The holiday season is upon us! This year, Winter Walk, the COVID-safe Edition, starts on Saturday, December 5th from 5-8pm and then continues throughout the month of December. Get ready for window displays, Sax O’Claus, Rip the Nut, and fireworks. For a full description, visit Hudson Hall’s website here. Performance RIP THE NUT returns to…
Month: November 2020
Art Gallery Openings in Hudson, NY
Two of Hudson’s finest art galleries, Susan Eley Fine Art and Ellen D’Arcy Simpson Art Works, set up new exhibits last weekend. Susan Eley’s Fine Art’s new show is Counterbalance II featuring artists Caroline Blum, Lisa Fellerson, Sasha Hallock & Liz Rundorff Smith. Ellen D’Arcy Simpson Art Works features local Hudson artist, Gretchen Kelly in…
Hudson Literacy Fund – Got Desks?
Hudson Literacy Fund Press Release November 13, 2020 Hudson, NY, — Got desks? Not every student in the Hudson City School District does, and for students who are doing all their learning from home, that is a real problem. The Hudson Literacy Fund vowed to change that, so it’s tackling the problem head on by…
“Rip The Nut” – the Hudson Safe edition
Rip The Nut – the Hudson-Safe edition – promises another spectacular performance for Winter Walk this year! They are working on streaming the performance, so that everyone can watch safely at home, from Hudson Hall’s website. “Rip the Nut” designer, R.B. Schlather says, “RIP THE NUT started as a way to showcase community dance groups…
It’s getting cold, Hudson…
If you live in upstate New York, thirty-something degrees is nothing. Why, in the middle of winter, thirty-five degrees is BALMY! But, the first day of thirty-degree weather still sends shivers. However, the weather did not deter Hudson senior fitness instructor Lynn Windhorst. She met me outside, by the waterfront and gave me the scoop…
Hudson Seniors
On a cold November morning, I met Lynn Windhorst, above, fitness trainer for Hudson’s Senior Center. She was ready to teach her class. Three days a week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday at 10am, for an hour, Lynn trains about a dozen seniors at the Hudson Waterfront. The oldest member of her class is ninety-four. Lynn has been teaching…
Santa’s Village Returns!
It’s just not the holidays in Hudson without Santa’s Village – nine tiny houses on 7th Street Park. The tradition started about twenty-five to thirty years ago, and will continue in 2020. Five or six years ago, designer Gia Albergo Delmar, who has a shop on Warren Street, Albergo Delmar, 325 Warren, (by Red Dot),…
Medicare Open Enrollment Time
It’s the holiday season! Turkey dinners! Sleigh bells! And don’t forget – it’s open enrollment time for your Medicare policies! The open enrollment period for Medicare ends December 7th. If you are 65 and older and qualify for Medicare, Hudson’s own Senior Health Solutions, a division of SDL-GHS offers advantage and supplemental plans to help…
Hudson Artist Gretchen Kelly’s show at Ellen D’Arcy Simpson Gallery
Local Hudson Artist, Gretchen Kelly, will have her work shown at the Ellen D’Arcy Simpson Gallery at 409 Warren Street from this weekend throughout the month of December. There is a socially-distant reception this Saturday, November 21st from 4-7pm. For more information on the reception, please click here. Kelly’s work, of silhouette botanicals are painted…
Hudson in November
Welcome to Autumn in Hudson! Lawrence Park The Half Moon is the latest pizzeria to hit Hudson! All made from scratch, the cheesy thin crust is a must try! Read the story here. Winter Walk continues during the pandemic. No street closure, no mass gatherings, but still a lot of fun. Read more here. The…