On opening day of the Columbia County Fair at the Demolition Derby, grab your pepperoni heel from Pierro’s and get a seat – quick! The bleacher seating was packed! Within the first round of the demolition derby there were two if not three cars that caught fire (see video above). Flames shot outof the back of a car as the driver scrambled out of the front windshield. The fire department was right there…but still. This is real. This is not a staged event. Kudos to everyone who participated, and I’m happy to watch while safely eating a pepperoni heel, but I think you’re crazy to do it.
As a vegetarian, the one time of the year that I fall off the wagon is the Columbia County Fair. Don’t tell PeTA – they might give me a fine. Also, I think a 95 is still an A.
The Columbia County Fair is the place to see and be seen – especially the beer tent. It is THE networking event of the county, for Democrats and Republicans!
Don’t forget the crafting rooms and livestock!
Mahar Real Estate:
From Stand-Up to Standing Out
Mahar Real Estate Launch Party at The Tin Barn
Questions and Advice from Artist
Jack Millard
left to right: John Cooley, Ryder Cooley, Jack Millard
Knowing/Unknowing
Paintings and abstractions by Jack Millard, S Moss and Virginia Dow
Friday Aug. 30 – Sun Sept. 15
Opening Reception Friday Aug 30, 5:30-7:30
Lightforms Art Center
743 Columbia St. Hudson NY
Trixie’s List Interview with Mark Allen:
Are Hudson NY Sidewalks Safe for NYC Hipsters?
Learn about the artist behind this summer’s hottest
new Hudson video!
Copake Iron Works Historic Site
Looking for something fun (and educational) to do with the kids? Take them on a ride in an iron ore cart at the Copake Iron Works Historic Site – within a half-hour of Hudson!
Footage from Wigstock 1992 Featuring:
Lady Bunny, Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger and the Boy Bar Beauties
Since I’m doing a drag event on Labor Day Weekend, I though I should transfer some VHS footage from Wigstock 1992.
This is all original footage, shot by myself, and sitting in various closets for over thirty years. The Boy Bar Beauties used to perform every Thursday night on St. Mark’s Place. It was magical!
Click on the links to watch the video
MAC-HAYDN THEATRE UNVEILS THE HILARIOUS ‘SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Read about the new production of “Something Rotten” at the Mac-Haydn in Chatham
Hudson Area Library Builds a Queer Archive
NEW! VIRGO SEASON
Meta Astrology by Jill Dearman
Focus on Virgo
Events listed in Chronological Order (ish)
Columbia County Fair
Wednesday, August 28th – Monday, September 2nd
Various Times
Columbia County Fairgrounds, Chatham
Hudson Wine Merchants Free Friday Tastings
Friday, August 3th – 5-7pm
Hudson Wine Merchants
OUT OF ORDER
Thursdays – Sundays August 29 – September 8
Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill
A Night of Neo-Benshi
Friday, August 30th – 7pm
Hudson Hall
KNOWING/UNKNOWING
Paintings by Jack Millard
OPENING FRIDAY AUG. 30th, 5:30 – 7:30pm
with singing saw serenades by Ryder & friends
CLOSING SUNDAY SEPT. 15, 4-6
Lightforms
The Hudson Farmers’ Market
Saturdays – Columbia and 6th
August 31st – 9am – 1pm
Hand Dyed Scarf Workshop
Saturdays – 11:30am-1pm
Through November 23rd
Fig and Bella
Gay Antique City – Labor Day Monday
Monday, September 2nd – Noon-5pm
Power Boat Association
Union Street Brewing Company: Trivia Night
Every Monday – 6:30-8:30pm
Union Street Brewing Company
Qigong~TaiChi Classes
Tuesdays, through September 24, 10 – 11am
Hudson Area Library and via Zoom
Hudson Thursday Market
Upcoming (Free!) Music
at the Hudson Thursday Market
A Galère of Poetic Autopsies
Thursday, September 5th – 7pm
Park Theater
Home Sweet Library:
Hudson Area Library Annual Gala
Friday, September 6th – 6pm
The Caboose
Women’s Walking Group
Saturdays, September 7, October 5, and November 2, 9:30am
Hudson Area Library
“Multilayered”:
Paintings by Doris Simon
Exhibition Starting September 7th – Noon – 6pm
510 Warren Street
Ted Dixon: Eighteen
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7th – 5-7:00pm
Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
On View: August 22nd – October 13th
Dust Bowl Faeries 10 Year Anniversary
Celebration & EP Release Show, Return Brewing
Saturday, September 7th – 8pm
Return Brewing
LE LIVRE EST SUR LA TABLE
Challenges of Translating Poetry
Sunday, September 8th – 3pm
The Flow Chart Foundation
CASABLANCA Film Screening
@ Story Screen Cinema
Sunday, September 8th – Noon
Story Screen Cinema
Columbia County Plein Air Artists Exhibition
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Claverack Library
Create a Pollinator Garden
Wednesday, September 11th – 5:30-6:30pm
Hudson Area Library
Avalon Open Mic
w/Ryder & Friends
First Wednesdays of the Month
Next: Wednesday, Sept 11th – show at 7pm
Club Avalon, Catskill
End of Summer Celebration
with Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood
Thursday, September 12th – 5:30pm
Union Street Brewing Co.
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
2024 Annual Festival
Weekends – September 13th – October 6th
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli
Opening Reception:
Our Town On The River:
Showcase of Hudson Artists
Friday, September 13th – 6-8pm
Spark of Hudson Building
Küf Knotz & Christine Elise
Friday, September 13th – 8pm
Park Theater
Q-MoB Hike:
High Falls Conservation Area
Saturday, September 14th – 11am-12:30pm
High Falls Conservation Area
Lila Blue / Noga
Saturday, September 14th – 8pm
Park Theater
THE LEGO MOVIE – Matinee Film Screening $10!
Sunday, September 15th – Noon
Story Screen Cinema
Artists’ Reception:
“Bibi-Mimi Hudson Memo”
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12th – 5-7pm
Window on Hudson
Exhibit on View through October 13th
WHAT’S REALLY GOOD BBQ POP-UP
Saturday, September 14th – 11am – 3pm
Talbott & Arding
Rainbow Lounge:
LGBTQ Aging Well Peer Support Group
Wednesday, September 18th – 6:30pm
The Spark of Hudson Building
Movement & Music Storytime
Thursdays, September 19 – December 19, 4 – 5pm
Hudson Area Library
(except October 31 for Halloween and November 28 for Thanksgiving)
The Breakfast Club – Film Screening $10!
Thursday, September 19th – 7pm
Story Screen Cinema
Music that Soars in Our Beautiful Countryside
Saturday, September 21st – 4pm
Tydeman Farm
This Party Is Killing You: The Robyn Party
Friday, September 20th – 9pm
Avalon Lounge, Catskill
COWBOY NOCTURNE:
a concert on the Ashbery piano
Saturday, September 21st – 7pm
The Flow Chart Foundation
Indiana Jones RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Film Screening $10!
Sunday, September 22nd – Noon
Story Screen Cinema
“SECOND GENERATION” BY JEREMY SALAMON
BOOK SIGNING WITH JEREMY SALAMON
Sunday, September 22nd – Noon – 2pm
Talbott & Arding
Mahar Real Estate Launch Party
Thursday, September 26th – 5pm
The Tin Barn – Clermont, NY
Declan McLaughlin & Jennifer Kelly
Friday, September 27th – 8pm
Park Theater
Dalmatian Day 2024
Saturday, September 28th – 10am – 3pm
FASNY
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Matinee Movie Screening $10!
Sunday, September 29th – Noon
Story Screen Cinema
Richard Lloyd
Saturday, October 5th – 8pm
Park Theater
Molly Parden, Eliza Edens, and Louisa Stancioff
Sunday, October 6th – 8pm
Park Theater
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT,
CONVERSATION FOLLOWED BY COMMUNAL DINNER
Saturday, October 12 at 6:00 pm
Talbott & Arding
VEXATIONS: An Immersive Journey Through a Strange, Speculative World
Saturday, November 2nd – 7pm
The Flow Chart Foundation
“SICILY, MY SWEET” BY VICTORIA GRANOF
BOOK SIGNING WITH VICTORIA GRANOF
Saturday, November 9th – Noon to 2pm
Talbott & Arding
BOOK SIGNING WITH JESSIE SHEEHAN
“SALTY, CHEESY, HERBY, CRISPY SNACKABLE BAKES”
Saturday, December 7th – Noon to 2pm
Talbott & Arding
Exhibitions – ON VIEW
Habitual Soothing
Artist Emily Ritz
On View
D’Arcy Simpson Artworks
FOLK ART GALLERY GARAGE SALE
