Rip Van Winkle is one of the most familiar stories in American literature. This classic Washington Irving tale recounts with humor and imagination the story of a man who sleeps for twenty years, discovering upon awakening that the American Revolution has

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Performing over 300 shows each year, Jonathan Kruk was selected Best Storyteller in the Hudson Valley in 2008 by Hudson Valley Magazine. Since 1981 he's lead an annual Magic Tour in Tales of Elfin Lands in Pound Ridge, NY. Kruk has performed for the History Channel, the NYS Reading Teacher's Conference, Pete Seeger's Great Clearwater Revival, The California Center for the Arts & the New York Historical Society. In 2008 he received a NAPPA Honors award for his CD "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Kruk is the featured storyteller in "Parables of Jesus" a Silver Burnett Ginn Religious CD series. His CD with Rich Bala Revolution on the River" won the "Best of the Hudson Valley" award.For information and booking info: www.jonathankruk.net, 800.578.4859.

Historic Hudson Valley, which preserves six museums of history, celebrates an extraordinary American legacy. Supported by generous contributions from foundations, individuals, corporations, government agencies, and by revenue contributed by thousands of individual visitors, the non-profit organization owns and operates Washington Irvingâs Sunnyside, Philipsburg Manor, Van Cortlandt Manor, the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, and Montgomery Place. It operates public programming at Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, a property of the National Trust. For information: www.hudsonvalley.org.

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