|
GROWING UP AT GROSSINGER'S
Tania Grossinger's book
Growing Up at Grossinger's will be
re-released in publication shortly. Check out the latest interview with the
author.
* * * * * *
MIDDLETOWN RAILROAD DAY
Sunday, July 27, 2008
10am-5pm
Middletown Senior Center
62-70 West Main St.
Middletown, NY
for more info, click here
* * * * * *
CATSKILLS COOKING
New essay
on Catskills food by noted travel and food writer Janet Forman
* * * * * *
DOCUMENTARY ON HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
BUNGALOW COLONY
Donna Schatz recently completed a
documentary on a bungalow colony of Holocaust survivors in Ellenville. It was
briefly reviewed in the February issue of Hadassah Magazine and has just been
accepted for screening at the 5th JEWISH EYE - WORLD JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL in
Ashkelon, Israel. For more information on the project, visit their website at
www.99geigerroad.com.
Andrew Jacobs (dir.) and Matt Lavine
(prod) are also working on a documentary about the same colony. We showed rushes
from this at 2007 conference, and heard wonderful presentations by Jacobs and
Four Seasons residents Carl Potok & Susan Ostrovitz.
www.fourseasonsmovie.org.
* * * * * *
FUNNY BOYS
A new book
by Warren Adler (Random Hearts, The War of the Roses) on Catskills'
gangsters.
* * * * * *
KUTSHER'S DOCUMENTARY
Ian Rosenberg & Carol Laskow are
working on a documentary about Kutsher's Country Club, on the occasion of its
100th anniversary. Their goal is to preserve on film this special place,
which has outlasted so many other Catskills institutions, and to tell the story
of its history and survival. Please take note that they will generously
donate materials to the Catskills Institute once they are finished, so your
contributions get double credit. If you have Kutsher's related photos,
home movies or memorabilia that you're willing to share, please contact them at
ianrosenberg@yahoo.com.
* * * * * *
CATSKILLS DOCUMENTARY IN PROGRESS
Joan Micklin Silver & Raphael Silver are working on a
documentary tentatively titled "To the Mountains". They spoke at our recent
conference on this excellent work-in-progress. We encourage people to assist
them. Please take note that they will generously donate materials to the
Catskills Institute once they are finished, so your contributions get double
credit. In particular they are interested in memorabilia, photos, and especially
home movies -- visual materials dealing with the Catskills past and present.
Email them at jmscatskills@hotmail.com.
* * * * * *
SPECIAL PROJECT:
Attention Women Hotel Owners
If you are a woman who owned a Catskills resort in the 1950s and 1960s,
Rachel Kranson is eager to hear from you. Ms Kranson (PhD candidate, NYU)
is working on a project documenting the experiences of female hotel owners.
If you have any information, please contact
rachel@honksandsirens.com
* * * * * *
BUNGALOW COLONY STORIES WANTED
Documentary filmmakers are seeking charismatic individuals to talk on film
about the following subjects:
a) Women's weekday experiences at the bungalow colony and summer affairs of the
heart
b) Bungalow colony entertainers
We are also seeking home movies and print photography of the Catskills and
Bungalow Colony life.
Roni Lieberman & Debra Kaplan
Graci1973@aol.com
* * * * * *
Catskills Films, LLC is seeking home
movies and photos. "When Comedy went to School: Those Catskills Comics" is a
documentary focusing on the heyday of Catskills Comedy. We are looking for home
movies and photos taken in the Catskills from 1930s-1970s with special emphasis
on comics, social staff, dining rooms, hotel owners/mgmt. Please contact Michael
Engel at
michaelengel55@earthlink.net.
|
