Catskill Mountain Region SEPTEMBER 2018 COMPLIMENTARY GUIDE catskillregionguide.com SPECIAL SECTION: VISIT DELAWARE COUNTY! September 2018 • GUIDE 1 2 • www.catskillregionguide.com CONTENTS OF TABLE www.catskillregionguide.com VOLUME 33, NUMBER 9 September 2018 PUBLISHERS Peter Finn, Chairman, Catskill Mountain Foundation Sarah Finn, President, Catskill Mountain Foundation EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION Sarah Taft ADVERTISING SALES Barbara Cobb Steve Friedman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heather Rolland, Jeff Senterman & Robert Tomlinson ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Candy McKee Justin McGowan & Isabel Cunha On the cover: Photo by Elizabeth Hall Dukin PRINTING Catskill Mountain Printing Services 4 WOODSTOCK-NEW PALTZ ART & CRAFTS FAIR DISTRIBUTION Catskill Mountain Foundation 6 MOUNTAIN TOP ARBORETUM: Labor Day Events and New Timber Frame Education Center EDITORIAL DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: September 10 The Catskill Mountain Region Guide is published 12 times a year 10 WATERSHED AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL: Celebrating 25 by the Catskill Mountain Foundation, Inc., Main Street, PO Box 924, Hunter, NY 12442. If you have events or programs that you Years of Supporting the Region’s Farm and Forest Owners 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 VISIT DELAWARE COUNTY: correspondence. For editorial and photo submission guidelines 12 send a request via e-mail to [email protected]. The Heart of the Great Western Catskills 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 errors in key numbers. The publisher will not, in any event, be 20 EXPLORE THE POWER OF THE PAST AT liable for loss of income or profits or any consequent damages. The Catskill Mountain Region Guide office is located in DELAWARE COUNTY’S HANFORD MILLS MUSEUM Hunter Village Square in the Village of Hunter on Route 23A. The magazine can be found on-line at www.catskillmtn.org Cutting Edge Technology since 1846 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 22 LATE SUMMER WILDFLOWERS OF THE CATSKILLS distributed each month. It is distributed free of charge at the By Heather Rolland Plattekill, Sloatsburg and New Baltimore rest stops on the New York State Thruway, and at the tourist information offices, restaurants, lodgings, retailers and other businesses throughout Greene, Delaware and Ulster counties. 26 HOLD: A Celebration of Ceramic Home delivery of the Guide magazine is available, at an additional fee, to annual members of the Catskill Mountain Foundation at the $100 membership level or higher. HUDSON VALLEY DANCE FESTIVAL ©2000 Catskill Mountain Foundation, Inc. 28 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- 30 THE GREAT OUTDOORS IN THE CATSKILLS By Jeff Senterman graphic rights reside with the photographer. 36 FIERCELY INDEPENDENT: As the Film Economy in Ulster County Flourishes, the Woodstock Film Festival Continues to Grow THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION 7971 MAIN STREET, P.O. BOX 924 38 POETRY Curated by Robert Tomlinson HUNTER, NY 12442 PHONE: 518 263 2000 • FAX: 518 263 2025 WWW.CATSKILLMTN.ORG 41 SEPTEMBER AT THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION September 2018 • GUIDE 3 Silk Demonstration Rug by José Buenaventura Gonzalez Gutierrez by Shibumi Silks WOODSTOCK-NEW PALTZ ART & CRAFTS FAIR he Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz will welcome which attendees explore unusual fragrances and flavors while Thundreds of artisans and makers for the 37th annual Wood- learning about the lore and history of herbs. stock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair this Labor Day weekend. Pro- New this year are complimentary and exhibitor-led craft moter Quail Hollow Events seeks to offer a handmade experience workshops for children. The littlest artists will enjoy learning for every style, palate and generation. about and trying their hands at children’s book illustration and Rows of one-of-a-kind, handmade art and crafts in over potato printmaking in the Children’s Tent (open weekend-long as ten media categories will be punctuated by ongoing live craft a place for kids to experiment with a range of media and indulge demonstrations—rug-weaving by organic master Mexican Weaver in open-ended creativity). The Entertainment Tent, filled with José Buenaventura Gonzalez Gutierrez, wood-turning by VJB musical favorites from the Hudson Valley and beyond, will also Creations, Chinese Brush painting by Zhong-hua Lu, fiber- feature performances just for the kids—including a magic show, spinning by the Ulster County Handspinners Guild and more. wild life presentation and an interactive musical hour. Fair-goers can even handcraft their own silk accessories with the Early bird weekend passes (online only), discount tickets, help of Shibumi Silks in the Demonstration Tent. And everyone’s directions, full entertainment schedule, exhibitor list and sneak- favorite alpacas will be back from Kellogg’s Alpaca Farm, along- peak media galleries are available at quailhollow.com. side handmade fiber goods. Visitors can sample, drink and take away local craft beer, Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair wine and spirits from vendors such as BarStream, Hillrock Estate Labor Day Weekend Distillery and a selection of Hudson Valley wineries. Highlights in September 1st and 2nd: 10am-5:30pm the Handcrafted Specialty Foods & Health Care Products exhibit September 3rd: 10am-4pm include raw honey from a third-generation beekeeper, a bevy of small-batch nut butters, olive oils, vinegars and baked goods, and Ulster County Fairgrounds a wide array of specialty lotions, scrubs and felted soaps. Those 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561 interested in expanding their knowledge of herbs and spices won’t want to miss a special lecture from Well-Sweep Herb Farm, in Rain or Shine, Buses Welcome 4 • www.catskillregionguide.com September 2018 • GUIDE 5 The interior of the new timber frame education center. Photo by Mark Loete, loetephoto.com MOUNTAIN TOP ARBORETUM Labor Day Events and New Timber Frame Education Center hat ink did Leonardo DaVinci, J.S. Bach and Thomas Jef- An award-winning nature writer and practicing arborist, Lo- Wferson dip their pens in? What voice warned Jason and the gan reveals how deeply embedded is the oak tree in our history, tra- Argonauts of danger? What charcoal made the finest swords? ditions, names, buildings, travels, food and even in our humanity. What food did millions eat before the coming of agriculture? In telling the story of this remarkable tree, Logan combines science, What were the boats that first sailed to America made of? Where philosophy, spirituality, and history with a contagious curiosity does the name Robinson come from, or for that matter Everson about who we are and why the world works the way it does. or Johnson? What is the root for the word meaning “door” in This Author Talk will be the inaugural event held in the every language of the West? Arboretum’s new Education Center, designed by timber frame The answers to all these questions, and more, are the sub- architect Jack Sobon. Using twenty native trees from the Arbo- stance of William Bryant Logan’s hypnotic and absorbing OAK: retum’s forest, the building features beech, maple, oak and bass- The Frame of Civilization. Bill will speak at the Mountain Top wood as support structures; cherry, hornbeam and birch span- Arboretum’s brand-new timber framed Education Center Sunday, ning cross beams; and hemlock, spruce, fir and pine composing September 2 at 5pm. the rafters. 6 • www.catskillregionguide.com September 2018 • GUIDE 7 Construction views of the new timber frame education center. Photo by Mark Loete, loetephoto.com Throughout its existence, education has been an important ner, and relating to the unique environment of the arboretum mission of Mountain Top Arboretum. Our new Education Center were criteria that are right up my alley. Though there is currently will strengthen our program offerings and benefit our local com- a ‘green’ trend in building, my structures have been using locally munity. As a unique tourist destination, the Education Center’s sourced timber and stone and resting easy on the land since I spacious beauty highlights the richness of our native Catskill went into business in 1980. For you see, my interest in architec- forests and adds to the features with which to engage at the Arbo- ture and building has always been in the vernacular. Vernacular retum. architecture uses local materials, local labor, is suited to the local All are welcome to attend Bill Logan’s engaging lecture as climate, and follows local patterns and traditions. By its nature, well as Bill’s pruning workshop at noon on September 2nd in it is the greenest, most appropriate way to build in a given area. the Arboretum’s West Meadow. We are open to the public every Unfortunately, there is little of it being done today. day of the year, dawn to dusk, for horticulture, birding, geology, “The family name on my mother’s side is Carpenter and it enjoying local craftsmanship, hiking and snowshoeing. Our trails is that side that I most resemble. The Carpenters that landed at and boardwalks connect 178 acres of plant collections, meadows, Plymouth in 1638 hailed from an area in the west of England, wetlands, forest and Devonian bedrock. along the Welsh border. This area is not only known for its many timber framed buildings, but it contains the finest surviving A word from Jack Sobon, the Education Center’s architect, examples of cruck buildings. Crucks, a derivation of crooks, are on the inspiration for his work.