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BeaconOnHudson.com Some Call It "The New Brooklyn?"

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Take a quick tour of the area by rolling your mouse over the thumbnail images above         Beacon NY once known primarily for its hilltop casino, fine wool hats, biscuit wrappers, civil war guns and red bricks comes into arenaissance with a world class art museum, galleries and small town charm.    Where Is Beacon?    Highlights The 100 year old Incline Railway trail goes up Mt. Beacon. Takes about an hour to make it to the top. Visit their web site: The Mt. Beacon Incline Railway Restoration Society Approaching the trail that winds up to the top where spectacular views of the Hudson Valley can be seen. >view The Beacon Metro North Train Station is recently landscaped and ready for visitors. The waterfall of Fishkill Creek goes right through downtown Beacon along East Main Street. Glass on display at Hudson Beach Glass is for sale.   Beacon has many Victorian Ladies Healthy living comes to Beacon Waterfront Park A scenic 10 min drive to Cold Spring Beacon has been growing in favor and in flavor for a few years now and is gaining recognonition as one of the Hudson Valley's gems come back to life. The town has it all, a rich in history and small town Americana charm. Beacon, with an abundance of Victorian architecture, collectible shops, emerging art galleries, museums and fine dining has something for everyone. Beacon sits on the Metro North commuter line offering visitors and residents an easy in and out of NYC. Madam Brett Homestead 1709 Beacon is consistently becoming known as an antiquers hunting ground with so many great shops in town, from museum quality collectibles to kitschy finds.   A busy Main St. in Beacon is chock full of coffee houses, shops and activities. Hudson Beach Glass is not only a retail storefront on Main Street, but also a busy studio where several local glass artists work and demonstrate the craft of glass blowing and sculpting. Overlooking the Hudson river with the Beacon Newburgh Bridge in the background. There are many beautiful public green spaces to spend a lazy afternoon in Beacon. The city is also revitalizing the greenways along the banks of the Hudson complete with bike paths. DIA Beacon in the old Nabisco Printing factory has almost 300,000 square feet of exhibit space and houses many important permanent art collections from the 1960s to present drawing visitors from around the world. DIA Art Foundation

 

Nights Of 9/11 Opening Reception Saturday September 10th 2011 Beacon NY

OPENING RECEPTION AND DISCUSSION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10th 5pm-9pm     It’s easy to look back on things sitting in a chair years later. But at the moment when something happens, how do you react? How do you really perceive it? Everything that’s happened in the last ten years gets convoluted with what happened in the beginning, gets torn and twisted. Now, I remember it emotionally. In my dreams it’s a cloud, not a hard thing; it’s a smell, a being, another person, a relationship. I took pictures because I didn’t want to forget; things fade, objects take the place of emotions, and because you live through so many moments, things become all mixed up. That’s the way we live, but photography gives you the ability to freeze something in time. The photographs bring me back. They’re my notebook; my best notebook. That’s why I take pictures. I take pictures because sometimes my brain is dead and I need to remember where I placed my foot. And, to recapitulate that place; that smell…   '

— NOW ONLINE —  [Virtual Exhibition]   An online gallery of the installation and images featured in Fovea's July 23rd-September 4th exhibit by photographer Emily Schiffer. Her subjects are her students,  6 to 20 years old, young residents of the Cheyenne River Reservation in rural South Dakota. An artist talk given at Fovea with Ms. Schiffer is also online here.

FOVEA EXHIBITIONS   143 Main Street Beacon, New York, 12508 summer hours Fridays-Sundays noon-6pm www.FoveaExhibitions.org

 

Long Dock Park On The Beacon Waterfront Open For All To Enjoy

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20110710/NEWS01/107100361/Long-Dock-Park-opens-Hudson-River-Beacon

Long Dock Park opens on Hudson River in Beacon

Niko Mustakas, 17, of Mountain Tops Outfitters brings a kayak to the Hudson River for a customer at Long Dock as Scenic Hudson held a party to open the Beacon park on Saturday. / Darryl Bautista/Poughkeepsie Journal

BEACON — A portion of Beacon's waterfront that was largely contaminated less than a decade ago was the site of a celebration Saturday.

The land, purchased in 2001 by the nonprofit group Scenic Hudson Inc., has been transformed into a multi-use arts and recreation area called Long Dock Park.

The 15-acre park officially opened Saturday afternoon, and hundreds strolled the grounds just south of the Metro-North Railroad Station. Some paddled kayaks in the Hudson River, while others enjoyed food and live music near a new dock that juts out into the river, offering views of the Catskill Mountains to the north and Storm King Mountain to the south.

Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan called the new park a "demonstration of the power of partnership." The land, once a major rail yard and more recently used as a bulk oil storage facility, was restored with $8.5 million in public and private funding, Sullivan said.

"We bought the land, then we asked the people of Beacon what they'd like to see here," he said. "What we're seeing is the result of that collaboration."

A 150-year-old building on the site has been transformed into a gallery and other facilities run by Mill Street Loft, a Poughkeepsie-based arts group that runs cultural and educational programs for children and adults.

Mill Street Loft Executive Director Carole Wolf called her agency's partnership with Scenic Hudson "a logical marriage of the arts and the environmental movement."

Improvements continue

Sullivan said plans have been drawn up for a hotel and conference center on part of the site that will employ "the latest green technology" in its building methods.

The project is on hold pending the region's economic recovery, but Sullivan said he was confident it would be built.

U.S. Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, whose district includes parts of Dutchess County, was one of the first to enter the park when the festival began Saturday afternoon.

"This park shows why Scenic Hudson is such a special organization," Hayworth said as she toured the Mill Street Loft art gallery. "It will be a benefit not only to the people of Beacon but to the growing number of tourists who are coming to the Hudson Valley."

Beacon resident Kevin Sheffield called the new park "just the latest example" of improvements to the quality of life in the city.

"I moved here from Queens three years ago, and ever since then I've seen one amazing thing after another happening here," Sheffield said. "I tell everyone I know they really have to come to Beacon and see what's going on."

Reach Larry Hertz at lhertz@poughkee.gannett.com or 845-437-4836.

 

 

 

Freeze Frame Mar 12 & 13 2011 Noon DIA Beacon

http://thebeacontheatre.org/freezeframe.html

 

 

 

Saturday, March 12, 2011

12pm

Screening of Herb and Dorothy

Dia:Beacon is located at Beekman Street  Beacon, NY 12508

Dia:Beacon, Lower Level Gallery

2pm

Q&A  panel on the "Art Of Collecting Art" with the filmmakers, Herb and Dorothy Vogel, artist Charles Clough, and Executive Director of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Jack Cowart. 

Dia:Beacon

$20

$10

3:15pm

Reception with wine and catering by Fresh Company

$20

Dia:Beacon

Sunday, March 13, 2011

12pm

Screening of Fresh, followed by a Q&A  panel onThe Future of the Sustainable Food Movementwith the filmmakers, Hudson Valley Fresh, and Common Ground.

The Howland Cultural Center

$20

2:30pm

Fresh, organic farm lunch featuring food from Fresh Company

$20

The Beacon Theatre

The Howland Cultural Center is located at 447 Main Street Beacon, NY 12508

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Hudson Valley Home Cooking Classes

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Hudson Valley Classes     THE DETAILS All classes are held in Beacon, New York. Each hands-on 2hour class is $65, with a maximum of 8 students attending.Also included are a complete recipe packet and a full sit-down dinner at the end of class.     PLEASE NOTE: This season I will be hosting the classes at various home kitchens in Beacon. While I will still occasionally hold classes in my own Beacon home, I now have the opportunity to work in some large and fabulous kitchens around town. You will receive the address and directions for each class when you sign up, but all are within 2 miles of my home.   SIGN UP! Adults and any children above the age of 13 are welcome to sign up.  To sign up or to be added to our e-mailing list for upcoming classes, please contact Jennifer at 917.803.6857 or atjennifer@homecookingny.com. Payment in full is required to hold your spot.   WAITING LISTS If a class is full that you would like to take, please send me an email and I can put you on the waiting list.     Winter Schedule     How to Cook Fish  Thursday, February 10 at 7pm FULL Wednesday, March 30 at 7pm   We’ll cover five different ways to cook fish as well as the how-to’s of buying, storing, and substituting one fish for another.    Whole Roasted Sea Bass Parchment-Roasted Salmon Fillets with     Roasted Beet Coulis Seared Tuna Steak with Orange-Olive-    Currant Relish Crispy Cod with Lemon-Caper Butter   Fresh Pasta Workshop Try your hand at homemade pasta, two of which don't even require a pasta machine to master. A terrific hands-on experience. Tuesday, March 15 at 7pm Fresh Pasta Dough Roasted Beet Tortelloni with Poppy Seed Butter Pici al Limone (fresh semolina pasta) Fresh Ricotta Gnocchi with Crispy Sage   Northern Italian Classics  One of the best regions in the world for eating well. . Tuesday, March 22 at 7pm  FULL Tuesday, April 19 at 7pm Fresh Ricotta Gnocchi with Sage Brown Butter Butternut Squash and Pancetta Risotto Classic Bolognese Sauce Creamy Parmigiano-Reggiano Polenta   French Bistro Supper   Learn why Julia Child devoted her whole life to this cuisine.Wednesday, April 6 at 7pm  FULL Casserole-Roasted Whole Chicken  Potato and Caramelized Onion Gratin with Gruyere String Beans with Almonds and Lemon Brandied Pear Clafouti   Thai & Vietnamese Learn how to balance hot, sour, salty and sweet flavors in this vibrant cuisine. Thursday, April 28 at 7pm  Summer Rolls with Shrimp, Mango, and Cilantro with Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce Chicken-Coconut Soup with Lemongrass and Ginger (Tom Yum Gai) Green Curry Chicken with Thai Basil and Eggplant Steamed Jasmine Rice   www.BeaconOnHudson.Com

PRIVATE COOKING CLASSES Jennifer is also available to teach private classes in yourHudson Valley home kitchen.   A private class for up to 4 people is $300 (2 1/2 hours; I send you the shopping list) or gather a group of 6 of more people and the cost is $75 per person (groceries are included). You choose the menu and the guest list!      ____________________________________         SPECIAL EVENT:  Pig Workshop  Sunday, March 20 at 11am; $25 per person  at Mountain Restaurant Supply (12 Windsor Highway, Route 32 in New Windsor, NY 12533). Seating is limited, so please sign up early!   Learn everything there is to know about breaking down and cooking a pig, from head to tail. For this workshop, we will have the great fortune of a local, freshly-slaughtered pig on our hands, courtesy of Tim Heuer of Common Ground Farm in Wappingers. We will break down two halves right before your eyes, so you can see how a pig is portioned into its delightful parts and where every cut comes from.   Mark Elia, butchering instructor at the Culinary Institute of America will be on hand to show us exactly how it’s done. After the demonstration, I will cook up a few of the tender cuts to inspire you to take your newfound knowledge back to the kitchen. Introduction to Vegetarian Indian Thursday, March 3 at 7pm Learn how to cook all your Indian restaurant favorites, which are always more delicious when made at home. Homemade Samosas with Cilantro-Mint Sauce Chana Masala (chickpea curry) Saag Paneer (spiced greens with fresh cheese) Basmati Rice Pilaf with Whole Spices     A Guide to Winter Braising Learn the art of cooking food in flavorful liquids, creating perfect one-pot meals. Monday, January 31 at 7pm FULL Classic Coq au Vin Braised Shrimp Puttanesca Pork Tenderloin Braised in Apple Cider    Pan Gravy Creamy Polenta

Nothing Like My Home Photographer Talk Second Saturday February 12 2011

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open weekends, noon-6pm 

Chill Wine Bar, 173 Main St. Beacon, NY

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new wine bar/lounge at 173 Main st. Beacon, NY. 12508 serving wine/beer/food Open 7 days a week 5pm - 12 midnight during the week 5pm - 2am weekends

Who I'd like to meet:

all Chill people

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Beacon Artist Union Presents Herman Roggeman January 8th - 29th 2011

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Beacon Second Saturday December 11 2010

http://www.cityofbeacon.org/features/second-saturday

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Second Saturday Beacon is a city-wide celebration of the arts held on the second Saturday of every month. Galleries and shops stay open until 9pm and many feature show openings, artist receptions, music, and other special events. Sponsored and promoted by theBeacon Arts Community Association (BACA), Second Saturday is also part of the Art Along the Hudson series of monthly arts celebrations in seven Hudson Valley cities. The evenings are a great way to experience Beacon's vibrant contemporary art scene and to sample Main Street's many shops, cafes, and restaurants.

For more information:
BACA Second Saturday Guide
Beacon City Map for gallery and restaurant listings
Beacon: A City Reborn as a Haven for Art (New York Times article, March 2009)

 

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Post Katrina New Orleans Thru The Lens Of David Anderson October 9th -January 2nd 2010

ONE BLOCK: A NEW ORLEANS NEIGHBORHOOD REBUILDS, by Dave Anderson
EXHIBITION OPENING AT FOVEA EXHIBITIONS
Oct 9th through Jan 2, 
Opening Reception Sat Oct 9th 5-9 P.M.
143 Main Street Beacon NY 12508 
www.FoveaExhibitions.org

Fovea's latest exhibit is a powerful portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans as seen through the prism of a single city block whose residents are attempting to rebuild their homes. Using portraiture and still lifes, Anderson explores the very nature of community while testing its resilience.

Anderson’s compassionate treatment of the neighborhood’s difficult circumstances has drawn comparisons to the work of Dorothea Lange and other Farm Security Administration-funded photographers. Seventy years later, between the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and the current housing crisis, the stability and permanence of the American home is once again in jeopardy. One Block reflects Anderson’s affection for New Orleans and his fascination with the power of human resilience – both individually and collectively. 

About the Photographer:
 
Dave Anderson has been recognized as “one of the shooting stars of the American photo scene” by Germany’s fotoMAGAZIN and named a “Rising Star” by Photo District News. A multi-talented image-maker, Dave worked in the Clinton White House and at MTV before discovering photography. His acclaimed first project, “Rough Beauty” was the winner of the 2005 National Project Competition awarded by Center, Santa Fe and was published with an essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. Vince Aletti of the New Yorker has called his work “as clear-eyed and unsentimental as it is soulful and sympathetic.” Anderson’s work has been featured in magazines from Esquire to Stern and can be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; the Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. As a filmmaker, Dave’s original video series, “SoLost,” shot for The Oxford American, was recently named a finalist at the 2010 National Magazine Awards. More information at http://www.dbanderson.com.