Hi Hudson, Check out the ChaShaMa Festival, a festival which helps support new and mid-career artists. Don’t know what the ChaShaMa Festival is? Neither did I. But, then I talked to multi-disciplinary artist Nana YaaSerwaah Akuoku, and now, I understand. Read the interview with Nana YaaSerwaah Akuoko here Learn about the ChaShaMa Festival Saturday, Oct….
Month: September 2022
How to Survive a Corn Maze
There’s fear in the voices of newcomers to the Hudson Valley, when asked if they are going to a corn maze this fall. “A corn maze? What if I get lost?”“What if I can’t get out?”“What if it gets dark?” “Is there a number I can call?”“Is it safe?” The former NYC-ers, now living here…
The Best Gelato – Trust Me!
You’re on a “date” in Hudson – maybe it’s a first/second date. Maybe you’re married, and it’s date night. You turn to your partner and say, “Let’s get some gelato!” Both of you get in the car, and you drive down 3rd Street, onto 9G, outside the City of Hudson, and your partner looks at…
Pumpkin Spice Season is Here!
Hi Hudson, I often ask myself, ‘Why do I write this blog?‘ ‘Why do I spend so much time telling people about local events and places?’ I mean, yes, the tax deductions. So much is now a write-off, but beyond that…why? To educate? To connect people? To help people feel as if they are part…
ChaShaMa Festival Comes Upstate!
The ChaShaMa Festival arrives upstate in Pine Plains on Saturday, October 1st from 2-5pm. Chashama which means “to have vision” in Farsi, offers emerging and mid-career artists space and residency programs to help create and develop their crafts. Artists range in mediums, including fashion, performance art, painting, sculpture, and mixed media. The ChaNorth residency program…
It’s REALLY Almost Fall!
Hi Hudson, Trixie’s List has a NEW ADVERTISER – the CIDIOT podcast! I got a chance to talk to Mat Zucker of Cidiot. It’s a great fortnightly podcast and helps newcomers adapt to living and loving life in the Hudson Valley. Read the interview here! Read the Mat Zucker Interview here. TheKinderhookers Talk About the…
Cidiot Podcast – Learning How to Live in the Hudson Valley
Trixie’s List had an opportunity to talk with Mat Zucker, producer of the Citdiot podcast. Cidiot’s fortnightly podcast explores the adventures of a newcomer learning to live – and love – the Hudson Valley. Trixie’s List: What made you decide to move upstate? Why upstate and not Long Island, Jersey, or someplace else?Mat: My husband…
Lindenwald – Martin Van Buren’s Home and Life – As Told by TheKinderhookers
Written by TheKinderhookers Okay so imagine this: you come off your five day coke binge waking up in Niverville of all places and you open your now cracked phone to see what day it is and some drag queen named Trixie has added you as an author to her WORDPRESS site because apparently you woke…
September and Fall Events in Hudson, NY
Hi Hudson, I have to lead this week with Xanadu at the Mac-Haydn. It’s a great show, you really have to go see it. Read the Trixie’s List Review of Xanadu HERE You MUST see Xanadu! Kylah Campeta of LYF Fitness starts a new venture – LYF Home!Watch the video above, and she will tell…
HUZZAH! Xanadu Opens at the Mac-Haydn Theatre!
In case you didn’t know, I’m gay. Not just a little bit gay, but drag-queen-planning-pride-parades gay. Yet, I do not hold a rainbow-colored, unicorn-scented candle to the latest production at the Mac-Haydn – Xanadu. By the show’s own admission, it is “children’s theater for 40-year-old gay people.” Did you see the 1980 movie, Xanadu starring…