I love my mullet because it represents being different in life and that being different is okay.-Louis Scoffier Last year, Louis Scoffier, and his blond mullet, raised over $20,000 for the Jarren Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors. In 2023, Louis was the seventh out of 900 kids nationally in the Mullet Champ USA Competition. He…
Tri-City Valleycats – Minor League Baseball
So close and yet, so far. The mascots for the Tri-City Valleycats represent the cities’ mayors – Schenectady, Albany, and Troy, respectfully. Could you imagine something similar in Hudson? I write this blog because I want to help people get out of the house and meet other people, places, whatnot. Go do stuff! Noble enough…
Mental Health Awareness and Creative Arts Gallery
With dozens of art galleries, the City of Hudson is a hub for the arts in Columbia County. One gallery not to be overlooked is the Mental Health Awareness and Creative Arts Gallery located at 717 Columbia Street, on the corner of 7th Street Park and Columbia. This unique gallery hosts the work of over…
MAC-HAYDN THEATRE PRESENTS ‘ALL SHOOK UP’ FEATURING ELVIS PRESLEY TIMELESS HITS
The Mac-Haydn Theatre presents “All Shook Up,” a musical homage to Elvis Presley’s timeless songs and the pursuit of dreams. Loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, audiences are invited to immerse themselves in a hip-swiveling, lip-curling extravaganza from August 1 through August 11. Director David Alpert and Choreographer Andrew Turteltaub are making their Mac-Haydn debuts….
Epicurean Purveyor, Café & Market OLDE HUDSON Expands
Wows Customers Old And New; Now The Market In Town For Immediate Release Women-owned, epicurean pioneer Olde Hudson Specialty Foods has doubled in size with an expansion and renovation that offers more of everything for which the store is known and loved: outdoor seating on the porch and garden, expanded indoor café seating, and of…
Mac-Haydn Theatre’s Coffee House – The Sweetest Spot in Town
There are few things sweeter in Columbia County than the Mac-Hayden Coffee House. Every Friday and Saturday nights, after the 8pm show, there’s a brief half-hour-ish long performance featuring songs from upcoming shows. The Coffee House also gives the performers a space to sing material not in the shows. The Coffee House is like a…
Summertime in the Hudson Valley
A Taste of Grandeur The Restaurant at Klocke Estateis a Sublime Destination for Spirits and Sceneryby Trixie’s List writer, Ben Rendich Review of “RENT” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre Lodro Rinzler reviews “RENT” for Trixie’s List Mac-Haydn Theatre’s Coffee HouseThe Sweetest Spot in Town Stay after the show on a Friday or Saturday nightat the Mac-Haydn…
A Taste of Grandeur: The Restaurant at Klocke Estate is a Sublime Destination for Spirits and Scenery
High on a hill overlooking two mountain ranges and infinite acres of farmland, Klocke Estate – a soil-to-glass “destination distillery” in Claverack devoted to creating brandy that echoes “the timeless spirit of the Hudson Valley” – is finally opening its doors after more than seven years of development. Earlier this week, a ribbon cutting ceremony…
Review of “RENT” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
In a Mac-Haydn season filled with great shows, Rent is the best one yet. In fact, it’s the best show I’ve seen in years. So much so that I recommend seeing it twice. Partly, because every song is a banger and partly, because the cast and crew have created an expansive, rollicking good time that simultaneously inspires…
Second Annual Hudson Film Festival returns August 9-11, 2024
For Immediate Release: Hudson Film Festival announces Year 2 programming highlighting diversity, local artists, and community partnerships with Hudson Valley premieres, including opening night feature The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Sundance award-winning documentary Daughters, upstate New York filmmaker & production My First Film, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning documentary A New Kind of Wilderness, a…