All are welcome to join us on January 25th, 2025, at 10:30 am at the FASNY Museum of Firefighting in Hudson, NY for an IN-PERSON event: Safety Sally’s Firetruck Pinewood Derby! You can visit our website for more details.

THAT TIME OF YEAR, a quarterly-ish reading series at Spotty Dog Books

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7 p.m.

Featuring writers Dawn Lundy Martin, Anna Moschovakis, Marianne Shaneen
at Spotty Dog Books, 440 Warren St, in Hudson, NY

THAT TIME OF YEAR is a quarterly-ish reading series featuring writers sharing work around a theme. January’s theme is “Deep.”

DAWN LUNDY MARTIN is an American poet and essayist. Martin co-founded and directed the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics at the University of Pittsburgh and is now Professor and Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College. Her most recent book, Instructions for The Lovers, was published by Nightboat, and her memoir, When a Person Goes Missing, is forthcoming from Pantheon Books.

ANNA MOSCHOVAKIS works with poetry and prose as a writer, editor, translator, publisher, teacher, and designer. Her most recent novel, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth, was published in November 2024 by Soft Skull.

MARIANNE SHANEEN is a writer of fiction, essays, and poetry. She has been awarded fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, Djerassi, and the Tusen Takk Foundation. Her work has been published in The Kenyon Review, Bomb, The Brooklyn Rail, Vanitas, and elsewhere. She is currently finishing her first novel, Homing.

THAT TIME OF YEAR is hosted by Andrea Kleine.

More information: on Instagram @thattimeofyearseries and on the web at thespottydog.com

The Comprehensive Plan Committee for the town of Kinderhook is hosting a Public Meeting for the public involvement with the updated plan.

This meeting will be held in the Ichabod Crane High School Gynmasium.

This public meeting is the first step (Phase I) in a planning process to collect public sentiment on desired future goals, policies and direction for Kinderhook covering a variety of topics including zoning, housing, economic development, agriculture, recreation, natural resources, water and sewer services, traffic, village coordination, tourism, and many more. This meeting is sponsored and organized by the Kinderhook Comprehensive Plan Update Committee, and will be hosted and facilitated by our planning consultant, Regrowth Planning.

More information about the Comprehensive plan can be found here.

Bobby Previte leads a quartet exploring free improvisation.

Keith Pray - Saxophones
John Esposito - Piano
Otto Gardner - Acoustic Bass
Boby Previte - Drums

Every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sunday at 6 p.m. upstair at the Avalon Lounge!

Bobby Previte leads a quartet exploring free improvisation.

Keith Pray - Saxophones
John Esposito - Piano
Otto Gardner - Acoustic Bass
Boby Previte - Drums

Every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sunday at 6 p.m. upstair at the Avalon Lounge!

CELESTIAL STITCHING CLASS
with Linda McNutt
Wed. Jan 29th, Wed., Feb 5th
4-6PM

Textile artist Linda McNutt will be offering classes in conjunction with her gallery show at Verdigris Tea in Hudson, NY. She will lead participants in creating a small project with a celestial theme – working with tea bags and fabric ephemera. While McNutt will bring some materials, participants are encouraged to bring their own fabric scraps. Those attending are also asked to bring a needle, embroidery thread and scissors.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED – Call 518.828.3139 for more information.