Holiday Fun in Woodstock

Mrs. Claus (aka Melody Newcombe) on 12/2/11

It's official: with the 30th annual Open House festivities on Friday evening (December 2 from 5 to 9 p.m.), Woodstock launched a season of holiday fun that will last throughout the winter.

You still have the month of December to use your 2011 Experience Woodstock Card (EWC) at close to 100 locations in the Woodstock area, and the 2012 card will be available at select locations on 1/1/2012. As always, check out the latest offers and EWC news at www.experiencewoodstockcard.com.

To purchase 2012 EWCs now and give them as holiday gifts, come out on Tuesday, December 6, to New World Home Cooking, beginning at 5 p.m. The 2012 EWCs will be available—along with a fabulous array of handcrafted goods—at the Ulster County Women's Network annual Holiday Gift Show. You'll find master craftspeople. fine artists, creators of natural beauty products, musicians and writers. Shop for gallery-quality gift items, holiday cards, pottery, jewelry, knitted clothing, hand-painted children's clothing, books, fused glass and much more . . . all at affordable prices.

New World Home Cooking is located at 1411 Route 212 in Saugerties (845-246-0900). For further details about the Holiday Gift Show, contact Melody Newcombe, mnewcombe@hvc.rr.com.

From all of us in Woodstock, happy holidays!

Music @ Woodstock

If you missed it, here's a link to footage of Traum Day, which took place August 6th on the Woodstock Village Green. Sponsored by the Woodstock Chamber, it was a ceremony to honor the Traum brothers . . . Happy and Artie . . . and it included such musicians as Levon Helm, John Sebastian, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, as well as Happy.

The videographer is Cambiz A. Khosravi.

Woodstock Yarnbombing

On Friday, September 30 to Saturday, October 1, Woodstock was yarnbombed by The Knitters of the Round Table. Check out Russell Richardson's video at http://vimeo.com/29981547.