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Rudy can’t fail

Hudson’s Rudy Wurlitzer, who read last night with Will Oldham at the reinvigorated Basilica Industria, is profiled today in The Wall Street Journal.

Cream soda and Dots

... are what Ricky Aldrich asked to be served at the reception for Rubi Rose’s project of photos of Rokeby’s abiding “peasant and patroon”—this Saturday from 3-5 pm at Bard’s Woods Gallery. The full invitation can be downloaded here as a PDF. (Among many other things, Ricky provided a number of pieces of rusty farm machinery to Laetitia Hussain’s Aurum show.)

All dressed up & somewhere to go

Roy Volkmann is sharing his album of Halloween costumes from last Saturday’s Witches’ Ball, organized by Dini Lamot and Windle Davis (with help from a host of volunteers) to benefit The Valley Alliance. There’s also an album of party pictures here. Roy is selling prints for the very affordable prices of $15 for a 5" x 7", $20 for an 8" x 10... Call (518) 828-2512 for details, or visit his website.

We are Magnets @ Spotty Dog

Alex Turnquist is on stage now (9:15 pm Friday).

Thanks, Athens

Saturday's fireworks from the other side of the river, as viewed from upper Warren Street in Hudson (NY).

Making the rounds (7/4)

ANNANDALE » Roberta Smith files an extensive review of two shows—the Eisenberg collection, and a Philippe Parreno retrospective—at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies. 

CLAVERACK » Speaking of music, local resident Melora Creager of Rasputina was profiled in The Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago.

HUDSON » And speaking of reviews, a big New York City publication is said to be readying a piece on the Hudson music “scene,” with Dan Bunny among the reluctantly-featured scenemakers.

NEW LEBANON » June 25th » A minor accident caused some local law enforcement to discover some unusual cookies in a Nassau man’s car.

MARYLAND & HUDSON » June 28th » Cumberland, Maryland forestry expert Bernie Zlomek compares the views from Green Ridge along the Potomac to those overlooking the river in his hometown of Hudson.

TEXAS & HUDSON » July 3rd » An obituary for NASA engineer and Hudson native William Dayton Dodge, Jr., appeared in a San Antonio newspaper.

HILLSDALE & HUDSON July 4th » A horticultural piece in The Wall Street Journal by Hillsdale resident Bart Ziegler features bearded irises in the garden of his neighbor Peter Cipkowski, plantings which have been handed down to him all the way from his grandmother’s Hudson garden.

ATHENS & HUDSON » July 10th » Public tours of the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse will also take place Saturday, as well as on August 14th, September 11th, and October 9th. Details are pending at the Society’s website. The annual Athens street fest is also next Saturday, with fireworks at 10 pm (easily visible from Promenade Park in Hudson); the raindate is Sunday.

RHINEBECK » July 31st » Chelsea Clinton will get married at the former Astor estate off River Road.

COLUMBIA COUNTY » July 1st » Ken Flood, the Planning Director for the County, tells Mid-Hudson News that “a large portion of the jobs in his county are in the tourism industry,” pegging the number at 6.5%, which actually sounds like an underestimate. But Flood says this “percentage is much higher than any of the other counties in the Hudson Valley.” Wonder how those numbers are put together.

Making the rounds (all Hudson edition for 6/2)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2nd » Part II of Hudson Grievance Day continues today from 2-4 pm—but only for those who submitted the required forms back on May 25th but were not yet heard by the Board of Assessment review. According to Ellen Thurston, the venue has been moved to the Crosswinds conference building on Harry Howard Boulevard, roughly across from the Fireman’s Home ballfields. (Bring your popcorn and Valium.)

SATURDAY, JUNE 5th » Columbia County resident Roberta Brandes Gratz, co-author with Norman Mintz in the late ’90s of Cities Back from the Edge (which took note of the early stages of Hudson’s revival) will speak at the Opera House about her new book at 4 pm. Her latest is The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs; she’ll be introduced by Joan Davidson of Germantown.

ALSO ON JUNE 5th » Dan (Bunny) Seward plays an acoustic Bunnybrains gig at 7:30 pm at Spotty Dog Books & Ale along with Brian Dewan and Moon Pie. The Facebook event link is here. Also note that John Doe/Jean Deux has relocated down by the train station, next to Strongtree.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20th » Kevin Moran of PM Wine Bar is helping to organize the Hudson Pride Sunset Cruise (that's another Facebook link) on the Spirit of Hudson on June 19th from 7-9:30 pm, departing from the City’s waterfront park... Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at PM. The main site for Hudson Pride (whose parade and rally are on the following day at noon—thanks to Martha Harvey for the correction and additional info below in the comments) is here.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23rd » In even more Dan Bunny news, he’s presenting a concert which starts at 7 pm at the Cannonball Factory at 359 Columbia Street (just south of 4th Street) featuring the group MEN plus Frankie Martin and NRG People; tickets are $10 via Jean Deux.

THROUGH JULY 1st » Mark McDonald, who many credit with kickstarting the revival of midcentury modern with his Fifty/50 and Gansevoort Gallery in Manhattan, is offering deep discounts of 30%-60% through July 1st at his Hudson store at 555 Warren Street.

Sampler: Saturday in Hudson

Openings last Saturday (4/17) at Terenchin, David Dew Bruner, and Carrie Haddad galleries... Pictured: David Ludwig, Vincent Mulford, Sadie and Monica Mechling, et al.

Lunar Tonic

$6 absinthes and DJ Hank at PM Wine Bar, Thursdays in Hudson (119 Warren Street)

Alex Turnquist

At the Hudson Opera House: Download a Quicktime excerpt

Wasserbachanalia

   

L-R: David Dew Bruner and Birgit Scaglione

Recommended

Artist, antiques dealer and Albany native Mark Wasserbach has an opening at 6 PM tonight at David Dew Bruner's gallery in the 600 block of Warren Street in Hudson tonight (Saturday the 16th).

Wasserbach's austere, geometric steel sculptures have been selling briskly of late, thanks to word-of-mouth and some recent national magazine exposure. The show remains on view through February 12th; the gallery can be reached at (914) 466-4857.