As part of the Leisler Lectures at the Hudson Area Library, Dr. Thomas Wermuth speaks on food riots during the Revolutionary War, which occurred primarily in the Hudson Valley. While armies battled throughout New York in the 1770s, the Hudson Valley “homefront” suffered food shortages, high costs, and price gouging storekeepers. Riotous crowds took matters into their own hands by participating in market seizures and price riots, and even threatened to pull their support for the war.

Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 6-7:30pm

Location: Hudson Area Library Community Room

Registration: Free and open to the public.

The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of the Van Dyke Family Foundation, HRBT Foundation, and Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation.

The FASNY Museum of Firefighting hosts: Mighty Mini Horses! First, visit the “adoption barn” and learn all about how firefighters cared for fire horses. Then pick your own mini stuffed horse to adopt and call your own! All kids will have the opportunity to meet our guests: mini horses!

A thrift-store painting. A possible masterpiece. A battle over who gets to decide what’s real.

Bridge Street Theatre opens its 2026 MainStage Season with "Bakersfield Mist" by Stephen Sachs, directed by Mark Perry. When Maude, an unemployed bartender, believes she’s discovered a long-lost Jackson Pollock, a New York art expert arrives to prove her wrong. What follows is a sharp, funny, and increasingly personal battle over art, authority, and who gets to decide what something is worth.

As the stakes rise, the question shifts from the painting itself to something deeper: who gets believed — and why.

April 16–26, 2026. Thursdays–Saturdays at 7:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. Tickets at BridgeSt.org.

Bridge Street Theatre is a professional theatre in Catskill, NY, creating intimate live performance in the Hudson Valley.

A thrift-store painting. A possible masterpiece. A battle over who gets to decide what’s real.

Bridge Street Theatre opens its 2026 MainStage Season with "Bakersfield Mist" by Stephen Sachs, directed by Mark Perry. When Maude, an unemployed bartender, believes she’s discovered a long-lost Jackson Pollock, a New York art expert arrives to prove her wrong. What follows is a sharp, funny, and increasingly personal battle over art, authority, and who gets to decide what something is worth.

As the stakes rise, the question shifts from the painting itself to something deeper: who gets believed — and why.

April 16–26, 2026. Thursdays–Saturdays at 7:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm.

Bridge Street Theatre is a professional theatre in Catskill, NY, creating intimate live performance in the Hudson Valley.

Guided birding with Nancy Allen on the MTHS campus, a DEC designated birding site, Sunday, April 26th 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM. This group will meet again Sunday, May 31st, 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM. To register, email mthsdirector@mths.org or call 518-589-6657. 5132 Route 23A, Haines Falls, NY.

Calling all teens (ages 11 – 18)! It’s time to re-decorate the Hudson Area Library's Teen Room windows for spring! We will have plenty of art materials and SNACKS, of course. Plus, you can get some volunteer hours credit!

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 29, 4 – 6pm

Location: Hudson Area Library Teen Room

Registration: Let us know you’re coming! Email youth@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x 101

This program is supported by the Alexander & Marjorie Hover Foundation.