‘This Perfect River-View'

Lecture to explore Hudson River School paintings Cornwall-on-Hudson — Dr. Trudie A. Grace will talk about 40 paintings that show the beauty of the Hudson Highlands, from its southern to its northern gate. Her illustrated lecture, titled “This Perfect River-View,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at Painter’s Tavern, located on Hudson Street in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Grace will talk about paintings of the Hudson River School and their contemporaries that are either unknown to the public or have rarely been seen. She is the curator of the Putnam County Historical Society and Foundry School Museum and an adjunct assistant professor of art history at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. The program is sponsored by the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. Its Evening Speakers Series has been funded in part by the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. General admission is $7; museum members pay $4. For directions visit www.painters-restaurant.com. Reservations are not required. For more information, call 534-5506 ext. 204, or visit the museum Web site at www.hhnaturemuseum.org.