Recently, visitors arriving at the Ashokan Center may have noticed a new addition near the entrance to campus: a historical interpretive marker…
Read more →On Saturday, March 21, Ashokan Center founders Jay Ungar and Molly Mason brought their music to one of the most historic stages…
Read more →At the Ashokan Center, we believe that learning, creativity, and community are strongest when they are shared—and when they honor the full,…
Read more →SNOW BOUND – A Winter Idyl This 747-line poem was written in 1866 by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). Here is…
Read more →Nestled in the heart of the Catskills, Woodstock, New York, is globally synonymous with peace, love, and music. While the 1969 Woodstock…
Read more →Canadian Poet Bliss Carman was born in Fredricton, New Brunswick in 1861. Though his first published book of poetry, Low Tide in…
Read more →Growing a Three Sisters garden (corn, pole beans, squash) is a form of companion planting practiced by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) who lived…
Read more →No your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The American flag that hangs in Ashokan’s 1817 Schoolhouse has 15 stars AND 15 stripes. Here…
Read more →We got to chat with Justin Wexler of Wild Hudson Valley and ask a few questions about the area’s indigenous culture. You…
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