Tag: Hudson NY

Rufus Wainwright Performing at Basilica Hudson October 22

r-wainwrightThis Saturday, October 22, at Basilica Hudson, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright will perform live for a special fundraising event. The performance is part of Basilica Hudson’s Pioneering People Series, a bi-annual program celebrating pioneering artists across a range of disciplines. The evening will kick off with a conversation between longtime friends Wainwright and Basilica Hudson Director and Co-Founder, musician Melissa Auf der Mauris.

The show starts at 8pm. General concert tickets begin at $50. Ticket packages including preferred seating, special gifts, and bar options are also available.

Click Here for more info and to purchase tickets.

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Hudson Profile in The Wall Street Journal

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A recent article in The Wall Street Journal took a look at Hudson’s reinvigorated scene and burgeoning real estate market. Following is the opening of the article, by Bill Cary:

After decades of decline, the former industrial city of Hudson has emerged as a thriving tourist destination and haven for New Yorkers in search of second homes.

“In the last three to five years, there has been a steady increase,” said Mayor Tiffany Martin Hamilton. “We now have quite a bit of foot traffic on weekends.”

Set on the eastern banks of the Hudson River, Hudson is the county seat of Columbia County, with a population of about 6,700 and a total area of just over 2 square miles.

The article continues with a great overview of the town’s history, and why it’s currently experiencing a revitalization in food, arts, and architecture. The article concludes with a few Hudson homes currently on the market, and ranging from $225,000 to $695,000.

Check out the full article by clicking here.

 

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Basilica Non-Fiction Film Series, Cameraperson

The Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series celebrates and interrogates the documentary genre through screenings and dialogue with visiting directors. Working in collaboration with Chris Boeckmann, film programmer for the Columbia, MO-based True/False Film Fest, the Basilica series follows a model of a vibrant film festival in a small city surrounded by a rural landscape, attended by dedicated regional residents and national film enthusiasts.

Up next for the series is Cameraperson.

The synopsis on the movie’s site describes the movie as: v1

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.

Ratied: NR
Genre: Documentary
Directed By: Kirsten Johnson
In Theaters: Sep 9, 2016 Limited
Runtime: 102 minutes
Studio:Fork Films

Thursday, September 22, 2016
All Basilica Films Begin Promptly at 8PM
$5- $10 sliding scale at the door

 

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