Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM: Crossing Divides Book Launch

Join us for a special evening at the Orpheum Theater in Saugerties to launch a new book by the late Vernon Benjamin (1945–2022): Crossing Divides—My Journey to Standing Rock. The event will feature guest speakers, readings, and videos from the Standing Rock protests.

In his short, eloquent book, Benjamin recounts a life-changing trip to North Dakota in 2016 at age 70. “Read this book and meet a remarkable man,” says Saugerties Town Supervisor Fred Costello. It’s “a little book with a big heart,” adds Ned Sullivan, president of Scenic Hudson.

Guest speakers on December 6 will include Wes Gillingham from Catskill Mountainkeeper and Chase Iron Eyes of the Lakota People’s Law Project. Readings will be done by Patrick Wadden, artistic director of Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, and Jared Reinmuth, an actor and co-author of Big Black: Stand at Attica.

Doors open at 6 PM. For more info, click here.

Listen to Jon Bowermaster of Radio Kingston, the Green Radio Hour, interviewing Will Nixon re Crossing Divides.

Saturday, July 23, 2022, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Woodstock Library Fair

Look for the WoodstockArts banner under our new, big blue canopy. Join us for author signings: Julie Evans at 11 AM, Erica Obey at 12 noon, and F. Kathleen Suess at 1 PM. We’ll be offering plenty of books and DVDs . . . the latter, at just $1 each. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, November 23, 2019, from 5 to 6 PM: Writing as a Way of Healing

Writer and healer Julie Evans will be featured at the Woodstock Library Forum, discussing the use of personal narrative on the road to recovery. She’ll share how writing her new memoir, Joy Road, helped save her life. At 5 Library Lane in Woodstock, NY; phone 845-679-2213.

Friday, October 25, 2019, from 7 to 8:30 PM: “Let’s Talk About the Real Stuff!”

Join writer, motivational speaker and healer Julie Evans, along with Family of Woodstock crisis hotline team leader Tamara Cooper, for an evening devoted to hope and awareness. It’s taking place at Inquiring Minds Bookstore & Cafe, 65 Partition Street in Saugerties, NY. For more, visit www.inquiringbooks.com, or download the event PDF.

Saturday, August 10, 2019, from 4 to 6 PM: Joy Road Book Launch

Please join author Julie Evans, and Michael Berg, Executive Director, Family of Woodstock, for the Joy Road book launch at Mescal Hornbeck Community Center (56 Rock City Road) in Woodstock, NY. It’s a fundraiser for Family’s addiction hotline. This event will be co-sponsored by The Golden Notebook.

Saturday, August 3, 2019, from 11 AM to 3:30 PM: Roots of Woodstock Festival Walking Tour + Mt. Guardian/Byrdcliffe Hike

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, join historian Weston Blelock on a walking tour of sites frequented and made famous by musicians of that era in the town of Woodstock: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison and others.

Following the 90+ minute tour and a break for lunch, there will be a hike at 1:00 p.m. to Mt. Guardian above the Byrdcliffe Art Colony, coordinated by publisher Julia Blelock and Mountain Top Historical Society VP Adrienne Larys, featuring the history of Woodstock’s first art colony.

There is a $10 fee for the walking tour. All participants will receive a copy of the book, Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Walking tour: easy. Hike: moderate: a short but steep hike along a narrow trail, elevation gain 950+ ft, total miles 2.2+, about 2.5 hours, with great views to the south, east and west. Walking tour limited to 15 persons; advance reservations required no later than 2 p.m. on Aug 2. Carpooling to Woodstock TBA, otherwise meet at the FREE public parking lot at 23 Rock City Road (aka the Mountain View parking lot) at 9:45 a.m. Meeting place for the Mt. Guardian hike at 1:00 p.m. is 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Road. Parking at the Byrdcliffe Theater. For more information, contact Adrienne at  or 518-248-4379 (cell). To register for either or both events, click here to reach the Mountain Top Historical Society contact page. Once there fill out the contact form, listing your name, email address, cell phone number, event(s) of interest, and number of persons in your party.

Saturday, July 27, 2019, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Woodstock Library Fair

We hope to see you for a day of fun and festivities at the 88th annual Woodstock Library Fair (5 Library Lane in Woodstock).

We’ll be offering a full selection of books, DVDs, CDs and knowledge cards from our 2019 catalog, and from 12 noon to 1 PM author Julie Evans will be signing copies of Joy Road—My Journey from Addiction to Recovery. The book doesn’t officially launch until August 1, but you can get the first printed copies at the fair!

Friday, October 5, 2018, from 6 to 9 PM: Portraits in Jazz

Join William Horberg at Cross Contemporary Art, 99 Partition Street in Saugerties, NY, for the opening of his solo show, Portraits in Jazz. From 7 to 9 PM the artist, writer, film producer and jazz musician will play flute in a jazz jam with the Mike DeMicco Trio, featuring also Lew Scott and Tani Tabbal.

WoodstockArts is delighted to be publishing Mr. Horberg’s illustrated memoir, My Life in Space: Stories of a Hollywood Outlier, in June 2019.

Saturday, July 28, 2018, from 10 AM to 5 PM: 87th Annual Woodstock Library Fair

This year’s Woodstock Forever Wild celebration includes a children’s parade, a maypole dance, a scavenger hunt, walking tours, delicious artisanal food, great music, books-books-books and much more. “Once upon a time there was a land of artists, dreamers and plain folks. This land was known around the world for its community and vision . . .”

WoodstockArts will be there, too, with a full selection from our 2018 catalog of books, DVDs, CDs and knowledge cards. We hope to see you!

For more about the fair, click here.

Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Catskill Mountain Book Festival

Come see WoodstockArts at the third annual Catskill Mountain Book Festival. Celebrate the past, present and future of writing in the Catskills. Enjoy panels and presentations by acclaimed authors, see what’s new from WoodstockArts and other local presses, engage with local libraries and literacy groups, and share your own stories of the region. There will be featured performers and activities for all ages, from storytelling and live music to typewriter poetry and bookmaking. Bring the family and spend the day! For more info e-mail info@catskillcenter.org or call 845-688-3369.

Saturday, May 26, 2018, from 10 AM to 3 PM: Saugerties Street Fair

WoodstockArts will be on hand with selected books, DVDs, CDs and knowledge cards from our new 2018 catalog. Also enjoy a petting zoo, plant sale, bake sale, games, give-aways and music by Caprice Rouge. All this takes place in the new backyard of the Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Avenue in Saugerties. For more phone 845-246-4317.

Saturday, July 22, 2017, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Woodstock Library Fair

Come see WoodstockArts at the 86th Annual Woodstock Library Fair. The theme of this year’s event is Citizens of the World . . . celebrating love, peace and diversity . . . and Woodstock “artists as citizens of a shrinking planet.”

We’ll be offering a great lineup of books, DVDs, CDs and knowledge cards—something for you and everyone on your list. All that plus gourmet food, live music, the Great Expectations raffle, pop-up shops, children’s activities, the Book Barn and so much more. Hope to see you there! The location is 5 Library Lane in Woodstock. For more, click here.

Saturday, June 24, 2017, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Catskill Interpretive Center (CIC) Book Fair

WoodstockArts is proud to be co-producing the CIC’s second annual book fair, with over 70 presenters and more than 27 exhibitors. Speakers include such authors, filmmakers, poets and songwriters as Bill Horne, Hudson Talbott, David Becker, Diane Galusha, Johanna and Robert Titus, Richard Frisbie, John Langan, Vernon Benjamin, Bonnie Lykes, Dayl Wise, Lissa Kiernan, Mike Jurkovic, Elly Wininger, Dave Kearney, Dorraine Scofield and James Krueger. Included in the mix are a number of panel discussions: “Nature Illustration in the Catskills,” “Remembering Alf Evers” and “The Art of the Trail Guide.” Will Nixon is offering a writer’s workshop and Jill Olesker will be hosting the children’s tent. The exhibitors’ tent will feature the books, DVDs and knowledge cards available from WoodstockArts, as well as work from other regional publishers such as Black Dome Press, Bushwhack Books, Calling All Poets, Hope Farm Press, McPherson & Co., Post Traumatic Press and Purple Mountain Press. Click here for the full program guide. The CIC, located at 5096 Route 28, Mt. Tremper, NY, will have a food booth stocked with drinks and snacks, and will be open throughout the day to welcome visitors and hikers. #CICBookFair

Saturday, December 3, 2016, from 3 to 9 PM: Passport to Festival of Books @ Woodstock’s Open House

Pick up your passport to the 35th Annual Holiday Open House Festival of Books at one of a dozen Woodstock locations:

1. Bread Alone
2. Catskill Art & Office Supply
3. Catskill Mountain Pizza
4. The Golden Notebook
5. H. Houst & Sons
6. Jean Turmo
7. Lotus Fine Art
8. Oriole 9
9. Pegasus Footwear
10. Shindig
11. Sunflower Natural Foods Market
12. Yum Yum Noodle Bar

Get your passport signed at all twelve, and then exchange it for one of eight WoodstockArts or Bushwhack Books titles at the Woodstock Chamber booth (10 Rock City Road in Woodstock) between 3 and 9 on Saturday. You can also click here to download a PDF of the passport.

Saturday, July 23, 2016, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Woodstock Library Fair

Visit WoodstockArts for a great selection of books, DVDs, knowledge cards and much more at the 85th annual Woodstock Library Fair. This year’s theme is Dreamworld: “Imagine walking into a familiar place—the library grounds—and all at once you are sharing the most wonderful dream.” Taking place at 5 Library Lane in Woodstock. For more, link to Woodstock Library or call 845-679-2213. See you there!

Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 4 PM: Talk and Film Event at WAAM

Author Joseph P. Eckhardt will give a talk, “The Adventures of Wilna and Nan,” followed by a screening of four Toonerville Trolley and Plum Center comedies starring Wilna Hervey, with live musical accompaniment by Marta Waterman. The entry fee is $10 ($7 for WAAM members). Contact WAAM, 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY, 845-679-2940.

Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1 PM: Joseph Eckhardt at Local Author Spotlight

Join Living Large author Joseph P. Eckhardt at the Local Author Spotlight event hosted by The Doylestown Bookshop. For more info contact Krisy Paredes: krisyparedes@gmail.com or 215-230-7610.

Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 3 PM: Living Large Presentation and Book Signing

Author Joseph P. Eckhardt will be guest of honor at Towne Book Center & Cafe, with a PowerPoint talk about “The Big Girls” of Living Large. A book signing will follow. The shop is located at 220 Plaza Drive, Suite B-3, Collegeville, PA 19426. For more info phone 610-454-0640 or link to Towne Book Center & Cafe.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 7 PM: Roots of the 1969 Festival Talk

Revisit and relive the musicians, artists and events leading up to the 1969 “Woodstock Music and Arts Fair” . . . better know as the Woodstock Festival. Weston Blelock’s slide presentation will be followed by a book signing for Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Taking place at the Patterson Library, 1167 Route 311, Patterson, NY. For more info link to Patterson Library or phone 845-878-6121.

Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 2 PM: Living Large Talk and Book Signing

Join author Joseph P. Eckhardt at a lively talk about the lives, times and art of “The Big Girls.” Joe’s presentation will be followed by light refreshments and a book signing. At the Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY.

Friday, June 12 to September 6, 2015: Living Large: An Exhibition on the Lives and Art of Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason

Opening at the Historical Society of Woodstock, 20 Comeau Drive, Woodstock, NY. For more info visit www.historicalsocietyofwoodstock.org.

Saturday, May 9, 2015, at 8 PM: “Powerful Katrinka” in Reel Life and Real Life

Author Joseph Eckhardt will host a screening, talk and book event for Living Large: Wilna Hervery and Nan Mason at the 25th Betzwood Film Festival. For more information call 215-641-6518 or e-mail jeckard@mc3.edu.

Saturday, August 9, 2014, at 7 PM: Weston Blelock and FishCastle at Inquiring Mind

Weston Blelock, author of Roots of the 1969 Festival: The Backstory to “Woodstock,“ will host a talk and book signing at the Inquiring Mind Bookstore and Cafe. Also on the bill are FishCastle, a lively duo—Cyril Caster and Catherine Selin, from Landenberg, PA. Caster is a past producer of the Sound-Outs.

Location: Inquiring Mind Bookstore, at the corner of Partition and Main Streets in Saugerties. The event is free and open to the public. For more info call 845-246-5775, link to FishCastle Music on Facebook, or download the event flyer.

Saturday, July 26, 2014, from 10 AM to 2 PM: Lawrence Webster Will Be Signing Copies of Under the North Light at the Woodstock Library Fair

Location: Front lawn of Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock, NY 12498. For more information call 845-679-8111 or email info@woodstockarts.com.

Saturday, June 21, 2014, from 10 AM to 5 PM: Lawrence Webster Will Be Signing Copies of Under the North Light at the Millbrook Literary Festival

Location: Front lawn of Millbrook Free Library, 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, NY 12545. For more information call 845-679-8111 or email info@woodstockarts.com.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 1:15 PM: Author Lawrence Webster Will Be a Featured Presenter at the Lifespring Saugerties Adult Learning Community

Location: Town Hall, 4 High Street, Saugerties NY. Ms. Webster will give an illustrated talk about the extraordinary life partnership of Maud and Miska Petersham. For more information telephone 845-246-2800, ext. 452, e-mail lifespring.saug@gmail.com, or visit online www.lifespring.saugerties.com. Copies of Under the North Light will be available for sale and signing by the author.

Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 2 PM: Children’s Literary Salon: Under the North Light: The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham

Location: Main branch of the New York Public Library (click on link and search for “children’s literary salon”), Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, at 42nd and 5th Avenue, Children’s Center. An illustrated talk presented by Lawrence Webster will focus on the life and work of Maud and Miska Petersham. Copies of Ms. Webster’s book will be available for sale at the time of the salon. For more about New York Libraries, click here.

Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 3 PM: Talk on Caldecott-winning authors/illustrators Maud and Miska Petersham

Location: In the Reading Library, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst, MA 01002 (413-658-1100). Join Barbara Elleman, curator of “The Caldecott Medal: 75 Years of Distinguished Illustration” on a tour of past medal winners, and then listen to Lawrence Webster give a brief talk on Maud and Miska Petersham. Copies of Ms. Webster’s Under the North Light: The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham will be available at the museum shop.

Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 10:30 AM: Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival

Location: The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Library and Information Science, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 (601-266-4228).Under the North Light author Lawrence Webster will present “Maud and Miska Petersham: Picture Book Pioneers.”