Food Merkin Hudson Opens With April Fools’ Double-Fake-Out Merkin Hudson, a new project from the Cafe Mutton team, offers a concise menu and casual, all-day service. By Margot Isaacs •
Arts Summer at Hudson Hall: Beauty, Introspection, Fun The historic Hudson Opera House announces a Summer 2026 season that moves from the performance hall to the Hudson River — and from Pride Month premieres to a 250th birthday reckoning with the nation's origins. By Jamie Larson •
Arts New Book Finds Frederic Church's Greatest Art Underfoot at Olana The book is laid out as a series of walks, unpacking the history of everything visible in the landscape. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Shared Territory" Opens at Front Room in Hudson A new body of paintings that continues Thomas Broadbent long-standing interest in the uneasy overlap between the natural world and the built environment. By Jamie Larson •
Style Former Ralph Lauren Creative Exec Alfredo Paredes Opens Hudson Interiors Shop Opening March 27, Alfredo Paredes Hudson, integrates vintage furnishings, and art with Paredes own growing line of furniture. By Jamie Larson •
Food Popular Berkshire/HV Pop-Up Haema Finds Home in Hudson Hannah Wong and Sarah Jane McLaughlin are opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the former Bar Bene space, with an early summer opening planned. By Margot Isaacs •
Arts “Presence in Absence” Explores Casualty and Loss in Former American Legion Post Turned Art Center Opening March 28 at Creative Legion in Hudson, the multimedia exhibition “Presence inAbsence” speaks a contemporary conversation about memory and grief into a space already marked by both. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Brian Dewan "Curious Sealife" Poetry Album Release "Undersea creatures move up, down and sideways, and sometimes encounter the strange creations of landlubbers, gawk at artifacts, then resume undersea life,”says Dewan. By Jamie Larson •
Food Comfort Food from Everywhere at New Soluna Cafe Cantina Hospitality veterans Juan Carlos Granda and Gina Macias'snew Hudson restaurant blends Latin flavors, global influences, and community-driven dining. By Margot Isaacs •
Arts Crys Matthews at Hudson's Park Theater Singer-songwriter Crys Matthews brings her singular blend of folk, blues, and Americana to Hudson’s Park Theater on Thursday, February 19. By Jamie Larson •
View of Olana State Historic Site overlooking the Hudson River, home and studio of landscape painter Frederic Church. Arts Frederic Church at 200: Historic Artist who Built Olana Goes Global A yearlong bicentennial celebration centered at Olana reframes Frederic Church as a globally minded artist whose work still shapes how we see landscape. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts Nicole Zuraitis, Valentine’s Day at Hudson Hall Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a live performance by the two-time Grammy winner at Hudson Hall. By Jamie Larson •
