HudsonValleyDaily

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Joey Arias Stars in Party Celebrating Upcoming Filming in Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cabaret star Joey Arias will headline “After Louie Takes Hudson,” an awareness and fund-raising event for “After Louie” – a feature to be filmed in Hudson in spring 2016 – at the Second Ward on Sunday, August 23, from 6pm to midnight. The event will also include a dance party featuring music…

Third Annual Maker’s Market Takes Place at Waterfront This Weekend

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Hudson River Exchange’s third curated Summer Market, featuring 100 vendors of high quality handmade goods, unique vintage finds, farm fresh food purveyors, and live music, takes place at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28, 2015. With a focus on regional vendors, the market features a selection…

World-Beat Dance Music from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Balkans at BSP

(KINGSTON, N.Y.) – New York City’s Raya Brass Band and Lahore/Brooklyn collaboration Sandaraa will perform a double-bill of danceable world-beat music at BSP on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 8pm. Raya Brass Band plays Balkan brass band music infused with punk-rock energy and featuring jazzy soloing, while Sandaraa plays a unique fusion of South Asian…

Police Commissioner Defends Scrutiny of Black Nightclub by Touting African-American Cousin Who Hangs There

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – According to “Closing time for city bars under scrutiny,” an article in the local paper of record, the Register-Star, Gary Graziano, the police commissioner of Hudson, defended a meeting’s heavy emphasis on the Savoia, a club catering largely to a black clientele, on lower Warren Street, from charges of racism by mentioning he has an…

Seth Rogovoy to Speak at Habitat for Humanity Brunch

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Author, editor and cultural commentator Seth Rogovoy will be the featured speaker at the annual Columbia County Brunch for Habitat at Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, November 16, 2014, at 11:30am. Rogovoy, who has called the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley home for nearly four decades and whose professional life has in large part…

Fall Exhibit Opens at Carrie Haddad Gallery

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Mixed media constructions and drawings by Linda Cross, paintings by William Clutz, and encaustic works by Allyson Levy and Joshua Brehse will be on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery from Thursday, September 25, 2014, through Sunday, November 2, 2014. There will be an opening reception for the new exhibitions on Saturday, September…

Cuomo Challenger Zephyr Teachout to Press the Flesh in Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Zephyr Teachout, who is challenging the embattled Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor of New York, will appear at Basilica Hudson on Sunday, August 10, 2014, at noon, in a free meet-the-candidate event. A flyer for the event describes Teachout as “anti-corruption, anti-fracking” and “progressive” – all adjectives that are…