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September 14, 2002 It's time the county embraced Woodstock By Steve Israel The Times Herald-Record This one's a Woodstock no-brainer. The 35th anniversary of the most famous concert in history happens in two years. Sullivan County, which hosted the 1969 bash, should stage a celebration. This would be the first official celebration of Woodstock the county has ever thrown. Resorts could offer Woodstock weekends, with tie-dyed sheets on the beds. Restaurants could serve (non) electric Kool-Aid. Shops could sell incense, headbands and patchouli oil. Movie theaters could show the Woodstock movie. This is such a win-win no-brainer, I wish I could take credit for it. I can't. It's Jeryl Abramson's idea. That's the same Jeryl Abramson who has helped throw the anniversary bashes on the old farm of the man who owned the concert site, Max Yasgur. The same Jeryl Abramson who, with her husband, Roy Howard, has long tangled with local officials over the legality of that bash. This celebration would be different. This could be coordinated by the county – maybe the Chamber of Commerce or the Visitor's Association could help. The bash would be even better if the performing arts center at the Woodstock site is up and running. It could host a world-class concert we could all be proud of. But even if the arts center doesn't open by then, there's enough time for the county to plan – and pull off – an organized event. For 33 years, Sullivan County turned its back on the event that put it on the world map. It's time it welcomed Woodstock with open arms. Tuning In And now for something completely different. It's "Galileo's Discourses Concerning the Great World Systems." It's a not a lecture. It's a theaterlike exhibit by John Bromberg of paintings, sculpture, script and photos that interprets Galileo's 17th-century manuscript "The Discourses of Galileo." The exhibit will be shown at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance's beautiful new Loft Gallery, 37 Main St., Narrowsburg, through Oct. 4. That's upstairs from the Delaware Arts Center Gallery. Downstairs is another intriguing exhibit, the striking minimalist paintings of Shlomo Cassos. That exhibit also runs through Oct. 4. More info: 252-7576. If you love bluegrass – and you should – tomorrow's Code Blue concert at Lumberland Town Hall in Glen Spey is for you. Show time is 3 p.m. Admission is $5. More info: 856-6372. Also tomorrow, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., the wonderful singer-songwriter Janet Burgan appears at the Fall Harvest Market at the Woodstock Festival site on Hurd Road in Bethel. Admission is free. Steve Israel is a reporter in the Times Herald-Record's Monticello bureau. Contact him at sisrael@th-record.com. 40 Mulberry Street * PO Box 2046 * Middletown, NY 10940 Telephone 845-341-1100 or 800-295-2181 outside the Middletown, N.Y., area. For optimal viewing experience, click here. Copyright Orange County Publications. All rights reserved.
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