These past few weeks have been worrisome, stressful and sometimes anger-provoking with the news coming from Israel and Gaza. The news, which changes by the minute with each report, and interpreter of it, in combination with those who post their own, often unsubstantiated opinions on social media –which itself can lead to dangerous misrepresentation and…
Category: Arts & Entertainment
A Rodelina Appreciation
Honestly, I’m not an opera critic, I just like going to the opera. I’ve been going for years because I like the way the music washes over me. I like the various voices, the drama, the passion and intrigue – even if, at times, I can’t follow the plot. I like to look at the…
The Olana Partnership Receives Funding
Art Bridges Foundation funds “Access for All” Program “Access for All” to introduce The Olana Partnership’s Free Third Thursdays at Olana State Historic Site The Olana Partnership has received a three-year grant in the amount of $240,000 from Art Bridges Foundation to provide Free Third Thursdays through the “Access for All” program. Free Third Thursdays…
Movies, Magazines, and Modeling: an Ongoing Series of Queer-Centric Events at Kasuri
If you haven’t visited Kasuri’s “new” location between Prison Alley and Columbia since they moved about a year ago, now is a great time to get yourself re-acquainted. The mainstay Hudson boutique continues to offer a trove of avant-garde fashions, but they’ve also recently teamed up with Dream Brother – a fluid creative platform helmed…
Theater Review : The Glass Menagerie at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill
I have a strange mental block around traveling anywhere that requires crossing a bridge. Something about traversing a body of water signals to my psyche that I’m going a VERY FAR distance (even if it’s not). Which speaks to the quality of of theater being produced at Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre. I will, fairly regularly…
Revival House: at Upstate Films, classics and community are one and the same
One of my keenest regrets as a habitant of Upstate New York is the lack of easy access to Manhattan’s few, hallowed revival movie houses. Yours truly is a lover of classic films, and I yearn for theatrical venues where I can grab a popcorn or tea and settle into a state of cozy reverence…
Movie review: A Haunting in Venice is a Frightening Treat
Italy, 1947. Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) has retired from his shenanigans as a mustache-twirling detective and lives in an austere villa overlooking the canals of Venice. So detached is he from the goings-on of the outer world that an old acquaintance, mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver (Tina Fey), drops by to inform him that today is…
Movie Review: Have Fun with Bottoms at the Madison Theatre in Hudson
How many ways can a body have fun indoors? Well, if we’re talking wholesome activities that the whole family or friend group can enjoy, why not place air hockey, basketball, and other arcade games at the top of the list? Dinner and drinks always make for a good time, too. And then, of course, we…
The Marvelous Wonderettes
It’s fitting that The Marvelous Wonderettes closes out this hot summer season at The Mac-Haydn Theatre, as the show, like a musical Aperol Spritz, embodies the essence of summer itself: sweet fizzy fun, bursting in technicolor. This jukebox musical is stitched around a catalogue of hit 1950s and 1960s radio hits, which makes the urge…
Ailey II Launches Their 50th Season at the Hudson Area Library
Alvin Ailey’s modern dance repertory company, Ailey II, brings a community celebration to Hudson On July 28th and 29th, the Hudson Area Library hosted a series of exciting and successful community events to celebrate the launch of Ailey II’s 50th season of visionary, dynamic modern dance performances. Ailey II (the younger version of the world-renowned…