UPCOMING EVENTS
gallery opening – Fri. May 2, 2025
The FHK Gallery will reopen on Friday May 2nd with a new exhibit.
In thousands of images, self-taught photographer Edward Budney (1920-1980) captured midcentury Kingston. Employed by Hercules Powder Company and later IBM, Budney lived at 125 Cedar Street, sharing the home with his father Edward Sr., mother Matilda and younger brother Donald. The images in this exhibit were selected from Budney’s personal archive, ten boxes of film negatives purchased at a local yard sale and donated to the Friends of Historic Kingston in 2018. Documenting major postwar developments beside everyday domestic scenes, Budney’s work reflects this singularly dedicated Midtown photographer’s passion for both his community and chosen medium.
This exhibit will be open to the public, free of charge, on Fridays and Saturdays (May – Oct) from 10am until 3pm. We hope to see you there!HK
Kingston Clean Sweep – Sat. May 3, 2025
We are excited to announce another year of the Kingston Clean Sweep!
The 16th annual Kingston Clean Sweep will take place on Saturday, May 3 from 9:00 am to noon. Volunteers will be picking up litter lying along the “Kingston Corridor” from the railroad crossing on Washington Avenue through the uptown business district, down Broadway to the Rondout waterfront, as well as some side streets. The Kingston Clean Sweep is sponsored by the Friends of Historic Kingston with support from the City of Kingston and numerous other business, service and civic organizations, schools, churches and individual volunteers.
Special Thanks to the following organizations who have already committed to the event:
- Friends of Historic Kingston
- City of Kingston
- Kingston Lions
- Gateway Hudson Valley
- KUBA – Kingston Uptown Business Association
- Kingston Rotary
- Volunteer Firemen’s Museum
- Rhinebeck Bank
- Ulster Savings Bank
- LGBTQ of the Hudson Valley
- Junior League of Kingston
- Radio Kingston
- Friends of Kingston Library
- Kingston City Hall
- YMCA
- Archtop Fiber
- Ward 9
- Kingston Catholic School
- Kingston Waterfront Business Association
- Hudson River Maritime Museum
- Lowe Plumbing and Heating
- Columbia Greene Board of Realtors
- Livingston Street Group
- Ulster Corps
- Reher Center
PAST EVENTS
Scarecrow Festival - October 26, 2024
Thanks to everyone who made this year’s Scarecrow Festival at Frog Alley Park so successful! We loved the KCSD students’ artwork, the animals from Forsyth Nature Center (thank you Mark DeDea!), and all of the creative scarecrows.
We would also like to recognize local musician Johnny “Stickerboy” Owens, who performed a beautiful set of autumnal cover songs in front of the Louw-Bogardus Ruin. As always, thanks to City of Kingston, the Junior League, and the Wiltwyck Fire Station for partnering with FHK to present this great event.