Nigel Barker is the ultimate multi-hyphenate. The world came to know his rugged good looks and buttery-smooth British accent during his tenure as a longstanding judge on America’s Next Top Model alongside supermodel/host, Tyra Banks. Barker has been a longstanding component of New York City’s fashion community since the 1990s—and a weekend visitor turned permanent resident of Woodstock, NY for nearly as long. As a photographer, Barker has shot epic editorials for the likes of Town & Country, GQ, Tatler and many more, and as a spokesperson, he’s worked with mega brands including Sony and Microsoft. He hosted a popular…
Music is music. If it moves you, it moves you. If it doesn’t, then it doesn’t.” So simple, yet so profound—which makes a lot of sense coming from a bass…
Like most unassuming small towns that’ve been adopted by creatives over the years, Woodstock was full of power players who were joyfully living under the radar when I first took…
When summer winds chill and leaves begin to fall, it’s easy to start thinking about hibernation. I think we all know people who we simply don’t see between November and…
Hip-hop arrived in the suburbs stealthily, and then all at once. Its clandestine arrival in the late 1990s coincided with a growing adoption of file-sharing services such as LimeWire, Kazaa…
When Mark Landsman, along with business partner Kat Bangs, took over the shoe-box space of what was once the late, great Shindig bar in Woodstock last year, Landsman, with the…
When I first moved to the Hudson Valley in the early 1970s, I met a group of older women who let me in on an important secret—vinegar and sugar could…
It’s not just the art that makes a museum worth visiting, it’s the overall experience—something I was reminded of on a recent trip to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art…
Photography by Eric Medsker Nestled in the hills of Columbia County, Klocke Estate isn’t just another brandy distillery—it’s a destination. Officially open in July, Klocke Estate offers a 160-acre paradise…












