The Catskills will be the topic when three regional authors visit The Commons on Main Street in Margaretville from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday to discuss and sign their books, which will be available for purchase.
The appearance by Ed Henry, Carol White and Diane Galusha is part of this winter's "Art in Common" series of programs, workshops and performances sponsored by the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild.
The weekly events take place on the second floor of The Commons from 4 to 7 p.m. every Saturday through March 28. Refreshments are provided. The three writers in this weekend's program have each had books published recently by Black Dome Press in Hensonville.
Ed Henry, a conservation professional, is the author of the Ranger's Trail Guide series, a collection of hiking guides that interpret the trails of the Northeast from a forest ranger's point of view. His latest book, "Berkshire & Taconic Trails: Massachusetts, Vermont and New York," was published in 2008. His previous books include "Catskill Trails: A Ranger's Guide to the High Peaks, Books 1 and 2," and "Gunks Trails: A Ranger's Guide to the Shawangunk Mountains."
A frequent contributor to regional magazines, Henry has worked for the U.S. Forest Service and as a park ranger in the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks. He now works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is the refuge manager for the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuges.
Carol Stone White is the author of "Catskill Peak Experiences: Mountaineering Tales of Endurance, Survival, Exploration and Adventure from the Catskill 3500 Club." The book features 101 stories of people who have climbed all 35 Catskill peaks higher than 3,500 feet. White is also the author of "Women with Altitude: Challenging the Adirondack High Peaks in Winter" and is working on a similar compilation of tales about those who have summited Adirondack peaks above 4,600 feet.
She and her husband, David, are authors of "Catskill Day Hikes for All Seasons," published by the Adirondack Mountain Club in 2002, and are editors of ADK's comprehensive guidebook, "Catskill Trails, third edition," volume 8 of ADK's Forest Preserve Series. The Whites are members of the Four Thousand Footer Club of the White Mountains, have climbed 113 New York-New England 4,000-footers and eight of the 14,000 footers in Colorado.
Diane Galusha, a former journalist and newspaper editor, is the author of "Another Day, Another Dollar: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Catskills," published in September by Black Dome Press, as well as several other books of local history, including "Liquid Assets, A History of New York City's Water System," "As the River Runs: A History of Halcottville, NY" and "When Cauliflower Was King," a chronicle of the heyday of cauliflower production in the Catskills.
Employed at the Catskill Watershed Corp. as communications director and education coordinator, Galusha is president of the Historical Society of the town of Middletown and of Woodchuck Lodge, the historic Roxbury summer home of naturalist John Burroughs.
The Art in Commons series will continue with a program of musical theater favorites from vocalist Patricia Dell and pianist Kent Brown on Feb. 7, a reception for a group show opening at the Longyear Gallery on Feb. 14; demonstrations by paper artists Marcia Guthrie, Val Wells and Gail Bunting on Feb. 2, and a book signing and discussion by three authors recently published by Purple Mountain Press, Bob Steuding, Tim Duerden and Michael Kudish, on Feb. 28.
Events in March include a group show opening at the Longyear Gallery on March 7; a performance by the Catskill Mountain Boys (Henry Hermann, Todd Pascarella and John VanBenschoten) on March 14; demonstrations by pottery and glass artists Robin Bruck-Tanner, Carlyle Bradford and Larry and Rhonda Epps on March 21; and a March 28 lecture by Joanne Michaels of JMB Publications on how aspiring authors can get their books published.
For more information, go to www.catsguild.org or call (845) 586-3443.
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