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| January Ten Things to do in Columbia County |
Catamount is making snow for all of you who like to ski and/or snowboard. We may not have snow in our yards, but Catamount has many of their trails open just waiting for you. They offer season passes, private lessons, ski & stay packages and much more. For more information call 518-325-3200 or visit their website at www.catamountski.com. |
Columbia County Soil and Water presents Coping with the Cold Hike on Saturday, January 7 from 2:00-3:00pm. Surviving the winter can be a struggle for many animals. Join us at Mud Creek while we learn how critters cope with the winter’s cold. How do animals stay warm and find food? What is the difference between hibernation and torpor? Do frogs really freeze? Come find out! If there is enough snow, snowshoes will be available for the hike. In order to reserve snowshoes, please register at 518-828-4386 ext. 3 or visit their website at www.ccswcd.org |
On January 13 at 9:00 pm at Helsinki Hudson, The great Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret returns for another madly entertaining winter residency. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret features a lineup of phenomenal acts and amazing stunts from the worlds of circus, variety, burlesque, sideshow, and physical comedy. Musical Maestro the Mystic Shadow will accompany jugglers, contortionists, acrobats, aerial artists, sideshow marvels, novelty artists, and daredevils with original circus tunes. As The New York Times said of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret: "It's old-fashioned variety entertainment of the sort Ed Sullivan so astutely scooped up, but with twists." Cirkus Cabaret features: Kinko the Clown (2012 Presidential Candidate) presents his stumbling antics and dancing diabolo display, Zero Boy, sound acrobat and vocal cartoonist, paints naughty pictures and gritty scenes and much more. For more information about Bindlestiff call 1-877-246-3537 or visit their website at www.bindlestiff.org. For tickets to the show visit www.helsinkihudson.com.
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On Saturday, January 14 at 10:00 am Stair Galleries will have a Exposition Auction. Session 1: Asian & Ethnographic - near and far Eastern furniture, ceramics, metalwork, decorations and fine art, Ethnographic and Tribal Art and Antiques. Session 2: English & Continental - furniture, porcelain, silver, decorations, carpets and fine art. For preview hours and detailed auction information, call 518-751-1000 or visit their website at www.stairgalleries.com
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"Animal Art" Exhibition dates are January 21 to March 10 at the Columbia County Council on the Arts Gallery. Opening Reception is Saturday, January 21 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. This special show will benefit the Columbia-Greene Humane Society, who do wonderful work protecting and finding homes for animals in our area. A portion of the proceeds of the art sale will be donated to CGHS. For more information about CGHS visit their website at www.cghs.org. For more information about CCCA visit their website at www.artscolumbia.org |
On January 20 at 9:00 pm at Helsinki Hudson, Teddy Thompson a native Englishman who has adopted New York City as his home; famously the son of singer-songwriters Richard and Linda Thompson, he immigrated to the state more than a decade ago to embark on a career of his own. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 518-828-4800 or visit their website at www.helsinkihudson.com.
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On Saturday, January 21 at 8:00 pm at the Hudson Opera House Anthony de Mare who
is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost champions of contemporary music. His latest project, Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, is a landmark commissioning and concert project that expresses his vision to expand both the repertoire and the audience for contemporary music. With Liaisons, de Mare and producer Rachel Colbert have brought together 36 of today's most highly regarded emerging and established composers to create a solo piano piece based on a Sondheim song of their own choosing. Exclusive new works from Steve Reich, William Bolcom, Adam Guettel, Tania Leon, Ricky Ian Gordon, Paul Moravec, and Kenji Bunch, among others, will bring the work of musical theater maestro Stephen Sondheim while spanning the classical contemporary, jazz, film, theater and pop worlds. Currently on the roster of Yamaha Artists, he has been praised for his "muscularly virtuosic, remarkably uninhibited performance [and] impressive talents" (Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times). $20, $18 members. For more information about the Hudson Opera House call 518-822-1438 or visit their website at www.hudsonoperahouse.org.
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Join the Chamber as MOD Restaurant hosts a Business After Hours at their Hudson location on Wednesday, January 25. The event will run from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Business After Hours’ offer excellent networking opportunities for area business people. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar will be offered during the After Hours. MOD is located at 20 S. Front Street in Hudson. Chamber Office will be open from 5 - 6 if you have not had a chance to stop in and see it yet. There is no cost to attend, but guests are encouraged to contact the Chamber at (518) 828-4417 if they plan to attend. For more information about the Chamber visit their website at www.columbiachamber-ny.com
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On Wednesday, January 25 from 10:00 - 11:30 am the Columbia Land Conservancy will host Wandering at Round Ball Mountain Conservation Area in Ancram. There is no cost to attend. You will learn about teh history of the site, look for wildlife and have a chance to familiarize yourself with the trails. Snowshoes provided if needed. To register call Marcia Cary at 518-392-525 ext. 202. For more information about Columbia Land Conservancy visit their website at www.clctrust.org. |
A fundraising benefit to support Columbia Memorial Hospital and Kaaterskill Care Skilled Nursing & Rehab Hosted by Denise de Diego and Kevin Delahanty Presented by AOW Associates With entertainment by the Glen David Andrews Band Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7:00 p.m. held at Helsinki Hudson. There will be food, drink & dancing. Also, a fabulous silent auction. For more information, contact Gina Orlando at 518.828.8239.
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