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Oak Hill and Vicinity by Mary Lou Nahas - The News

Written By The Mountain Eagle on 6/7/24 | 6/7/24

For thirty years I have been collecting information about Oak Hill and Vicinity.  I am always pleased to come across an old diary which recorded what the writer was doing daily.  One of my first purchases was the diary of Helen Tripp who lived in the brick house as a girl.  It is small, written in pencil, and covers only about three months of one year there, but I’ve used the information in stories and articles and even in a book and a national magazine.  I paid $75 for that diary and am glad I did, even though I later found the information had been transcribed and shared; I could have gotten the stories for nothing, but it is special to me to have something Helen herself owned while living in the house as a young woman.

Early ledgers are also exciting finds.  They may be in rough shape today but were of top quality when new:   leather bound with beautiful handmade heavy paper. I wonder what they originally cost?  A favorite of mine is the Day Book of Lewis & Philo Hicok, 1832, These brothers from Greenville owned the brick house in Oak Hill about then.  It is exciting to see their handwriting and read what they were recording.  

The leather-bound account book of Jacob Bogardus, 1799, is wonderful until you open it and find it had been used as a scrapbook; pasted over the beautiful handwriting and entries regarding Augustine Provost and other early settlers are color pictures clipped from 1950s magazines with recipes for tasty treats like Ginger Minute Tapioca, from third prize winner, Miss Elzabeth B. Dean, Dundee, NY.  There are many recipes for meat loaf:   I find the helpful hint of a Country Friend: M. B. of Rensselaer that chicken fat and butter make a cake of better texture than all butter.  A tablespoon of salt to four of alcohol will effectively remove grease from clothing.  There are quilt and crochet patterns glued firmly over the elegant early handwriting; I’ve never been able to successfully remove them.  Fortunately, only about half of the pages were used as a scrapbook.  Many of these old ledgers were not valued for history.  I am sorry about that.

Another ledger with marbled  boards, front and back, and leather spine is completely covered with firmly pasted down newspaper clippings.  These clippings are carefully fitted into  every inch of the book, including the front and back covers.  Some are national stories, some are poems, jokes, some are just fictional stories.  While I can see the beautiful ink cursive writing through a few of the pasted articles, I can’t read a single original sentence. Fortunately, a number of the articles are local columns from the newspaper, telling what people were doing.  Those I find interesting and will share some of them with you. 

Conesville Items:  Conesville is in want of a doctor.

Wm Smith lost a valuable cow.

Wm. Patrie lost a colt with the horse distemper.

 Harter Brandow and Wm Patrie have traded farms.

Peter Richtmeyer and Romaine Brand have gone to New York with a fine lot of poultry.

Many of our farmers have sold their buckwheat to the Eagle Bridge grist mill firm at fifty cents per bushel.

Donation held at Conesville, Wednesday eve for the benefit of Rev. Goss, receipt $52.

Another Conesville Column reports

Local news is a scarcity.

Edith Laymon has returned from a visit in Durham.

Nelson Murphy, of this town, was buried last Saturday.

Mrs. J. H. VanStaenburg is suffering from sever illness.

Artemas Brown is doing a job of mill-writing at Kortright, Del. Co.

A little skirmish at the Bridge recently.  No damage, done, no one hurt.

Geo. Lewis and Burton Tousley of Strykerville are speculating in hen fruit.

We congratulate ourselves that there are no candidates in this town for School Commissioner.

Mr. M. Patrie has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood for his misfortune in losing his barn and contents by fire.

All persons wishing to purchase cooper work of any kind will do well to call on M. S. Champlin.  All work warranted.

A more accommodating and better man than Postmaster at Manorkill, than the present incumbent, Mr. W Phelps, would hard to find.

Frank Hagadorn recently had his three sheep sheared.  The united weight of the three fleeces was 36 pounds.

Four of the seven parties arrested at Mackeys Corner last week, and taken to Livingstonville for trial, charged with participating in tar and feathering Mr. and Mrs. Contine, were found guilty of assault and battery, and were each fined $20 or fifty days in limbo.  It is rumored that the trouble is not ended yet.

Darius Partridge, of this town, is at work on the Mammoth Hotel, which is at present being built by Mr. Geo. Harding, of Philadelphia.  It is situated on the summit of South Mt., Hunter, Greene Co.  He informs us that they have at present over 400 men employed on the grounds helping in its construction, besides, many others working elsewhere in connection with the Hotel.  The work is being pushed forward under the direction of the most competent foremen in this State or Penn., and all under the careful management of Mr. J. G. Scribner, a gentleman who is fully qualified for the position.  There are over 80 teams employed at present in hauling material and upholstery from Catskill, Malden, and elsewhere.  The managers contemplate the completion of the hotel by July 1st, at which time it will open for the summer season, 115 loads of furniture have been received and put in place in the hotel. 

Mr. Page T. Hoagland of Gilboa, Scho. Co, is now a resident of Nebraska.

A.A. Hoagland who is now in Plattsmouth will soon remove his family to that point.  We learn that Mr. H. is employed in B & M Carship there, and has an engagement with the Company for one year.

A.A. Hoagland has gone to Plattsmouth to work in the B & M Car shops.  His son, P.T. Hoagland, started on Monday last for Plattsmouth expecting to work in the shops also.

Dr. George Ingraham, formerly located in East Durham, and who is staying in Catskill this winter, bought out a drug store at Amsterdam, at which place he will removed about April 10th.

The region of country found about Hervey Street and South Durham was settled by Capt. Asahel Jones, Deacon Obed Hervey, a Mr. Boumhourd, John Butler, Elder Arnold, Henry Bartell and perhaps other.  This was in 1788.

Olive, a fifteen-year-old daughter of this town dropped dead last Saturday while doing house work.  She had seemingly enjoyed her usual health up to the moment of her death, when she suddenly fell forward on the stove, and before she could be placed on a bed was a corpse.

Farmers are just beginning haying.

Grass throughout Toles Hollow bids fair for a good crop.

Anyone wanting shingles made will do well to call on Chas. Brink.

Singing school is held one night each week at the Toles Hollow school house.

Daniel T. McGary is doing a fine business, and why not, for he is a fine honest chap.

A very nice and expensive monument has been erected in the Manorkill Cemetery to the memory of Joseph Scovil.

The many friends of Luman Mattice of Shew Hollow, will be pleased to learn that he has returned from Utica, where he went last fall to be treated for derangement of the mind.  He is much improved physically, and has entirely regained his mental health.  

Suicide at Oak Hill

At the upper portion of the village of Oak Hill in the tenement house of Wm. Paddock, on Sunday morning, July 3rd, Mrs. Julia Smith was found dead in her bed.  Coroner Wm Stefens of Cairo, was summoned, who held an inquest, resulting in the following verdict: We, the undersigned jurors, find from all the evidence given, that Mrs. Julia Smith died by her own hand, by taking an overdose of laudnum, between the hours of 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 6:45 a.m. Sunday morning, July 3rd, 1881.  Emerson Ford, foreman, Hiram Alger, Andrew J. Hagadorn, Harry Tiffany, Ransom Arnold, Wm. Alger, Israel De Witt, Ernest Stryker, C. S. Hand, S. N. Osborn, Norman Traver. Mrs. Smith leaves several children, five in all, to mourn her loss.  She was the wife of Mr. Silas Smith, who left home last Thursday and did not return until summoned Sunday by the sad news of her sudden death.

Oak Hill:  Mrs. Ransom Arnold is failing in health.

Mrs. H. E. Rockefellow has potatoes in bloom

Hiram Alger has been to Canada to purchase horses.

Report says that Silas Smith has sold his team of mules

Miss Emily Cheritree is to spend this summer at Oak Hill.

Miss Olive Cheritree is taking a trip to Europe, where she will remain during the summer.

R H. King, of Prattsville gave a lecture on Temperance Sunday evening 29th in the Presbyterian Church of Durham.

While Mrs. J. Greene was sawing a bedstead post, the saw slipped, cutting a chord in her wrist, inflicting a bad wound.

J. Terbush’s funeral, held at the Episcopal Church, last Wednesday, was largely attended.  Rev. H. C. Brayton officiating. 

  • Oak Hill:  District school has closed.

  • Tulle lost a valuable horse last week.

  • Frank Nunnelly is in Troy visiting friends.

  • Rueben Moss has moved on his farm in Cornwallville.

  • Farmers about here are engaging laborers at $13 per month.

  • Rev. Gaylord preached his farewell sermon, Sunday afternoon, 27th.

  • Doc Smith of this place, purchased of W. Hagadorn, a cat which rumor says is about 23 years old.

  • Mrs. Alice Peck has been seriously ill for the past four weeks with typhoid fever.  Her father, Dr. James Conyes of Iowa has been attending her for the past week.  She is slowly recovering.

These local columns provide a picture of the life in Oak Hill and Vicinity at that time.  The dates are not usually given but can be guessed at.  I love that it is mentioned that Hiram Alger went to Canada to purchase horses and Olive Cheritree was going to Europe that year. Some of the stories are awful and sad; others just every day occurrences. 

  I also have a lovely small handbound book Everybody’s Guide:  Things Worth Knowing.  Comprising valuable information, recipes and tables, for the Mechanic, Merchant, Lawyer, Doctor, Farmer and all classes of workers in every depart of human effort. By R. Moore.  Author of Moore’s Universal Assistant and Complete Mechanic, Etc.  Copyright 1884.  Not locally written, it does publish a lot of useful information or at least information thought to be useful; it is well worn.  I’ll share some of that one day, but today I’ll just share the information from a newspaper, clipped out and pasted on a first page of the book.. 

POTTER’S HOLLOW:  A largely attended meeting of citizens was held on Saturday last to consider the offer made by the Society of Friends of their meeting house, provided the same should be used as a non-sectarian church.  Justice Hobert Poultney presided and it was to incorporate a church society under the name Potters Hollow Union Church.   John D. Loost, Joseph A. Rowe and Samuel W. Russell were selected trustees.  The offer of the Society of Friends was unanimously accepted as was the donation of Joseph A.. Rowe of a plot of ground upon which the meeting house can be located.  The Society of Friends have maintained a meeting as this place for more than 80 years and the discontinuance of their meetings removed one of the most honored landmarks of the community.

Mr. Wallace Bear and Miss Viola Bouck are married.

Wool sells for 15 cents per pound.

The town board will meet on June 20th to decide the question of constructing an iron bridge over the Catskill creek on the Oak Hill Road.

The action of David Young vs Douglass Clapper for damages occasioned by the shooting of plaintiff’s dog by the defendant, occupied Justice Radick’s court last week and resulted in a verdict of plaintiff of $10, Plaintiff was represented by the Hon. J. H. Mather and Judge H. Pultney and defendant by Messrs. Cowels and Faulk.

E. M. Sheldon, agent for the McCormack mowers, was in town Sunday.



Photo captions:  (photos by Christopher Nahas)

Many early ledgers were reused as scrapbooks.  Clippings and pictures were firmly glued in place. Photos by Christopher Nahas

Sadly, to me, the ledger which records information about Augustine Provost is covered with color photos of foods and recipes.  I’d like to know more about Provost and his neighbors.


I learn things about Lewis and Philoe Hickok who likely built the brick house in Oak Hill from their ledger from 1832.


There are several drawings of houses in the Hicock ledger, I wonder if this one is an inspiration for the brick house?

Helen Tripps small diary provides a view of her daily life in the brick house.


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Pratt Museum Exhibit

By Michael Ryan

PRATTSVILLE - The first exhibition of the 2024 season for the Zadock Pratt Museum, titled “Whose Folk,” features “an exciting blend of art and history,” says Museum board of directors president Carolyn Bennett.

Works by contemporary artist Cal Siegel are intertwined with pieces from the Museum’s collection, representing disparately connected centuries.

“Siegel's sculptures and photographs - various ceramic and wooden forms, vessels, and wall hangings - all refer back to historical architecture and objects with equal parts reverence, humor and criticality,” Bennett says.

“When displayed alongside historic artifacts from the Pratt homestead, visitors are asked to consider how the past informs the present.

“This exhibition is the first curatorial project by Tony Bluestone, a newly appointed member of the Museum board,” Bennett says.

“He is interested in how civic life is shaped by history and how cultural institutions deepen community engagement.”

In a review of the show, which runs through July 31, Victoria Horrocks writes, “with every object displayed within the Zadock Pratt House, I experience a charged encounter with the past.

“The exterior walls of Pratt’s home may be covered in white shiplap, but the inside is rife with the traces of a historic world preserved for all to experience.

“Standing in Pratt’s living room, meeting the gaze of [Pratt] family members’ portraits, I am transported to the time in which he lived, and simultaneously brought forth into the present through Siegel’s work.

“Collapsing time and creating a world unto itself, “Whose Folk” negotiates the house’s historic and contemporary presences,” Horrock writes.

Providing context on the various pieces, Horrock writes, “the assortment of seemingly banal objects Siegel has selected feel endowed with the profound presence of their collector and those who used them across time.

“When I encounter the objects in the Museum’s collection, I detect centuries of use both past and present.

“I sense lives the objects have touched and endured. Although the house may have belonged Pratt, through it I connect to larger narratives of local and national histories.

“Siegel’s work seems to coax these narratives out - and acknowledge a lineage of collective use that continues into the present,” Horrock writes.

Regular museum hours are noon to 5 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, with a panel discussion scheduled for Saturday, July 20, at 4 p.m., between Siegel, Bennett, Bluestone and arts educator Sarah Workneh.


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Sugar Maples Open Saturdays Through the Fall

By Michael Ryan

MAPLECREST - The gardens and greenhouses at Sugar Maples are once again growing as are the lines of people waiting to procure the fresh veggies now available every Saturday through the early fall.

Doors to the little farm stand, on the main drag in the hamlet of Maplecrest, officially open at noon but folks begin gathering well before that moment.

They seek and will find plentiful foods tended in a way the head gardener Dawa Sherpa says is “better than organic.”

“It is a Natural Agriculture method taught by the Japanese organization Shumei to create some of the freshest and most delicious produce available in the State,” Sherpa says.

“This is a method of growing produce simply and without interference- as close to how it grows in nature as possible. 

“Going one step further than organic farming, there are no animal products used to enrich the soil. This means that no agricultural chemicals of any sort are used.

“It also means no manure or other soil additives used in organic farming are permitted,” Sherpa says.”Only compost made from local leaves and grass can be added to the soil.”

While that is nice information, it is the bright Pac Choi and Swiss Chard and Chinese Cabbage, mustard greens, scallions, spinach and tender lettuce the shoppers are coming to secure.


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A Great Visit to the Pines

Hudson Goff played a song on his guitar for the residents! 



 Mrs. Whitbeck’s grandmother received a very special card! 



Mickie is celebrating her one-hundredth birthday. Our students made this poster for her. Grade 3 Whitbeck/Lopez at Cairo Durham Elementary 



CAIRO & CATSKILL — On June 3, the students in Mrs. Whitbeck’s and Mrs. Lopez’s third grade visited the Pines in Catskill! These amazing Cairo Durham students have spent weeks preparing for their visit. They created approximately 70 hand made cards for the residents, hand delivered each card and read each card aloud as they visited with their new friends from the Pines. The students also participated in a Talent/Show and Tell presentation that they rehearsed  for several days.

Students showed photographs of pets, performed gymnastics, read books, presented their frog projects, showed off ball handling skills, described hockey equipment, taught words in other languages and more! 

The students and teachers also presented “Mickie” with a special

poster to celebrate her 100th birthday!

  A special thank you to Alison Meehan,Helena Spooner, and Ashley Licis for chaperoning the event and to Laurie Harp from the Pines for collaborating with Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Whitbeck in order to coordinate the trip.  A huge shout out to Cairo Durham Elementary Principal, Mr. Stein,  as well who approved this wonderful event! 

Everyone had an incredible time and the students at Cairo Durham Elementary look forward to visiting again next year!



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Ashland Speaks

By Lula Anderson

What is so rare as a day in June?  I often start my first June column with these words as my friend Rosie would greet me with this sentiment.  The weather has been almost perfect.  The flowering bushes have really been magnificent this year.  The air has been redolent with the scent of lilacs and lily of the valley.  Peonies are starting to open and add their unique scent to the mix.  Gardens are starting to be planted, we sense a new awakening.  Kids are prepping for final exams and the end of school.  What a wonderful month.  

Thank you to all who showed up on Saturday to donate much needed blood.  We were credited with 21 pints. That wasn't bad considering it was the club's first attempt at a blood drive and there were so many other activities to attend:  The Tractor Pull, the Historic House tour and the Athen's Light House.  

On Sunday, I went to an all-day meeting in Saratoga for Eastern Star.  The Grand Matron and Patron of NY State gave reports on the projects that we have been and will be working on.  Tunnel to Towers, and the most important for this area, Straton VA Homeless Vets projects.  We filled shoeboxes with items to give to the homeless veterans through the VA hospital.  They included socks, toiletries, and items to make life a little more comfortable.  Over 100 boxes were delivered.  

The VFW had a very full weekend as they started with a ceremony at WAJ to honor the Vets, then on Memorial Day, they placed wreaths at the Ashland (Pleasant Valley) Cemetary, the Windham Cemetary, and in Hensonville.  Then, on June 9th, there will be a breakfast at the VFW building on Rte 23, Windham.  Free Will donation.

The Mt Top Golden Agers still have openings for the trip to MacHadyn Theatre in Chatham on July 4th to see Sister Act.  $78 includes lunch.  There are also a couple of openings for Defensive Driving Class on July 18th.  Call Patty at 518-821-8670.

Sympathy to the family of James Warner, husband of WAJPL member, Lynn who passes, and the Decker family of Ashland on their loss.

Healing prayers for Ad Armstrong, Gerry Cunningham and Ken Mabey..

AS I REMEMBER IT

First of all, a disclaimer.  I heard from a couple of people that I have my days mixed up according to the old song that we learned in school, but with my 92-year-old memory, I have really just been "winging it".  We were supposed to mend on Wednesday, and clean on Friday.  Today I will be covering Saturday's job, which is baking bread. (But we'll make believe it was Thursday.)

We never ran to the corner store to get bread, as there wasn't one around, so every week, mother would bake enough bread to last.  We always bought flour by the 100-pound bag and had yeast in the fridge . Not the little packets as we see today, but cubes of yeast, or a homemade starter that we kept growing.  If you used starter, you would take about half of it and put it into a big bowl. Flour would be added, and a little water, and that would be put aside for about half an hour to start to proof.  Meanwhile, additional flour would be added to the starter, along with water, and that would be covered and put in a cool area for next week.  Back to the big bowl, more flour and water would be added, maybe a touch of sugar, and salt, and Mother would knead that until it was as smooth as a baby's butt.  (technical term used in baking.)  The biggest crockery bowl would be greased, and the dough would be put in and covered, set in a warm spot and let rise for the first time.  During the rise time, the fire would be stoked so the oven would be at proper temperature, even in the summer.  The kitchen couldn't be too hot or too cold, or the dough wouldn't rise.  While proofing there were always other chores to do, such as feed the chickens, gather the eggs, churn the cream into butter. Anything to keep you busy.  When you checked the dough after about an hour, it would have doubled in size, and it was time to knock it back and shape it.  We usually baked it in large loaf pans so we could have sandwich bread.  The dough would be divided equally into the pans, and some would be made into dinner rolls for that night.  Cover it back up, and let it rise for the second time.  Another hour and you would put the pans into the oven.  What a smell!!  We couldn't wait for the first batch of rolls to be done.  The fresh butter would be scooped into a bowl, and as soon as the rolls would come out, they would be slathered with butter.  Ouch, ouch fingers burned, mouth burned..   MMMM delish!  When the loaves were done and turned out of the pan, we would wrap them in the waxed paper that was saved from last week and put in the larder for the week.  Funny, it never tasted stale, even when the week was over.  It was always good.  

One of Bill Mead's memories of my friend Rose and Marty.  Rose decided to match the cost of homemade bread to store bought.  She could make 5 loaves for the price of one, so she decided to bake her own.  The fresh bread came out of the oven and immediately one loaf was eaten.  By suppertime, the next two loaves were eaten, and for breakfast the next morning it was gone.  With store bought bread, it lasted the whole week.  Moral of the story:  it may be cheaper in the short run but cost way more when she had to keep baking to keep up with the demand.  



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Water Main Update in Cairo

By D.M. Kamecke

CAIRO — The Cairo Town Board held a public hearing this week on a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application that would help fund the replacement of the water mains, hydrants, and service laterals on Jerome and Phelps Avenue in the hamlet. Prone to frequent breaks, those two lines are the remaining cast-iron pipes in the town, the rest having been replaced with PVC over the past 20 years or so. 

A report by Delaware Engineering, which conducted the water engineering study, states that the project would include remedial work to improve connectivity between Shinglekill and one of the town’s wells. It could also include road resurfacing but the grant would not include replacing lines to individual homes according to Delaware engineer Allan Tavenner. 

The public hearing, a requirement of the grant application, is just one step in the process.  Another is to demonstrate that the project will benefit low and moderate-income residents. While Cairo, at large, meets the definition, the town must demonstrate that it applies to the water district in question. Hopes that data from the latest U.S. Census would provide that information were dashed when the town was informed that the boundary of the water district does not exactly match that of the 2020 Census thereby excluding it as a counting tool for this particular project. 

At the hearing, Mark Blauer, the likely grant writer for the application, reported that the CDBG grant is highly competitive but the town could receive upwards of $1.5 million. To get the funding, it must follow strict application guidelines. Some of those requirements, such as an environmental quality review and an engineer selected, are already met. The sticking point could very well be the water district count. Blauer says he has specifically requested that the town be given an exception by New York State and allowed to use the Census. However, based on the State’s history of responding “no” over the years to such requests from other applicants, it seems likely the town will be required to do an income survey in the covered area. 

With an end-of-July deadline looming, completing a door-to-door survey of the 782 residences within the water district will be difficult due the requirement of an 80% response rate. 

With the uncertainty of the project moving forward at this time, Town Board members decided to table a resolution to hire Blauer to complete the application. If the survey must be done, and given the alternative of funding the project itself, the town may very well have to postpone submitting the application until next year.

Comments from the audience included complaints about the length of time it is taking to get this project off the ground as well as questions regarding PFOA remediation something that is not addressed as part of the water main replacement. However, the project could include some filtration.

The CDBG grant is funded to the State by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is delivered through New York State’s Office of Community Renewal.

Hoping to make things more comfortable during the dog days of summer, the Town Board also voted to advertise for bids on creating a shade structure in the town’s popular dog park.


Cairo Park to Get Upgrades

In other news, the town is on a mission to make getting healthier a little easier and a lot more fun. The Board voted at its May 15 meeting to expend its remaining ARPA funds on buying outdoor exercise equipment for use in Angelo Canna Park. Town Supervisor Jason Watts reports that the equipment has now been ordered and the town is just waiting for delivery.

According to Watts, the town will also be reconfiguring one of the basketball courts to allow for the installation of a pickleball court. The current one is located in the tennis area. Pickleball equipment is available at no charge from the local library. The town is also upgrading computers and IT equipment in the various town departments.

The town previously spent ARPA money on the installation of a new heating/cooling system in the main town hall, replacing the old one which needed frequent repairs. 

Adding to the funding pot, the County Legislature has allocated an additional $25,000 in ARPA to Cairo as well as to the rest of the municipalities in Greene.

ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) was signed into law in 2021 by the 117th Congress. According to the Summary: H.R.1319 on the Congressional website, “This bill provides additional relief to address the continued impact of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.”


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Blood begets blood. Catskill Mountain Shakespeare celebrates 5th Season with the tragedy Julius Caesar.

HUNTER - Catskill Mountain Shakespeare presents their 2024 Main Stage Production, in association with The Catskill Mountain Foundation, with Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar opening July 13, 2024. This year’s production is directed by international theater 

director Michael Alvarez, a Directing Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop and Assistant Professor of Directing at UNC School of the Arts. Contemporary dance, visual art and fashion will combine with dynamic storytelling to create a visceral theatrical experience. Twelve performances, staged outdoors among the picturesque landscape of the Catskill mountains, run under the tent at The Red Barn on Main Street in Hunter for 3 weekends, July 13 - 28, 2024. For tickets, visit catskillmountainshakespeare.com

Catskill Mountain Shakespeare’s Outreach Program this year includes Low Cost/No Cost Tickets, a Community Book Club (7/14), 2 Pay What You Can Performances (7/17 & 7/24), the 3rd Annual LGBTQ+ Midsummer Social (7/19), Free Theatrical Workshops for kids and teens taught by artistic professionals (7/20), a Post-Show Talkback with members of the creative team (7/26), Arts and Crafts at local farmers’ markets (various dates), and the inaugural launch of CMS Youth Company, a weeklong theatrical intensive for local youth, grades 6-12 (8/5-8/10). 

“Catskill Mountain Shakespeare is thrilled to celebrate five years of performances in the Catskills,” says CMS Artistic Director Sarah Reny “This season we're diving into exciting new territory producing our first tragedy Julius Caesar. But that's not all – we're continuing our

expansive Outreach Program and also launching our inaugural CMS Youth Company in August!” 

Inspired by the beauty in nature, Catskill Mountain Shakespeare creates professional, immersive theatrical experiences that foster diversity, inclusion and equity for all. CMS believes outdoor summer theater provides a collective space for the local community, weekenders, and mountaintop visitors to enjoy live art together. To achieve this mission, CMS garners wide support from patrons, business owners and investors and seeks out local, site-specific opportunities for performances with majestic landscapes that uplift accessibility and leave a minimal carbon footprint. 

> Catskill Mountain Shakespeare announces its 2024 Summer Season with Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar, combining contemporary dance, visual art, fashion, and dynamic storytelling. Directed by international theater director Michael Alvarez and performed outdoors and under a tent at The Red Barn at 7970 Main Street in Hunter, NY - July 13-28, 2024. Visit catskillmountainshakespeare.com for tickets, additional outreach programming, and contact information. *Please note: This performance contains instances of intimacy, violence, and mature subject matter. The recommended age for audiences is 12+. 


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