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Harmonies on the Hudson Concert Series: Jessi Mason, Aug 15

Cleremont State Historic Site presents the Harmonies on the Hudson Outdoor Concert Series. This Thursday, singer-songwriter Jessi Mason.

Cleremont State Historic Site presents the Harmonies on the Hudson Outdoor Concert Series. Relax on the beautiful lawn adjacent to the mansion and enjoy a FREE outdoor concert. Bring a blanket, chair and a picnic. Children are welcome.

New York based singer-songwriter Jessi Mason’s songs are honest and intimate, her voice sweet and soulful. Jessi just released her second EP, Night Owl. One of the songs from the album, “This One’s On Me,” just won her a nomination for the 16th Annual Independent Music Awards.

She performs around New York and Los Angeles in venues such as Rockwood Music Hall, The Iridium, The Viper Room, and Hotel Cafe and studies performance and songwriting in the Popular Music Program at University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Greene County Council on the Arts.

DATE/TIME:
Thursday, August 15, 2019 / 6pm – 7:30pm

LOCATION:
Clermont State Historic Site
87 Clermont Ave,
Germantown, New York 12526

ADMISSION:
Free

MORE:
www.friendsofclermont.org
facebook.com/friendsofclermont

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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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In the Key of C: a Concert for Clermont Featuring Teddy Thompson, Jul 27

Cleremont State Historic Site presents ‘In the Key of C: a Concert for Clermont’, a benefit concert to fund Clermont’s low and zero cost educational and community programs for both children and adults.

Renowned singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson will headline this inaugural event. Son of legendary musicians Richard and Linda Thompson, he has been called “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation,” by The New York Times. His musical influences include Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and the Everly Brothers. Teddy has released five albums to critical acclaim and has collaborated on projects with Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Jenni Muldaur, and others. He recorded two solo songs for the soundtrack to the Leonard Cohen tribute I’m Your Man: “Tonight Will be Fine” and “The Future.” Teddy also contributed two songs to the album The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue, a retrospective on the late singer.

This is an outdoor concert; in case of rain, the concert will be held under a tent. This benefit concert will fund Clermont’s low and zero cost educational and community programs for both children and adults, including Harvesting History, History Comics Club, the Harmonies on the Hudson Concert Series, workshops, lectures, and more.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, July 27, 2019 / 6:30pm

LOCATION:
Clermont State Historic Site
87 Clermont Ave,
Germantown, New York 12526

COST:
Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Children 12 and under are free, but tickets need to be reserved. Tickets are available at www.eventbrite.com.

MORE:
www.friendsofclermont.org
facebook.com/friendsofclermont
facebook.com/events/2391438997754190/

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Cleremont Historic Site’s Old-Fashioned Independence Day, Jul 4

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

COST:
$12 per car / Friends of Clermont $10

MORE:
www.friendsofclermont.org

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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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