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click to enlarge Kaatsbaan Teases Spring Season Highlights The 153-acre Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli will kick off its outdoor spring festival in May. The more than 20 presentations scheduled to hit Kaatsbaan's two outdoor stages include performances by the American Ballet Theatre, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Yannick Lebrun from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Maria Kowroski, Ask la Cour, and Gonzalo Garcia from the New York City Ballet; pianist Hunter Noack, punk legend Patti Smith; and many more. The multi-disciplinary festival will also feature dance perf...

Nick Cave. Photo by Sandro. A months-long controversy involving a Nick Cave installation, building codes, and the slippery line between art and signage has finally come to a close in a tiny New York town. This week, the zoning board of the Village of Kinderhook unanimously ruled that Truth Be Told, a text work by Cave and designer Bob Faust, could remain on the facade of gallerist Jack Shainman’s upstate New York outpost, the School. It was the first time the village leaders acknowledged the installation as a piece of art. “I didn’t set out to have this fight, but I will always stand b...

Who determines what constitutes a work of art? That’s the question at the center of an appeal, which has garnered national attention, before the village of Kinderhook’s Zoning Board of Appeals tonight. A public hearing will take place at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Board members will be asked to rule on whether Nick Cave’s artwork, “Truth Be Told,” is a sign and, therefore, subject to local code, which limits and sometimes prohibits banners, billboards and signs. “Truth Be Told” was installed Oct. 31 and is scheduled to be on display in Kinderhook through Sunday. â€�...

HUDSON — Fourth Ward Alderman John Rosenthal proposed the city change its alternate-side parking rules, but Department of Public Works Superintendent Robert Perry believes the current rules are needed. The city requires cars park on alternate sides every night for street cleaning, with some exceptions. From midnight to 8 a.m., cars should park on the odd side of the street for odd-numbered calendar dates and the even side for even-numbered days. The Department of Public Works does street cleaning five days a week from April 1 to Nov. 1, and when possible, between Nov. 1 and April 1, depe...

HUDSON — Arterial Streets presented its ideas for the Downtown Revitalization Initiative street and sidewalk improvements at the Common Council meeting last Tuesday. The Downtown Revitalization Initiative is a $10 million grant from the Capital Region Economic Development Council in 2017. It is dedicated to western downtown Hudson, which the initiative calls the BRIDGE District, standing for Build- Renew- Invest- Develop- Grow- Empower. The district covers Second Street to the waterfront from east to west, and Dock Street to the South Bay wetlands from north to south. There are 1,272 peo...