by Weston | Sep 8, 2010 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Raising Reds Author to Give Talk and Sign Books Woodstock, NY—On Sunday, September 12, from 2 to 4 p.m., Paul C. Mishler, author of Raising Reds: Young Pioneers, Radical Summer Camps, and Communist Political Culture, will give a talk at the Eames House, 20...
by Weston | Apr 28, 2010 | Carbon-Neutral Initiative |
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, members of the Town Council and Chamber of Commerce gathered to officially welcome two bright red bicycle-shaped bike racks to Woodstock. The new racks were purchased with funds raised through last summer’s Roots of Woodstock Live...
by Weston | Apr 19, 2010 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
In 1964, while I was at school in Scotland, Van Morrison and Them exploded on the U.K. charts with “Baby Please Don’t Go”—and most memorably with “Gloria.” It took everyone by surprise. Where the heck did these guys come from? Later on,...
by Weston | Sep 24, 2009 | Carbon-Neutral Initiative, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Forty years ago, the ’69 Woodstock festival triggered many new trends. One such, the back-to-the-land movement, helped bring eco-consciousness to the forefront. The following year Earth Day was created. In March 2007, the Town of Woodstock passed a Zero-Carbon...
by Weston | Aug 13, 2009 | Roots Concert |
From the August 13, 2009 issue of The New York Times: “WOODSTOCK, N.Y. Before Woodstock, from 1967 to 1969 there were small-scale, noncommercial musical festivals in the woods called Sound Outs that helped the promoter Michael Lang come up with the idea of the...
