by Weston | Feb 19, 2025 | Roots Concert, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
In October 2024, Michael Esposito’s Swami Salami: The Best of the Beloved Woodstock Times Cartoons debuted in the run-up to Christmas and was embraced by Woodstockers far and wide. The first printing sold out, and the publisher, Will Nixon, ordered a second printing.... by Weston | Apr 19, 2024 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
The United States’s involvement in the Vietnam War began in 1955 and ended twenty years later in 1975. It was a proxy war between the anti-communist forces (US) and communist forces (USSR and China). Millions of Vietnamese were killed, and the US military... by Weston | Mar 11, 2024 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Stefan Lokos (1913-1994) was born in Budapest, Hungary, and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, the City Music Academy of Budapest, and the Music Conservatory of Vienna. When war broke out in 1939, he was drafted into the Hungarian Army and was... by Weston | Feb 2, 2024 | Book Events, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Sled Hill Café Posters at Swann Auction Galleries On February 8, 2024, thirteen posters from the Sled Hill Café are up for sale at the Swann Auction Galleries in New York City. In 1968, the Sled Hill Café, The Elephant, and the Café Expresso hosted nightly music... by Weston | Jan 17, 2024 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Poems from Woodstock by Leonard Brown Sound Out was a music festival held in 1967 outside Woodstock, NY, on Pan Copeland’s farm. Jocko Moffitt co-produced it with Steve Bishop. The latter cut his teeth booking the Philadelphia Folk Festival and was instrumental in...
