“Architecture is frozen music,” Goethe once remarked, and in the spirit of that quote, Claverack Landing, an offshoot of the Columbia Festival Orchestra, has embarked on a series of chamber music concerts in a number of Hudson’s many eye -opening architectural spaces. “We love the history of this city,” says founder and artistic director Gwen Gould. “We wanted to… Continue Reading
A blog about Hudson, New York
Catty Remarks
Sometimes I think if I ever see another drag act, I’m simply going to scream. But then I catch Musty Chiffon on an especially good night and rethink my own disinclinations. At the reliably enjoyable Animalkind Fashion show at Club Helsinki, Musty was in good form and kept the display of clothes being auctioned at a… Continue Reading
Synchronicity and Starchitecture
Even though it’s difficult to reach consensus in this town, sometimes a collective consciousness bubbles forth simultaneous and similar thinking about things. Just as people were getting together to come up with ways to improve the 7th Street Park and its environs, came word (via Sam Pratt, relaying a New York magazine blog post) that Marina Abramovic, … Continue Reading
2012, A Space Odyssey
Artist Laetitia Hussain’s installation at Basilica Hudson was the kind of event that could only have taken place in Hudson at this time in its gestation, filled as the town still is with massive and rough-hewed spaces that have yet to find any single permanent use. With its jagged, white geometric forms (glass panels suspended… Continue Reading
Sic Transit Gloria Tuesday
A shop-window display for Valentine’s Day with an appropriately dark if not necromantic streak (appropriate for Hudson that is) can be viewed at Gail Peachin’s antiques shop, Fern (610½ Warren Street). Here Peachin has strung together dozens of anonymous old photo-album snapshots of couples, turning them into an original tribute to love, friendship (and, just… Continue Reading
Yum
The need for authentic ethnic cuisine (particularly Asian) in this town is so acute that, for me at least, it expresses itself in fever dreams –and hopeful blog posts about fleeting ventures such as a couple of Indian dishes at our local fried chicken joint. At the debut of Red Dot’s weekly gourmet Chinese food night,… Continue Reading
Where’s the Veggie?
Trusting information from a press release sent out just a few days ago by Acres, Hudson’s fledgling food co-op, I mistakenly reported in a previous post that the market it started this Saturday would feature produce such as “vegetables, apples, and cider” and would “bridge the seasonal gap until the Farmer’s Market resumes in March.” Well, egg… Continue Reading
All Co-oped Up
Just when the post- holiday, temperature- hitting- below 10-degrees blues started to hit, the following warming news popped into the inbox: Starting this Saturday Acres, Hudson’s nascent food co-op, will be hosting a weekly indoor food market that “bridges the seasonal gap until the Farmers Market resumes in March.” An encouraging sign that Acres is on… Continue Reading
Loco for Local
Frankly, it’s hard to keep track of all of the sophisticated, sharp-looking products by local craftspeople being sold in Hudson. In just a one -block radius (the 400 block) there were more than enough to fit into the confines of a simple blog post; to make the task more manageable, at least for now,… Continue Reading
Sam’s Club
In 2008 and 2009, but skipping 2010, Sam Pratt gave the town of Hudson a terrific gift: Hudson Under $100. A compendium of cool, relatively inexpensive stuff to buy in town, with great photos, it’s like a whole section of a slick city magazine put together by one person. Happily it’s returned this year, better… Continue Reading
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