Join us for The Spotty Dog Trivia Night. Since 2006, we've held this bi-weekly trivia event. Teams of up to four people compete against each other over four rounds of 15 questions, a worksheet of (usually) 20 questions, and four bonus questions. The winning team gets their bar tab on the house. Anyone can play. See you there!

Volume is a FREE reading & music series featuring prose, poetry and a short DJ set. Every second Saturday at 7:00 pm at The Spotty Dog. Books are available for purchase and signing. VALERIE HSIUNG is a poet, performer, and the author of the books YOU & ME FOREVER, outside voices, please, and e f g. Her writing can be found in or is forthcoming from The Nation, The Believer, and Chicago Review. Born and raised by Chinese-Taiwanese immigrants in southern Ohio, she now lives in Brooklyn and Hudson. BRIALLEN HOPPER is the author of Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions, a Kirkus Best Book of the year ("So much dopeness in these essays and so many scary questions asked and answered here. I hope y’all read it"—Kiese Laymon), and the co-editor of Killing the Buddha. She lives and teaches in Queens. DOUGLAS STUART was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he moved to New York City, where he began a career in fashion design. Shuggie Bain is his first novel. ERIN KHAR is known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility, and self-care. Her debut memoir, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me, has appeared on most-anticipated lists from The Rumpus, SELF, Apple Books, Bitch Media, Alma, and others. She lives in New York City. Followed by a set from DJ Charles Washington.   "Two Hudson writers seem to have found a new formula, turning the traditional reading into a party celebrating the best in new lit." --Jamie Larson, Rural Intelligence "Two 'dorks' pump up the Volume in Hudson, NY. Reclusive literati come out and play in a converted firehouse on the second Saturday of every month." --Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle www.facebook.com/volumehudson

Singer-songwriter Jacob Crofoot writes tunes about nature cycles, wishful thinking, nostalgia, and reflection. GBMystical is from Uitca and Syracuse, NY, formed in 2012. Terrin Munawet, plays trap, electronic and hip hop.

The party returns with: DonnyFromThePoster (Hip Hop) Shaina Loew (Spoken word/Poet) Sherwood Ludwig (Host) Kulton The Maker (Pop/R&B/Hip Hop) Diana Jones (Guitarist/Singer) Creating Local (Video/Photography) Poetry, Music, Comedy, Art, Snacks, Art for sale.

Join us for The Spotty Dog Trivia Night. Since 2006, we've held this bi-weekly trivia event. Teams of up to four people compete against each other over four rounds of 15 questions, a worksheet of (usually) 20 questions, and four bonus questions. The winning team gets their bar tab on the house. Anyone can play. See you there!

Mindful Stories with Elisa Albert, Adreanna Limbach and Lodro Rinzler Join us for an evening of readings paired with guided meditations covering everything from love to heartbreak to self-care to meeting your inner demons head-on (in a friendly way). Three authors, two beginner meditation sessions, and at least one bottle of wine. Adreanna Limbach has been named one of the next generation of meditation teachers to watch by SONIMA. She is the Lead Teacher at MNDFL meditation studios in NYC and her first book, Tea and Cake with Demons: A Buddhist Guide to Feeling Worthy, was recently featured in OPRAH magazine, named a holiday must-get by Lions Roar, and widely praised on Sharon Salzberg's podcast. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Refinery 29 and Women's Health. She lives in Hudson with her husband, Lodro. Elisa Albert is the author two novels and a story collection. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Time, Tin House, The New York Times, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Paris Review, Philip Roth Studies, The Literary Review, Longreads, Bennington Review, and many anthologies. She lives in Albany. Lodro Rinzler is the author of six meditation books including The Buddha Walks into a Bar and Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken and the co-founder of MNDFL meditation studios in New York City. He has taught meditation for nineteen years in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and his work has been featured in The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Good Morning America, CBS, and NBC. He lives in Hudson with his wife Adreanna.