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Arts center helps keep the music alive

For well over 30 years, the original Woodstock site in Bethel has been without an encore, simply marking the anniversaries of the 1969 festival with small gatherings of Woodstock veterans and the curious. But a few years back, a new performing arts center opened on the site. On the eve of the anniversary, Budd Mishkin sat down with its founder.

08/14/2009 03:35 PM

Bethel making a comeback

To many, the Woodstock concert and the Town of Woodstock have become synonymous, but it was actually the Town of Bethel that hosted the festival. And now, after 40 years, the Town of Bethel is making a comeback. Jill Urban has the story.

08/14/2009 03:21 PM

The spirit of Woodstock remains

One of the ironies of Woodstock is its name, because the three-day festival, nor any of the subsequent follow-up festivals, were ever held in the Town of Woodstock. But that hasn't stopped tourists from going, or townspeople from welcoming them. Tara Lynn Wagner has the story.

08/14/2009 03:04 PM

Woodstock producers look back

Woodstock was not the first large scale concert of its time. There had been the Newport Folk Festival and the Monterey pop festival, but in many ways, Woodstock would be the last, as art and commerce would start to go their separate ways. Stephanie Simon recently caught up a with a couple of the producers to get their perspectives on the event.

08/14/2009 02:51 PM

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