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          TSL
                      434 Columbia Street, Hudson
                             518-822-8448
                                         Theatre
                                              Film
                                                   Art Exhibits
               

TSL PRESENTS

The METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE
ON THE BIG SCREEN
Reservations highly recommended
518-822-8448
or at the box office
434 Columbia St., Hudson

2008 - 2009 Opera Schedule:
 for a schedule with opera descriptions Click Here

Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
L I V E !
$22 General Admission -$15 Children 13 & Under
$2 processing fee per credit card transaction
$40 Individual, $60 couple, $80 family TSL Membership
NO refunds or exchanges for reserved seats.


               Janus Classics:
                       Nov 20 & 21
                 Ingmar Bergman's
                 The Seventh Seal (1957)

                       Nov 28 & 29
                 Howard Hawk's
                 His Girl Friday (1940)
                 Cary Grant & Rosilind Russell

         
   
ANNUAL HUDSON WINTER WALK 2008
HUDSON, NY
Sponsored by the Hudson Opera House - Click Here
327 Warren Street, Hudson NY 12534
   518-822-1438

12TH ANNUAL WINTER WALK KICKS OFF HOLIDAY SEASON

On Saturday evening December 6, 2008 from 5 to 8 pm the Hudson Opera House presents Winter Walk, the annual hip street festival that kick-starts the holiday season in historic Hudson, NY. Always held on the first Saturday in December, this festive holiday celebration is now in its twelfth year and still going strong.

Hudson’s main commercial street becomes a fantastic wonderland on Winter Walk night. Many of the beautifully decorated store windows are animated by dance, mime or storytelling. On the street, a lumbering snowman and a walking grandfather clock meet Victorian carolers, clowns, and African drummers. Although the usual face painters and balloon animals are present, Walkers will also see mammoth parade puppets leading the Santa Parade, a Gingerbread Witch, elves of all sizes, and even fireworks. Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus greet children in City Hall. Live reindeer, Roger the Jester, a brass quartet, a bagpiper and a stilt-walking toy soldier all vie for attention. This fantastic mélange draws thousands of delighted visitors to join in the fun.

The main action is from 5 to 8 pm, but in the afternoon things start gearing up at 4th Street and below. Winter Walkers are urged to start early for a sample of what’s to come. Many Hudson restaurants are open for lunch, as well as dinner.

Candlelight Night
  
Kinderhook Village
   Friday December December 12, 2008 5:30 PM 8:30 PM
 Walk through the Village.  View interiors of Historic Kinderhook Village Homes.
 

Luminaries will light your way through the Village to enjoy a little Holiday Cheer. Stroll along to see what the local merchants have to offer or take a horse drawn wagon ride.  Come see Santa, holiday carolers, Sax o Claus, Tots the Clown…

Bring a dozen of your favorite cookies to be judged in the annual cookie contest. Cookies can be dropped off at the Village hall between 5:30 – 6:30pm.

Don’t miss Teen Night upstairs at the Village Hall. There will be music and games all evening.

  A night filled with food,

fun and entertainment

for the whole family!!!!

 Christmas at Olana

Friday, Dec. 5th Sunday, Dec. 7th, 11am-4pm
Holiday House Tours
Visit Olana for Christmas with the Churches, a look at how the family spent the Holiday at home. Hear oldest son Frederic Joseph�s letter to Santa Claus to find out just what gifts the children wished for, and hear what other family and visitors wrote about the experience. Admission is free for members of The Olana Partnership. $9/adult; $7/students and seniors, free for children under 12. Call (518) 828-0135 for info or reservations.

Saturday, Dec. 6th, 4pm-5pm (Weather Permitting)
Holiday Bonfire
Warm up with friends and neighbors with a sunset backdrop during our 4th Annual Holiday Bonfire. Call 518-828-0135 for info.

Friday, Dec. 12th Sunday, Dec. 14th, 11am-4pm
Holiday House Tours
Visit Olana for Christmas with the Churches, a look at how the family spent the Holiday at home. Hear oldest son Frederic Joseph's letter to Santa Claus to find out just what gifts the children wished for, and hear what other family and visitors wrote about the experience. Admission is free for members of The Olana Partnership. $9/adult; $7/students and seniors, free for children under 12. Call 518-828-0135 for info.

Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2pm
Tom Hanford's Christmas in America
Offers an entertaining look at some of the ways Christmas was observed in the United States of the 1800�s. The show is introduced by Tall Tom, The Tale Teller, who entertains the audience with the songs "Let's Go to the Woods" and "Billy Barlow" as he tells about the tradition of the Irish wren boys who sing from door to door on St. Stephen's Day, December 26th. Santa Claus grumpy cousin, Belznickle, who was a popular figure in the German communities of New York State, Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia, puts in an appearance. The program also explores the Christmas "John Canoe" rituals of African American slaves and the origins of "Jingle Bells".

Friday, Dec. 19th Sunday, Dec. 21st, 11am-4pm
Holiday House Tours
Visit Olana for Christmas with the Churches, a look at how the family spent the Holiday at home. Hear oldest son Frederic Joseph�s letter to Santa Claus to find out just what gifts the children wished for, and hear what other family and visitors wrote about the experience. Admission is free for members of The Olana Partnership. $9/adult; $7/students and seniors, free for children under 12. Call 518-828-0135 for info.

Friday, Dec. 26th Sunday, Dec. 28th, 11am-4pm
Holiday House Tours
Visit Olana for Christmas with the Churches, a look at how the family spent the Holiday at home. Hear oldest son Frederic Joseph's letter to Santa Claus to find out just what gifts the children wished for, and hear what other family and visitors wrote about the experience. Admission is free for members of The Olana Partnership. $9/adult; $7/students and seniors, free for children under 12. Call 518-828-0135 for info.

 

 Christmas Season at Clermont

 

Saturday & Sunday, December 13 &14
11 pm to 4 pm
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Once a year, Clermont invites our friends and neighbors into the museum for a weekend of free self-guided tours of the museum.  Live music, brilliant holiday decorations, and the warm holiday spirit make this the perfect place to make your own holiday memories. 

Candlelight Tours of Clermont
December 20 - 3 pm to 6 pm
 Click Here

Candlelight Tours are a special opportunity to see the historic mansion at its best.  Come and taste the magic “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” has inspired decorations for the 2008 holiday season.
518 537-4240
 

 Christmas Holidays at Lindenwald
 518-758-3061
 

FILM COLUMBIA
9th Annual Film Columbia festival of Film -  Click Here
2008 - October 16 - 19th
Venues: Crandall Theatre, Tracy Memorial & Morris Memorial in Chatham
518.392-1162

Thursday October 16th 1:00 pm
Breakfast with Scot
Based on the novel by Michael Downing
A beguiling comedy and a message with a twist.
Sam a former hockey player, now a sportscaster and Ed, a lawyer, make up a not so out gay couple.

The festival continues with several films daily through Oct, 19th.

Call the Festival at 518 392-1162 for schedule

 

The Crandell Theatre - Columbia County's oldest and largest theatre is designed in the Spanish Style, of brick and stucco
   at the cost of about $100,000 in pre-depression dollars. An architectural gem, the Crandell has remained basically
   unchanged since built in 1926 by Walter Crandell, as a vaudeville house. 
Each autumn, the Crandell is home to Film Columbia.


 

Now Celebrating 40 Years of Great Musicals

The Mac-Haydn Theatre

(Nathan Lane is an Alumni)
Mac-Haydn Theatre - Click Here
       Professional musical theatre in the round - May thru Sept.
         1925 Route 23 Chatham NY 12037
 

                                   The Mac-Haydn started on a shoestring and in a cow barn,
                        and went on to prove that the area could and would support good theatre.

Fifty professional performers, directors, designers and tech staff come to Chatham to present seven to eight main stage and four children’s theatre shows each summer. The performers are both widely experienced professionals and young hopefuls looking for the experience and resume credits they need to move forward in their careers.  If you came to shows on the fairgrounds, you might have seen a talented 21 year old named Joe Lane — he has grown up to be Nathan Lane, Tony award winning star.

Many others who got their start singing and dancing on the theatre-in-the-round stage here have gone on to Broadway, TV and movies, tours and regional theatres. Chatham native Monica M. Wemitt just finished four years in a feature role in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”.  Lovely Paige Turco most recently held a leading role in “The Agency”.  Others are ‘working in the business’ and any theatre person will tell you that in itself  Is success. The performers rehearse one show during the day and perform another at night, opening a new production every two weeks.  The tech staff puts in hours and hours working on the ostumes, the sets, the music, the lights, the sound to put the show together with the high standards that people come from miles away to see.  They are young and eager to learn and perfect their crafts, and they love it.

People return to The Mac-Haydn Theatre year after year, “Because it feels like family. Chatham feels like home”.  If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Mac-Haydn can glow with pride that the county is now a center for the arts, with numerous theatres of many types, galleries, antique centers and more, and it all began when two women had an impossible dream and put it together in a cow-barn in Chatham. 

Every  May busses roll up the driveway, cars jostle for parking spaces, volunteer ushers show people to their seats, the lights go down, the music starts, the lights come up and the laughter, applause and appreciation begin for The Mac-Haydn Theatre, cornerstone of theatre in Columbia County. 

 

The Spotty Dog Books & Ale
   at the former home of the C.H. Evans Hook & Ladder Co.
  A firehouse from 1890 until 2003

A Scene from
 Dylan Thomas's poetic masterpiece

 Aryeh Lappin, Ben Luxon & Ted Pugh
Walking the Dog Theatre's Production
UNDER MILK WOOD
Directed by David Anderson
  at PS21 Chatham  last August
                    


 

DA|BA Restaurant & Bar - Hudson

Warm earth tones are easy on the eyes and dishes like Scallops with White Chocolate or Lamb with cherry sauce opens our palette to explore new ways to look at the food we eat.   An amuse bouche is served prior to the first course and opens a nice feel to what ends up being a great meal.  Our regulars relish in the small surprise and look forward to the Chef's new creations.  Reasonable portions of fresh foods in creative and clean flavor combinations make DA | BA a great choice for the more adventurous eater. 

Chef/Owner Daniel Nilsson teamed with long time friend Executive Chef Ola Svedman to create this wonderful balance of fine dining set in a comfortable atmoshere.

DA|BA Restaurant Bar
Hudson known for its beautiful architecture and its many antique shops has become a haven for people seeking escape from the fast pace of Manhattan.
 

   

DA|BA Restaurant Bar - Hudson
 

Although DA|BA opened on Warren Street in 2006, Hudson Valley Magazine has just awarded it their “Best New Restaurant for 2008.”  The owners like to say their restaurant isn’t really Swedish, just two Swedes in the kitchen.  “And we do everything including some Swedish specialties. 

One of the best specialties is duck breast that is encased in a salty meringue before cooking.  This yields an amazing tender filet with a pleasant salty edge.

You don’t find elk chop on many menus.  It is a lamentably overlooked specialty, a cross of beef and venison, and not at all gamy.  The lamb chops are embellished with a sauce combining white wine and delicious little cherries.

Choosing wines for a menu as wide ranged as this is a challenge.  DA/BA’s list is thoughtfully assembled with the food in mind and it’s reasonable. 

While DA/BA is one of the most ambitious restaurants in the area, owner Nilsson also wants it to be a casual hangout for those who are not in the mood for elk chops and caramel mousse.  The flip side of the menu carries pub grub—burgers and fries, soups and the like—with everything under $8.
                                                                                                                                      --Hudson Valley Magazine, Nov. 2008

"Terrific choices on the menu, inventive cooking, top notch service staff and friendly attitude.  One of the best in the
518 area code."  

Also serving pub fare including Burgers, Soups and BLT that offers comfort to our guests and keeps them coming back for more.
225 Warren Street – Hudson
518 249-4631

DA|BA Restaurant Bar- Click Here
                        

~ C a b a r e t ~
"I was always intimidated by the concept
of improv, until I tried it!   I'm having way
too much fun with this group."

 
Richard Lappo of
The Chatham Improv
 A comedy group located in the Hudson Valley
Click Here
 In Performance at Lippiera's Chatham House
    29 Hudson Street, Chatham - 518 392-6600

Red Dot Bar & Restaurant
321 Warren Street - Hudson
518 828-3657


Fine International cuisine in a fun relaxed atmosphere.
AFTER THE DINNER HOUR
the bar is said to be very gay.
MOVIE NIGHT - 1st Tuesdays 7PM Dinner, & 8PM-Movie.

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Jacobs Pillow - Click Here
In 1930, modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn bought the farm as a retreat. Shawn and his wife, Ruth St. Denis, were America's leading couple of the dance. Shawn had long harbored a dream of legitimizing the dance in America as a honorable career for men  His athletic dancers were intent on challenging the "sissy" image of men in the dance; they forged a new, boldly muscular style in dance. In July 1933 the first audience made up of 45 curiosity-seekers.  By the end of the week they were turning people away.  On July 9, 1942, the Ted Shawn Theatre, the first theatre in the United States designed specifically for dance, opened its doors.

                Jacobs  Pillow . . . for a Dream

Today, down-home traditions at Jacob's Pillow, such as the ringing bell announcing that the Ted Shawn Theatre is open  and pre-curtain speeches, continue from Shawn's day. Through careful and considered expansions of Jacob's Pillow programs and campus, this historic site in American dance retains the rustic ambiance of "the farm," as Shawn called it.

So before you do another thing guys, you must sneak across the boarder to Becket Massachusetts!
Jacobs Pillow
358 George Carter Road, Becket MA 01223
413 243-9919  
 

Muddy Cup Coffee House
742 Warren St, Hudson - Coffees & Things & Poetry too

"Our space is available to anyone who wants to share their craft
whether it be a singer, writer, musician, sculptor or poet."

~ PUBS 'n CLUBS, etc.~

HUDSON

  Gay Hudson - Click Here
       

      Muddy Cup - Click Here
         742 Warren St, Hudson - Telephone 518 828-2210
         Coffee, late, cocoa, smoothies, organic teas and pastries
         Inviting, large cafe full of couches and comfy chairs
         where the community can share art & opinions on life and the world.

  Photo:di Mola   

                                                
        "How about visiting a few galleries?"                                                             
                                                                    
                                                                     
 

Freedom?
Photographs by Giovanni di Mola
 

 "EXPOSED"
  Photo by Giovanni di Mola

                        John Findysz
                        Presents
                                   Freedom?
                                              Photographs by Giovanni di Mola
                                                       Through September 22, 2008

        "Amor de Foto"   photo by   Giovanni di Mola   
  

Photographs by Giovanni di Mola - Click Here

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ALBANY AREA PUBS ~ CLUBS ~ BARS ~ Click Here

     Billy Jack's
        7 Central Avenue - Telephone - 518 472-3588

     Cafe Hollywood
        275 Lark Street - Telephone: 518 472 9043
        Good food, good service, and the ambiance is unique 
        Videos are playing in the
        background are obscure.

     Longhorns
        90 Central Ave. - Telephone: - 518 462-4862

     Oh Bar "A popular gay/lesbian bar. Karaoke night on Thursdays for some
        homoerotic fun."
        304 Lark Street - Telephone: 518 463-9004

     Power Company
        238 Washington Ave. - Telephone: 518 465-2556
 
     Rome
        286 Lark Street - Telephone: 518 436-4096
 
     Waterworks Pub - Click Here
        76 Central Ave. - Telephone: 518 465-9079
 

Schenectady PUBS ~ CLUBS ~ BARS

     Blythewood
        50 N. Jay St. - Telephone: - 518 382-9155

     Clinton Street Pub
        159 Clinton Street - Telephone: 518 377-8179
 

Troy PUBS ~ CLUBS ~ BARS

     Ferry Street Pub
        95 Ferry St - Telephone - 518 272-8250

     River Street Club Sauna - Click Here
        540 River Street - Telephone: 518 272-0340
 

AREA ITEMS OF INTEREST

     Capital Pride Singers - Click Here

     Inside/Out Magazine - Click Here
        the Hudson Valley Magazine for the LGBT Community.

     Out in Albany - Click Here
        Gay magazine of events, etc. on the web

     Hudson Valley LGBT Community Center - Click Here
        845 331-5300
        300 Wall Street, Kingston
 

Information is provided here as a public service guide and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Businesses often change hours of operation.  I recommend that you call the source with any questions.
 

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 Columbia County Council on the Arts: Click Here
  209 Warren Street Hudson, NY 12534
  518.671-6213

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  518 758-9265

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