5TH ANNUAL HISTORY OF THE CATSKILLS CONFERENCE
August 27 - 29, 1999
Sunny Oaks Hotel
Woodridge, New York
Special Guest:
Pamela Gray
screenwriter of A Walk on the Moon"talking about her film
FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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SUNDAY
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- 8:30-10:00 PM
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Intro & Welcome to the Conference Phil Brown
Thane Rosenbaum
author of Second Hand Smoke and Elijah Visible
Reading from and talking about his short story Bingo by the Bungalow
Entertainment
Song stylist Henry Foner Comedian Andrew Silow-Carroll
- 10:15 PM
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Film -- A Walk on the Moon
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- 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
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Henry Foner
The History of Leftist Politics in the Catskills
- 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
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Ellen McHale
New York Folklore Society
and Pamela Brown
New York University
"The Jewish Resorts of Sharon Springs in Schoharie County"
- 2:00-3:45 PM
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Phil Brown Brown University
The Make Believe Hotel--short story
Leslie Paris University of Michigan
Jewish Summer Camps in the Catskills
- 4:00-5:15 PM
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Film--A Walk on the Moon
- 8:30-9:45 PM
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Irwin Richman
Penn. State University
Catskills Postcards
- 9:45 -11:00 PM
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Pamela Gray
screenwriter of "A Walk on the Moon"
talking about her film
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- 10:00-11:15 AM
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Maurie Sacks
Montclair State University
Vernacular Catskills Architecture: Schlock Shuls or Historic Gems?
- 11:30 AM-12:45PM
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Arthur Tanney
Ruby the Knishman & other stories from the Bungalow Colonies
- 2:00-3:15 PM
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Film-- Let's Fall in Love: A Singles Weekend at the Concord
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Room rates and reservations: call Sunny Oaks Hotel at (914) 434-7580 or (800) 679-4387; or write at Box 297, Woodridge, NY 12789
Full conference $50; single day $25; single event $10
Catskills Institute: Box 1916,Brown University, Providence RI 02912
phil_brown@brown.edu
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