Hello Hudson!
Halloween night’s Mrs. Roper Romp was a huge success with about twenty Mrs. Ropers walking down Warren Street, looking for an open bar!
For more Roper pics and video, click here.
Also, around town last weekend were two art gallery openings – Will McLeod and Mark Allen at Artsee and the Black and White Show at Susan Eley Fine Art
Mark Allen’s video work was showcased, you can view them on his you tube channel:
Black and White Show
at Susan Eley Fine Art
Liz Lorenz, Donna Levinstone, Maria Manhattan, Alicia Rothman, Susan Eley, Karin Bruckner, Marianne van Lent, Ted Dixon
Photos from Queer Soup Night in Kinderhook!
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Jill Dearman – Hudson’s Astrologer!
Read Jill’s weekly column, Meta-Astrology
with Hudson references!
November 4th – November 10, 2023
O.G. Astrologer Jill Dearman is the author of Queer Astrology for Men and Queer Astrology for Women, the crime novels Jazzed, The Uncanny Case of Gilles/Jeannette (set in Hudson), and many other books. She analyzed the city of Hudson’s chart for Chronogram. Jill is also a PT Prof. of Writing at NYU. If you are interested in learning more about your chart, visit www.jilldearman.com.
From last week:
Trixie’s List writer, Susan Simon, wrote a fabulous review of the production Rodelinda, currently at Hudson Hall. If you have not had a chance to see it, check to see if there are any tickets. There might be some left for this weekend.
A Rodelinda Appreciation
Susan Simon’s Review of Rodelinda
Hudson appeared in the New York Times again this week, this time, a review of Hudson Hall’s production of Rodelinda. The review had a reference to the movie, Waiting for Guffman,
But, outfitted with 281 folding chairs arranged around its boxy room’s tight proscenium on Friday, it was surprisingly ideal for the intimacy of Handel — despite having the look, as my companion told me, of “Waiting for Guffman.”
Joshua Barone, The New York Times
The result was nothing so cringe-worthy as the kind of town hall community theater satirized in that movie. With smart direction by R.B. Schlather and excellent performances from the early-music group Ruckus, this is a “Rodelinda” worth of a multiyear commitment to Handel.
As I left the theater after Tuesday evening’s performance, and a day after the New York Times review appeared, I noticed Hudson Hall’s donation box:
Make Food, Not War
Susan Simon writes another timely piece this week, “Make Food, Not War”, and reviews three cookbooks on Israeli and Palestinian cuisine.
Ben Rendich, local movie critic, reviews “How to Stop a Plague”. Read more here:
Movies, Magazines, and Modeling:
an Ongoing Series of Queer-Centric Events at Kasuri
Hudson’s First Annual Halloween
Dog Costume Contest
On a lighter note, last weekend was Hudson’s First Annual Halloween Dog Costume Contest – raising money for AnimalKind. Click the link for more pics!
The Olana Partnership Receives Funding
Art Bridges Foundation funds “Access for All” Program
Interview with Christ Liberati-Conant
Interview with Joyce Crawford
Read Trixie’s List Interview with Joyce Crawford
Events listed in Chronological Order (ish)
Gisela Wielke and Madleon Holder
Reimagining the Discarded
Fri, Nov 3rd – 3-7pm | Sat-Sun Nov 4th-5th – 2-6pm
Lightforms
Hudson Farmers’ Market Spring-Summer 2023
OUTDOORS – Saturday, November 4th – 9am-1pm
Columbia between 6th and 7th Streets
Claverack Library
Children’s Author Series
TACONIC HILLS
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES
Saturday, November 4th – 2pm
Ancram Opera House
OF THE SIGN:
Art of Marjorie Welish OPENING RECEPTION and WALKTHROUGH
Saturday, November 4th – 3:00-5:00pm
The Flow Chart Foundation
2nd Annual Bacchus Barley & Bounty
Saturday, November 4th – 5-8:00pm
Hudson Hall
“Still Here: A Survival Story of Indigenous People”
with Heather Bruegl
Sunday, November 5th – 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Spencertown Academy Art Center
Queerly
Sundays – 5pm-9pm
52 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY
Art School of Columbia County’s:
A Women’s Circle, Exploring the Creative Process
Mondays in November, starting November 6th
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Art School of Columbia County
History & Culture of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans
Monday, November 6th – 6:00pm
Virtual – sponsored by the Columbia County Libraries Association
Free Qigong~TaiChi Classes
Tuesdays, November 7th – December 19th – 10am-11am
Hudson Area Library
Expressive Arts Class for Adults:
with Charlotte Semmes at Art School of Columbia County
Tuesdays, November 7th – December 5th – 12:30-2:30
Art School of Columbia County
Yummy Bug Hunt!
Tuesday, November 7th – 4pm
Hudson Area Library
(PRECARIOUS PARENTHESES)
James Schuyler + Architecture and the NY School
Thursday, November 9th – 12:00-1:00pm
Virtual
The 128th Regiment
in the Civil War by Carl Whitbeck
Thursday, November 9th – 6:00-7:15pm
Hudson Area Library
SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
Thursday – Saturday – 7:30pm
November 9-19th
Sunday – 2:00pm
Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill
Blithe Spirit
November 10th – 19th
Copake Grange
Happiness in the Spotlight
Friday, November 10th – 6pm
Hudson Hall
OF THE SIGN: Marjorie Welish in Conversation with David Grubbs
Saturday, November 11th – 3:00-5:00pm
The Flow Chart Space
Queer Figure Drawing
Saturday, November 11th – 6pm
Kasuri
“A Shape Produced by a Curve”
Book Party and Reading
Saturday, November 11th – 7pm
Union Street Brewing Co.
Simon McTeigue
Saturday, November 11th – 8pm
Park Theater
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES
Sunday, November 12th – 2pm
Ancram Opera House
Hands to Work:
Textile Reuse & Community Resilience
Thursday, November 16th – 5:00-8:00pm
Basilica Hudson
DUST & DIRT at Avalon Lounge: Dust Bowl Faeries + Dirt Whisperers, Thur. Nov. 16
Thursday, November 16th – 8pm
Avalon Lounge, Catskill
Where the Wild Things DANCE:
A Kids’ Silent Disco
Saturday, November 18th – 10:30-12pm
FASNY
Narrative Healing Community Workshop
Saturday, November 18th – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Hudson Area Library
Opening Reception:
Spencertown Academy Members’ Art Show
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 18th 3-5pm
On View: Saturday and Sundays:
1:00-5:00pm until December 10th
Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Dion “TYGAPAW” McKenzie:
3WI Opening Performance
Saturday, November 18th – 8pm
ART OMI
Habbina Habbina
Saturday, November 18th – 8pm
(the poster should read the 18th)
Park Theater, Hudson
Bestselling Author Peter Biskind
Book Release Celebration
Sunday, November 19th – 2:00pm
Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Queer Ass Film Club: I Am Divine
Friday, November 24th – 7pm
Kasuri
COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, November 25th – 2pm – 5pm
Ancram Opera House
Queer Figure Drawing
Saturday, November 25th – 6pm
Kasuri
“Blues Women of the Capital Region II”
Concert Featuring Gina Coleman, Leslie Barkman, and Robin O’Herin
Saturday, November 25th – 7:30pm
Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Infant Toddler Playgroup and Parent Support
Monday, November 27th, 2 – 4pm
Hudson Area Library
Nonfiction Book Group
Monday, November 27th – 6pm – 7pm
Hudson Area Library
HAL Book Group
Wednesday, November 29th – 5pm
Hudson Area Library
Make Your Own Fire Cider
Thursday, November 30th – 6:00 – 7:00pm
Hudson Area Library
Chestnut Roast at Oakdale Lake
Saturday, December 2nd – 2:00-3:00pm
Oakdale Lake
Winter Walk
at First Presbyterian Church in Hudson
Saturday, December 2nd – Noon to 8pm
First Presbyterian Church
Winter Walk 2023
Saturday, December 2nd – 5pm – 8pm
Warren Street, Hudson
Operation Unite Benefit Classical Music Concert
Sunday, December 3rd – 3pm
Spencertown Academy Arts Center
HOLIDELIC
Friday, December 8th – Saturday, December 9th
Friday, December 15th – Saturday, December 16th
8:00pm
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
Ancram Winterfest
Saturday, December 9th – 2:00-5:00pm
Ancram Town Hall
PS21 WINTER CELEBRATION
The Talea Ensemble performs “Solstices”
at sundown in complete darkness
Thursday, December 21st – 4:25pm-6:00pm
PS 21 Chatham
OF THE SIGN:
Marjorie Welish in Conversation with Steve Clay
Saturday, January, 27th – 3pm
The Flow Chart Space
ON-GOING Events/Exhibitions
Black & White Show
Exhibition on View: October 19 – December 3, 2023
Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery
Special Fall Exhibit “Object Matter”
at Caldwell Gallery Hudson
October 7-November 26
Caldwell Gallery Hudson
Open Mic with Loki
Fridays – 8-10pm
Lightforms Art Center