THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE GNOME: In your garden or abroad By Krista Madsen I interrupt my plan to dig into Yellowjacket’s cannibalistic tendencies, no joke, to try to get into the mood of the season, refrain from eating any people, and share some holiday cheer alr... More »
By Susan Treiman— It took an ordinary birdfeeder, a camera, and weeks of COVID isolation to bring rivertowns’ winged wildlife to Grand Central Terminal, thanks to local photographer Rory Mulligan. The 40-Year-old Hastings-on Hudson printmaker and arts professo... More »
PLANCHETTE: Communing with the living and the dead By Krista Madsen I’ve never felt like I could achieve fluency in a second language when—especially as a writer—I could spend my life trying to master the first. There are so many words left to learn! Case in p... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A production company will be filming in the Crest neighborhood of Tarrytown for two days this week. Filming of Poker Face, a drama on the Peacock network, is scheduled to take place on Tues., Dec 17 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Wed., Dec 18 f... More »
EXQUISITE CORPSE(S): The Uncanny Art of Animal Assemblage By Krista Madsen One spring day about a year ago when everyone emerges to do yardwork, my next door neighbor in my country outpost in the Catskills, an elderly man who is there even less than I am, came... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— An Irvington resident will be representing the rivertowns in the upcoming 2025 Miss NY for America Strong Pageant. Jaclyn Fine, 31, will be hoping to be bring the crown to Westchester in the pageant, which was created in 2019 as part of the M... More »
WEREMOTHER: Nightbitch & Yellowjacket By Krista Madsen Give me a long four-day weekend (Thanksgiving) and I’m most likely—as my former Home|body title here once alluded—to avoid extra-housal socialization, and shower as seldom as humanly allowable. I keep my h... More »
By Barrett Seaman– When the last notes of Sunday in the Park with George ended, a packed house audience at The Ark, the Shames JCC on Hudson’s new theater, rose from a robust round of applause to a full-blown standing ovation. They had just heard four vocalist... More »
SHOW & TELL | ICHABOD’S HEAD: A guest tale rises from the rich soil of Sleepy Hollow By Krista Madsen– Today in rebellion against Black Friday, during which (as an adamant buy-less-er) I do anything but scour sales—my spawn and I will instead: decorate a dead ... More »
By W.B. King– An independent troubadour who has never conformed to industry expectations, Don McLean’s songs have long reflected the country he loves, America. A devout believer in writing tunes that reflect the struggles and perseverance of everyday folks, he... More »
THE ANATOMY OF A HOTDOG: My Month of Meats By Krista Madsen My favorite part of riding this flowstate (sometimes achieved when I’m following my creative instincts to the fullest) is when everything I encounter starts seeming to connect. Case in point: the minu... More »
By W.B. King– When Sabrina Monique performs songs off her new album It’s Not Me, It’s You at Time Square’s RiseNY on November 26 in celebration of Thanksgiving week, the White Plains native will draw upon an array of experiences, including her time as a contes... More »
By W.B. King– Building on a celebrated jam band Thanksgiving residency tradition dating back to Phish in the early 1990s, Dogs in a Pile will play the first of two consecutive nights at The Capitol Theatre on Black Friday. “This will be our first time headlini... More »
UGLY PAGEANT PART 3: Monster Myth By Krista Madsen Lest it seem from the Ugly Pageant’s parade of Toys (winner: Boglins) and Film Villains (winner: The Fly) that most rotten eggs come from the 1980s and/or the bottom of some twisted kid’s closet in the USA, it... More »
By W.B. King– When The Hudson Independent caught up with the multi-Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams by phone from her home in Nashville, she joyfully reflected on her latest recording effort—paying homage to musical heroes, The Beatles. “T... More »
By W.B. King– A band born from busking on street corners in places like Ontario, New York City and Boone, N.C., as well as many points between, the Grammy Award-winning Old Crow Medicine Show has spent nearly 30 years promulgating old-time American and Appalac... More »
THE UGLY PAGEANT—MOVIES: Who’s the foulest of them all? Part 2 By Krista Madsen– In pretty distractions: this week there was a hilarious Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in New York City, for which multiples of young curly-mopped boys (including a brief ca... More »
By W.B. King– After 27 years of successfully producing more than 70 stage shows, the Taconic Opera is moving from the Yorktown Stage Musical Theatre to the Tarrytown Music Hall. General Director Dan Montez told The Hudson Independent the move is both exciting ... More »
THE UGLY PAGEANT—MADTOYS: Who’s the foulest of them all? Part 1 By Krista Madsen– I have a rule about Halloween: no cute costumes allowed. If you have to be a princess, it should be a dead princess, or a gross princess, or a scary princess. Ugly-only is my reb... More »
And Spooky Halloween Productions Are on Tap By W.B. King — For nearly 140 years, The Tarrytown Music Hall has featured iconic acts like Irving Berlin, B.B. King, Levon Helm, David Crosby, Judy Collins, Dave Brubeck, Mavis Staples, Chita Rivera, Mandy Patinkin ... More »
