Just about everything it turns out, as le tout Hudson showed up at Club Helsinki to celebrate the release of Evermore, a new cd by Chris Swicegood, one half of the local favorite singing duo Chris and Lolly Swicegood. The couple (in photo, left) usually sing together and did that night; Lolly will make it on to the next recording, which is to be produced by Bob Dylan’s own, Bob Johnsten. A microcosm of Hudson itself during its citywide Music Fest, to which the proceeds of the night went, Helsinki was an aural multiplex, with Chris and Lolly serenading the crowds downstairs while swing dancing took place up and various and sundry musical groups played outside in the club's newly opened courtyard. --Scott Baldinger
Hudson Democratic Party chair Victor Mendolia with music fan Linda Lovallo, performer Erin Hobson, and Hudson mayoral candidate Nick Haddad. The recently wed B&B proprietors Dini Lamot and Windle Davis, with decorative painter Charlotte Belote.
Antiques restorer Alan Hamilton with Hudson lawyer Kristal Heinz. Five and Diamond owner Lisa Durfee with furniture designer Jules Anderson.
Artist Kianja Strobert with Historical Materialism co-owner Dina Palin. Radiation therapist Suzanne Johnson with Orlando Castillo of Colonia Antiques.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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