Cidiot just celebrated its 100th podcast episode and fifth year! Congratulations! Trixie’s List: Why did you decide to go into podcasting, and not a blog or another medium? Why the topic of ‘Cidiots’? Mat Zucker, Cidiot: My first job after college was as an advertising copywriter writing radio commercials so I developed an early love…
Category: Arts & Entertainment
It’s Only A Play at the Claverack Library
Review by Brian Pearson The late playwright Terrence McNally’s play about a play, It’s Only a Play, was splendidly revived last Saturday evening at the Marilyn & Bob Laurie Gallery inside the Claverack Library. The excellent and capable cast, led by director Stephen Sanborn, brought laughter, surprise and a hint of Broadway glamour to the…
Bridge Street Theatre’s Uncle Vanya – A Wonderfully Miserable Existential Russian Dark Comedy
As you walk into the Bridge Street Theatre’s stage production of Anton Chekhov’s play, Uncle Vanya, you can buy a shot of vodka for $1. My suggestion is – take one. The vodka will help you handle the feeling of existential dread and misery that awaits you after watching this Russian “comedy”. I opted for…
Frederic Church’s Rarely Seen Memorial Landscape Paintings Debut at Olana State Historic Site in New Exhibition, Afterglow
Afterglow Considers How Landscapes Provide Reflection and Healing The Olana Partnership announced today that this season’s special exhibition Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory will open May 12 in the Sharp Family Gallery at Olana State Historic Site. Afterglow brings together for the first time a series of intimate memorial landscapes painted by Church, 19th-century America’s foremost landscape painter,…
Vanderpoel House Debuts New Shop Celebrating Columbia County History
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, April 27th marks the opening of the Columbia County Historical Society’s Mercantile at the Vanderpoel House, a charming new shop nestled within the historic Vanderpoel House. The shop offers a unique shopping experience that pays homage to the rich history of Columbia County, New York. Combining the charm of a general…
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Marks Fourth Year Addressing Hunger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We are not going to deliver food that I would not serve in my restaurant. Carole Clark During the pandemic, in April 2020, former restaurateur Carole Clark and community activists Pam Kline and Carol Peckham founded Columbia County Recovery Kitchen (CCRK). “It was Carole’s idea” says Pam, “but I can make it…
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…
Robin Rice Gallery Opens – 234 Warren Street
Robin Rice, owner of the eponymous art gallery at 234 Warren Street in Hudson, typically rouses before dawn. Her third floor bedroom affords a fine view of the Catskills but most mornings she only catches a glimpse of their shadowy silhouettes before coffee and emails. Recently, Rice took the time to do something rare: she…
Making art, wholesale: a private event at the home of Carrie Haddad honors the legacy of Frederic Church
Two Thursdays ago, a group of Hudsonians gathered at the home of beloved local gallerist Carrie Haddad to celebrate the closing weekend of Spectacle: Frederic Church and the Business of Art – an exhibition curated by The Olana Partnership that examined the historic painter’s use of showmanship in promotion of his artwork. The event, subtitled…
Stephen Bluhm, Local Musician, Releases New Album
Local singer-songwriter Stephen Bluhm’s new album, Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here., debuts Friday, April 19th. The album was recorded in Athens and Hudson with piano, guitar and eleven orchestral instruments including cello, oboe, flute, piccolo, clarinet, violin and viola. It features a cover by the formerly-Hudson based artists Kahn & Selesnick. On Thursday,…