This year, Winter Walk – the safe edition – will have no mass gathering, no vendors, and no fireworks. However, we can still have fun and walk up and down Warren Street throughout the month of December, and look at the wonderful window displays. Sax O’Claus will be performing this year. A solo saxophonist playing…
Author: Trixie Starr
Sax O’Claus is Coming to Town
Few things will be the same this year for Winter Walk in Hudson. There is no mass gathering, no street vendors, no street closures, and no fireworks. But, yes, Virginia, there will be Sax O’Claus! Saturday, December 5th from 5-8pm. This will be Sax O’Claus’ 24th Winter Walk in Hudson. Vince Mulford saw him perform…
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Just walk down Warren Street, you’ll never know what you’ll find! I had no idea that Here Today, Gone Tmrw opened, but, I was quickly drawn into the store by the spinning La Croix cake sculpture. Which is the SECOND La Croix reference I found in a window on Warren Street- if you count the…
Bistro Mashriq Opens in Hudson!
Yes! A middle-eastern food restaurant opened in Hudson! Bistro Mashriq is in the former VICO restaurant space, 136 Warren Street, on the corner of Warren and 2nd Street. I was one of Bistro Mashriq’s first customers (with Seth from Delivery.com). Bistro Mashriq offers Hudson additional food choices – freshly-made hummus, tabbouleh, falafel, lamb burgers and…
Hudson Area Library at Winter Walk 2020
The Hudson Area Library will be participating at two locations along Warren Street in Hudson Hall’s Winter Walk: The Hudson Safe Edition, running from December 5 – 24. At 417 – 419 Warren Street passersby will delight in the wintry and holiday images from Hudson’s history, along with the holiday magic of a running train…
Holiday Season in Hudson, NY
The holiday season is upon us! This year, Winter Walk, the COVID-safe Edition, starts on Saturday, December 5th from 5-8pm and then continues throughout the month of December. Get ready for window displays, Sax O’Claus, Rip the Nut, and fireworks. For a full description, visit Hudson Hall’s website here. Performance RIP THE NUT returns to…
Art Gallery Openings in Hudson, NY
Two of Hudson’s finest art galleries, Susan Eley Fine Art and Ellen D’Arcy Simpson Art Works, set up new exhibits last weekend. Susan Eley’s Fine Art’s new show is Counterbalance II featuring artists Caroline Blum, Lisa Fellerson, Sasha Hallock & Liz Rundorff Smith. Ellen D’Arcy Simpson Art Works features local Hudson artist, Gretchen Kelly in…
“Rip The Nut” – the Hudson Safe edition
Rip The Nut – the Hudson-Safe edition – promises another spectacular performance for Winter Walk this year! They are working on streaming the performance, so that everyone can watch safely at home, from Hudson Hall’s website. “Rip the Nut” designer, R.B. Schlather says, “RIP THE NUT started as a way to showcase community dance groups…
It’s getting cold, Hudson…
If you live in upstate New York, thirty-something degrees is nothing. Why, in the middle of winter, thirty-five degrees is BALMY! But, the first day of thirty-degree weather still sends shivers. However, the weather did not deter Hudson senior fitness instructor Lynn Windhorst. She met me outside, by the waterfront and gave me the scoop…
Hudson Seniors
On a cold November morning, I met Lynn Windhorst, above, fitness trainer for Hudson’s Senior Center. She was ready to teach her class. Three days a week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday at 10am, for an hour, Lynn trains about a dozen seniors at the Hudson Waterfront. The oldest member of her class is ninety-four. Lynn has been teaching…