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Bless the Esopus, May its Waters Run Clear

  • Esopus Beach Park (map)
Discharge into Esopus Creek from Shandaken Tunnel, ©Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0

Discharge into Esopus Creek from Shandaken Tunnel, ©Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0

Join the spring awakening. Come by kayak, foot or car to the beach and join in our clean waters celebration with songsters, poets, writers, and crafters.

Blessing of the Waters

Celeste Graves, Linda Montano, and David Levy

Listening to Water: Original writings about water

Roy Mattia, MC, with Jan Alexander, Cheri Magid, Guy Reed, Leslie Sharpe, Nina Shengold and Elinor Tatum

The Lower Esopus: Unmuted, adapted from the DEP Hearings

with Paul Clarke, Laura Kopczak, Jon Lee, Susan J. Murphy, David Smilow, Peter Vinogradov

Music by Elly Wininger, singer, songwriter, slide guitarist, NY Blues Hall of Fame

Speakers

Rebecca Martin from Riverkeeper and Fred Costello, Town Supervisor

Crafts

Joanne Pagano Weber

Eco Sculpture

Christy Rupp

Prayer for the Esopus

Father Charles Blauvelt, Trinity Episcopal Church.



Later Event: June 17
Summer Jazz at the Beach