Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Stone Symposium - December 8th

From the blog "Pre-historic stone works in the Town of Catskill":
Stone Symposium Saturday December 8th at the Catskill Community Center and Live radio Broadcast(wgxc.org) 6-9 pm Radio broadcast 7-9 "An Open Discussion about the Unknown Origins of the Engineered Stone Landscape in the Catskill Area and Beyond" Free and Open to the Public for Images and more info: www.Hopeskillian.blogspot.com Symposium Location- 6-9 pm Catskill Community Center 344 Main St Catskill NY 12414 6pm meet/ greet/ look over materials begin discussion..Note: There is a gallery to display any pertinent materials. I'll hang some of the old maps of the Kiskatom that reference the existing stonework. 7pm- begins Broadcast on WGXC 90.7 fm Participants introductions 7:30- Glenn Kreisberg Powerpoint "Lost Landscapes and Hidden Legacies: A Survey of Stone Structure Sites in the Catskills and Hudson Valley" 8:30 Q and A- Wrap up 9pm Broadcast ends- Continue Conversations..... Participants (so far)- Harry Matthews- Stone Balancer from the Hill Falls road area Jared Handelson- Resident of Kiskatom who’s had a long interest in the Lithic sites of this area and around the world. Glenn Kreisberg- Vice President Of New England Antiquities Research Association (neara.org) Laura Anderson- Moderator Matt Bua- Recent Kiskatom resident who realized many of stone “walls” in the area existed before the arrival of first Europeans... Sam Sebren- Broadcast Engineer

2 comments:

pwax said...

I hope it is good.

theseventhgeneration said...

It's nice that you can tune in online and hear the radio broadcast.