Kate Buggeln Photography

07/18/2026

Visit a museum this weekend! Hudson River Museum in Yonkers NY would be an excellent choice!

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A psychiatrist says engaging with the arts not only helps biologically. It can also make you feel more alive.

07/17/2026

Will be a great evening!

Come to the HRM tonight, Friday, July 17, 8pm for a night of FREE, toe-tapping live music with Dom Flemons as he presents “The Bronze Buckaroo Film and Songster Show”! 🪕 NOTE: This performance will take place indoors due to poor air quality conditions.

Dom Flemons will perform songs from his Grammy-nominated album “Traveling Wildfire” as well as a selection of folk, blues, country, and bluegrass songs, taking you on an entertaining journey through a century of American roots music. He will be accompanied by a backdrop of scenes from the iconic 1939 silent film, “The Bronze Buckaroo,” which broke barriers as an all-Black cast film.

Doors open at 7:30pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Free parking is available.

Learn more at hrm.org/amphitheater

The Summer Amphitheater Series is sponsored by Bank of America

Generous support for the series is also provided by the The City of Yonkers, Mayor Mike Spano

Support for this performance is provided by Art Bridges Foundation

07/16/2026

Hudson River Museum is your best bet to avoid the smoke and heat!

Hot off the press! Check out this Chronogram article on our summer exhibitions, “Black Cowboys in America: Photographs by Ron Tarver” and “Robert Peterson: Journeys.”

“The two exhibitions form a natural dialogue. Tarver looks outward, documenting a community whose history has been overlooked; Peterson looks inward, building images rooted in memory, family, and personal connection. Together, they offer a broader vision of American identity—one where cowboys, caretakers, artists, parents, and dreamers all belong in the frame.”

Plus, join us this weekend for two special programs with the artists: “Artist Tour and Talk with Ron Tarver and Robert Peterson: Cowboy Culture and the Human-Horse Connection” on Saturday, July 18 at 2pm, followed by Portraiture Workshops with both artists on Sunday, July 19, 1:30–4pm.

Read the full story at chronogram.com/arts/visualart/black-cowboys-robert-peterson-hudson-river-museum

07/15/2026

When I am not making art, I am thinking about the future of the next generation. I recently shared lessons learned from my time as a board director, working with the tween brand Justice, with the founders of . You can read my thoughts in the link below.

If you care about tween girls, get to know their company. Jim and Kimberly are getting right what we got wrong and is making a critical difference for girls. , , proud to share

A former Justice board director on why great tween brands must design for confidence, not just sell aspiration, during the most formative years of a girl's life.

07/05/2026

Breaking the heatwave on July 4th!

05/22/2026

05/17/2026

Saw a remarkable art installation yesterday by . Massive crewel works swung from the rafters among immersive sound. Hudson Valley art has never been more relevant or dynamic. Get a taste of it all Summer long by visiting my favorite places: , ,
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05/16/2026

Sitting with morning coffee. Leaves cast fresh Spring shadows on the old Sycamore Maple in the backyard. A cycle of life lasting over 140 years, the tree's origins unknown. The old lady has watched over this house all its life. Were you planted with care or fight your way through the earth, carried by an ancestor of these ever chattering squirrels? Scrambling around and around the fat trunk, they ignore me while a chorus of birds shout down. I hear only jibberish. In this moment I consider .renkl and , who inspire us to sit in this natural noise, as loud as any construction site, to find the quiet.

05/15/2026

Beauty fights back as brighten an abandoned worksite along the Hudson. , , ,

05/13/2026

Forever grateful for the poets among us.