RCHV on The Today Show 4/21/23

Well THAT was exciting! Repair Cafe Hudson Valley threw together a team of fixers to head down to NYC for Earth Week last Friday. We brought broken items, tools, fixers and a few of our intrepid organizers for a very special Repair Cafe Today Show that was filmed LIVE on the Today Show Plaza. Memories to last a lifetime and a tremendous boost for getting the word out about Repair Cafes. Go HERE to see the segment.

NYT Article on Repair Cafes Mentions Colonie's Cafe

A New York Times article on the Repair Cafe movement focused on the reporter’s local Repair Cafe and Tool Library in her home base of Buffalo. It also referenced one of RCHV’s cafe’s in the Capital Region, the brand new Colonie Repair Cafe at the Colonie Library which had its first cafe on Earth Day. They had 60 visitors at their first cafe, including many who had only heard of Repair Cafes this WEEK due to our recent segment on the Today Show and this article.

You can read the article here.

Rivertowns Repair Cafe Featured in Hudson Independent

The Rivertowns Repair Cafe’s TarryHollow Repair Cafe (a joint venture between the neighboring villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow) was featured in the Hudson Independent. To read the article, which also mentions a brief history of the repair cafe movement in the Hudson Valley, click here.

Stanford Repair Cafe Featured in the Pine Plains Journal

The Stanford Cafe was recently featured in the new online Pine Plains Journal. To read the article, please go here.

Tusten Repair Cafe Featured in River Reporter

The recent Tusten Repair Cafe was featured in River Reporter’s online journal in an article titled “Repair, not replace: Tusten participates in a global movement of repair.” To read the article, click here.

Rhinebeck Repair Cafe Featured in Hudson Valley Pilot

The Saturday, February 11th Rhinebeck Repair cafe was featured in the new online publication Hudson Valley Pilot as it kicked off the first of 4 cafes this year at a new location, the Pavilion at Brookmeade. To read the article, click on the title: “Reuse, Reduce, Repair: Rhinebeck's Repair Cafe Pumps New Life into the Community.”

Dave West, Repair Cafe Schenectady Organizer, featured in Daily Gazette

Dave West was recently featured in an article in the Daily Gazette for his involvement in the repair movement. Dave organizes the Schenectady Repair Cafe, which takes place quarterly at the maker space Electric City Barn. He is also an inspiration to and invaluable resource for the Albany area cafes and to all of us! To read the article, click here.