By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhether it’s a simple bouquet of the first daffodils of spring, or plans for a state dinner at the White House, Laura Dowling says it is all about […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comFrances Palmer thinks there is an artist in all of us; it is just a matter of finding that particular talent and passion.Her journey began early in life.“I […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhen Homer Hickam speaks Oct. 19 as part of the Woodstock Opera House Creative Living Series, he’ll probably mention his best-known book, “Rocket Boys,” and his career in […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.com“Explorer” is a rather unusual occupation to fill in on a résumé. Asked how he arrived at his calling, Will Steger said, “Basically, I put my boots on […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comBroadway musicals, according to Michael Weber, are a fusion of “opera … operetta … [and] the world of American vaudeville.” Weber, artistic director of Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre, will […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.com“I was thinking about doing a book about the fabulous dressmaking during the Gilded Age,” said Alison Hawthorne Deming, award-winning poet, essayist and nonfiction author. “I cared about […]
Creative Living speaker weaves fashionable talePoet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be the next speaker in the Creative Living series at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Opera […]
As the AIDS epidemic swept through the United States in the 1980s, news coverage tended to focus on New York City and San Francisco. Largely ignored was the Chicago story, […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comThe Woodstock Fine Arts Association, the oldest resident company of the Woodstock Opera House, has continued its support of the historic theater with its latest donation of $20,000.The contribution […]
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