23 February 2021 12:07PM
by The Spark of Hudson
Tune in Friday, February 26 from 7-9pm for ” Resistance + Rivertown: An Exploration of Black Power, Politics + Protest in Hudson” the second LIVE broadcast of the new weekly Spark Radio hosted by The Tenth Magazine. Visit, https://sparkradio.co/ to listen!
The Hudson…
20 February 2021 09:36PM
by Ralph Gardner Jr.
Life, especially these days, turns on the ability to appreciate small pleasures. But might there be pleasures too small to appreciate? And even if not, then too small to waste listeners’ time by crafting a commentary about them? My wife thought so when I told…
20 February 2021 09:36PM
by Ralph Gardner Jr.
Life, especially these days, turns on the ability to appreciate small pleasures. But might there be pleasures too small to appreciate? And even if not, then too small to waste listeners’ time by crafting a commentary about them? My wife thought so when I told…
16 February 2021 03:42PM
by Claverack Library
Book and Movie Discussion
Sunday, February 21, 2021 | 5:00 pm via Zoom
Please join us via Zoom on Sunday, February 21 at 5:00 pm to discuss the 2001 British novel Atonement by Ian McEwan. Widely regarded as one of McEwan’s best works, it was shortlisted for…
16 February 2021 03:19PM
by Claverack Library
Friday, February 19, 2021 | 10:00 am
Zoom in and join Ms. Thea for stories, songs and dancing. Download our free winter themed coloring sheets for a crafty storytime related activity.
Email: info@claveracklibrary.org to register
Visit our website at www.claveracklibrary.org to download the free…
13 February 2021 09:52PM
by Ralph Gardner Jr.
I paid a visit Monday afternoon to Vasilow’s. That’s my go-to, old-fashioned, tin ceiling candy store in Hudson, NY and yearly Valentine’s Day provisioner. I was trying to get a jump on the holiday not because I feared a run on their homemade milk and…
13 February 2021 09:52PM
by Ralph Gardner Jr.
I paid a visit Monday afternoon to Vasilow’s. That’s my go-to, old-fashioned, tin ceiling candy store in Hudson, NY and yearly Valentine’s Day provisioner. I was trying to get a jump on the holiday not because I feared a run on their homemade milk and…
9 February 2021 09:56PM
by Daniel Budd
When I was around 12 years old, I became aware of a family who lived just one block from my house. They were in financial and social stress. There were five kids and one parent. One of the kids was my age, the others older…
9 February 2021 03:47PM
by Claverack Library
Sunday, February 21, 2021 | 5:00 pm via Zoom
Please join us via Zoom on Sunday, February 21 at 5:00 pm to discuss the 2001 British novel Atonement by Ian McEwan. Widely regarded as one of McEwan’s best works, it was shortlisted for the Booker…
8 February 2021 08:36PM
by Elizabeth Fortescue Tombs

hudsonvalleymemoir.org
Note: I am a member of the Hudson Valley Memoir Collective, based in Red Hook, and this is a response to a recent prompt: a call to loosen our writing muscles.
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There is this thing I’m chasing, the big lottery win – full of ephemeral expectations…
4 February 2021 07:35PM
by Juliet Harrison
The best post-cancer gift that I gave to myself, was the opportunity to own my own business. It was something that I had dreamed about for a very long time. Not this particular business, but my own business nonetheless. I had had dreams…
3 February 2021 01:54PM
by Susanna O'Brien
I wake up at three, after tossing and turning in the sea of pillows and soft cotton blankets. David lies next to me, naked and wrapped in a sheet. We have two distinct bed cover preferences. I prefer no top sheet.
Flipping the covers off, I…
1 February 2021 07:59AM
by Jennifer Browdy
30 January 2021 03:31PM
by Eileen McAdam
On Saturday nights, when my mother was getting ready for our weekly dinner parties – popular gathering in the 1950s — I’d walk pass her bedroom door and catch a whiff of talcum powder. Ours were not formal affairs, but my mom didn’t appear in…
24 January 2021 07:31PM
by William Lynch
A year after I arrived in New York City, my friend Trish, also from the Pacific Northwest, came to stay for a few days. She and I go way back. We’re the same age, we like many of the same things (hiking, travel), and we…
23 January 2021 11:12PM
by Ralph Gardner Jr.
Suspecting that the Trump presidency marked a rocky but historic ride for the American people I started collecting front pages of the New York Times on November 9th, 2016, the morning after Donald Trump was elected.
“Trump Triumphs,” the first headline announced in what I believe…
23 January 2021 11:45AM
by Mary McClellan
Who Wants to Live Forever?
If I were able to live forever, I hope I would have the
wisdom to say, “No, thank you.”
Thinking about dying is not pleasant. Life is all we know.
Yet, if we live long enough, we see our parents, partners, friends,…
23 January 2021 10:43AM
by Juliet Harrison
Sharing something I wrote in the summer of 2015.
People harbor a lot of preconceived notions about small towns. Some think those who choose to live in them are backwards, insular, closed minded, and not at all worldly or sophisticated; that small towns are rife with…
19 January 2021 06:16PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…
19 January 2021 06:16PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…
19 January 2021 06:16PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…
19 January 2021 06:16PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…
19 January 2021 06:16PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…
19 January 2021 06:16PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…
19 January 2021 06:13PM
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
bloomcreativity.weebly.com/online-classes.html
PLAYING & WRITING: The Fundamentals of Drama, offered online through Bloom Creativity, begins this Saturday, January 23rd. The 10-week course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting, while offering exercises, tools, and practices that explore the “play” in playwriting. Writers will leave the course with an understanding…