Libby Williams

The Green

Connecting Arts and Community

BY LIBBY WILLIAMS

Green spaces always have been a vital part of city planning. If you look at huge urban centers, like New York City, parks are built deliberately. Central Park was built so that if you are walking its paths, you can’t see the city skyline. It’s an escape inside the city to commune with nature and, more important, the community.

Comparing the Woodstock Arts Event Green to Central Park is like comparing a country mouse to a city mouse, but the core concept is the same. Our Event Green is a centrally located green space, which creates an opportunity for community gathering. As we near the end of 2022 and push forward into the new year, we are excited to continue to build our Event Green programming to help foster growth for Woodstock.

Starting this winter, the Green’s lineup will grow with a couple of new festivals. We are so excited to bring a classic Christmas Market to Woodstock on Dec. 4. It will be a great family-friendly way to celebrate the start of the holiday season. In March, the inaugural Woodstock Arts Film Festival is coming to the Green. We will host a 48-hour festival, during which contestants will write, film and edit an entire film in — you guessed it! — 48 hours. We will screen the top films and host an award ceremony on our beautiful LED screen, which made its debut this summer.

The addition of the screen has allowed us to branch out with new adventures. Free movie nights will continue all year long, with two Christmas classics in December. Join us for “A Christmas Story” on Dec. 10 and “The Polar Express” on Dec. 18. During the warmer months next year, video game tournaments, alongside our sponsor, Blue Ghost Arcade, will be a blast. We have numerous fun games lined up; stay tuned! And, the Lantern Series concerts will return in full force in the spring, starting with the Huntertones — back by popular demand!

All of this programming, new and returning, is meant to engage the community with the arts. And, when we have a venue smack dab in the middle of the community, we aren’t going to let that go to waste!

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Libby Williams is the marketing manager for Woodstock Arts. Connect with us on social media, @woodstockgaarts, to always be the first to know about upcoming events!

NEVER MISS A BEAT! THEATRE |dec. 2-24

small town: small works UNTIL dec. 23

UPCOMING:

W.I.T. Family-friendly Improv

Nov v. 4, 7:30 p.m.

Lasting Laugh Stand-up Comedy

Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.

Visual Arts Classes

Ceramics | Painting Mixed Media

Acting Classes

Act | Sing | Improv For all ages!