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Ukrainian Benefits and other events in Hudson, NY

Posted on Fri,Apr 8, 2022Fri,Apr 15, 2022 by Trixie Starr

Hi Hudson –

There are a TON of events! Events are back! Full swing. I added a couple of dozen this week.

Pride is back in June – this year, the Parade is on June 4th.

Do you want the story of how Pride started in Hudson? And why it was originally on the third weekend of June?

In 2009, Catskill started a Pride Parade. It was the third Saturday of June. I went. I thought, ‘Gee, why not do this in Hudson, too?”

Working with the Catskill Pride event, they were going to do the third Saturday in June in 2010, and I thought Hudson could do the Sunday, to coincide. There was already a Pride parade the first weekend in June in New Paltz, the second weekend in June is Albany’s Pride and the last weekend is New York City’s Pride. We considered the third weekend of June for Catskill/Hudson – and since Catskill had the Saturday, we thought about doing a parade across the river on the Sunday. However, it conflicted with Father’s Day (hindsight, yes, that was a mistake). Starting in 2011, we moved the parade to the third Saturday, at 2pm, and had free family events on the Sunday.

End of April/beginning of May 2010, we started organizing the first Pride parade – about six weeks before the event (after that first year, we started organizing six MONTHS prior). I put out a meeting notice on facebook and called Ellen Thurston, who gave me the low-down on what to do – forms to fill out, insurance, etc. No one on the parade committee had any experience organizing events like this.

There was a small group of us working together, and then a few weeks before the parade, a story appeared in the Register-Star about two local high school teens – Charlie Ferrusi and Timothy Howard, who won High School Prom “King and Queen”. When we read the story, we thought, “Now, we have our Grand Marshalls!”

Anyway, the next day, AP picked up the story and ran with it globally! Within a day, major news networks came to Hudson for interviews! It was a PR dream – and also much more than we anticipated! This was our first time at the rodeo.

That first year, we organized a raffle and raised $1,000 for scholarship money for Charlie and Timmy. An LGBTQ scholarship fund continues to this day.

In 2010, there were gay-ish events in Hudson, but there was no formal LGBTQ non-profit organization – and we were not openly marching down the street. We had no idea what we were going to encounter on the parade route. Thankfully, there were only a few protestors, peacefully holding signs. Fine.

One of my favorite stories from that first year – I was interviewed by the Register-Star and they asked me if we had invited the local Hudson Fire Department to march in the parade. This was our first year, we reached out to various LGBTQ organizations in the area and had no idea who was going to come. The reporter told me that they spoke to the Hudson Fire Department about marching in the parade, and the Fire Department said that they would march – but no one had asked them yet! I immediately got on the phone and called and invited the Fire Department. It was a lesson that there are many people out there -who are just waiting to be invited to the party.

(Personal side story – it was the first year, there I am, in drag, going on interviews with a rainbow flag hanging outside my house window. I went to the parade and the rally afterwards, and I returned home to find out that my house was completely robbed during the Parade. It was a harsh reminder that no good deed goes unpunished.)

After ten years of organizing pride parades and other events, I’ve stepped down from the board of directors, and now the Parade is in the good hands of the next generation!

I might actually have fun at Pride this June.

Take care, Hudson!
Trix


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Events listed in Chronological Order


“Fun Home” at Ghent Playhouse

Friday – Sunday April 8-10th
Ghent Playhouse


CAMPHILL HUDSON PLAYERS: TOGETHERNESS


Friday, April 8th – 7pm
Directed by Jody Brookes
FREE, reservations recommended
Hudson Hall – Click here for more info

Camphill Hudson Players return to the Hudson Hall stage to perform Togetherness, an original multimedia theater production about navigating the surprising and oftentimes hilarious ups and downs of just being together.


Luke Franco

Friday, April 8th – 7-10pm
Hudson Brewing Co


THE ROUND UP
Featuring Lavender Country,

Paisley Fields, and more!

Friday – April 8th
The Egremont Barn
7:30pm – $20


Hudson Farmers’ Market
Saturday, April 9th
10am-1pm
Elks Lodge – 201 Harry Howard


D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents:
Seeing Through the Gray by Mary Breneman

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9th – 5-8pm
D’Arcy Simpson Art Works


Writers Residency Reading

Saturday, April 9th – 5-7pm
ART OMI


Hope for Ukraine Benefit Fashion Show

Saturday, April 9th – 7pm
Lightforms


Meet Mamle Wolo, Author of The Kaya Girl

Monday, April 11th – 5pm
Hudson Area Library


Mens Yoga

Mondays at 6pm
Roots Holistic Wellness – Chatham


QUIZ NIGHT AT BAR BENE!

Eugenia and Eric at Trivia Night at Bar Bene

Mondays at 7:30pm
Bar Bene – 538 Warren Street

More info, click here


ALTERNATIVE CANON:
A SACRILEGIOUS ROMP

Table Reading – Monday, April 11th – 7:30-9:30
Bridge Street Theater – Catskill
Click here for more


Hudson Community Forestry

Wednesday, April 13th – 6pm
via Zoom


Half Moon Karaoke

Wednesday, April 13th and every other Wednesday
7-11PM
Half Moon


KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS:
BAM… and Then it Hit Me

Thursday, April 14th – 6pm – Hudson Hall

President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Karen Brooks Hopkins discusses her new memoir


Spring Nocturne Party:
SPRING NOCTURNE: Nine Inch Elvis, Tryst, Purple, Dmitry Wild & The Spells

Friday, April 15th – 8pm
Hudson Brewing Co


Art Auction for Ukraine

Saturday, April 16th – 12-6pm
Hudson Hall


Park & Gallery Introductory Tour

Saturday, April 16th – 1pm-2:15pm
ART OMI


Telepathic Moon Dance

Saturday, April 16th 7-10pm
Hudson Brewing Co


SOUL – Free Family Movie Screening

Wednesday, April 20th – 2pm
Claverack Free Library


Northern Borne Duo

Friday, April 22nd – 7-10pm
Hudson Brewing Co


Oakdale Rewilding Project!

Saturday, April 23rd – 10:30am
Oakdale Lake


Horsing Around at the Museum: Mini Horse Mania!

Saturday, April 23rd 10:30am
FASNY
Click here for more info


Hudson Fish & Game Club
Cornhole Tournament

Saturday, April 23rd – 11:30am
Click here for more info, but it’s all on the flier


Sounds Familiér

Saturday, April 23rd – 5-8pm
PCB – 711 Warren Street


Virtual History Talk:
Reconsidering Slavery in New Netherlands

Thursday, April 28th – 6-7:30pm
Hudson Area Library


Art Omi Presents:
The Importance of Place

Thursday, April 28th – 7-8:30pm
ART OMI


HBC’s 80’s Prom (benefit for Perfect 10)

Saturday, April 30th – 6-10pm
Hudson Brewing Co


ALEXI KENNEY

Sunday, May 1 at 3pm – Hudson Hall

Avery Fisher Career Grant and Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award recipient Alexi Kenney performs an inventive program at Hudson Hall, interspersing solo Bach works with older and recent works


American Kennel Club
Scent Trials at the Museum

Saturday-Sunday, May 7th and 8th
10am-5pm
FASNY


The Workshop Experience Weekend


3rd Annual Hudson Mad Hatters’ Parade


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Saturday, May 7th – 2-3pm
Hudson Area Library


A Bintel Brief

Abe Cahan was Editor-in-Chief of The Jewish Daily Forward for 43 years. His publication and response to letters written by immigrants new to America, recounted heart break, humor and practicality. A Bintel Brief, translated as ‘a bundle of letters’, will be performed May 14th and 15th at The Bridge Street Theatre. For more information go to www.TempleIsraelofCatskill.org

Saturday, May 14th – 7-9pm
Bridge Street Theatre


Pride Parade and More
Out of this World

June 1-5th
Parade – Saturday, June 4th – 2pm


Rachel Feinstein
at PCB

Thursday, June 15th – 8pm
PCB – 711 Warren Street


Ancram Opera House presents
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES

Saturday, June 25th
The Hilltop Barn at Roe-Jan Park in Hillsdale


Community Movie Nights at Letterbox Farm


Ancram Opera House presents
CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS UPSTATE

Saturday, July 23rd – 8pm
Ancram Opera House – Hilltop Barn at Roeliff Jansen Park

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Jane Craker: “Spirits & Flowers”

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Clothing Is My Canvas

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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Hudson Area Library
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Hudson Area Library
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Janene Gentile: “Big Bang 2023”

510 Warren Street
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Sharing Public Spaces: A Community Conversation

Hudson Area Library
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Janene Gentile: “Big Bang 2023”

510 Warren Street
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RECESS Hudson: CHIMBA

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Size Matters Group Show

Circle 46 Gallery
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Clothing is My Canvas

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Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Janene Gentile: “Big Bang 2023”

510 Warren Street
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Size Matters Group Show

Circle 46 Gallery
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Mens Yoga

Roots Holistic Wellness
Hudson Area Library Book Club: How to do Nothing
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Nonfiction Book Group

Virtual
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Game Night at Bar Bene

Bar Bene
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10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Ice Skating in the Gilded Age

Virtual
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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HAL Book Group

Hudson Area Library
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Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Fundraiser

The Maker
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Winter Storytime: Movement & Music

Hudson Area Library
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

This Ukrainian American Life – a concert/cabaret fundraiser for Razom for Ukraine

Hudson Hall
Events for 27th January
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Janene Gentile: “Big Bang 2023”

510 Warren Street
7:30 pm

The No Ring Circus Presents: FIREWATER!

Hudson Brewing Co
Events for 28th January
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
10:30 am

Weird Science with Professor Sparks

FASNY Museum of Firefighting
11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Community Care Clinic: Free Ear Acupuncture

Hudson Area Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Janene Gentile: “Big Bang 2023”

510 Warren Street
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Size Matters Group Show

Circle 46 Gallery
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Third Annual Cyndy Hall Memorial Concert

Claverack Free Library
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Lady Bunny in “Pig in a Wig”

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11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Janene Gentile: “Big Bang 2023”

510 Warren Street
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Size Matters Group Show

Circle 46 Gallery
Events for 30th January
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Mens Yoga

Roots Holistic Wellness
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Virtual Tech Labs

Virtual
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Game Night at Bar Bene

Bar Bene
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10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Close Readings in a Virtual Space: Jennifer Bartlett

Virtual
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

FREE POETRY WORKSHOP—Close Readings in a Virtual Space: with Jennifer Bartlett

Virtual
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Winter Storytime: Movement & Music

Hudson Area Library
Events for 3rd February
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Kate Knapp: Recent Work

510 Warren Street
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

INVITATION TO A MARCH

The Ghent Playhouse
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Hudson Farmers’ Market Winter-Spring Market

Elk's Lodge
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Operation Unite Photo Exhibit

Hudson Area Library
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Surpassing Structure: Mike Childs & James Isherwood

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
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Bring Your Child to The Library Day

Claverack Free Library
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Kate Knapp: Recent Work

510 Warren Street
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

“HUDSON, AMERICA” A DOCUMENTARY PROFILING SIX BANGLADESHI IMMIGRANTS

Hudson Hall
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

INVITATION TO A MARCH

The Ghent Playhouse
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Avalon Lounge

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