Phoenicia News

John "Daido" Loori, 78, founder and abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, who died on October 9, was laid to rest at a cemetery at the monastery on Sunday following a three-day funeral befitting a teacher who was widely considered to be one of the most influential Zen Buddhist masters in the West.

We undertook a truly informal holiday-themed survey of the local arts community, both inside and outside town borders, asking where people would like to show their work over the coming year, both locally and beyond.

According to the just-released Woodstock Film Festival newsletter: - The 1970s band Blondie recently finished recording its latest album in Woodstock.

Based on a 2008 student survey on high risk behavior, drug and alcohol use among students in grades 7-12 in the Onteora Central School District and Saugerties school district are the highest in the county.

The latest "happiness study" finds that Arizona is among the happiest states in the entire country.

The Automatic Erasers: Awesome old dudes who really rock. Where: Details: The Automatic Erasers are scheduled to perform Saturday, December 19.

The barrage of holiday music is well under way - traditional songs, reworked traditional songs, original holiday songs by contemporary musicians and contemporary holiday songs that attempt to capture nostalgia are everywhere.

PHOENICIA - A reception will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday at Ulster Savings Bank's 58 Main St.

Limner Gallery owner Tim Slowinski's wild ride of a year as curator of the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum solo shows screeches towards a stupendous close this month with the Saturday, November 21 evening opening of "The Time is NOW! The Ceramic Art of Craig Wood," alongside main gallery and downstairs' juried shows, the big one with a ...

Texas oyster season opened November 1, and the oysters have started to flood the local market.

A little bit of buzz was starting to brew about Scottsdale's Metro Brasserie , whose executive chef, Matt Taylor , recently left town to work for Michael Mina in Las Vegas.

RHINEBECK - Ward Todd, president of the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce, will speak at the Rhinebeck Rotary Club meeting at 12:15 p.m. Monday at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck.

Enjoy an intimate evening with Jackson Browne beginning at 8 p.m. Friday at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston.

The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that is now Israel and probably other coastal sites, a team of scientists has found.

The Catskill Mountains of upstate New York are an American national treasure, but it's a treasure of a more literal kind that's luring visitors from all over the continent.

Since ancient times wise ones and sages have lived by the water. When they live by the water they catch fish or they catch humans or they catch the Way.

Stylish restaurants, boutiques and art galleries are just over an hour from New York City.

Tickets: $20 and $30 for adults, $10 for students from www.altoonasymphony.org or by calling 943-2500. Luncheon with the maestra The public is invited to have lunch with Maestra Teresa Cheung and guest artist Igor Zubkovsky at The Phoenicia, Altoona, at noon Friday.

Mickey Breitenstein says he's been trying to play it cool, what with his first narrative film, Stooge, set to play the Woodstock Film Festival next week.

Sticky buns. Sticky buns. While the new El Chorro Lodge won't be open in time Thanksgiving feasts, the lodge's newest owners are making sure Phoenicians will get their sugar fix.