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,…
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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,…
Kinderhook Memorial Library presents “Behind the Scenes: An Intimate View into the Studios of Local Artists”
Kinderhook Memorial Library celebrates area artists with a tour of their studios on May 4 and 5, 2024, “Behind the Scenes: An Intimate View into the Studios of Local Artists”. Proceeds from this event will directly support our youth programs and events, including our new in-person tutoring program that will be launched later this year….
Penny Arcade Rallies Against the ‘Banality of Evil’ and the Gentrification of the Mind in her show “Longing Last Longer” at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY
Penny Arcade’s show, Longing Lasts Longer comes with a warning. As the audience walked into the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill last week, she told them, “A lot of times, people come to my show, and during the show, they start to get angry with me. I need you to understand that this show was…
FINANCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF 2024 EVENTS FUNDING
APPLICATIONS DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024 The City of Hudson Common Council Finance Committee has announced the availability of $30,000 of total funding to support events and projects in the City of Hudson for 2024 that encourage the promotion of Hudson as a destination for overnight and day-trip visitors. Applications for awards are currently being…