{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"Woodstock Anniversary Dates Align for First Time in Years; Bethel Woods Hosts Celebrations with Iconic Photographer Elliott Landy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":721,"description":"This weekend marks exactly 56 years since the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York — and in a rare coincidence, the dates line up precisely with the original 1969 festival.The festival began on Friday, August 15, and ran through Sunday, August 17, 1969. This year, Friday, August 15, and Saturday, August 16, once again fall on the same days of the week.Radio Catskill, the closest radio station to the original Woodstock site, is marking the occasion with a week of special local news coverage. Meanwhile, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — located on the historic festival grounds — is hosting a week of anniversary events.Festivities kick off Tuesday afternoon with special guest Elliott Landy, one of the official photographers of the original Woodstock festival. Landy is best known for his portraits of artists including Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix, and for capturing many of the most iconic images of Woodstock in 1969.Speaking about the original site and its legacy, Landy said:“I don’t have a nostalgia about the place itself, but what they’ve done is they’ve created a beautiful museum there and it’s quite a good museum. It’s very deep space and the people there are really dedicated to the essence of what Woodstock was about, which is creating a peaceful world.”Landy reflected on the ideals of the 1960s and their continued relevance:“In the 60s, we had hopes of throwing out all the bad ways of the past and creating a new system of living together in society… The latter part of the 60s and the early 70s was when we had a chance to pay attention. And now we’re suffering for not paying attention. It’s relevant today… the Woodstock Festival was… a cosmic nudge to show that despite difficult times… people can live lovingly and peacefully with each other and share and care and help each other.”Landy first arrived at Woodstock through his work documenting the anti–Vietnam War movement for the underground press. His...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}