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Inside:YOU RAISED $5,50045th Anniversary Film on the Field

FALL GATHERINGSHarvest, Wine & Craft Beer Festivals

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER EXHIBITKerry Kennedy Visit

Highlights Human Rights

Kerry Kennedy, visited the Museum on

September 8 and gave an educational

tour of the Museum’s current exhibit,

Speak Truth to Power. Kennedy

is President of the Robert F. Kennedy

Center for Justice & Human Rights, who

organized and provided the exhibit.

A tribute to the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,

the stirring and insightful, photographic exhibit features Eddie

Adams’ powerful portraits of human rights defenders from around

the world and interviews by Ms. Kennedy who calls the exhibition,

“a sympathetic and strength-giving portrait of the power of personal resolve

and determination in the face of oppression and injustice.”

Kerry Kennedy Visits The Museum at Bethel Woods

45TH ANNIVERSARY FILM ON THE FIELD EVENT:

You Came ‘Up the Country’ and Raised $5,500

More than 1,000 of you braved a chilly

summer night on August 15 to celebrate

the 45th Anniversary of the Woodstock

festival by watching the four-hour

Director’s Cut of the 1970 Oscar®-winning

documentary Woodstock.

Festival alumni along with music and history

buffs of all ages gathered around a 30’x40’

foot screen and relived some of the greatest

rock ‘n’ roll performances in history. “It was

the closest thing to actually being at the

Woodstock festival, and a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity to see it WHERE IT HAPPENED,”

said one attendee.

The funds raised that evening will be

directed to the preservation of the historic

Woodstock festival site.

I N O U R M U S E U M

Speak Truth to Power is on view through December 31, and is made possible in part with support from The Fishman Family and Majestic Drug Company.

Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, the famed couple on the Woodstock album cover, visit festivalfield on the 45th anniversary weekend.

Thank you for spending time with us at Bethel Woods this summer at

the Pavilion shows, in the Museum, and at the Event Gallery. It truly was

a season packed with entertainment, history, and special events as we

marked the 45th Anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair.

Our fall season features many more experiences in the arts & humanities.

Thanks to your continued generosity, we expect to build on our offerings

year after year.

On tap this fall season are a variety of folk, classical, reggae, country

and cabaret performances in the Event Gallery, education programs for

children, and film and speaker series.

We’re extremely proud to present the Museum’s newest Special

Exhibit from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights,

Speak Truth to Power. It’s a collection of seering large scale portraits of

human rights defenders around the world.

On the lighter side of life, our Harvest Festival, Wine Festival and

Craft Beer Festival bring us together in the splendor of autumn to

celebrate all that is good. I hope you’ll join us.

With your continued support we will draw even more inspiration from our

unique place in history to encourage individual creativity and expression.

Sincerely,

Darlene FedunDarlene Fedun

Chief Executive Officer

Dear Friends,

Bravo and thank you! This month, at

an annual dinner, we honored and

celebrated the accomplishments of our

100 plus volunteers whose contributions—

including more than 10,600 hours so far in

this year—help make every visitor experience

at Bethel Woods a memorable one.

At the dinner Bethel Woods presented awards

to the following exemplary volunteers:

EDUCATION VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR EDIE DOWNS

MUSEUM VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR JIM JONES

CONCERT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEARANTHONY CARUCCI

NEW VOLUNTEER OF THE YEARLYNN MCDONALD

2014 VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEARJOHN AND JUNE PEPE

In appreciation of the sacrifices made by our

military personnel and their families, Bethel

Woods Center for the Arts made select seats

available to 42 local Gold Star families at

eigth pavilion shows this summer.

Special thanks to Dr. Joseph Gall, Director of

Army Community Service and Directorate of

Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation

who helped us identify local families.

A Standing Ovation!

Bethel Woods Honors Military Families

On August 14, more than 40 young people

helped to complete a Pollinator Garden at

the Conservatory at Bethel Woods. Singer /

songwriter Dar Williams performed with

and for the participants, shared lessons

about how we can help pollinators (bees,

butterflies, hummingbirds and other

creatures) play their important role in our

environment and partners from Sullivan

Renaissance and Cornell Cooperative led a

colorful hands-on art project.

Learn more about how you can help preserve Bethel Woods’

beautiful grounds at BethelWoodsCenter.org/Donate.

BIG BOOKS AND BIGGER VOICESAges 4 - 6. Visual and performing arts

activities that introduce the ideas of creative

expression through storytelling, arts, music,

and games.

ACTING OUT!Grades 2 - 6. Improvisational acting through

games and exercises to inspire kids to find

their own creative voice.

DRAWING ON HISTORY! AN INTRODUCTION TO DRAWINGGrades 2 - 6. Drawing lessons inspired by the

messages and themes of the 1960s. For the

novice and the experienced artists!

CREATIVE VOICES: CREATIVE WRITINGGrades 2 - 6. Creative writing to express

ideas, creativity, and a unique voice.

Project: Identity

SUNDAYS, SEPTEMBER 14

THRU NOVEMBER 16

Teens gather, collaborate and explore

the arts and humanities through writing

monologues, creating music, exploring art,

and working with teens in Mexico over a

digital cross cultural exchange.

Educational and Children’s programming is supported in part by Annelise Gerry and Family, and the Rhulen/Loughlin Family – In Memory of Trevor John Loughlin.

Transportation, admission, and scholarships are provided in part by TD Charitable Foundation, First Niagara Foundation, and Joan & Dan Silna.

Bees, Love & Music

Saturdays at the Woods

YOU CAN HELP US CONTINUE TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER MORE CHILDREN IN OUR REGION. PLEASE CONSIDER A CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

Education Manager, Mark Robinson is

taking Acting Out! to the Boys & Girls

Club at the RJ Kaiser Middle School in

Monticello, where Boys and Girls Club

Director Barbi Neuman expects between 30

and 40 kids will participate from September

30 to November 18.

The acting class will use improvisation and

acting games to empower participants

to build self-confidence, explore

creative expression, and give them

an opportunity to use their own voice to

inspire change. The program will

culminate with a November 18 visit to Bethel

Woods to see the museum and have their

final acting class in the Event Gallery.

Said Robinson, “Going to the Boys & Girls

Club rather than busing them to us every

weekend will create an enormous saving in

bussing costs. They will still get the Bethel

Woods experience through their final visit

and we can provide this great opportunity to

a wider range of kids.”

Students who participate in the arts are

four times more likely to perform well

in school. Donor contributions help us

develop and present programs that empower

childrens’ creativity.

Sixty-four young people took part in

this year’s Summer Stages programs

at the Conversatory. Broadway in

Bethel (grades 7-12), and Youth Opera

Experience (grades 2-6), culminated in

final performances of Godspell and

Rumpelstiltskin. The first ever First Bows

welcomed children (ages 4-6).

Saturdays at the Woods Goes on the RoadYouth, Arts &

The Humanities

Every Saturday for eight weeks, September 27 - November 15

For more information visit BethelWoodsCenter.org or call 845.295.2008.

I N O U R C O M M U N I T Y

2014 SEASON SPONSORS

Jeff and Liz Klotz are Annual Fund heroes. They generously gave a gift of

stock in support of this year’s appeal.

“Donating is our way of doing our part to ensure the Bethel Woods

experience will be enjoyed by generations to come, and we believe

gifting appreciated stock is the most tax efficient way to support

your cause,” said Jeff, who is Managing Director at UBS Financial Services

in New York City.

Jeff and Liz are Pound Ridge, NY residents who have been Bethel Woods

members since 2007. Thank you for supporting our mission to inspire,

educate and empower individuals through the arts and humanities.

When you make a contribution, you help support

the Museum’s programs, exhibitions, permanent

collection, and general operations as well as the

interpretation of the 1960s and preservation

of the Woodstock festival site. You will receive

invitations to exhibitions, film and speaker

events, and a growing number of special events.

Please make a gift today.

BethelWoodsCenter.org/Donate

Donor Spotlight

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit cultural organization that inspires, educates, and empowers individuals through the arts and humanities.

To make a gift call 845.295.2501 or visit BethelWoodsCenter.org/Donate

Bethel Woods is grateful to the following organizations for providing grant funding in support of our programs and projects:

FIRST NIAGARA FOUNDATIONTicket Access Program

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATIONCultural Landscape Report

PENNSYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS ON TOUR World Stage Series -Artist Residency

STEWARTS’ FOUNDATION Volunteer Uniforms

TD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Transportation and Scholarship for Regional Youth

THE A. LINDSAY AND OLIVE B. O’CONNOR FOUNDATION, INC Cultural Landscape Report

Become a Friend of the MuseumYour Gift Will Keep Memories Alive

and Preserve an Important Part of

American History