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Hudson Literacy Fund’s Tenth Year Anniversary

Posted on Fri,Apr 7, 2023Mon,Apr 17, 2023 by Rich Volo
Lisa Dolan, Christine Jones, and Maria Suttmeier

On Saturday, April 1st, The Hudson Literacy Fund celebrated its tenth year with an event at Hudson Hall honoring Lisa Dolan and Maria Suttmeier, two of their tireless founders. Every year, The Hudson Literacy Fund raises money for book “good-for coupons”, enabling local students to purchase books signed by their favorite author at the Hudson Children’s Book Festival.

The following is from President and Co-Founder Chris Jones’ speech, honoring Lisa Dolan and Maria Suttmeier.

“Thank you all for joining us tonight in historic Hudson Hall to celebrate two women who have done so much to help Hudson kids find a love for books and reading and to mark the tenth year of The Hudson Literacy Fund which I co-founded with Susan Simon, who is with us.

Carol Pledger, Lisa Dolan, Caitie Hilverman, and Merry DePhillips

Lisa Dolan is here with her son Michal and daughter and son in law, Caitie and Ron Hilverman and Maria Suttmeier, Dr. Suttmeier, is here with her partner, Dennis Marino.

Lisa’s educational career had her working tirelessly creating, sustaining, and extending a culture of literacy in the Hudson schools and the surrounding communities. Her talent of helping kids find the right book, the “gateway book” to help them discover the amazing worlds that books could unlock was legendary. By my rough calculation, over thirty-one years, she opened books for almost 50,000 kids.

Maria served the Hudson City School District for twenty-three years in various capacities. She was the Associate Principal of Montgomery C. Smith Middle School where she coordinated programs for Character Education instruction and after school programming. Next, she served as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction with a special emphasis on reading. She served as the superintendent of the district for the last ten years until her retirement in 2021. From the start and throughout the duration of her tenure, Dr. Suttmeier worked tirelessly to support and improve educational and social-emotional initiatives for Hudson children.

Honorees and Founders, Lisa Dolan and Maria Suttmeier

But maybe most importantly, Maria and Lisa were friends.

Lisa in her new Literacy Coach role invited ten authors to the school to read their books and meet the kids in National Children’s Book Week, the first week in May. One of the authors said, “what are you doing? This is so much work. Why don’t you have a bunch of authors here on one day for a book festival?” Lisa shared this idea with Maria, probably over a glass of wine.

So off they went to a check out a couple of book festivals in Connecticut and Rochester. Over a few dinners (and more wine) they were sure they could do it.

Tessy Keller, Charlotte Sheedy, Miranda Barry and Co-Founder Susan Simon

They picked the first Saturday in May and got to work. Maria figured out the business side and got the Register Star on board. Lisa made a wish list of fifty authors and signed them all up. She and Maria phoned friends and twisted their arms to house the authors overnight in their homes. (You know who you are!) Maria got the logo designed – a whale spouting literacy for the festival. It was going so smoothly!

The first Hudson Children’s Book Festival took place on May 5th, 2009 at Montgomery Smith Elementary School.

There was much they hadn’t thought of. It was chaos.

People were running to get in the doors. It was super hot in the school and they had to bring in emergency fans. The volunteers weren’t sure what they were supposed to do. Cars were circling trying to park. Floods of folks were walking both ways on the road.

But!!!! Kids met lots of authors and bought $30,000 dollars in books. Authors and kids had a great time.
A success!

That was 2009. As I’m sure you all know, fourteen years later, the festival draws thousands to Hudson the first Saturday in May to celebrate children’s authors and literature. The festival has expanded to include scholarship programs, community participation, and food and beverage services.

The authors have told us it’s one of their favorite festivals, because of the enthusiasm of Hudson kids and they love being in Hudson. After a three year COVID hiatus, it will return this May 6th in the Hudson High School gym with around seventy-five authors and illustrators from all over America at tables, signing copies of their books.

Lisa and Maria had the vision and brought a dream to life.

But what did the festival do?

It opened up hundreds of Hudson kids to the experience of meeting “real authors” in person and connected that person to a book they knew. They “look” just like normal people, they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. They wrote the books the kids know and love – and they visited their hometown.

The authors talk to kids about books at eye level. They inscribe kids’ books with their name and a note, just for them. The kids come away feeling like they “know” these authors. The kids leave the gym with a big experience and a new book of their own.

This is one of the many reasons The Hudson Literacy Fund is honoring them tonight. Thank you Lisa and Maria. I ask you to give both of these women a round of applause.

But this story has another chapter. ….. it’s dangerous to give me a mic!

In 2013, Lisa had noticed, that four years in to the festival, many families weren’t attending with their kids. She thought it was because many with more than one child were hesitant to come at all as buying multiple books would be expensive.

Of course she had a solution!

Susan Simon and I were co-mentoring a lunchtime reading program, Lisa founded called Hudson Reads. I see many here tonight that were mentors in that amazing program.

One lunch time, after reading,( no wine…it was in school, after all….) she suggested to us that more kids might come if they could get a book. She said, ‘I wish we could find a way to give kids a book for free’
Susan was a former caterer and I owned a restaurant.

Matt Parker, Lisa Dolan, Phil and Paula Forman

So, we cooked up the idea of a cocktail party fundraiser at the restaurant, The Red Barn in Ghent. We twisted the arms of all our friends to come. It was chaotic and fun and it raised a few thousand dollars. We came up with a “Good-For” coupon to give to kids to use at the check out for any book they wanted at the festival – for free.

The first year we gave two hundred kids a “Good-For” and several years later we were able to give one to every child in the school district, about 1,800 kids.

The Hudson Literacy Fund have given out 10,000 “Good-For’s” in ten years. As Lisa predicted, many more Hudson families came to the festival for a day of books, with friends, siblings and lots of fun.

Janet Schnitzer, Christine Jones, and Virginia Martin

We became a non-profit, built a board of directors and I see many people here tonight who have served on our board. Over the years we grew other programs for reading and writing.

We added 3,000 new books to the school libraries, and we gave away money for books to kids going to college, based on a personal essay.

We have done three, One Book, whole grade reading programs with a final meeting with the authors. The kids all get the book and read it together with their teachers and they love it!

We gave away desks, earbuds, and books autographed by the authors during the difficult learning years of COVID.

We are giving “Good For’s” to 1,600 students later this month for books they can choose at the festival on May 6th.

It’s been a wonderful, action packed ten years.

Jeffrey Perry, Rob Bujan, Jane Trombley, and Lisa Dolan

I want to thank Susan Simon for serving as our first president for seven years. And members of The Hudson Literacy Fund board who are here tonight for their hard work now and through the pandemic.

They all have busy careers, teachers, business executives in publishing, real estate and so we appreciate the time that they give to our work.

Thank you to tonight’s Host Committee!

Finally, I thought Hudson Hall was a fitting building to host our tenth anniversary and I want to thank Tammy and Sage for giving me a quick “yes” months ago when I asked about holding it here. And our other generous Party Partners – Talbott & Arding, Return Brewers (new in Hudson) and my husband, Bert.

But mostly, I want to thank you for generously giving us the money that we need to keep giving Hudson kids experiences with books. It’s allowed us to do more for more kids, and given us the financial power to dream up new ways to engage kids with writing and thinking about stories and books.

When you see the face of a second grader clutching a new book they chose, signed by the author that talked to them, we know that what we’re doing is working.”

-Christine Jones

Lisa Durfee, Alan Hamilton, Carrie and Nick Haddad, Mitchell Motsinger, Alan Coon, Kelley Drahushuk, Bob and Monica Mechling, Kristal Heinz

If you would like to make a donation to The Hudson Literacy Fund, please click here.

2 thoughts on “Hudson Literacy Fund’s Tenth Year Anniversary”

  1. Elissa Zengel says:
    Sun,Apr 9, 2023 at 11:25 am

    I will be at the festival this year. The town I live in, Keene, NH no longer has a Children’s Book Fair. It was focused on authors and illustrators explaining their process to an audience of librarians. Your fabulous nonprofit takes the miracle of books the next step forward by embracing the minds and futures of our children. Wow!

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

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Oakdale Forest Performance + Sound Map Unveiling!

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

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On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

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D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

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7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

All About Eve: Featuring pre-film talk with conductor James Bagwell

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On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

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D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

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Storytime: Music & Movement

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

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On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

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D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

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Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

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AKC Scent Trials at the Museum

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Carving Words: Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi

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On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

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D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

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4th Annual Hudson Mad Hatters’ Parade!

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

Window on Hudson
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Terraforming Exhibition Preview

Olana State Historic Site
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AKC Scent Trials at the Museum

FASNY Museum of Firefighting
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Open Auditions

Chamber of Commerce
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

Locust Grove Estate
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On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
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Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
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Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
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D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
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Stranger In The Attic

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Lily Prince: The Honey and the Thorn

Window on Hudson
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

DOOR—a reading and conversation with Ann Lauterbach

Flow Chart Space, 348 Warren St, Right
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On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

In the Slammer

Bar Bene
Events for 16th May
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Qigong~TaiChi

Hudson Area Library
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
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Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Storytime & Activity: Make Scented Play Dough

Hudson Area Library
Events for 18th May
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: with Evie Shockley-Free Online Poetry Workshop and Reading

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Hudson Area Library
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Storytime: Music & Movement

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

Mindful Drinking

Kinderhook Bottle Shop
Events for 19th May
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Stranger In The Attic

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

Open Mic with Loki

Lightforms
Events for 20th May
Hudson Farmers' Market 2023 Season Columbia Street between 6th and 7th
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Hudson Farmers’ Market – 26th Season!

Hudson Farmers' Market
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Christ Church Episcopal Spring-A-Fair

Christ Church Episcopal
Oakdale Rewilding
10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Oakdale Rewilding Part 2

Oakdale Park
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

Locust Grove Estate
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Day of Service

The Public Square
Carving Wood - Flow Chart Foundation
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Carving Words: Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi

The Flow Chart Space
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:30 am - 4:00 pm

Hand Dye Workshop @ fig & bella

fig & bella
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Colors of Raga: A deep listening experience with Indian Classical Music

First Presbyterian Church
Finch Celebrates 10 years in Hudson
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Finch Celebrates Ten Years in Hudson

FINCH hudon
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Music Beyond any Limitations

Tydeman Farm
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Hudson Hall Annual Gala

Hudson Hall
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Stranger In The Attic

Claverack Free Library
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Breakfast - all you can eat
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Breakfast at Becraft: All You Can Eat Buffet

Becraft Pumper Co. No. 2
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Annual Book It 5K!

The Churchtown Fire Company
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

Locust Grove Estate
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Every Opera Singer’s Journey is Different

Temple Israel of Catskill
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

A Dream Realized

Temple Israel of Catskill
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Stranger In The Attic

Claverack Free Library
Queerly
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Queerly

Millstream
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

THE END IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

Upstate Films
Events for 22nd May
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Infant Toddler Playgroup and Parent Support

Hudson Area Library
Events for 23rd May
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Qigong~TaiChi

Hudson Area Library
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
Events for 24th May
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

HAL Book Group

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

Cooking Up Community

Hudson Area Library
Events for 25th May
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
Hudson Area Library
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Storytime: Music & Movement

Hudson Area Library
Hudson Thursday Market
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Hudson Thursday Market

7th Street Park
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Queer Ass Film Club: Querelle

Kasuri
Events for 26th May
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

FINCH hudson Side Sale

FINCH hudon
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Open Mic with Loki

Lightforms
Events for 27th May
Hudson Farmers' Market 2023 Season Columbia Street between 6th and 7th
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Hudson Farmers’ Market – 26th Season!

Hudson Farmers' Market
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

FINCH hudson Side Sale

FINCH hudon
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

Locust Grove Estate
10:00 am - 11:30 am

Sustainable Gardening

Claverack Free Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Community Care Clinic

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

CARVING WORDS: Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi April–June 2023, Second and Fourth Saturdays of Each Month, 11am–5pm, at Flow Chart Space, 348 Warren Street, Hudson, NY

The Flow Chart Space
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Community Care Clinics

Hudson Area Library
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
Basilica Hudson drone fest
12:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Basilica Presents: 24-HOUR DRONE

Basilica Hudson
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“Garden of Earth” Art Exhibit at Spencertown Academy

Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Refracted Wilderness - Susan Eley Artist Talk and Closing Reception
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Refracted Wilderness: Artist talk & Closing Reception

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

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Events for 28th May
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

FINCH hudson Side Sale

FINCH hudon
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

Locust Grove Estate
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Refracted Wilderness: Katharine Dufault & Michael Wright

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“Garden of Earth” Art Exhibit at Spencertown Academy

Spencertown Academy Arts Center
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

Queerly
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Queerly

Millstream
Queer Figure Drawing
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Queer Figure Drawing

Kasuri
Events for 29th May
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
Events for 30th May
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Qigong~TaiChi

Hudson Area Library
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm

The Story of Japanese-American Internment During WW2

Virtual
Events for 31st May
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
Events for 1st June
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Diametric Abstraction Ted Dixon and Susan Lisbin

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Chromatic Scale by Michael Simpson

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE with Christopher Soto: Free Virtual Poetry Workshop

Virtual
Hudson Thursday Market
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Hudson Thursday Market

7th Street Park
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Family Pride Craft: Decorate a Western Hat!

Hudson Area Library
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

Events for 2nd June
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Diametric Abstraction Ted Dixon and Susan Lisbin

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Nina Lipkowitz: “Battle Fatigue”

510 Warren Street
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Openings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Opening Reception: Columbia County Plein Air Artists

Claverack Free Library
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

VISUAL ART EXHIBITION CURATED BY HILARY GREENE

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
The Nether - Ghent Playhouse
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

THE NETHER

The Ghent Playhouse
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Open Mic with Loki

Lightforms
Events for 3rd June
Hudson Farmers' Market 2023 Season Columbia Street between 6th and 7th
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Hudson Farmers’ Market – 26th Season!

Hudson Farmers' Market
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Fairy House Hunt at Locust Grove!

Locust Grove Estate
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Big Truck Day at the Museum

FASNY Museum of Firefighting
Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection
11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Contemporary Artist David Hartt Explores Olana’s Historic Photography Collection

Olana State Historic Site
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Pre-Pride Reception with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

On View: Diametric Abstraction Ted Dixon and Susan Lisbin

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Showings: Who We Be! A Celebration of Black Life in Columbia County Through the Cosmic Womb

Lightforms
Opening Reception for “Megacosm” by Joseph Stabilito at D’Arcy Simpson Art Works
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Megacosm by Joseph Stabilito

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Nina Lipkowitz: “Battle Fatigue”

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

“Garden of Earth” Art Exhibit at Spencertown Academy

Spencertown Academy Arts Center
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Art + Environment Walk at Trails Day!

Greenport Conservation Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

OutHudson Pride Parade

2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Poke-The-Bear Hudson 2023

Half Moon
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Trixie’s Tea Dance at the Boat Club

Power Boat Association
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

RECESS by The Hudson Eye, Out Hudson Pride Edition: “Fire, Ice, Naughty, Nice”

Kitty's
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Opening Reception for “Megacosm” by Joseph Stabilito at D’Arcy Simpson Art Works

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Opening Reception: Diametric Abstraction Ted Dixon and Susan Lisbin

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

35th Annual Hospital Ball

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park - Spring Festival 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY + AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE STUDIO COMPANY

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
6:00 pm - 12:00 am

Hudson Night Out

Lawrence Park
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

David Sytkowski and Pretty Lamé Cabaret meets classical!

Hudson Hall
The Nether - Ghent Playhouse
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

THE NETHER

The Ghent Playhouse
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

EAST OF BERLIN by Hannah Moscovitch

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  • The Flow Chart Foundation Receives $25,000 in Capital Support from the New York State Council on the Arts
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