Join the Woodstock Land Conservancy for a guided hike at the newly opened Rock Oak Preserve with Miranda Javid, who will share the story behind creating this trail and preserve. This 30-acre hardwood and coniferous forest is home to a canopy of red oak, chestnut oak, white pine, and eastern hemlock, and features a striking rock-cut formed during construction of the Ashokan Reservoir more than a century ago. As we explore the one-mile loop and spur trail, we’ll pass glacial erratics and a scenic lookout, while learning about the site’s layered history as well as the generous support from the Martin family and the New York State Conservation Partnership Program that made its protection possible.

Join us for Listening to Land, a field recording workshop led by local sound-artist Zaneta at Israel Wittman Sanctuary. This immersive outdoor experience invites participants to deepen their relationship with the natural world through attentive listening and the practice of recording ambient sound. Guided by Zaneta’s expertise in eco-acoustic art and mindful soundwalking, the group will explore how sound can reveal hidden dimensions of a landscape. No prior experience is necessary.

Join us for a special solstice broadcast of The Sounds of the Winter Solstice, a soundscape and vocal performance by artist Zaneta. This piece is an excerpt of a larger work Invitations from the Land, which was recorded at WLC’s Israel Wittman Sanctuary in the Zena Highwoods. Drawing from field recordings captured at powerful celestial moments like solstices and equinoxes, Zaneta creates immersive sonic worlds where the forest itself becomes both stage and collaborator. Layered within these soundscapes are her sung responses, an intimate practice rooted in her Filipinx heritage and the tradition of singing to the forest passed down by her grandmother.