The Memorial Day Parade down Warren Street on Monday, May 26th is sponsored by the Hudson American Legion Post #184. On Friday, May 23rd, the new owners of the space at 7 Fairview, Creative Legion held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and small get together. Creative Legion is a multi-use space where people can work, collaborate, hold…
Category: Opening Reception
Hudson: A History of Whaling & Maritime Commerce
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6th at 6pmHudson Area Library The exhibit is on view through June 30, 2025. The short film, Whaling in Hudson? What!?, was produced by local filmmaker Karl Frederick Mattson of 542films. The film will be shown at the opening reception, March 6th Many may wonder about Hudson’s great whaling past. This…
Mahar Real Estate: From Stand-Up to Standing Out
Daniel “Dan” Mahar, a native of Claverack and graduate of Taconic Hills High School, took an unconventional path after earning his Philosophy degree from Pace University. Faced with three career options—teach, practice law, or pursue stand-up comedy—Dan chose the stage. He spent a decade performing in New York City clubs, touring the country, and mastering…
Questions and Advice from Artist, Jack Millard
Artist Jack Millard has an upcoming show, Knowing/Unknowing coming up at Lightforms Art Center.The Opening Reception is Friday, August 30th, 5:30 – 7:30pm with singing saw serenades by Ryder & friends. Jack Millards’ paintings are largely an exploration of material, surface, color, texture and form. Ranging from geometric abstraction to distorted figures, landscapes and portraiture,…
Art Gallery Campus Opens at the Former Ockawamic School in Claverack
Review by Trixie Starr As I drove up to The Campus, on Route 217, less than fifteen minutes outside of Hudson, I could not help but notice the cars parked along the side of the road. Some were half-parked on the street and half on people’s front lawns. As a “downstater” who has lived in…
Fanciful families: odd characters and group dynamics in the paintings of Michael Lindsay-Hogg
When I met Hudson-based artist Michael Lindsay-Hogg at Hudson Hall earlier this week, it was during the installation of Talking Pictures – a new solo exhibition of more than eighty original works by the man Wes Anderson calls “the Buñuel of portrait-painters.” A menagerie of whimsical, strange faces stared at us from varying angles; it…
Black Legacy Association of Columbia County Exhibit at the Hudson Area Library
Hours of VHS 1980’s video interviews with Hudson African-American elders sat in a box in a basement at Columbia Opportunities. Through the dedication of Hudson residents Emily Chameides, Tiffany Garriga, and Quintin Cross, Columbia Opportunities, the organization largely responsible for this invaluable collection, saw that the library could be stewards of it and the box,…
SPOUTy at the Hudson Area Library
You’ve seen the whale symbol on Hudson’s street signs, parking signs, maybe you’ve noticed the whale float that appears in Hudson’s parades. But, where did it all come from? And why? In the mid-1970s, the City of Hudson was a different place than it is today. Big box stores were opening in nearby Greenport and…
Hudson Area Library: Local Hudson Maps and Atlases Exhibition Opening
On Thursday, March 2nd, the Hudson Area Library showcased its historical Hudson maps and atlases. The exhibition was a culmination of months and years of work by local volunteers of the library’s History Room. Their worked helped preserve and make these maps accessible to the public. The maps have been used to teach local teens…
Objects Out of Order: The Hottest Spot on a Cold Saturday!
By: Romeo Barkley On the second Saturday of every month, Hudson’s galleries stay open late. Second Saturday can be a great opportunity for newer galleries, artists, and curators to show their work to a larger audience. On this particular cold February Saturday, the hottest spot in town was an open artist studio on upper Warren. …