You would think that Betsy Thorleifson has enough to do, running the fabulous bakery, Nine Cakes at 748 Warren Street serving cakes, ice cream, cookies and sweets. Starting in March, Nine Cakes adds jars of homemade jams to the list The jams are the perfect Hudson souvenir or wedding favor to complement Nine Cakes’ creamy…
Author: Trixie Starr
Amtrak Poetry From The Flow Chart Foundation
In collaboration with CREATE, The Flow Chart Foundation has been installing poetry in the Hudson, NY Amtrak station. Each installation features a set of three large poetry placards, which remain on view for two months. Starting March 15th and appearing through May 15th, the new set of Amtrak Poetry poems feature work published by the…
A Shayna Maidel – The Two of Us Productions at the Copake Grange
A Shayna Maidel (a “pretty girl” in Yiddish) is a memory play produced by The Two of Us Productions, recounting the story of two sisters reuniting after years of being separated by WWII; one sister moved to New York City prior to the war with her father, while the other sister barely survived a concentration…
The Ides of March in Hudson, NY
Hello Hudson – What are you doing with your life? No, really, what are you doing? Like me, you may be in a bottomless money pit of vintage upstate house restoration that you only hope to complete before you die. You probably did not consider becoming an Amish romance fiction writer, did you? Your guidance…
Oakdale Plunge 2024
Saturday, March 2nd was the seventh annual Oakdale Plunge. Brave and hearty souls ran into the frigid waters to raise money for the Hudson Youth Department and the Hudson Firefighter’s Dive Team and Water Rescue unit. This year, the two organizations split about $25,000. Top Fundraiser, Individual: Karin-Renee Roberts of team CMHTop Fundraiser, Team: Columbia…
Ode to Applebee’s
It’s not farm-to-table. It’s not organic. The animals were probably not humanely raised on quiet grassy bucolic pastoral pastures, the kind that inspire landscape painters. Even though its walls are decorated with images of local little leagues and police cars, it’s not locally-owned. Sqab is not on the menu. No one is trying to win…
The Hereafter in Hudson, New York
When you step into The Hereafter cocktail bar at 721 Columbia Street, nestled between the St. Charles Hotel, the CITCO station, and Vasilow’s Confectionery, you’ll think you’re entering a speakeasy that’s about a hundred years old, and not the former Golden Grain Pizzeria. For a newly-opened bar, that only has a small sign to let…
Penny Arcade Performs in the Hudson Valley at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY
Hudson Valley! You may remember Penny Arcade from the show, Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!, premiering in 1990 at Performance Space 122 in the East Village then moving at the Village Gate. As a protest performance art piece, the show was a reaction to former Senator Jesse Helms and the political attacks on the National Endowment…
March Madness in Hudson, New York
Hello Hudson – This little website had multiple server issues this week. They took up too much time and I was not able to create more content. Quel dommage. But, hopefully, the website is quicker now. I always update the event listings, first. The goal is to push out the newsletter Friday afternoon. Most events…
Real Estate Market Update: Hudson NY
Trixie’s List asked two of our real estate advertisers, Anthony D’Argenzio from This Old Hudson Team at Houlihan Lawrence and Kylah Campeta from Nicole Vidor Real Estate, their opinions on the Hudson real estate market. Anthony D’Argenzio:This Old Hudson Team at Houlihan Lawrence Kylah Campeta: Nicole Vidor Real Estate How have Hudson real estate sales…