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Basilica Hudson, is an artist owned and operated reclaimed 19th-century factory that was turned into an art and event space. For those of you who haven’t yet visited, the venue is seasonally operated and has already began its summer season for this year, kicking off with its third-annual Ramp Fest a couple weeks ago.

This weekend, Basilica Hudson will feature scientist and survivalist Guy McPherson who will give a presentation and host a workshop focused on durable living in the 21st century.

This Friday, McPherson will share clips from the new documentary, “Somewhere in New Mexico at the End of Time” during his presentation on global climate change, energy decline and durable living.

The workshop will continue on Saturday, May 18th with a guided, exploratory walk along the waterfront in Hudson and will focus on discussing ways we can protect and preserve our natural environment.

“We can secure clean water. We can secure healthy food. We can secure the means to maintain our body temperature at a safe level, and we can develop and maintain a decent human community. These are the elements we need to thrive.” – Guy McPherson

For more information about Basilica’s events, such as their weekly movie screenings, their third-annual music festival and weekend-long film festival BasilicaScope, please visit Basilica Hudson’s website for full details.

Thursday night, businesses in downtown Schenectady will be teaming up for the fourth semiannual Merchant Mash-up, featuring food, shopping, prizes and live music.

From 5-8pm, restaurants will host food tastings inside downtown shops while shops will offer nightly specials and/or in-store entertainment. In some cases, businesses will create “reverse mash ups” where the shop sets up merchandise or services within the restaurant itself. There will also be outdoor and indoor live music, taste-testing and tickets to Proctors to the first 50 visitors who spend $25 or more at any downtown business.

The event, organized by the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation, will feature 12 business pairings including the Bier Abbey, Café NOLA, Lennon’s Irish Shop, the Open Door Bookstore, Apostrophe Cafe, the Moon & River Cafe and more. Check out their website for full event details.

The idea of businesses teaming up in the same space creates an interesting partnership that will likely introduce you to something you might not have been interested in before. Get out of the house, walk around and support local!