Hudson Valley Sojourner

Join Ambie Award-winner Blake Pfeil and writer Isabel Wilder for an immersive, multimedia journey into Ulster County’s abandoned spaces. Using Pfeil’s All-American Ruins as a guide, participants will explore how local ruins reflect America’s past, present, and future—while doubling as playgrounds for creativity, imagination, and healing. The program features an audio segment from Pfeil’s podcast, Abandoned, a screening of HUDSY’s All-American Ruins, and a dynamic lecture with a Q&A session. Ideal for history buffs, artists, and wandererlusters, attendees will leave inspired to reimagine ruins as vital cultural landmarks filled with stories, meaning, and possibility.