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Hudson Area Library’s Living Poetry at the Library: A Collaboration with Fence and The Home School, Jul 30

The Hudson Area Library presents Living Poetry at the Library – an annual poetry reading with Fence, and The Home School. This year’s featured poets are Tess Brown-Lavoie, Edgar Garcia, and Ariana Reines.

The Hudson Area Library presents Living Poetry at the Library tomorrow. This
annual poetry reading is an ongoing collaboration with Fence, a 20 year old, nationally renowned literary journal published in Hudson and The Home School, a poetry conference that takes place in Hudson every summer and which brings more than 60 poets to town to meet, study, read, and write. This year’s featured poets are Tess Brown-Lavoie, Edgar Garcia, and Ariana Reines.

Tess Brown-Lavoie writes and farms in Providence, RI. Lite Year, her first book, won the Fence Modern Poets Series prize. Tess co-founded Sidewalk Ends Farm with her sisters in 2011, works on land access at Land For Good, and is President of the National Young Farmers Coalition.

Edgar Garcia was born in California to a family of Central American extraction. He is a
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, and works in the fields of indigenous and Latinx studies, American literature, poetry and poetics, and environmental criticism. His collection of poems and anthropological essays, Skins of Columbus: A Dream Ethnography, won the 2018 Fence Modern Poets Series award.

Ariana Reines is an American poet, playwright, performance artist, and translator. Her books of poetry include The Cow, which won the Alberta Prize from Fence Books; Coeur de Lion; Mercury; and A Sand Book. She has taught at UC Berkeley, Columbia University, The New School, and Tufts University.

DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 / 7 – 9pm

LOCATION:
Hudson Area Library
51 N. 5th St. (at State St.)
Hudson, NY 12534

The event will be held in the community room, which is wheelchair accessible.

ADMISSION:
Free. Open to the Public

MORE:
For more information email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518-828-1792 x101, or visit the main desk in the library.
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
facebook.com/HudsonAreaLibraryNY/

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‘Drop in Hudson’, a Family-Friendly Fishing Event, Jun 28

Go fish with the Columbia County Soil & Water Conservation District this Friday.

Ever wonder what kinds of fish live in the Hudson River? Are you interested in learning how to fish but do not know where to start? Are you looking for something FREE and FUN to do with your family?

Then go fish with the Columbia County Soil & Water Conservation District this Friday.

Just bring yourself and the CCSWCD will handle the rest. They run a fully stocked fishing program, and also have a fish display tank where you can observe some of the Hudson River’s finned residents.

DATE/TIME:
Friday, June 28, 2019 / 9am – 12pm

LOCATION:
Nutten Hook
Ice House Road
Stuyvesant, NY 12173

ADMISSION:
FREE/Everyone is welcome to attend!

This is a drop in program, so no reservations are required. All children 18 and under must be accompanied by an adult to fish.

MORE:
www.ccswcd.org
facebook.com/MudCreekELC

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Hudson Area Library: Gallery Hop, Jun 21

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.

MORE:
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
facebook.com/HudsonAreaLibraryNY/

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Hudson Pride 2019

OutHudson is sponsoring 2018’s Hudson Pride Weekend! The official events start on Thursday, June 14, and go until Sunday, June 18th. The highlight of the weekend will be Hudson’s annual LGBTQ Parade, with this year’s theme “SuperHeroes”.

OutHudson presents the 2019 Hudson Pride Festival, “Faerie Tales!” The official events started on Wednesday with the Book Reading at Spotty Dog, and will run through the weekend with the culmination Tee-Dance event Hosted by Girlgantua Jones on Sunday, June 16. As always, the highlight of the weekend will be Hudson’s annual LGBTQ Parade down Warren Street.

Here’s the Schedule of OFFICIAL EVENTS:

Thursday, June 13th

Movie Night showing of “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”
House Rules Cafe – 757 Columbia St
8pm-10pm

Friday, June 14th

Boat Cruise
Hudson River Waterfront
7-9pm – $25
The Boat leaves PROMPTLY at 7pm
Boarding starts about 6:30pm
DJ Prephab – Hosted by Davon

Pride Kick-Off Party
Back Bar – 347 Warren Street
9pm – 12am – $5
DJ SVB

Trixie’s Whorehouse + Queeraoke
Half Moon – 48 S. Front Street
11pm-4am – $10
DJ Prephab, Hosted by Merrie Cherry

Saturday, June 15th

Parade Down Warren Street
Parade starts at north end of Warren – 2pm

ETSY Family Craft Fair
3-6pm – Promenade Hill Park – End of Warren Street

Family Fun Zone
Wm. Farmer and Sons
3-6pm – 20 S. Front Street

Poke the Bear
OR Gallery & Tavern – 35 S. Third Street
3-6pm – $10 – Live Performances!

Miss Sherry Vine Cabaret Show
Club Helsinki, Hudson – 405 Columbia Street
Doors open for dinner at 5pm / Show at 7pm
Purchase Show Tickets -$25 – On-Line – or in person at Helsinki Hudson

Faeries, Freaks, and Fantasies
Basilica Hudson – 100 S. Front Street
8pm-4am – $10 Hosted by Davon and Celeste

Sunday, June 16th

Tea Dance
Red Dot – 321 Warren Street
4pm-9pm – $5
Hosted by Girlgantua Jones
Sponsored by SDL+GHS Insurance Agency
DJ Prephab

MORE:
OutHudson is a registered not-for-profit formed to bring awareness of LGBTQ+ issues in Columbia County, NY. In addition to sponsoring multiple events throughout the year, it is the sponsor of the OutHudson Pride Weekend in Hudson, NY on the third weekend of June.

OutHudson.com
facebook.com/OutHudson

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History Talk at Hudson Area Library: ‘Architectural Roots of New England Houses’, Jun 13

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.

LocalHistoryJune2019-300x200 — 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

ADMISSION:
Free. All are welcome.

MORE:
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
facebook.com/HudsonAreaLibraryNY/

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