The Art of the Hudson Valley invites local artists and people working in the arts to discuss their work, cultural events and happenings, and the growing arts community throughout the Hudson Valley. This month's guest is author Richard Boch who will talk about his book, "The Mudd Club."

"I was a Long Island kid that graduated college in 1976 and moved to Greenwich Village. Two years later, I was working The Mudd Club door. Standing outside, staring at the crowd, it was "out there" versus "in here" and I was on the inside. The Mudd Club was filled with the famous and soon- to- be famous, along with an eclectic core of Mudd regulars who gave the place its identity....No Wave and Post-punk artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers living in a nighttime world on the cusp of two decades. This book is a cornucopia of memories and images, and how this famed wicked downtown club attained the status of midtown and uptown. There was nothing else like it―I met everyone, and the job quickly defined me. I thought I could handle it, and for a while, I did."