Block Printing on Fabric with Jen Hewett, Drop Forge & Tool, Saturday, January 21, 2017

Start the New Year perfecting your creative skills or acquiring new ones like Block Printing on Fabric—something soul-filling that you have wanted to do for a very long time, but have put off because of other responsibilities and commitments.

Workshop: Have you ever wanted to print your own fabric for your craft and DIY projects? In this class and with a few simple tools, you will learn how to carve printing blocks and transfer your designs onto fabric. You’ll leave with your own, custom-printed fabric and the knowledge and tools to work on more projects at home.

Supplies: All the special tools you’ll need to get started will be supplied, as well as a yard of cotton muslin fabric to practice on.

Sustenance: Snacks, beverages and a tasty locally sourced lunch will be provided.

Your instructor, Jen Hewett, is a San Francisco-based printmaker, surface designer and teacher. Jen and her brightly-printed bags have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Anthology Magazine, UPPERCASE, and Design*Sponge. She has taught hundreds of students both online and in person and has led workshops for corporate design teams.

The Workshop is open to the public. Because sharp tools are used, this class is limited to adult students.

For more information and to register, click here.

Drop Forge & Tool’s mission is to encourage and facilitate the making and sharing of new works and art of all kinds. Our goal is to provide access to the creative process by providing time and space to create; opportunities to learn, practice and hone a craft; and unique events to engage, entertain and inspire our community.

Block Printing on Fabric with Jan Hewett
Saturday, January 21st, 10am - 3:30pm
Drop Forge & Tool
442 Warren St, Hudson NY
info@dropforgeandtool.com
www.dropforgeandtool.com

A Wine Tasting Paired with a Classic French Dinner Guarantees a Fun and Exciting Evening!

EXPERIENCE A NEW TAKE ON FRENCH CUISINE

Begin at the Danny Kaye Theatre for a blind wine tasting conducted by an expert sommelier.
Then head to The Bocuse Restaurant for a delicious meal of French classics created
using modern techniques.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 6 pm
Danny Kaye Theatre/The Bocuse Restaurant
$95 prepaid, all-inclusive

To reserve your spot, visit bocuserestaurant.com/events
or call 845.451.1014

A Sweet Spot in Poughkeepsie’s Little Italy—Caffe Aurora

For a truly authentic, old-world Italian caffe (European coffee bar) experience, consider visiting Caffe Aurora in Poughkeepsie’s Little Italy district. This charming family-run caffe bakery has been serving the Italian community as far back as the 1940s, well over a half-century.

Cappuccino and some Biscotti

This area was established in the early 1900s when a flurry of Italian immigrants arrived from New York City to find a new life and open their businesses. Today this neighborhood remains strongly tied to the Italian traditions while welcoming many different cultures.

Assorted Pastries

You don’t need to travel to the West Village in New York City to experience the charm of this traditional time-honored establishment that serves good coffee and delicious pastries prepared fresh daily. It’s located on Mill Street near the Train Station and the Hudson River. The ambience is authentic, simple and classic, a bit funky, certainly charming and well-worth visiting. The great thing about Caffe Aurora is that it is not only a full-fledged bakery offering traditional Italian pastry/bread recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation, it is a comfortable gathering place with plenty of tables where you can sit down and enjoy a cappuccino and some biscotti or a rum baba and not feel pressured or intruded upon.

Espresso Bar

Perhaps you’d like to sit at the espresso bar that just so happens to also serve Italian ices in over 25 flavors. During your visit, you may be lucky enough to catch hearing one of the regular patrons speaking Italian to one another.

The tables are detailed with old newspaper stories under glass tops, old fashioned sugar bowls, some with metal lids and spoons. The Caffe has lots of plants throughout, shelves with packaged coffee for sale, ceramic/china platters and dishes, some that match, and in some cases, some that don’t. The ambiance is warm and inviting, reflecting the community and the patrons who truly love coming to the Caffe!

Vintage Sugar Bowls

There are oodles of cookies alongside traditional Italian pastry standards, from rice pudding to French petits fours, cream puffs, rum baba, biscotti, éclairs, pignoli cookies, sugared almonds, cakes, fruit tarts, daily baked breads, candies, as well as sugar-free and gluten-free cookies. Custom wedding cakes and seasonal delights such as chocolate bunnies at Easter are very much a part of Caffe Aurora’s offerings.

Italian Cheesecake

Old-World Props, Confectionery Jars

Assorted Cookies

Walking into Caffe Aurora is stepping back in time to celebrate the best of the Strippoli family traditions of baking with the longstanding pride in keeping a culture alive and well.

Caffe Aurora
145 Mill Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-454-1900
www.caffeaurora.com

Holiday Dining at Mohonk Mountain House Christmas Day 2016

A festive, relaxing way to celebrate the Holidays, this Christmas Day, December 25th, dining at the GRAND BUFFET in the beautiful Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.

Celebrate the season with family and friends in a spectacular environment enjoying savory food, wines and scrumptious desserts. Enjoy carved to order roast turkey, roast strip loin, Virginia ham, delectable desserts, and more—then check out the fully-decorated Mountain House with fifteen Christmas trees and the Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition winners. Advanced reservations required.

Price:  $77.50 adult; $42.25 ages 4-12, excludes taxes and admin fee.

Mohonk Mountain House
1000 Mountain Rest Road
New Paltz, NY 12561
845-255-1000
www.mohonk.com/dining/special-events

ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: Photographs by Patrick Harbron, Albany Institute of History & Art

Rock and Roll Icons: Photographs by Patrick Harbron is an exhibition taken from Harbron’s body of concert and portrait photography of influential musicians and groups of the 1970s and 1980s, captured at pivotal moments in their careers.

The exhibition features many photographs that have never been published or exhibited. Mr. Harbron's work has been widely published and exhibited worldwide.

Harbron photographed artists such as Blondie, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Elvis Costello early in their careers. He followed these artists to prominence and others that were already well known including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Queen, The Who, Genesis, KISS, U2, Aerosmith, and Prince.

ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: Photographs by Patrick Harbron
Current exhibition through February 12, 2017

ROCK AND ROLL ICONS: Photographs by Patrick Harbron
Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
518-463-4478
www.albanyinstitute.org