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Hidden History of Columbia County – lecture at HAL

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The Hudson Area Library History Room sponsored a lecture April 2, 2015 by Allison Guertin Marchese based on her book “Hidden History of Columbia County New York” (The History Press, 2014. Available locally at The Spotty Dog Books & Ale 440 Warren St).
Ms. Marchese touched on many topics: healing waters in New Lebanon that supported a 300 room hotel, sulfur springs in Stottville, the Shakers, Electric Park, interesting people in the area, a fairly extensive comment on Edna St. Vincent Millay, the poet and finally the library’s current home at 400 State St.
(The audio is captured on an iPhone. Serviceable, but at times a bit noisy with rustles and comments)

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Allison Marchese at Hudson Area Library 04/02/2015


 

Thursday – 4/16/2015

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Umesh talked over but not to this slide. Drives me crazy.


Early meeting with Mary Vaughn Williams about her loan application.
UTM – talks with various software developers. UAlbany visit.

Met Anita Harris at Panera Bread near UAlbany. Her mother is in a nursing home nearby. While waiting Janet Schnitzer, Germantown, former HAL President, appeared. She play majong there regularly. Small world. Continue reading →

Friday – 4/10/2015

04102015 - 2HAL – meeting of the newly enlarged marketing committee. Agi Clark joined us.

Agi Clark
Born: Budapest Hungary
Emigrated to the U.S. with parents on February 1957
Graduated from Christopher Columbus H.S. in the Bronx
BFA degree from Pratt Institute major Fine and Graphic Arts
 
Career in Advertising in NYC 1967-1991
Art Director at Pritchard Wood (British Airways, Jamaica, Indian Tourist Office, The Bahamas)
Creative Director Senior V.P.  at N. W Ayer (DeBeers Diamonds, AT&T, Kraft, J.C.Penney, Seven Up)
Chairman, Chief Creative Officer LGFE (New York Stock Exchange, Hennessy Cognac, Contel, Wall Street Journal)
 
Advertising Director for the Liberal Democratic Party (Alliance of Free Democrats)
in Hungary in the 1994 and 1998 elections.
Advertising for the Mayor of Budapest, Gabor Demszky 1994 and 1998
 
Moved to long time country house in 2000
Two photography exhibits one in Budapest, one at Hudson Opera House.
Established the magazine Hudson River Art (with Peter Barton) designed and produced it
Volunteered at John L. Edwards elementary school (mentored reading)
On the Board of the Hudson Library (can’t remember the year.)
 
One son, two grandchildren. Grandson second year at Berkeley California, granddaughter junior at Poughkeepsie Day School.
Very good meeting with Joe Keenan and Agi providing much new direction and content. Now will focus on creating overall messaging strategy. We will meet again next Friday.

 

UTM

– Raizlabs, Surge, Coherent Solutions, Gavant, all intro discussions. Seth called to tell me that he and David want me to take over the website project. Send letter to Alan Coon informing him of our disappointment and need for him to step in. Seth is altogether too emotional.

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Saturday – 3/28/15

IMG_9513Went to gym, then breakfast at Bob’s diner. Conversation about free markets and how best to present ideas about how ideas about them permeate the culture.

IMG_9518 (1)Reading

Picked up book on slavery, cotton and capitalism at the library. Must write an essay about the four or five books that have transformed my view of race in American history in the last few years.

Library Campaign Committee Meeting

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Thursday – 3/19/15

The living room will go away shortly. Displaced by DOG

The living room will go away shortly. Displaced by DOG

Went to gym at 7:30 am. Hope to get this into a routine. More work on tennis exercises.

Returned and worked on UTM and library projects. Talked with Jan about UTM plans for an hour. He remains concerned that David and Seth don’t really grasp the situation and opportunity they are in.

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Thursday – 3/12/15

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6:05 PM

Went early to go to Apple Store to pick up new iPad Air2. Then to UAlbany. Led discussion because Jan was attending an executive event at the Business School.

Left promptly at 1:30 to return to meet with Miranda Barry who is interested in the library. Gwen Gould also attended. Met at Cafe le Perche. Miranda is very dynamic, experienced educational media person. Long time with Sesame Street.Now with a new venture StarWalk Kids Media. She is very interested in participating in program development.

Friday – 2/20/15

IMG_9035 2The cold is not ending. Temperature at 7am.

Met with Agi Clark at Cascades to explore possible modes for her to engage the library project. 90 minute discussion. She has owned a house in Taghkanic across the lake since 1976. Now living on Warren St. as an experiment. Background on the creative side of advertising. Not a committee person. interested in engaging the poorer parts of the community. Knows Joanie Hunt at Promise Neighborhood. Also spoke of the need to video everything we do. Perhaps get a high school student involved.

Talked with Seth about UTM. Disaster with Troy Web last week not managing Apple app licenses and loosing connection to the CMH app. New CMH website now in web developer slow down…… still spelling errors in the text. More about the aggravations with Angie Keefer. He also now had some nagging damage to right shoulder from a fall earlier in the winter.02202015-UTM-scrn grab