Reflecting its growth as a regional creative hub serving the Hudson Valley, Berkshires and Litchfield County, Ancram Opera House is taking on the new name of Ancram Center for the Arts. The announcement was made November 25 by Ancram Opera House Co-Directors Paul Ricciardi and Jeffrey Mousseau and Board President Cathy Redlich at a Community…
“A Christmas Memory” at the Park Theater Hudson – Poignant and Powerful
The Whale Theatre, in association with the Tectonic Theater Project presents Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory & The Thanksgiving Visitor” this month at the Park Theater Hudson. I have always thought that people who decide to live in Hudson do not necessarily fit in elsewhere. Why move to Hudson? Why not live in Nutley, New…
Winter Walk 2023 in Hudson, New York
Hello Hudson! Winter Walk is today! Saturday, December 2nd – 5-8pm on Warren Street Stop by Padrona on North 4th Street 5-7pm-ish and a half-Jewish elf will take an Instamax photo of us and put it in a holiday card. $5 and the money goes to Animal Kind. Kudos to Lowes and all the volunteers…
Bimi’s Canteen Fondue is the Perfect Date Night
If you invite me to an event and there’s cheese involved, I’m there. You do not have to ask me twice. Bimi’s Canteen in Chatham held a press event about their latest menu offering – warm pots of mixed and melted cheese fondue for $25 to $60 (see end of post for details). They use…
Bimi’s Canteen Fondue
I sometimes imagine myself schussing down an Alp in a snazzy Moncler fit. Then I snap out of it and satisfy my romantic visions of physical speed and icy snow tickling my face by streaming, for the umpteenth time, “Downhill Racer” (1969), starring a young Robert Redford at his most delicious best slaloming through the…
Public Access, Alternative Media, and “The Brenda and Glennda Show”
Kasuri and Dream Brother sponsored an evening of “The Brenda and Glennda Show” and “Glennda and Friends”, starring Glenn Belverio and Hudson resident Mark Allen. The show aired on Manhattan Cable’s public access channel in the early to mid-90s. I decided to ask the duo a few more questions about their experiences and alternative media….
Give the Gift of Hudson’s History for the Holidays
Looking for that special gift for that special someone? Look no further. The Hudson Area Library has a Shop with items based on images in its archival collection. Each sale benefits the library History Room, which acquires, preserves, and makes accessible the history of Hudson, Greenport, and Stockport. Framed and unframed copies of maps and…
Eva Haze
Virgin records decided to release her last album days before her death. The following was written by Eve Hars’ sister, Anne Hars. In news at once uplifting and tragic, Hudson musician/artist Eve Hars signed to Virgin Atlantic Music mere days before her death. Let’s backtrack for a moment through a life of musical and artistic…
Thanksgiving Weekend in Hudson, NY
Hello Hudson! Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! It’s Black Friday (are we still calling it that?). You are probably setting up camp outside the Toys R Us to get the latest shipment of Cabbage Patch Dolls. (Did the country really go crazy for those dolls?). Every year, we wondered what would be the toy…
Last Outdoor Farmers’ Market
Hello Hudson! Sidney Long had an opening at Window on Hudson this week. There’s a video in the window of Sidney reading her poetry. Below are some examples of poetry from the exhibit, the “Red Line”. Are you checking yourHudson-based horoscopes every week? Jill Dearman – Hudson’s Astrologer! Read Jill’s weekly column, Meta-Astrology with Hudson…