Three stories based in Columbia County went viral in the past several days. The Marina Abramović Institute, which is projected to be opening in Hudson sometime this decade, put out a call for interns based in New York City. "Abramović raised over $660,000 for her institute on Kickstarter in June and recently 'collaborated' with Adidas. Yet somehow she cannot afford to pay people to work for MAI," wrote Jillian Steinhauer in Hyperallergic. That story produced many angry online comments with similar sentiments, as did The New Yorker with its "satire" "Sonny Rollins: In His Own Words." In the piece by an obvious false name "Django Gold," the Germantown-based legend is falsely-quoted as saying all sorts of terrible things about jazz he would never utter. The online kerfuffle led The New Yorker to add, "Editor’s note: This article, which is part of our Shouts & Murmurs humor blog, is a work of satire" at the top of the story, and Rollins to go live online Aug. 4 with the webcast (above) responding to the magazine. Also on Aug. 4, the Union Street Guest House, a small Hudson hotel, made The New York Post's Page 6 because it, "charges couples who book weddings at the venue $500 for every bad review posted online by their guests." "...there will be a $500 fine that will be deducted from your deposit for every negative review . . . placed on any internet site by anyone in your party," the tabloid quoted the Union Street's website, since changed. The boutique hotel needn't worry about bad online reviews anymore -- they have plenty. The Yelp site, for instance, was filled with hundreds new one-star reviews after the Post story appeared.



Marina Abramovic Institute
Call for interns!

Are you a college student or recent graduate who is based in New York City this spring and summer? Are you interested in seeing (and participating in) the variety of work it takes to get a start-up non-profit going? Do you have excellent communication skills, do you pay attention to detail, and are you passionate about the capacity of art to change the world?

If so, Team MAI just created three part-time internships for the next months. We are looking for current or recent students and are happy to partner with your school if they are willing to offer credit for your participation. You would be working in a very hands-on way with all of our staff members to make some amazing things happen.

If this sounds interesting to you, please submit a letter of intent and a resume to contact@mai-hudson.org.

Thank you!

Team MAI