Business education for farm women. A series of classes for women who are farm owners or managers or who anticipate moving into a decision-making position on a farm. This workshop focuses on managing land and the farm infrastructure. Participants will learn about leasing and owning land; assessing farmland quality; choosing infrastructure; farm taxes; other insurance and risk management tools for the farm. Registration required by Wed., Dec. 5. Information at cad266@cornell.edu or 845-340-3990, ext. 311.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Legislature holds a Public Forum at 6:30 p.m. to allow the public to speak on issues which may come before the Legislature. The County Legislature then meets at 7 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers. These meetings are streamed live on the night of the meetings on the county website. http://www.albanycounty.com/Government/Departments/CountyLegislature.aspx

Thalia Zedek Band performs.

Ryley Walker performs, opener to be announced.

The Cairo-Durham Central School District is looking to the future with its proposed capital improvement project. If approved by voters, the project would bring 21st century enhancements to the District’s academic programs, facilities, security and more. Voting will take place in the Cairo-Durham Middle School cafeteria. Get more information about the proposed project at www.cairodurham.org/capitalproject

Columbia University’s Hudson Valley Initiative and Friends of Oakdale Lake invite the public to share feedback on “8 Design Ideas for Oakdale Lake." Using feedback gathered at the first public meeting on October 13, the HVI has broken a design concept into eight doable parts. The December 11 workshop is a part of the HVI’s Oakdale research and design planning project, which aims to develop a shared vision for the future of the lake. Free childcare and pizza will be provided. For more information, visit friendsofoakdale.com or email oakdalelake@gmail.com

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Town Board meets the second Tuesday of every month, when necessary, so call for sure to see if this month's meeting is on.

No previous teaching experience is necessary, only a love of reading, and a desire to share the gift of literacy. New volunteers are required to attend a free orientation session, and complete the training modules online, which can be adapted to fit most schedules. Trained volunteers are provided ongoing support as they work with students and classes. Our next Orientation Session will be held at the Hudson Area Library, Wednesday, December 12th from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. The follow-up session is scheduled for Wednesday, January 16th 2019, from 3:30 – 5:30 pm at the same location. You can sign up for the Tutor Training by e-mail to colgreene@literacyconnections.org or by calling 518-828-1792 ext 104. Please provide your name, e-mail address, phone number and area where you would like to volunteer when registering.

The work developed over the past three months by Urban Design students from Columbia University is displayed. We will be showing printed work and 11 short videos prepared by student teams exploring a range of topics - from the challenges of agriculture and the distribution of fresh produce, through the relationship between a small city like Hudson and its suburban and rural surroundings, to scenarios for the future of Hudson’s waterfront. Hot cider and donuts from Golden Harvest Farms.

Bobby Previte's Blueprints. Hudson valley composer Bobby Previte leads a conceptual performance, with webcasts at wgxc.org and wavefarm.org. Previte has invited some of his favorite musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond for these inaugural concerts of his newest project, Blueprints. Starting from 1979 and going forward up to the present moment, Previte has ripped a fragment of nearly every piece of music he has written in the last 39 years and placed them all, divorced from their previous context, into one (very long) document. The ensemble will play, distort, improvise around, and sometimes ignore these fragments. Using hand signals, body movements, and the occasional odd glare, Previte conducts the musicians through the maze, taking a different path every night. Part performance, part open rehearsal, part hang out - where audience members as well as players will see the fragments projected on screen - Blueprints should be a wildly different experience each performance. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

This Friends of the Claverack Free Library event will include a wonderful new addition this year: The fabulous little handmade books by local artist Lucy Swope. 12-5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. These delightful small gems will make unique and cheery gifts for all ages. Swope will be present to sign books and answer questions about the many processes she uses to make her books and prints. There will also be cards, tags, and small gifts by local artists as usual. Up to 50% of all sales benefit the library.

Come to the Claverack Free Library Book Group for discussion and refreshments. Second Friday of each month. Book this month: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Kath Bloom and Aisha Burns perform. Kath Bloom comes from a place where country, blues and folk converge.

Tradition had it that a group of ordinary citizens in the small Austrian village of Oberufer would come together each year at Christmas time to perform this play for the town. It is a nativity play, told largely from the point of view of three bumbling shepherds who are visited by the angel Gabriel and who make their way to Bethlehem in search of the newborn Jesus child. This year, the Camphill Hudson Community has come together to put on this play for their friends and neighbors in the city of Hudson.

An evening of sacred seasonal jazz.

Nick Panken fronts the New York band Spirit Family Reunion. His recent solo work presents material old, new and borrowed in a more contemplative setting, furnished simply with electric guitar and harmonica. He recently completed his first solo tour in the U.K. and Ireland along with Ian Felice. https://spiritfamilyreunion.bandcamp.com/
Lord Youth is the songwriting project of Micah Blaichman of Queens, NY. Blaichman began studying the violin at age three but quickly lost all of his musical education upon becoming introduced to punk rock at age 12. Later he moved to Berlin, making a living busking ancient blues and country songs in bars and cafes, playing four-string banjo in hot jazz bands, and touring throughout the US and Europe with the psychedelic ragtime group Tik Tok Laboratories. His music has been described as old wave, folk noir, lo-fi stoner americana, and bedroom garage. Mostly it is the bizarre formalism of the American folk tradition set to mangled mid-60s song structures played through cheap 1980s pre-digital equipment. https://lordyouth.bandcamp.com/
There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

The City of Hudson Senior Center and Hudson Area Library will host, Watercolor with your Grandperson with two sessions: 1-2:15 p.m. and 2:30-3:45 p.m. with watercolorist and teacher Gretchen Kelly. It is open to grandparents, parents, children, and grandchildren. Youth and adult participants paint a picture or card in watercolors with a holiday theme using pine cones, wreaths, candles, menorah, Christmas trees, holly, gift boxes and much more. All materials will be provided. This event is free and wheelchair accessible. Registration is required. To register email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518.828.1792 x101 or visit the main desk in the library.

Ancram Opera House's storytelling series Real People, Real Stories returns with the theme "The Kindness of Strangers." This show will feature local residents telling true stories from their own lives about random acts of kindness, Good Samaritans, and the goodnesses of humanity through actions large and small.

Presented in partnership with Operation Unite NY, celebrate African-American culture and unity with friends and family with an afternoon of arts and crafts for children, dancing, drumming, a candle-lighting ceremony, and the sharing of Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Tradition had it that a group of ordinary citizens in the small Austrian village of Oberufer would come together each year at Christmas time to perform this play for the town. It is a nativity play, told largely from the point of view of three bumbling shepherds who are visited by the angel Gabriel and who make their way to Bethlehem in search of the newborn Jesus child. This year, the Camphill Hudson Community has come together to put on this play for their friends and neighbors in the city of Hudson.

“Speed Sisters” screening with potluck at 6 p.m., and film at 7 p.m. The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow. For more information call 518-766-2992.

High Time perform early-era Grateful Dead songs.

Bebel Gilberto performs.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

A combination of mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano with Teresa Buchholz, Marka Gustavsson, and Erika Switzer performing works from Brahms, Loeffler, and Peter Everwine’s poetry.

"Milford Graves Full Mantis," film about the jazz legend.

Katie Mullins, Will Stratton, and Alexander Turnquist perform. Mullins is a former opera singer, now playing folks songs. Will Stratton is a songwriter and guitarist living in Beacon, New York. And Alexander Turnquist plays guitar, and lives in Hudson.