down- a desolate country highway that’s trodden rhythm and blues musicians. A.K.A. Doc Pomus been ravaged by wildfire. Against brings to life Doc’s joyous, romantic, heartbreaking, and this dramatic setting, beautifully shot by frequent Green extraordinarily eventful journey. 10/25-10/27. Friday collaborator Tim Orr, the men bicker and joke with each 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 7:15 other, eventually developing an unlikely friendship. Fun- ny, meditative and at times surreal, Prince Avalanche “A loving tribute… Tells the story of a remarkable life features a moving score by Explosions in the Sky and and career in wonderfully entertaining fashion.” David Wingo, and was loosely adapted from an Icelandic —Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter film called Either Way. 10/18-10/20. Friday 7:15; Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 7:15 CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS “Warmly enjoyable, it has room for both very funny (UNRATED, 98 minutes) physical comedy and rapturous, stand-alone, near-ex- Directed by SEBASTIAN SILVA perimental montages given superb support by Explo- Jamie invites a complete stranger— sions in the Sky and David Wingo’s diverse original rock a woman who goes by the name of tracks.” Crystal Fairy—to come along on a —Dennis Harvey, Variety road trip, where his self-absorbed personality clashes with her free AKA Doc Pomus and esoteric nature. They head into the desert with the (UNRATED, 99 minutes) mission of drinking a San Pedro cactus for a mescaline- Directed by PETER MILLER fueled psychedelic trip. As the journey unfolds and they & WILL HECHTER get to know each other better, Jamie must learn that he Paralyzed with polio as a child, must be more accepting of others, while Crystal finds Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder rein- the way to accept herself. 11/1-11/3. Friday 7:15; vented himself first as a blues singer, Saturday 4:15 & 7:15; Sunday 7:15 renaming himself Doc Pomus, then emerged as a one of the most bril- “One of the best films at this year’s Sundance Film liant songwriters of the early rock and roll era, writing Festival.” —Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

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Film schedule subject to change, please call ahead to confirm: 518 263 4702 (recorded messages) or visit www.catskillmtn.org.

October 2013 • guide 25 In the Doctorow OPERA IN CINEMA Center for the Arts Main Street, Village of Hunter Screens One and Three, showing the best of first-run Hollywood films. Tickets only $12.50! We show the best Hollywood films available each week. The following are some films that we will don GIOVANNI show during the month of October. From La Scala, Milan Sunday, October 6 at 2:15 pm For the most up-to-date schedule, call Conducted by Daniel Barenboim 518 263 4702 or check www.catskillmtn.org. Directed by Robert Carsen While there, sign up for our e-mail updates so you Choreographed by Philippe Giraudeau can get the newest schedule delivered to your Starring Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel & Peter Mattei e-mail box each week! rigoletto 2 GUNS (Rated R) From teatro antico di taormina A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find Sunday, October 13 at 2:15 pm themselves on the run after a botched attempt to Conducted by Gianluigi Martinenghi infiltrate a drug cartel. Directed by Enrico Castiglione Starring Carlos Almaguer, Gianluca Terranova, Rocio CLOSED CIRCUIT (Rated R) Ignacio, Gianfranco Montresor A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing IL TRITTICO the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in From La Scala, Milan jeopardy. Sunday, October 20 at 2:15 pm Conducted by Riccardo Chailly THE FAMILY (Rated R) Directed by Luca Ronconi The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocat- Starring Juan Pons, Anna Maria Popescu and Leo Nucci ed to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging TRISTAN UND ISOLDE as their old habits die hard. From La Scala, Milan Sunday, October 27 at 2:15 pm PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS Conducted by Daniel Barenboim (Rated PG) Directed by Patrice Chéreau The son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a Starring Ian Storey and Waltraud Meier quest to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising. carmen HANDA OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR PLANES (Rated PG) Sunday, November 3 at 2:15 pm A cropdusting plane with a fear of heights competes Conducted by Brian Castles-Onion in an around-the-world aerial race. Directed by Gale Edwards CHOREOGRAPHED by Kelley Abbey THE WORLD’S END (Rated R) Starring Rinat Shaham, Dmytro Popov, and Andrew Jones Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly be- DOCTOROW CENTER FOR THE ARTS come humankind’s only hope for survival. 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter Schedule subject to change. Please visit www.catskillmtn.org or call 518 263 4702 for the most up-to-date schedule.

26 • www.catskillregionguide.com The Catskill Mountain Foundation presents NEW! Have Brush, we’re showing Will Travel movies AT THE By Landscape Artist, ORPHEUM! Peter Liman 6050 Main Street, Tannersville Through November 3, 2013 The best Hollywood films, on the Art Talk: Saturday, October 12, 1-3 pm big screen with surround sound! (ArtFest 2013)

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THE WAY WAY BACK (RATED PG-13, 105 minutes) Directed by NAT FAXON, JIM RASH Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on sum- mer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boy- friend’s daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park. 10/4-10/13. Friday 7:30; Saturday 4:00 & 7:30; Sunday 7:30

“It’s a joyous movie, the best one I’ve seen in a very long time.” —Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal Old Stone Wall, Hunter Wall, Old Stone THE BUTLER (RATED PG-13, 132 minutes) Directed by LEE DANIELS As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights move- ment, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family, and American society. Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery 10/18-10/27. Friday 7:30; Saturday 4:00 & 7:30; Hunter Village Square Sunday 7:30 7950 Main Street, Village of Hunter “This is an important film presented as mainstream 518 263 2060 • www.catskillmtn.org entertainment. It’s a great American story.” Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday 10 am-5 pm —Richard Roeper, The Chicago Sun-Times

October 2013 • guide 27 OCTOBER 2013 movies CATSKILL MOUNTAIN & events at A GLANCE FOUNDATION PIANO Schedule subject to change: please call 518 263 4702 PERFORMANCE MUSEUM to confirm or visit www.catskillmtn.org. CINEMA 2 - Foreign & opera & ballet in cinema Featuring the Steven E. Greenstein Collection Independent films at performances the doctorow Rediscover this extraordinary collection and its Gallery events cinemas 1 & 3 - new positioning as a major venue for performance, literary events HOLLYWOOD FILMS at the music education and historical insights. doctorow ORPHEUM - hollywood films at the ORPHEUM

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FEBRUARY JULY, cont. AUGUST, cont. Blues Hall of Fame “Sparkle!: With Guest Artist and Catskill Jazz Factory February 16, 2013 Composer Huang Ruo” LIVE AT THE ORPHEUM Perspectives Ensemble August 10, 2013 July 6, 2013 APRIL Catskill High Peaks Festival: Flamenco Vivo Dance Company Celebrating the Sau-Wing Lam Collection Music with Altitude!: “White Nights: April 13, 2013 of Rare Italian Violins Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky” MAY July 7, 2013 August 11, 2013 Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company Catskill Mountain Foundation Catskill High Peaks Festival: “Season of May 11, 2013 Annual Benefit the Midnight Sun: Grieg, Stravinsky, July 13, 2013 Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky” Concerts and Conversations: The Musical- August 18, 2013 Choreographic Language of Paul Taylor, Solo Piano Concert: with Ruth Andrien and Taylor 2 Dancers Kotaro Fukuma, piano July 20, 2013 OCTOBER May 18, 2013 Catskill Jazz Factory Paul Taylor Dance Company National Dance Institute, with the NDI Masters on the Mountaintop: May 22, 2013 Celebration Team and Local Students Legendary Saxophonist Lew Tabackin and July 27, 2013 the Aaron Diehl Trio Paul Taylor 2 Dance with Local Dance October 26, 2013 Students and Young Professional Dancers Manhattan in the Mountains May 25, 2013 “Summer Interlude” July 27, 2013 NOVEMBER JUNE Windham Festival Chamber AUGUST Orchestra: Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Storyteller David Gonzalez: “Aesop Bops” Grieg and Copland June 8, 2013 Manhattan in the Mountains “Isn’t It Romantic” November 30, 2013 Early Music New York: “Istanpitta” August 3, 2013 June 15, 2013 DECEMBER Catskill Jazz Factory National Marionette Theatre Dance Workshop with Heidi Latsky Concerts & Conversations: Anatomy of “Sleeping Beauty” June 20, 2013 Jazz with Marcus Roberts & Aaron Diehl December 14, 2013 JULY August 8, 2013 Catskill Jazz Factory: Catskill Jazz Factory Etienne Charles Ensemble Jelly & George: A Tribute to Jelly Roll July 6, 2013 Morton and George Gershwin August 9, 2013

Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the Greene County Legislature through the County Initiative Program administered in Greene County by the Greene County Council on the Arts, by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, by Friends of the Orpheum (FOTO), by the Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, by Ulster Savings Bank, by Stewarts Shops, and by private donations.

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