A Trio of Women-Owned Bookstores and the Role they Play in our Community When Kristi Gibson first opened Magpie Bookshop in Catskill just over ten years ago, it was, from her point of view, an act of necessity. “The entire county didn’t have a bookstore at that point,” she remembers, “and I felt like I…
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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,…
Verdigris Tea Moves Back to the Future
HUDSON – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Verdigris Tea & Chocolate is staging a ‘grand re-opening’ on Friday, February 9th. After a year under a temporary management team, owner Kim Bach has stepped back into a more active role. And she’s reached out to several members of her former team as well. “I’m thrilled…
All the Good, All the Time: at Made X Hudson, Sustainability is more than just Fashionable
For anyone in search of a last-minute holiday gift, try swinging by Made X Hudson – the full service design atelier headquartered on Main Street in Catskill. From their own branded clothing (produced in-house by a team of skilled seamsters) to beauty and pantry items from a roster of Hudson Valley makers, everything in the…
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…
Hudson Son and Mother Open Shop Online
Written by Jack Dylan Stella House Co. is a mother and son collaboration between Hudson designer Jack Dylan and his mother Mary Ellen. Their first collection is a line of throw pillows, illustrated by Dylan, and produced by his mother, who resides near their hometown of Stratford Ontario Canada. Feeling inspired after a holiday visit…
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen (CCRK) Announces Gleaning Program
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen (CCRK) is pioneering a “gleaning program” in cooperation with Common Hands Farm, one of the farms that donates regularly to CCRK. According to Nancy Kuster, CCRK farm liaison: “When it is time for farms to harvest, many times there is not enough staff to harvest the entire crop and good produce…
Two Wick Minimum at Poured Candle Bar
There’s a subculture of people who take burning candles very seriously. Well, let me rephrase that. There are people who know a lot about candles, and don’t take themselves too seriously. Selena Coppock hosts a podcast, “Two Wick Minimum” and interviews guests about candles. Last month, she had a podcast recording session at Poured Candle…
Hudson Farmers are Working It!
Where am I? Am I on the set of the next season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race? Is this Ru Paul’s next season of Drag Race? Close. It’s the Elks Lodge on Harry Howard, the first day of the Hudson Farmers’ Winter-Spring Market. Doors open at 10am. It was FIVE degrees this day, but these…
Maker Flea Market – A Tale from “Antique Gay City”
You can always tell who’s new to Hudson, because they like to go shopping for stuff. After you’ve lived in Hudson for a while, or your whole life, there’s a tendency to want to get rid of things. That’s my current status. I wanted pancakes last weekend, so I invited a Hudson “newbie” to Bob’s….