Cleremont State Historic Site presents an Old-Fashioned Independence Day celebration.
Cleremont State Historic Site presents an Old-Fashioned Independence Day celebration. 18th century crafts, Re-enactors, music and entertainment. Later, enjoy live music and delicious hot food until you’re able to enjoy a view of the Saugerties Fireworks over the Hudson River.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, July 4, 2019 / 2pm – 10pm
LOCATION:
Clermont State Historic Site
One Clermont Ave.
Germantown, NY
The Hudson Area Library is introducing a series of visits to art galleries in Hudson.
The Hudson Area Library is introducing a series of visits to art galleries in Hudson. The first Gallery Hop is to the Tom Swope Gallery on Warren Street. At this gallery, visitors will be transported back to ancient times in China, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Mesoamerica as Tom Swope guides you through his amazing collection.
Why visit an art gallery? To begin, art is just plain fun, while teaching and revealing who we are to ourselves. Art is also a form of meditation and time to commune with creativity. Nothing carries you away and clears your mind like a visit to a museum or art gallery.
Tom Swope Gallery deals in Antiquities from around the world; some Greek and Roman, Ancient Egyptian, pre-Columbian and Chinese Archaic jades and early Buddhist sculptures. While the range is broad, all the objects are carefully chosen for their beauty, authenticity, and all tell us about our common past. The gallery currently shows a lot of early Chinese Buddhist sculpture from the 6th to 8th Century A.D., and archaic Chinese jades from the Neolithic period to the Han Dynasty.
Always interested in ancient art since being exposed to the Greek myths as a child, Swope then went on to Harvard College where he studied ancient art as a Fine Arts Major. After college, he worked for the distinguished antiquities dealer, Matthias Komor just before he retired in 1982 – 1984. After dealing with antiquities for several years in the city, while working with many contemporary artists, he moved upstate and continued his love affair with antiquities in Hudson.
Attendees will meet at the library and there will be transportation to the gallery as well as the opportunity to walk over. Attendees can return to the library afterward for lunch and discussion.
DATE/TIME: Friday, June 21, 2019 / 1pm – 3pm
LOCATION:
Hudson Area Library
51 N. 5th St. (at State St.)
Hudson, NY 12534
ADMISSION:
Registration is required and space is limited. Please call the library at 518-828-1792 x101.
The Hudson Area Library, in collaboration with the Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History & the Gotham Center for New York City History, presents: A Truly American Form: Anglo Dutch Houses, Their Roots, Form, and Legacy by Ian Stewart.
Photo Credit: Ian Stewart
The Hudson Area Library, in collaboration with the Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History & the Gotham Center for New York City History, presents: A Truly American Form: Anglo Dutch Houses, Their Roots, Form, and Legacy by Ian Stewart. In the former New Netherland a new house form arose in the latter years of the 18th century and became a common sight in New England in the first half of the 19th century.
This talk focuses on the framing of these houses and their various forms, as well as a brief discussion of their English and Dutch predecessors, and the circumstances which may have led to the creation of this hybrid.
Ian Stewart is owner of New Netherland Timber Framing and Preservation, past president of the Board of Directors of the Preservation Trades Network, and a member of the Timber Framer’s Guild. He received a Master’s degree in Preservation Studies from Boston University’s School of American and New England Studies. His woodworking career began at SUNY New Paltz and, later, as a restoration craftsman at Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York. He is involved in preserving historic traditions in woodworking, timber framing, blacksmithing, and masonry skills. He received the New Netherland Institute’s Alice P. Kenney Award in 2018.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, June 13, 2019 / 6 – 7:30pm
LOCATION:
Hudson Area Library
51 N. 5th St. (at State St.)
Hudson, NY 12534
Join Hudson Area Library’s History Room researcher, John Craig, and Former Mayor, Richard F. Tracy, on the library’s first annual Hudson History Bus Tour and discover the lowdown on the REAL Hudson History.
Join Hudson Area Library’s History Room researcher, John Craig, and Former Mayor, Richard F. Tracy, on the library’s first annual Hudson History Bus Tour and discover the lowdown on the REAL Hudson History.
The tour begins and ends at Hudson Brewing Company, and winds its way through the streets of our beloved city. Along the way, the bus will stop to discuss historic buildings, people, scandals and moments in history!
The tour is a fundraiser for the History Room and ticket prices will support the preservation, archiving, and digitizing of items in the library’s special collections pertaining to the history of the City of Hudson, Greenport and Stockport.
DATE/TIME:
Sunday, June 9, 2019 / 1 – 4pm
LOCATION:
Hudson Brewing Company
99 South 3rd Street
Hudson, NY 12534
ADMISSION:
Tickets – $60.
UPDATE: All seats have been reserved. If you would like to be added to the waitlist for this event or added to an email list to hear about future bus tours, please contact programs@hudsonarealibrary.org.
The Friends of Clermont presents the Lecture – “Tales of the Majestic Hudson” with U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Master Capt. Stanley Wilcox.
The Friends of Clermont presents the Lecture – “Tales of the Majestic Hudson” with U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Master Capt. Stanley Wilcox.
The Hudson River has been compared to the Rhine in both beauty and in the variety of vistas. Come join us for this special presentation where Capt. Stan will explore some of the often unknown and unique features of the Hudson Valley and uncover a mystery or two. You will find out how a glacier shaped the valley and turned the river into an estuary, the fate of Henry Hudson, the search for Blackbeard’s pirate gold and so much more!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Capt. Stan has been on the river for over 30 years and holds a Coast Guard Masters License. He serves as Senior Captain on the Spirit of Hudson and is co-author of Capt. Stan’s Hudson River Book. He teaches “Hudson River Boating and Seamanship” at Columbia-Greene Community College each winter and is guest speaker on American Cruise Lines.
Signed copies of Captain Stan’s book will be available after the lecture.
DATE/TIME:
Sunday, April 28, 2019 / 2pm – 3:30pm
LOCATION:
Clermont State Historic Site- Clermont Cottage
87 Clermont Avenue
Germantown, NY 12526
TICKETS:
Friends of Clermont Members – free
Non-Members – $10
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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