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Hudson Area Library Presents Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: Tour w/ Kelley Drahushuk, Oct 23

The Hudson Area Library presents the fifth anniversary tour of Cedar Park Cemetery, Tales from
Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour on Sunday, October 23.

Kelley Drahushuk’s talk at the library, Raising the Dead: Tales from Hudson’s Crypts, was so
popular that this tour was created and it has become an annual event. Kelley once again acts as tour
guide.

Long-touted as “a virtual treasure trove for historians and enthusiasts of American funerary art”,
the Hudson Cemetery includes over 10,000 grave sites for a wide range of interesting and
notable individuals, including the Proprietors and their ancestors, war heroes, famous artists,
paragons of industry, disaster survivors and much more. Learn about the history of the original
cemetery, more recent history and discoveries as well as its current layout.

Kelley Drahushuk is a long-time resident of Hudson, NY with family history in the city dating
back to the 1800s. She, along with her husband Alan, own The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, now
in its 17 th year of operation on Hudson’s Warren Street in the former CH Evans Hook & Ladder
building. She has served on the board of the Hudson Area Library and continues as a member of
the History Room Committee. She earned a BS from Rochester Institute of Technology in
Industrial Engineering. Two adorable children, a very chill cat, and two bossy guinea pigs keep
her quite busy.

Donations are appreciated but not required and they will support the archiving of the library’s
History Room collection based on the history of Hudson, Greenport and Stockport.

As this is a walking tour, wear appropriate footwear & dress for the weather & conditions. We may encounter uneven ground, semi-steep hills, and mud and will not always be sticking to the paved pathways. Attendees will meet in the cemetery office parking lot promptly at 12pm.

DATE/TIME: Sunday, October 23, 2022 / 12 – 1:30pm
Rain Date: Sunday, October 30 / 12pm

LOCATION: Cedar Park Cemetery
Cemetery Office Parking Lot
20 Columbia Turnpike
Hudson, NY 12534

REGISTRATION: Required and limited to 45 participants
Register by emailing brenda.shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org

LOCATION: The Greenport Conservation Area
319 Joslen Blvd,
Hudson, NY 12534

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Lemony Snicket & Lisa Brown Visit Hudson Area Library, Sep 13
Photo credit: Meredith Heuer

Join Hudson Area Library on Tuesday, September 13th for a very special event: Lemony Snicket and Lisa Brown will share storytelling, live illustration, and accordion music in celebration of their fresh and funny children’s book, Goldfish Ghost!

Goldfish Ghost was born on the surface of the water in the bowl on a dresser in a boy’s room. The boy’s room was pleasant and familiar, but Goldfish Ghost wanted company, so he set out to find some good company. It can be hard to find the company you are looking for. Bestselling author Lemony Snicket and illustrator Lisa Brown bring us a fresh and funny take on what happens after your favorite goldfish crosses over to the other side.

Lemony Snicket is the author of far too many books for children, including The Dark, which won the Charlotte Zolotow Award, and 13 Words, which didn’t. Despite his best efforts, his series All The Wrong Questions and A Series of Unfortunate Events have allegedly sold more than 70 million copies and been translated into thirty-nine languages.

Lisa Brown is an award-winning illustrator, author, educator, and cartoonist whose picture books include: The Airport Book, How to Be, Mummy Cat by Marcus Ewert, and The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket. Her latest books include The Phantom Twin, a graphic novel for teens, and Long Story Short, a collection of her book review comics. Her next book is about a hospital.

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 / 4 – 5pm

LOCATION: The Hudson Area Library
Community Room
51 North Fifth Street
Hudson, NY 12534

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Hudson Area Library Youth Program, Hack The Library: Digital Media Leaders!

The Hudson Area Library presents HACK the Library: Digital Media Leaders, Tuesdays and
Thursdays, July 26 – August 11.

The library’s annual summer youth program, HACK the Library, returns in a modified form. This summer, teens ages 14-18 are invited to join local media maker and educator Tanya Jackson for a three-week video production program to learn about how media like film/video, television and commercials are made, while preparing their own multimedia exhibition of completely original works for this year’s Black Arts &
Cultural Festival.

This program is supported by the Alexander & Marjorie Hover Foundation.

DATE/TIME: Tuesdays & Thursdays, July 26 – August 11, 2022 / 2 – 4pm
Exhibition is at the Sankofa Black Arts & Cultural Festival  – Saturday, August 13

LOCATION: The Hudson Area Library
51 North Fifth Street
Hudson, NY 12534

Exhibition – Henry Hudson Waterfront Park

REGISTRATION: Online or by phone
email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x101.

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Folktales & Stories w/ Pamela Badila at Hudson Area Library

Join the Hudson Area Library for Folktales & Stories with Pamela Badila each Wednesday in July.
Presented by celebrated community leader, writer, and performing artist, Pamela Badila, this special storytime features an hour of interactive folktales, stories, music, and dancing. Caregivers and kids are invited to play dressup, sing along, and participate in stories from all over the world.

Storytime is free and open to the public.

DATE/TIME: Each Wednesday, July, 2022 / 10 – 11am

LOCATION: The Hudson Area Library Community Room
51 North Fifth Street
Hudson, NY 12534

REGISTRATION: Appreciated, but not required
To register, email youth@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x101

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Hudson Area Library and Leisler Institute Present a Talk on Slavery in New Netherlands, Apr 28
List of Purchasers of “a lot of male and female Negroes,” From a Slave
Auction in Manhattan, 29 May 1664. Source: Volume X, part III, pg. 228 New York Dutch
Colonial Manuscripts. 29 May 1664.

The Hudson Area Library History Room in collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the
Study of Early New York History presents Reconsidering Slavery in 17th century New
Netherland – What do We Know? What Can We Learn?, a talk by Dennis J. Maika on
Thursday, April 28th.

There has been a glaring gap in today’s important and critical discussion of American slavery
and its legacy: an accurate understanding of the lives of the enslaved and their enslavers in the
Northern colonies and how their experiences contributed to the institution of American slavery.
Many Americans are surprised to learn of the existence of Northern slavery and New Yorkers
may be stunned to learn that slavery was deeply entwined in their colonial and state history.
Historians have long recognized these connections but have been marginally successful in
bringing these stories to a wider audience. In recent years, a new cohort of New Netherland
historians has focused their attention on the experiences of the enslaved, slavery’s institutional
origins and development, the slave trade, and how slavery impacted New Netherland society.
Thus, the purpose of this talk is to provide a broader historical context in which to consider some
of these new revelations and the questions they raise. Hopefully, a better appreciation of slavery
in New Netherland will stimulate a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of
American slavery.

Dennis J. Maika is Senior Historian at the New Netherland Institute. A historian of colonial New
York with a Ph.D. in History from New York University, he has written numerous articles and
papers and served as a consultant for a variety of local history and education projects. His recent
article, “To ‘experiment with a parcel of negros’: Incentive, Collaboration, and Competition in
New Amsterdam’s Slave Trade,” was a winner of NNI’s 2021 Clague and Carol Van Slyke
Article Prize. He is currently working on a book about Manhattan merchants and their city
government in the Dutch and English periods of seventeenth-century New York history. As a
professional educator, he taught History and Psychology at the high school and college levels for
several decades.

The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of
the Van Dyke Family Foundation.

DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 28, 2022 / 6 – 7:30pm

LOCATION: The Hudson Area Library via Zoom

REGISTRATION: Visit HudsonAreaLibrary.org for the Zoom registration link

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For more information contact Brenda Shufelt, History Room Coordinator, at 518-828-1792 x106 or
brenda.shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org

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