We have had to postpone this program due to unforeseen circumstances. Once a new date is set, we will update this web post and alert all registered participants.
Program Description: This class with local chef and educator Nicole Lobue will give the tween, teen and senior attendees an opportunity to interact as a community of learners and tasters of delicious food. Offered in partnership with the City of Hudson Senior Center and the City of Hudson Youth Department.
Location: Alimentary Kitchen at Basilica Hudson, 110 S. Front Street. Transportation will be provided to and from the library courtesy of the City of Hudson Youth Department.
Date/Time: Monday, August 27, 12:30-3:30pm
Suggested Audience: Tweens, Teens and Seniors
Pre-registration: Required. Please email youth@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 or stop by the front desk of the library
We ask that we are informed ahead of time if transportation is needed and that you arrive at the library by 12:15pm.
Instructor Nicole Lobue is a chef, herbalist, and educator. Nicole’s work has linked food, wellness, service and education in various collaborations, organizations, and in her own private practice. She is a co-founderof Wild Gather, an herbalism school in the Hudson Valley, a co-founder of Kite’s Nest, an alternative learning center for young people in Hudson, NY. She is also the Culinary Arts Director of the Alimentary Kitchen in Hudson, where she facilitates workshops and experiences that offer a supportive environment for children and teenagers to pursue and develop a relationship to herbalism, wellness, self care, food access and food justice. Across her work — in her herbalism practice, in the kitchen, or in the classroom — Nicole creates spaces that foster critical inquiry and systems-thinking, connection to plants and to the natural world, and that speak to the intersections between political, personal, and ecological well-being.
This program is part of the Hudson Area Library’s ongoing collaboration with the City of Hudson Senior Center and the City of Hudson Youth Department.
The City of Hudson Senior Center is located on the 2nd floor of 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. There are county and city services at the center, such as meals for seniors, yoga, aerobics and painting classes. For more information call: (518) 838-3200.
The City of Hudson Youth Center is located at 18 South 3rd Street in Hudson, NY. The HYC operates from September through July, in coordination with the Hudson City School Districts scholastic calendar. HYC offers weekday after-school programming and recreation from 3pm to 6pm for youth aged five to twelve. From 6pm to 9pm, the Center is open to youth aged thirteen to eighteen. The Center offers recreational activities, computer access, educational programming and hot meals to our community’s youth. HYC provides fun and engaging ways to both relax and learn after a long day at school, through sports, music, arts and leisure.