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Join us Sunday, October 25 at the Hudson Jr./Sr. High School for the 26th Annual Ghostly Gallop! In-person/race-day regi...
10/24/2026

Join us Sunday, October 25 at the Hudson Jr./Sr. High School for the 26th Annual Ghostly Gallop!

In-person/race-day registration is open from 9am-10am, the kids costume contest is at 9:30am, the Kids Fun Run kicks off at 10am, and then the 5K Race is at 10:30am.

What’s the difference between hearing and listening? Can you listen with more than just your ears? What happens when we ...
10/23/2026

What’s the difference between hearing and listening? Can you listen with more than just your ears? What happens when we spend time listening to the world around us?

Next week, we begin our two-part sound journey with a listening walk from the library to Kite’s Nest. On Nov 4, we hone our ears, learning to use equipment to make field recordings around and outside the library. Recorders and dinner provided each week. Ages 9-18 for both sessions.

⏳ Wednesday, October 28 & November 4, 4 – 6pm
🗺️ Hudson Area Library Community Room. During the first session, we will depart for our sound walk to Kite’s Nest by 4:30pm.
🐚 Registration required! Email [email protected] or call 518-828-1792 x 101, and please add a note about any dietary restrictions.

This program is presented in partnership with Kite’s Nest and is supported by the Alexander & Marjorie Hover Foundation.

Thursday, October 29, 6pm, via Zoom, historian Erin Kramer discusses how relationships between the Dutch and Haudenosaun...
10/22/2026

Thursday, October 29, 6pm, via Zoom, historian Erin Kramer discusses how relationships between the Dutch and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) shaped responses to Leisler’s uprising in the Albany region. Register for Zoom at History Room website: https://historyroom.hudsonarealibrary.org/history-room-programs

Samuel M. Plato, contractor for the Hudson USPS, was recently posthumously inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame for hi...
10/20/2026

Samuel M. Plato, contractor for the Hudson USPS, was recently posthumously inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame for his role in breaking racial barriers in federal construction. Black persons could not stay in Hudson hotels in 1938, but as this article from the New York Age indicates, he stayed at John and Adelaide Tucker’s home at 433 State Street. The Tuckers were a prominent Black family that took in Black persons who came to Hudson on business. For more information on the Tuckers visit the History Room and peruse our Black Legacy Association of Columbia County (BLACC) collection.

TODAY! Our Q***r Teen Meetup returns with a fun afternoon of lip syncing, listening to music, hanging out, and eating s...
10/19/2026

TODAY! Our Q***r Teen Meetup returns with a fun afternoon of lip syncing, listening to music, hanging out, and eating snacks — new members and allies welcome! Ages 12 – 18.

⏲️ Monday, October 19, 3:30 – 5:30 pm
❤️‍🔥 Hudson Area Library Community Room
🤓 Registration appreciated. Email [email protected] or call 518-828-1792.
🗓️ Save the dates! QTMU meets Mon 11/16 (Afternoon Movie) and Mon 12/14 (TBD - up to you!), same time in the Teen Room!

This program is presented in partnership with the Mental Health Association of Columbia Greene Youth Clubhouses, and is supported by the Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation.

Our History Room offers free research requests and one of our most rewarding times is when we find children who stayed a...
10/15/2026

Our History Room offers free research requests and one of our most rewarding times is when we find children who stayed at the Hudson Orphan & Relief Association, thus giving their family members/descendants more information on their lives. This is the title page of our earliest ledger dating from 1875. Thank you Richard Koskey of the Children's Foundation for entrusting these records to our archives.

This afternoon! Youth aged 9-18, do you love playing Tamagotchi or are you curious to learn more? Our very own HAL Tween...
10/14/2026

This afternoon! Youth aged 9-18, do you love playing Tamagotchi or are you curious to learn more? Our very own HAL Tween Jack Torres (aka DJ Auggie) has put together a Tamagotchi meetup...for this afternoon. Bring your lil e-pet keychains if you have one, but if you don't, no worries, we have a video game version you can try!

👾TODAY, Wednesday, October 14, 4 - 5pm
💻Hudson Area Library Teen Room
🙋🏽Let us know you're coming! Email [email protected] or call 518-828-1792 x 101

This program is supported by the Alexander & Marjorie Hover Foundation.

🪑 One week from today!🪑 Join us for the opening of Angela Robins’ The Ash Tree Seating Project, an exhibition celebratin...
10/14/2026

🪑 One week from today!🪑 Join us for the opening of Angela Robins’ The Ash Tree Seating Project, an exhibition celebrating chairs crafted from a standing dead ash tree from Columbia County. Explore the impact of the emerald ash borer, traditional chairmaking, and efforts to preserve resistant ash trees. Enjoy hands-on woodworking activities, and consider adopting a white ash sapling! More information at the link in our bio.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Exhibition on view in the Ecotopian Collection from October 21 – November 30
📍Hudson Area Library Community Room
📝 Registration is required. Email [email protected] or call 518-828-1792

📸: Kate Warren

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, in partnership.

Our Patriots of Hudson in the Revolutionary War exhibit is now online on the Hudson River Valley Heritage website: https...
10/13/2026

Our Patriots of Hudson in the Revolutionary War exhibit is now online on the Hudson River Valley Heritage website: https://omeka.hrvh.org/?page=3

🤩 Peep those paper fashions! Local artist, Ntangou Badila, brings new creative project ideas to every session of her Dro...
10/13/2026

🤩 Peep those paper fashions! Local artist, Ntangou Badila, brings new creative project ideas to every session of her Drop-In Artmaking program on Wednesday nights 🥰 Children ages 4 - 8 are invited to join the fun! All materials provided!

🗓️ Wednesdays, through December 16, 5 – 7:30pm
(except November 11 and November 25, due to the holidays)
📍Hudson Area Library Children’s Area
🎨 No registration required. Drop in and make art in a casual environment!

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51 North 5th Street
Hudson, NY
12534

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