At various times one saw Chip Monck, the man who designed and executed the Woodstock sets, later to do the same for Altamont; Sam Cutler; Rock Scully; Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh of the Dead; Lenny Hart, part of the Dead management (he was heard telling Taj Mahal over the phone that ...
Amuletat Tinker Street Tavern in Woodstock, 8pm. The Seven Wonders: Tribute to Fleetwood Macat the Silk Factory in Newburgh, 8pm. Stand-Up Comedy Live w/ Gilbert Hernandez & Friendsat Toasted in Newburgh, 8pm. The Big Takeoverat Towne Crier Cafe in Beacon, 8pm. ...
Ike affected 11 states resulting in 103 direct fatalities; a month after the storm passed, 157 people were still missing. #8. Midwest flooding (1993) Andrea Booher FEMA // Wikimedia Commons #8. Midwest flooding (1993) - Total cost (inflation-adjusted): $38.1 billion- Total deaths: 48- ...
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s electrifying directorial debut,Summer of Soul, must surely rank among the greatest concert films of all time. Restoring 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival to its rightful place as a cultural moment every bit as historic as Woodstock, Questlove unearths scintillating foo...
Hurricane Katrina's and its massive size likened it to a category 5 storm with 15-foot waves pummeling thecoasts along the Gulf from Texas to Floridaand spawning 29 tornadoes. Ike affected 11 states resulting in 103 direct fatalities; a month after the storm passed, 157 people were still ...
(2021) not only tells that story but gives a hint of its powerful impact at the same time. In the summer of 1969 when Woodstock became a legend, the Harlem Cultural Festival provided an alternate place to go, and a friendly place for Black faces. The free concert took place over six ...
to map out a five-month tour for him. Two tours followed, and a quantum leap with Woodstock; Joe went from $500 a night to $6,500; he fired his loyal but erratic Grease Band and was just settling back to take stock of his career when the Musicians’ Union and immigration authorities...
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Poetry Month, Year, Age, Whatever: Seamus Heaney's Toome.At Toomebridge Where the flat water Came pouring over the weir out of Lough Neagh As if it had reached an edge of the flat earth And fallen shining to the continuous Present of the Bann. Where the checkpoint used to be. Where ...
You would probably remember that moment for the rest of your life, and it would certainly put a thrill into the rest of your day, if not your week or month. Think of all the conversations you would have about it (“I have no idea how he got in! And then he just climbed out the...