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.

The Woodstock Land Conservancy is proud to name Drinkable Rivers by Li An Phoa and Maarten Van Der Schaaf as our 2026 Book of the Year and the featured selection in our Conversations in Conservation series.

This book honors our 2025 Program Theme: Ecologies of Water. Join us for this, the first of two virtual discussions on the drinkability of rivers. Drinkable Rivers is available for purchase at The Golden Notebook for a 10% discount and for loan through The Woodstock Library.