Tag Archives: Maverick

Cannery Row on Tinker Street

Posted on July 23, 2012 by admin

Every so often, you find yourself seated beside a great storyteller at a dinner party. When Rick Pantell heard that I was writing The Pocket Guide to Woodstock, he launched into a tale of a Woodstock artist from the generation … Continue reading →

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Q & A with Woodstock Town Historian, Richard Heppner

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin

Last winter, when I caught the history bug while writing The Pocket Guide to Woodstock, I discovered the town’s best attic, more properly known as the Historical Society’s archives housed upstairs in the Town Hall building. There’s a table where … Continue reading →

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A “Walking Woodstock” Classic: The Founding of Modern Woodstock

Posted on March 16, 2012 by admin

(A “Walking Woodstock” column published in the September 29, 2011 Woodstock Times.) If we think of modern Woodstock as the Colony of the Arts, the description promoted by the Chamber of Commerce to emphasize our hundred year history of fine … Continue reading →

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A Short History of Poetry in Woodstock, 1873—2008

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

(Published in the Woodstock Times, April 10, 2008) By Michael Perkins Part I The first bard to sing or chant in the shadow of Overlook Mountain was probably a son of the Leni Lenape, the small, gentle people who had … Continue reading →

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