Susan Eley Fine Art, 433 Warren Street, held a (COVID-safe) gallery opening reception on Saturday, March 6 from 5-7pm for the artists David Collins and James Isherwood. The exhibit is open March 4 – April 18, 2021Thursday-Monday 11am-5pm Here are some pictures from the reception: From the exhibit: Space Deconstructed offers a platform for the…
Author: Trixie Starr
Little Free Libraries Celebrates Women’s History Month
Hudson Little Free Libraries is celebrating Women’s History Month with the addition of some new books scattered throughout our three libraries around town. A Voice named Aretha Hidden Figures50 Women in Sports50 Women in ArtShe PersistedWho was Ida B Wells?Who is Greta Thunberg?Who was Dr Mae JemisonLegacyWomen Poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Take a book….
It’s ALMOST Spring, Hudson…just hold on…
It’s really difficult to imagine spring around the corner, when it’s still below freezing outside. YAY! Upstate New York!Things will change, hopefully within a week. It’s March, in like a lion…blah, blah, blah…you’ve heard it before. Read my blog post about the Oakdale Plunge from 2018 to 2021.Click here. Meet your local farmer at the…
Cold Plunge – Hot Tamales!
The Oakdale Plunge RETURNS! Are you ready to PLUNGE into the freezing cold water? Or, maybe just watch other people do it? Saturday – Feb 27th @ 11am – Watch it LIVE here! Make a donation here. I will be the announcer – that is my contribution for this event… There will be fabulous teams…
What’s REALLY at the Hudson Winter Market?
Wintertime pandemic blues?Don’t know what to do?Come to the Hudson Farmers’ Market!Saturdays201 Harry Howard Blvd10am-1pm The Hudson Farmers’ Market is more than just a place to get local produce – it’s the “Town Square” – you can see some friends, find out the latest gossip, and buy some apples. In these winter months, the Hudson…
Snowy Days
Well, I’ll be honest with you, Hudson. Writing an event-based blog in the middle of February, during a pandemic, does have its challenges in finding content! This week, I got lucky! Sam J. Miller was up here and I had a chance to meet and talk with him about his latest Hudson-based book, The Blade…
“The Blade Between” by Sam J. Miller
While reading Sam Miller’s The Blade Between, I had to constantly remind myself, that it’s a work of fiction – horror, actually. The book references similar Hudson street names, businesses (like The Pizza Pit) and quotes from daily Hudson parlance, such as “Hudson used to have a bowling alley…where the Walgreens is now.” There’s bribery,…
Window on Hudson: Kate Skakal
I read that artist, Kate Skakel, would be performing and creating art in the Window on Hudson, so I took my video camera with me. However, the art that Kate created required her to sit in stillness for at least twenty minutes – so maybe a still image would be sufficient. Kate Skakel’s art is…
Valentine’s Weekend in Hudson
Delivery.com and the Rosery Flower Shop team up to offer food and flower deliveries in Hudson this weekend. CLICK here Valentine’s Weekend Details OakdalePlunge.com The Hudson Fire Department’s Water Rescue and Dive Team in training. Watch the video above. For more information, click here. Live performance by artist Kate Corroon Skakel. Click HERE. Chris Garneau…
Oakdale Plunge supports Dive and Rescue Team
The annual Oakdale Plunge helps to raise funds for two important groups in Hudson – the Hudson Youth Center and the Hudson Fire Department Water Rescue and Dive Team. In 2002 the Hudson Fire Department (HFD) took the first steps to increase its capability for water rescue when a child drowned in the Hudson River….