Rural Intelligence Events Calendar Arts A Baroque Portrait: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Two nights of celebrating French Baroque music and a female composer who broke barriers. By Francesca Olsen • • Arts Sounds of Swing at Norman Rockwell Museum Live music presented in conjunction with the museum’s Jazz Age Illustration exhibition. By Francesca Olsen • Arts In Focus: The Color White at the Clark Hear about the many artistic and emotional dimensions of the color, from light and hope to isolation and fear, through works in the permanent collection. By Francesca Olsen • Real Estate Handsome Hudson Hunk, Next Door to City Hall A commanding historic presence next door to Hudson’s City Hall. By Jamie Larson • Pop-up at C.Cassis Tasting Room in June 2025. Credit: Food As Content Food Sira Ulo Pop-Up Brings Open-Fire Filipino Flavors to the Hudson Valley With accessible, dietary-restriction-friendly seasonal menus and open-fire cooking methods, this collaboration between career chefs and partners has been an instant Hudson Valley hit. By Marie Doyon • A winter procession winds through the orchard at Rose Hill Farm as Wassail revelers raise a joyful racket, reviving an old English tradition meant to bless the apple trees for the season ahead. Community Wassail Celebration at Rose Hill Farm Revives an Ancient Orchard Tradition Rose Hill Farm’s midwinter Wassail Celebration revives an ancient orchard-blessing ritual on February 1 in Red Hook. By Brian K. Mahoney • Arts Stissing Center to Open Speakeasy Listening Room, The Grace Note, February 13 On Friday nights this winter, the most interesting room in Pine Plains may be below ground. By Jamie Larson • Food Mezze Bistro at 30: From Youthful Hotspot to Berkshire Hospitality Icon When Nancy Thomas opened Mezze in 1996, she was a young restaurateur with an urban sensibility and a fresh idea. Three Decades Later she leads a local hospitality powerhouse. By Jamie Larson • Arts Aaron Dessner and Friends to Headline Hawthorne Valley Benefit Concert at Basilica Hudson Aaron Dessner, Melissa Auf der Maur, Rich Robinson, and Joachim Cooder headline a benefit concert at Basilica Hudson on February 28. By Chronogram Staff •
Arts A Baroque Portrait: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Two nights of celebrating French Baroque music and a female composer who broke barriers. By Francesca Olsen • •
Arts Sounds of Swing at Norman Rockwell Museum Live music presented in conjunction with the museum’s Jazz Age Illustration exhibition. By Francesca Olsen •
Arts In Focus: The Color White at the Clark Hear about the many artistic and emotional dimensions of the color, from light and hope to isolation and fear, through works in the permanent collection. By Francesca Olsen •
Real Estate Handsome Hudson Hunk, Next Door to City Hall A commanding historic presence next door to Hudson’s City Hall. By Jamie Larson •
Pop-up at C.Cassis Tasting Room in June 2025. Credit: Food As Content Food Sira Ulo Pop-Up Brings Open-Fire Filipino Flavors to the Hudson Valley With accessible, dietary-restriction-friendly seasonal menus and open-fire cooking methods, this collaboration between career chefs and partners has been an instant Hudson Valley hit. By Marie Doyon •
A winter procession winds through the orchard at Rose Hill Farm as Wassail revelers raise a joyful racket, reviving an old English tradition meant to bless the apple trees for the season ahead. Community Wassail Celebration at Rose Hill Farm Revives an Ancient Orchard Tradition Rose Hill Farm’s midwinter Wassail Celebration revives an ancient orchard-blessing ritual on February 1 in Red Hook. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts Stissing Center to Open Speakeasy Listening Room, The Grace Note, February 13 On Friday nights this winter, the most interesting room in Pine Plains may be below ground. By Jamie Larson •
Food Mezze Bistro at 30: From Youthful Hotspot to Berkshire Hospitality Icon When Nancy Thomas opened Mezze in 1996, she was a young restaurateur with an urban sensibility and a fresh idea. Three Decades Later she leads a local hospitality powerhouse. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Aaron Dessner and Friends to Headline Hawthorne Valley Benefit Concert at Basilica Hudson Aaron Dessner, Melissa Auf der Maur, Rich Robinson, and Joachim Cooder headline a benefit concert at Basilica Hudson on February 28. By Chronogram Staff •
