Hudson 400 History

The Hudson 400 celebration of discovery will play host to an abundance of theatre, music, dance, and visual arts. We hope you will enjoy the amazing sights and sounds Albany and the Capital Region have to entertain visitors of all ages.

Educational programs for school groups and families are being developed at venues such as the Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center, the Albany Institute of History & Art and by the eba Dance Theatre.

Unearthing the Hudson Valley: A 400-Year Story Through Archeology

Henry Hudson Historical Puppet Show

Henry Hudson and His River Performance and Workshops

Henry Sightings: A life-size Henry Hudson doll will make appearances throughout Albany in 2009!

Watch for our Henry Sightings at www.hudson400.com.

In honor of the Hudson River Quadricentennial, The Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center has commissioned Mark O’Connor, Don Byron and Daniel Bernard Roumain, three of New York’s finest, and most diverse contemporary composer/musicians to create an ensemble of new music to honor the beauty of the Hudson River Valley and celebrate its rich cultural history. These multimedia performances, some of which will include video projections and spoken word interludes, tell the story the Hudson River’s past, present state and future. The compositions will be performed throughout the year at different venues. Check in often for performance information.

The University at Albany will offer the Hudson River: Mount Marcy to Manhattan Theme Semester in the Fall of 2009. Faculty, guest presenters, and students will trace the many consequences of the historic voyages of discovery by Henry Hudson from the south and Samuel de Champlain from the North. Through a series of lectures, events, tours, films, exhibits, music and sound performances and academic courses, UAlbany will present a panoramic and longitudinal view of the dynamic life of the Hudson River and the Hudson-Champlain corridor – from its pre-Colonial past to the present. The perspectives of scholars, artists and observers will help reveal the region’s many facets and our relationships to it. www.albany.edu