Hi Hudson,
Last weekend, the Oakdale Plunge raised over $56,000 for the Hudson Youth Department and the Fire Department’s Water Rescue team! I was the emcee for the event, mostly, because I enjoy asking the “plungers” – “Do you have any last words?”
It was 2016-ish, when Lance Wheeler said to me, after I organized a Bed Race or two, “I have an idea for you! People jump into cold water to raise money for a good cause.”
I helped organize year one, but quickly passed the torch. Because, yeah, no. Emcee-ing this event is the extent of my level of participation. (That, and baking cookies for three hours.) We all have to do our part.
Pride parades and Bed Races, and countless drag-ish events, tired me out. Nowadays, I’m happy typing behind a computer ABOUT events, not actually organizing them.
Here’s an image from one of the first events I organized in Hudson. This came up on a memory feed today. DJ Gio and I put together Trixie’s Whorehouse parties for a few years. (This had to be 2009, maybe 2008, there was no facebook, just myspace! Yeah, I know, right? How old is this? There are kids today who do not know what myspace is, nor should they, really. Remember those website backgrounds of repeating wallpaper images and bad audio…ugh!)
I was in drag, at the door, collecting cash. This is why “Trixie” wears boots, because I trusted NO ONE with the cash. I did not even trust it in my purse. The cash was at the bottom of my boot. You’d have to pull them off my lifeless body. I wore a three-inch heel, max. In those days, Hudson had a little more of an edge, a drag queen had to be able to RUN at any time.
You put a drag queen at the door and it changes the vibe in the room. It tells everyone that this space is different. It sets a mood.
It was an amazing period in Hudson
Anyway, enough. I’m just a middle-aged drag queen reminiscing about days gone by. Meanwhile, there are some great events happening here in this town this month. See below.
ENJOY!
Trix
PS – but, you were able to walk down to Kennedy’s Fried Chicken on Warren Street at all hours, and get a little warm sweet potato pie for a dollar. Yes, I pulled a dollar from the bottom of my sweaty boot. Living on the edge! Today? yeah, no. I can’t imagine…
Hudson City Hall – and the infamous trash bag vending machine – MOVES (temporarily) to the Central Fire Station
Ghent Playhouse Announces Open Auditions for “The Nether”
Are you an actor/actress? Come down and audition!
Summer Play Lab at the Ancram Opera House Seeks Proposals from Local Theatre Artists
Have an idea for a play? Read more here
Hudson-Greenport Shopping Shuttle
Hudson Area Library:
Local Hudson Maps and Atlases Exhibition Opening
Read here for more.
PART TWO – Amy Krane, Architectural Color Consultant
Interview about Paint Colors
Events listed in Chronological Order (ish)
THE VILLAGE CIDIOT
March 10-12th – Friday and Saturday – 7:30pm
Sunday – 2pm
Bridge Street Theatre
Hudson Farmers’ Market Winter-Spring Market
INDOORS – Saturday, March 11th – 10am-1pm
Hudson Elks Lodge
Book Signing with Neil Fox
Saturday, March 11th – 12-2pm
Talbott and Arding
Oscar Party at Bar Bene
Sunday, March 12th – 7:30pm
Bar Bene
Virtual Tech Labs
All sessions are on Mondays at 6:15pm
March 13 – Organizing/Managing Your Gmail
April 17 – Using Library Apps
April 24 – Apps for Travel
Virtual – Hudson Area Library
Adult Spanish Classes
Tuesdays – March 14th – 5-7pm
Hudson Area Library – Via Zoom
Our Red Book
Tuesday, March 14th – 6-8:00pm
Fisher Center at Bard
S.T.E.A.M. Storytime: ‘Trap a Leprechaun’
Wednesday, March 15th – 4-5:00pm
Hudson Area Library
Infant Toddler Playgroup And Parent Support
Thursdays – March 16th and April 20th – 2:00 – 4:00pm
Hudson Area Library
Spring Movement & Music Storytime
Thursdays, March 16 – May 25 – 4:00-5:00pm
Hudson Area Library
Close Readings in a Virtual Space:
Major Jackson
Thursday, March 16th – 3-4:00pm
Virtual – Click here for more details
Mindful Drinking 101
Thursday, March 16th – 6-7pm
Kinderhook Bottle Shop
Two Wick Minimum
Thursday, March 16th – 7pm
Poured Candle Bar
Mother (and me)
Shows start Friday, March 17th – 7:30pm
Bridge Street Theatre
Breakfast at Becraft: All You Can Eat Buffet
Sunday, March 19th – 7:30am-Noon
Becraft Pumper Co. No. 2
In the Slammer
March 20th – First and Third Mondays – 6:30pm
Bar Bene
Half Moon Karaoke
Every other Wednesday – March 22nd
Half Moon
Senator Hinchey’s Staff Office Hours:
Kinderhook
Thursday, March 23rd – 12-4pm
Kinderhook Memorial Library
Greenport Pumper #3:
Hot Sub Night
Thursday, March 23rd – 4-7pm
Greenport Pumper Co. #3322 Washington Blvd – Order Prior
Spinning My Wheels
Shows start Friday, March 24th – 7:30pm
Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill
Community Care Clinic: Free Ear Acupuncture
Saturday, March 25th – 11:00am-2:00pm
Hudson Area Library
Historic Robert Jenkins House Open House
Saturday, March 25th – 1-4pm
Historic Robert Jenkins House
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
Saturday, March 25th – 3pm
Family-friendly version
Hudson Hall
Opening Reception for ‘Why Look?’
by Xan Peters
Saturday, March 25th – 5:00-8:00pm
D’Arcy Simpson Artworks
On view until April 30th
Click here for more info
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret
Saturday, March 25th – 7pm
Hudson Hall
Blue Velvet: Hosted by The Hudson Wail
Wednesday, March 29th – 7pm
Hudson Hall
Dark Cabaret at Colony Woodstock
Frenchy & the Punk + Dust Bowl Faeries
Thursday, March 30th – 8pm
Woodstock, NY
Book Talk: Beaverland:
How One Weird Rodent Made America
Friday, March 31st – 7-8pm
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
2801 Sharon Tpk. Millbrook, NY
ALONE: STORIES FROM EDGAR ALLAN POE
Shows start Friday, March 31 – 7:30pm
Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill
Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
April 1, 2023 at 7:00 pm
April 2, 2023 at 3:00pm
Fisher Center, Bard
Let Them Eat Cake:
Meredith Brick’s Saturn Return Dance Party
Saturday, April 1st – 8pm
Hudson Brewing Co.
Bard Queer Milonga IV
& Tango Master Class
Saturday-Sunday, April 8th – 9th
Bard
RUTHLESS! The Musical
April 14-16, 21-23, 28-30, 2023
The Ghent Playhouse
Odds Against Tomorrow:
Movies on Mainstreet
Thursday, April 20th – 7pm
Hudson Hall
Kinderhook Memorial Library presents
“Behind the Scenes: An Intimate View into the Studios of Local Artists”
Tour hours are April 29, 1-5 pm and April 30, 11 am-3 pm
Cocktail party 5:30-8 pm
Kinderhook
12th Annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival
Saturday, May 6th – 10am-3pm
Hudson Jr/Sr High
All About Eve:
Featuring pre-film talk with conductor James Bagwell
Wednesday, May 10th – 7-9:30pm
Hudson Hall
The Nether
June 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 2023
The Ghent Playhouse
David Sytkowski and
Pretty Lamé Cabaret meets classical!
Saturday, June 3rd – 7-9pm
Hudson Hall
35th Annual Hospital Ball
Saturday, June 3 – 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Barn at Locust Hill
5 Stockport Rd, Ghent, NY
The Boundless Essay
Thursdays, June 22 – July 13th – 11am-1pm
The Ashbery Resource Center
Female Trouble:
Pride Month screening
hosted by Trixie Starr & Mark Allen
Tuesday, June 27th – 7pm
Hudson Hall
27th Annual Golf Tournament
Monday, August 7th – 8:00am – 3:00pm
Columbia Golf & Country Club
295 NY-217, Claverack, NY
2nd Annual Bacchus Barley & Bounty
Saturday, November 4th – 5-8:00pm
Hudson Hall
ON-GOING Events/Exhibitions
Opening Reception:
In Memoriam: “Remembering Dad, Works by Robert and Pamela Serota”
510 Warren Street Gallery
On View: March 3rd – March 26th
Form Undone
Susan Eley Fine Art
On View until April 9th
Click here for more info
Open Mic with Loki
Fridays – 8-10pm
Lightforms Art Center
IMPROV!
Thursdays – 7-9pm
Lightforms Art Center