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Book Launch – ‘Life Along The Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family’, Sep 23

Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House is hosting a book launch for ‘Life Along The Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family’ by Pieter Estersohn.

Life Along the Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family was written and photographed by Pieter Estersohn, with a foreword by John Winthrop Aldrich, and art direction and design by David Byars. The book was published by Rizzoli 2018.

Award-winning architecture and interiors photographer Pieter Estersohn will be joined by art director David Byars (who designed this book and is also deputy managing editor of Vogue), to present an insider’s view of majestic historic houses along the Hudson River at the launch event.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday, September 23, 2018: 3pm

ADMISSION:
Free

LOCATION:
Hudson Hall – Upstairs Performance Hall
327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
www.hudsonhall.org
(518) 822-1438

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Hudson Hall Announces Free Spring/Summer Kids Workshops & Family-Friendly Concerts

Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House has a great line-up of workshops for kids coming up. Learn how to play the traditional music of India with Eric Fraser’s RagaTala Tigers, or become a junior yogi and discover the power of mindfulness with Animal Yoga & Storybook Art Making with local artist Alison Fox. Returning for its third year is summer family favorite Chess for Kids, a three day intensive with chess pros Chris Chanin and Alec Butterfield.

For mini music lovers, family-friendly concerts this spring/summer season include Iva Bittová with Harmony Project Hudson as part of the Classics on Hudson series on Saturday, April 14 at 3pm. Harmony Project then return for their free Summer Camp Finale Performance on July 26 at 5pm. Tickets to Iva Bittová are $10 for adults and free for students under 18 and can be reserved at hudsonhall.org or by calling (518) 822 1438.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

For more information or to register your child, visit hudsonhall.org or call (518) 822 – 1438. All children’s workshops at Hudson Hall are free.

RAGATALA TIGERS
Ages 8 – 12
Bring a recorder if you have one, Hudson Hall will provide recorders for others. No experience necessary
Free. Space is limited, registration required

ANIMAL YOGA & STORYBOOK ART MAKING FOR KIDS
Tuesdays, 3-4:30pm
April 17 – June 5, 2018
Ages 6-8
Free. Space is limited, registration required

CHESS FOR KIDS
Tuesday–Thursday, July 10th, 11th, 12 from 4-6pm
Ages 7 – 14
Space limited, registration recommended

SPRING PROGRAM
Mondays, 3-4:30pm
April 16 – June 4 (no class May 28)
In collaboration with Hudson Bluehawks After School Program, students from Montgomery C. Smith will join other registrants in this weekly workshop.

SUMMER INTENSIVE
Tuesday- Thursday, July 24-26, 4-6pm

IVA BITTOVA: FORCE OF NATURE
A Classics on Hudson Family Concert
Saturday, April 14 at 3pm
Tickets: $10 for adults, free for children 18 and under

LOCATION:
Hudson Hall
at the historic Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
www.hudsonhall.org
(518) 822-1438

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The Tenth Magazine Celebrates Hudson Valley Issue w/ Exhibition at Hudson Hall

Hudson Hall opens the 2018 season with an exhibition curated by the Hudson-based creative team behind ‘The Tenth’, a biannual publication documenting the history, culture, ideas and aesthetics of the black LGBTQ community. The exhibition, The BlkQueer Romantics, celebrates the launch of The Tenth’s fifth volume, and is an exhibition highlighting the artists who have contributed to The Tenth‘s fifth edition. This edition is a homage to the natural landscape and the architectural structures of the Hudson River Valley – from Hudson’s Dr. Oliver Bronson House and a quaint guest house in the Catskills to The Vanderbilt Mansion at Hyde Park, places where many African American artists and entertainers escaped at the turn of the 19th-century.

Taking its name from a W.E.B DuBois essay titled “The Talented Tenth”, The Tenth champions black LGTBQ voices via photographic essays, in-depth interviews, prose, and events. Since the magazine’s first edition was released in 2015, it has received widespread acclaim for its presentation of counter narratives of black gay and bisexual lives, and for its ability to push boundaries and offer stunning visual imagery of and by black LGBTQ artists. The Tenth has curated launch events, exhibitions and symposium with notable partners such as MoMA PS1, the Ace Hotel, and the Provincetown Film Festival, where they partnered with HBO® to present UNTAGGED, a photography exhibition that explored the relationship between perceived and projected identity and to celebrate the premiere of HBO’s new documentary, Suited.

DATES/TIMES:
The exhibition opens in Hudson Hall’s Center Hall Gallery with a party on Saturday, February 10th from 5-7pm. The exhibition is on view until March 18.

LOCATION:
Hudson Hall
at the historic Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

CONTACT:
www.hudsonhall.org
(518) 822-1438

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Musical Salute to Marvin Hamlisch, Oct 21 at Hudson Hall

Hudson Hall celebrates the work of one of America’s most beloved entertainers with a Musical Salute to Marvin Hamlisch. The concert features pianist Peter Dugan and violinist Charles Yang with Broadway star Marissa McGowan and cellist Adrian Daurov playing a selection of Hamlisch’s iconic works.

The hour-long concert will feature such audience favorites as Nobody Does It Better, What I Did For Love, The Way We Were, and One, as well as That’s How I Say Goodbye, I Cannot Hear the City from Sweet Smell of Success, If You Really Knew Me from They’re Playing Our Song,Sophie’s Choice from the Academy Award-winning film, and While I Still Have the Time from the Jerry Lewis stage-adapted comedy musical, The Nutty Professor.

The concert is complemented by the photography exhibit, ‘Remembering Marvin Hamlisch: The People’s Composer’, an exhibition of portraits by photographer Len Prince. The exhibit chronicles the life and work of Hamlisch, and will be on view in the Hudson Hall Center Hall Gallery from October 7-November 26.

DATES/TIMES:
Saturday, October 21 2017 at 7pm

ADMISSION:
Concert tickets are $25. Available at www.hudsonhall.org or by calling (518) 822-1438.

LOCATION:
Hudson Hall
at the historic Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

CONTACT:
www.hudsonhall.org
(518) 822-1438

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Plays in Progress & Hudson Hall Present Taking a Stand

Plays in Progress and Hudson Hall present Taking a Stand, an afternoon of staged readings of short pieces written and produced by the playwrights, actors, and directors of Plays in Progress.

Plays in Progress (PIP) was launched in 2009 by a small group of professional actors, writers, and directors. For the past eight years, PIP has met monthly at the historic Hudson Opera House to read and discuss each writer’s current works-in-progress. Every year, PIP produces a Gala to benefit Hudson Hall, consisting of original short plays developed during the monthly meetings.

Taking a Stand, written by Ellen Clarkson, Mel Cobb Jr., Christopher Conant, Lucile Lichtblau, Byron Nilsson, Marcia Slatkin, and Jesse Waldinger, features never-before performed plays about different forms of love; fear of commitment; William Shakespeare’s improbable gentlemanly aspirations; the turning point of the Dreyfus Affair; a contest between hummus-makers, and more. Proceeds from Taking a Stand will benefit Hudson Hall.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday June 25, 2017 at 3pm

ADMISSION:
Tickets: $20 – Tickets can be purchased online at www.hudsonhall.org or by calling (518) 822-1438

LOCATION:
Hudson Hall
at the historic Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

CONTACT:
www.hudsonhall.org
(518) 822-1438

For more local happenings, news, and events, follow ColumbiaCountyCurrent.com on twitter @CoCoCurrent.

Jeff McKinney is a Realtor in Columbia County, NY. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.