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Bon Appetit!Theater. Opera. Chocolate. 8 shows only! September 10/11 & 15/16/18 & 22/23/24 All shows at 8:00 p.m. See, hear, taste Julia Child's arrival in France in 1948, and how she discovered her life's passion. Featuring Lee Hoiby's Opera, Leonard Bernstein's recipe song cycle La Bonne Cuisine and a taste of chocolate cake from local pastry chefs! A collaboration with Walking the Dog Theater, Diamond Opera Theater/Hudson Opera House. Directed & Conceived by Benedicta Bertau of Walking the Dog Theater. Performances take place at the Basilica Industria/Hudson. Buy Tickets for BON APPETIT! Photo by Daniel Region. 
Daniel Kelly Emerge TrioFriday, September 17, 8:00 p.m. Award-winning composer and pianist Daniel Kelly is an innovative musical voice in New York City jazz and improvised music scene. He has collaborated in performance and on disc with a wide range of artists. Daniel's most recent CD for Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, Emerge, features three-time Juno winner, Chris Tarry on bass and one of New York City's most in-demand drummers, Jordan Perlson.$15 per person, $12 HOH members.  
Life DrawingSundays, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. September 19 through November 28 The workshop allows artists to work independently in a disciplined environment; No instructor or specific method is followed. $10 per session. |
 
The Saddest Music Ever Written:The Story of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" Thomas Larson Sunday, September 19, 2:00 p.m. In the first book to explore Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, music and literary critic Thomas Larson tells the story of the prodigal composer and his seminal masterpiece: from its composition in 1936, when Barber was just twenty-six, to its orchestral premiere two years later, led by the great Arturo Toscanini, and its fascinating history as America's secular hymn for grieving our dead. Older Americans know the Adagio from the funerals and memorials for Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy, Albert Einstein, and Grace Kelly. Younger Americans recall the work as the antiwar theme of the movie Platoon. Still others treasure the piece in its choral version under the name "Agnus Dei." More recently, mourners heard the Adagio played as a memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Barber's Adagio is truly the saddest music ever written, enrapturing listeners with its lyric beauty as few laments have. ArtsWalk Reading Series Sunday, October 9, 1:30 - 6:30 p.m. In collaboration with the Columbia County Council on the Arts and ARTSWALK, HOH hosts an afternoon of readings. 1:30 p.m., Mary-Beth Hughes and Louis Asekoff. At 3:00 p.m., Lynne Tillman and Wayne Koestenbaum. And at 5:00 p.m., join Justin Spring in conversation with Brooks Peters.  
Save the Date forthe 17th Annual Gala to support HOH Saturday, September 25, 2010 |
 
Jonathan WallenPortraits from Rwanda August 21 through September 25 HOH presents a photography exhibition by Jonathan Wallen featuring portraits shot during his travels in Rwanda. An opening reception with the artist is on Saturday, August 28 from 6 - 8 pm.  
Theatre Arts Workshops for Teenswith Carol Rusoff Mondays and Tuesdays, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. beginning September 27 & 28 Theatre Improv Workshop Participants will discover and explore their talents using theatre improvisation, ensemble exercises, and games. Seeking participants interested in all aspects of theatre production - directing, acting, singing, dancing, designing, writing, are all welcome and no previous experience is necessary - just curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm! Production Workshop Tuesdays, beginning September 28 HOH welcomes dedicated and able teens to participate in every aspect of theatre production for a December debut of a fully mounted show. No previous theatre experience is necessary, but passionate interest is. Auditions, rehearsal schedule, show to be announced and discussed at first session, Tuesday September 28, 4:30-7. |
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The Hudson Opera House
The Hudson Opera House offers a year-round schedule of arts and cultural programming in the 1855 former Hudson City Hall which contains New York State's oldest surviving theatre.
Since opening the first restored room in December of 1997, five rooms on the first floor have been rehabilitated, and we have presented thousands of cultural and educational programs, more than 850 in the last year alone. The Hudson Opera House provides free or low-cost cultural offerings every week of the year.
Ongoing programs include concerts, readings, lectures, exhibitions, theatre and dance presentations, after-school programs, workshops, classes, and community arts events like the annual Winter Walk on Warren Street.