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Hudson Jazz Faculty/Student
Concertwith Armen Donelian and Marc Mommaas Special Concert Guest, Jim McNeely Sunday, August 15, 3:00p.m. A faculty and student concert presented as part of the Hudson Jazz Workshop, produced by Hudson Jazzworks. In this concert, they perform their works-in-progress for the public and are joined by their teachers, pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas. Special Concert Guest is the the Grammy-winning pianist, Jim McNeely. $10, $8 HOH members. 
moira smiley & VOCOFriday, August 20, 7:30 p.m. HOH commissioned Song Overheard with poet Joan Murray and composer Robinson McClellan. Performed by Moira Smiley and her ensemble with four-part vocal harmony, cello, accordion and banjo. Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. and recently featured on NPR's Harmonia. Performance takes place at St. James Church, 129 Hudson Avenue, Chatham, NY. $15 per person.  
Life DrawingSummer Session Sundays, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. July 11 - August 15 The workshop allows artists to work independently in a disciplined environment; No instructor or specific method is followed. $10 per session. |
 
Open Studio for Young ArtistsThursdays, July 8 through 29, 10:00 a.m. - noon Come with an idea or let our resident artist help you get creative with drawing, painting, pottery and more! We provide the materials, you bring the creativity. For young artists ages 7 & up. Free. 
Beginner ChessFridays, July 9 through August 13, 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. A beginner chess workshop with NY Chess Kids Instructor Chris Chanin for youth ages 5 to 10 years old. All necessary chess equipment and materials for the class and for the kids to take home for their own use will be provided. Registration is required and attendance at all six sessions is requested. 
Summer Creative Writing for Teenswith Kathe Izzo Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday July 12, 13 & 14, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Student writers ages 13-18 explore their own voice and style through writing games and activities designed to bring their writing to the next level. The end of writer's block forever. Excellent for all writing genres. Led by poet Kathe Izzo.  
Save the Date forthe 17th Annual Gala to support HOH Saturday, September 25, 2010 |
 
Local Self PortraitsJune 12 through August 14 HOH presents a show of self-portrait paintings, photographs and sculpture curated by Richard Roth. The artists' styles run the gamut, from primitive to photo realist, documentary to minimalist to abstract expressionist. What they have in common is geography: They all live and work, exhibit work, or spend their leisure time in Hudson or Columbia County. Artists include Marina Abramovic, Richard Artschwager, Donald Baechler, R. O. Blechman, McWillie Chambers, Mihail Chemiakin, Lynn Davis, Judy Glantzman, Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat, Nancy Hagin, Phyllis Hjorth, Ellsworth Kelly, Dylan Kraus, Annie Leibovitz, Barbara Lehman, Reggie Madison, Gerard Malanga, Maria Manhattan, Richard Minsky, Sedat Pakay, Ken Polinskie, Lucio Pozzi, Eric Rhein, Dan Rupe, Edwina Sandys, Barbara Slate, Tim Slowinski, Ed Smith, Bill Sullivan, Earl Swanigan, Benjamin Swett, Franklin Tartaglione, Tony Thompson, and Arthur Yanoff. A limited edition, full-color catalogue for the exhibition is available for purchase, sponsored by Stair Galleries of Hudson. Click here to purchase.  
Author Da ChenSaturday, August 7, 2:00 pm New York Times best selling novelist, memoirist, children's book author & speaker. Da Chen grew up in the deep south of China, running barefoot in muddy fields and riding the backs of water buffaloes. As the grandson of a disgraced landowner, he was a victim of communist political persecution and hollowing poverty during the Cultural Revolution. His family was beaten, his father thrown in reform camp, and young Chen, at the age of nine, was threatened with imprisonment. Da arrived in America at the age of 23 with $30 in his pocket, a bamboo flute, and a heart filled with hope. Families of all ages. |
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The Hudson Opera House
The Hudson Opera House offers a year-round schedule of arts and cultural programming in the 1855 former Hudson City Hall which contains New York State's oldest surviving theatre.
Since opening the first restored room in December of 1997, five rooms on the first floor have been rehabilitated, and we have presented thousands of cultural and educational programs, more than 850 in the last year alone. The Hudson Opera House provides free or low-cost cultural offerings every week of the year.
Ongoing programs include concerts, readings, lectures, exhibitions, theatre and dance presentations, after-school programs, workshops, classes, and community arts events like the annual Winter Walk on Warren Street.