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Article: DATELINE NEW YORK: New Yorkers bring culture to Catskills
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- The Ukrainian Weekly
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- September 13, 1998
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Ukrainian Weekly, The
09-13-1998
DATELINE NEW YORK: New Yorkers bring culture to Catskills
by Helen Smindak
In the good old summertime, when most city folk migrate to the shore and the countryside in search of cooler climes, artists and craftspeople hit the road, too. They're off to Ukrainian folk festivals, concert and opera series like those in Newport, R.I., and the Hamptons on Long Island, and Catskill resorts like Soyuzivka and Hunter, N.Y., where weekend cultural programs reign supreme.
Spending a few days in the northern Catskills recently, I visited the picturesque Hutsul-styled Grazhda concert hall on Route 23A in Jewett Center, N.Y., and found a Ukrainian artist in performance on a ...