Historic Hudson River Towns

Brunch•ish & Beats at The Greek•ish
2022-12-11 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Greek•ish, 8 North Broadway, Nyack, NY, United States
Join The Greek•ish for Brunch•ish & Beats Every Sunday from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Listen to tunes provided by Joe Davids Events as you enjoy a two-course menu featuring specials like Poached Egg Spanakopita, Greek Honey French Toast & Fruit, or Sausage Spetsofai & Sunny Egg. Plus, Bottomless Mimosas, Bloody Marys, and Rosé on tap.
$35 per person
Reserve your spot now: 845-353-1200

Brunch•ish & Beats at The Greek•ish
2022-12-11 12:00 - 16:00 | The Greek•ish, 8 North Broadway, Nyack, NY, 10960, United States

Affordable Art and Pottery Bazaar
2022-12-11 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-10 11:00 - 16:00 | Rockland Center For the Arts, 27 S Greenbush Rd, West Nyack, NY 10994, USA
Artisan made holiday gifts

Victorian Christmas at the Octagon House
2022-12-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-09 10:00 - 16:00 | Armour-Stiner Octagon House, 45 W Clinton Avenue, Irvington, NY, 10533, United States
Celebrate the holiday season in Victorian splendor at The Armour-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington, New York. Join us for an opportunity to experience this lyrical, eight-sided home surrounded by the sights of Christmas in 1872. The restored National Landmark will be filled with elaborate holiday décor featuring wreaths, garlands, and the sparkle of ornaments on a grand Christmas Tree inside the salon.
Created as a whimsical summer retreat in 1872 by tea-importer Joseph Stiner, this National Historic Landmark’s shape was based on the theories of Orson Squire Fowler, a phrenologist, who believed octagonal houses enclosed more space, allowed the sun in at all times, and permitted more views into the landscape. The Armour-Stiner Octagon House retains its magnificent ornamentation and furnishings and includes the only remaining Egyptian Revival Room in America with its original decoration and furniture.

Holiday Market at Church of the Magdalene
2022-12-11 09:30 - 16:00 | Church of the Magdalene, 525 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY, 10591, United States
Children’s books, teacher gifts, knit hats, baked goods, jewelry, gingerbread houses and more! In the church hall.

The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion - Sculptures by Dorothy Gillespie
2022-12-11 09:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-10 09:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-09 09:00 - 20:00 | Rockland Center for the Arts,27 South Greenbush Road, West Nyack, NY 10994, USA
The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion
Sculptures by Dorothy M. Gillespie
The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park
Oct. 15, 2021 – Oct. 2023
Free to the Public, Dawn to Dusk
RoCA is proud to present the The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion exhibit as a part of a tribute to the 20th Century artist and feminist, Dorothy Gillespie. The exhibit will open October 15th in The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park at RoCA.
Dorothy Gillespie’s joyful and brilliantly colored starbursts glimmer hanging from the trees as well as lining the pathway. The pieces create an enchanted garden of colors in motion. Though stationary they seem to possess a kinetic quality. Two larger pieces can be seen at the entry to RoCA. The exhibit was partially installed this summer and will be completed for exhibit October 15th. The exhibit will remain on display through October 2023.
Gillespie (1920-2012) was born in Roanoke, VA and lived in Nyack during the later years of her life. She pioneered joyful, new directions of metal sculpture and is best known for large-scale, colorfully painted arrangements of cut aluminum strips curling, radiating, or undulating in giant arrangements of ribbons, enchanted towers, or bursting fireworks. She was well known as a painter, sculptor and installation artist whose work incorporated many significant 20th-century trends in art.
During Dorothy Gillespie’s youth … “girls did not attend art school, at least not ‘nice’ girls,” said Gillespie in 2010. Nevertheless, she was determined to be an artist and attended the Maryland Institute College in Baltimore. She was more fortunate than women sculptors in the 19th Century who were mostly hired as studio assistants by established male sculptors with few exhibitions. Harriet Hosmer, Emma Stebbins, Edmonia Lewis, Frances Grimes and Helen Mears were some of the few who made names in the arts as women during that time. They did not pursue monumental work as frequently as men did and mostly produced works in bronze and consistent middle-class demand for small-scale sculpture to decorate the home and garden. Today many more women are now entering traditional male dominated sculpture roles in metal, wood and stone, thanks to the pioneering activism of women like Dorothy Gillespie in the 20th century.
An influential force in the women’s movement, Gillespie encouraged more women’s art in museums and art in public spaces. In 1970, Gillespie joined Women in the Arts and created picket signs protesting at the Whitney Museum demanding that the curators choose more women artists for their “Annual exhibition. The demonstration worked, and more women artists were chosen for the show. Although the increase was very slow, over time it increased from 8 percent to 40 percent. Gillespie was the Founder of the Women Artists Historical Archives of the Women’s Interart Center in NY, NY, filming and taping interviews of some of the most important women artists of the 20th century as well as presenting her own radio show. Gillespie along with Joyce Weinstein founded a group called the NY Professional Women Artists. The 14 members lectures at Universities and wrote articles to encourage other women artists.
Gillespie also coordinated a course to educate and enlighten women in the visual arts, after being invited to teach at The New School in NYC. The intent was to prepare women for a new, more aggressive role to function in the art world. Due to her already busy schedule, she asked artist Alice Barber to share the task of revealing to the young students the ‘system’ that drove the NY art world and how to succeed. In 1974 she organized an innovative outdoor exhibition, Walk Through Art, mounted in Central Park, Battery Park, and Rockefeller Center, then travelling to fifty colleges, universities and street fairs. Compelled to involve viewers in her work, she created large 7 ft high triangles of art for people to walk through the sculptures. Gillespie has held positions of designing programs as a Professor of Art, being a Board of Trustees for more than one college or art center, as a visiting artist in residency and as the Chairperson of the Fine Arts Committee for the International Women’s Art Festival.
Dorothy Gillespie’s career spanned seven decades, always at the forefront of the American Art movement. She studied at the Maryland Institute College in Baltimore before moving to New York City, where she studied at the Art Students League. Her works grace many institutions, museums, colleges, universities and public spaces, including the permanent collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the United States Mission to the United Nations. She was one of the first artists to offer her art to the world through displays in the lobbies of public institutions and governmental centers such as the Mayo Clinic, Epcot Center, Warren Wilson College, Fort Lauderdale Airport-Delta Terminal, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Miami Public Library, United States Mission to the United Nations, and the Court House Square – Roanoke, VA and Universities across the country.
Among her many honors, Gillespie received the Alice Baber Art Fund, Inc. Grant Award: a Doctor of Pedagogy from Niagara University in Niagara Falls, A Doctor of Fine Arts (Honoris Causa) from Caldwell College in Caldwell, NY, an Allied Professions Award from the Virginia Society, the American Institute of Architects in Richmond, VA., the Distinguished Alumni Award from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, the Outstanding Services Award from University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art, and the Gala 8 “Distinguished Woman” Award at Birmingham Southern College.
The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park is open from dawn to dusk, free to the public. Brochures can be picked up at the registration desk. For more information visit: www.rocklandartcenter.org or call 845-358-0877.
This exhibition was made possible thanks to the generous support of The Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation and Gary Israel.
RoCA’s programs are made possible, in part, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Funding is also made possible by the County of Rockland.
RoCA gratefully acknowledges support for its programs from The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation, M&T Bank, The M&T Charitable Foundation, The Dorothy Gillespie Foundation, Peter & Rebecca Lang, Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman P.C., Luxury Kitchen and Bath, Golden Artist Colors, Inc., QuietEvents, the Estate of Joan Konner, Lighting Services Inc., Sarah and Stephen Thomas, the Mark and Jessie Milano Foundation, Zaklin Family Charitable Fund, The County of Rockland, Simona and Jerome Chazen, Art Services Group, RoCA members, donors and business members.

Cherish the Ladies - A Celtic Christmas
2022-12-10 20:00 - 21:30 | Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
An annual sold-out tradition at Tarrytown Music Hall, Cherish the Ladies returns to to celebrate the holiday season! The Grammy Award nominated Irish-American supergroup formed in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in what had been a male-dominated Celtic music scene. Celebrating their 35th anniversary, Cherish The Ladies has shared timeless Irish traditions and good cheer with audiences worldwide.
They’ve brought their signature blend of virtuosic instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, and stunning step dancing to the White House, the Olympics, and to PBS with their television special, An Irish Homecoming, which recently received an Emmy Award. The Washington Post praises the “astonishing array of virtuosity” that Cherish The Ladies bring to the stage on a regular basis. Their new album, Heart of the Home, embraces the gift of music passed down from generations. “It was the greatest gift they could give us,” says bandleader Joanie Madden. “We’re carrying on the music of our fathers.” As their reputation and admiration from both fans and critics alike continues to grow, Cherish The Ladies blazes forward into another decade of music making.

Serenata Series at the Old Stone Meeting House
2022-12-10 16:00 | Old Stone Meeting House, 347 North Broadway, Upper Nyack, NY, 10960, United States
Dylan Thomas’ beloved story is intertwined with beautiful chamber music and holiday favorites.

Saturday, December 10th at 4pm
Old Stone Meeting House
347 North Broadway
Upper Nyack, NY 10960
Please use the QR Code to purchase tickets for December 10th

Tickets are $25
Ticket sales support future concerts at The Old Stone Meeting House.

TACONIC OPERA: Handel’s Messiah, Coton-on-Hudson, Dec. 10 & 11
2022-12-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Holy Name of Mary Church, 110 Grand St., Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10520, United States
As part of its 25th Anniversary celebration, Taconic Opera invites you to its very first December holiday concert, performing the oratorio that has survived almost 3 centuries since first presented in Dublin in 1742: George Frideric Handel’s magnificent Messiah. No need to go to Carnegie Hall when you can hear it practically in your own back yard.

Hear the Messiah in a whole new way – not as sung by soloists and chorus, but as sung by opera soloists and an opera chorus…and with full professional orchestra.

Fun Facts:

In his piece, Handel combines three concepts: the nativity and its prophecy, the crucifixion and redemption of mankind, and a commentary on the Christian soul and it’s victory over death. The chorus is at the center of all three parts of the piece, accompanied by four vocal soloists and an orchestra.
Messiah was originally intended for Lent, not Christmas. Due to its neglect, the Victorians moved the oratorio to Christmas to revive interest.
Handel wrote the work in just 18 days, and three weeks later he wrote his oratorio Samson.
The King James version of the Old Testament provides the text for nearly all of this work.

Two weekend matinee concerts in central Westchester:
Sat., Dec. 10, and Sun., Dec. 11 , 3 pm
Holy Name of Mary Church
110 Grand St., Croton-on-Hudson.
This beautiful venue is handicap accessible and ideally suited for live sacred music of this caliber due to its acoustical and architectural properties.

Tickets:
Toll-free (855) 886-7372 or
https://taconicopera.org/TIckets/

Ticket Prices:
Advance Sale: $25, Seniors $20, Students $12
Door Sale: $30, Seniors $25, Student -$15
Groups of 5 or more: deduct $5 per ticket
Discounts can be taken together

A Chorale Christmas
2022-12-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Lyndhurst, 635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
New for the holiday season at Lyndhurst is a holiday concert with the Putnam Chorale!
The Putnam Chorale’s Winter Ensemble will perform a 45-minute concert of holiday songs popular during the era of the construction of the great homes of the Hudson River. Lyndhurst Mansion, designed in 1838, would have been the site of many holiday celebrations, with guests entertained by carolers and musicians.
The repertoire of the Putnam Chorale’s Winter Ensemble program will inspire and entertain you with songs that are representative of the era and of the holiday season. Here’s a sampling of the songs you’ll hear:
Vivaldi’s Gloria
Still, Still, Still
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Performances are in the Carriage House at Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown.

World Cup Fun and Giving Back a Ton!
2022-12-10 14:00 - 17:00 | The Henry Food & Beverage Co. 100 Main St. Nyack, 100 Main Street, Nyack, 10960
Join us this Saturday for a World Cup watch party with England vs France!
This will be a charity style event with drink specials, raffles & giveaways! 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑵𝒆𝒘, 𝑼𝒏𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 $4 𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒑 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔!
Match starts at 2pm!!

Young Entrepreneurs Pop-Up @ Maria Luisa Boutique
2022-12-10 13:00 - 15:30 | Maria Luisa,77 S Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA, 2 N Broadway Ave, United States
Maria Luisa Boutique will be showcasing the work of young local entrepreneurs at a pop-up shopping event on December 10 from 1 pm to 3:30 pm.
Items for sale include daisy chains made with seed beads by 8-year-old Annie using a special technique; beaded jewelry by 11-year-old Eloise, crocheted and sewn items by 11-year-old Gigi, model horses with blankets and halter sets hand knitted by 13-year-old Kaitlyn, and photography by 17-year-old Faith. Also featured will be 8-year-old Sebastian, a third grader who has been playing piano since before he was five, who will perform between 12:30-1:30 pm.

Edward Hopper's Hudson River Boyhood and Emerging Artistic Vision
2022-12-10 12:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-09 12:00 - 17:00 | Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA
Curated by Carole Perry and Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, with Lynne Z. Bassett
This exhibition investigates how the artistic vision of Edward Hopper (1882-1967) coalesced during his youth in Nyack until he moved away in 1908, at age 26, to pursue his career in New York City. It features selections of the artist’s early drawings and sketches on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, private collections and the Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust, as well as school notebooks, artmaking materials, and costumes, memorabilia, and artworks by Hopper and family members from the Edward Hopper House Museum’s collection and its Sanborn-Hopper Family Archive. Together, these objects provide a glimpse into Hopper’s early years, the influence of his boyhood proximity to the busy waterfront and commercial district of his hometown, and insights into his life at home and his family’s support of his developing talent and ambitions.
$10 Non-Members
$8 Seniors
Membership checked at door
Exhibit runs from November 3, 2022-March 26, 2023 during the Hopper House’s regular hours, which are as follows:
Thursdays 1pm-5pm
Fridays 1pm-5pm
Saturdays 12pm-5pm
Sundays 12pm-5pm

Holiday Gift Fair
2022-12-10 11:00 - 16:00 | Hudson Market on Main, 5 North Broadway, Nyack, NY, 10960
Nyack Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Gift Fair is back at Hudson Market on Main. Featuring local artisans and Nyack’s favorite merchants selling one-of-a-kind gifts, there’ll be something for everyone on your list. Don’t miss the chance to get unique, hand-crafted gifts for your loved ones at special holiday discounts!

Holiday Youth Artists' Market
2022-12-10 11:00 - 14:00 | Creative Arts Workshop, 48 Burd St, Nyack, NY, 10960, United States
All vendors are local youth artists and makers.

Saturday, December 10, 2022 – 11am-2pm
at the Creative Arts Workshop
171 Main Street, Nyack, NY 10960

LGBTQ+ Walking Group
2022-12-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Nyack Beach State Park, 700 N. Broadway, Nyack, NY, 10960, United States
LGBTQ+ Walking Group
Second Saturday of the Month
December 10th, 2022 / 10am-12pm
Join other members of the LGBTQ+ community for a walk in nature. To start, this series will be low impact. Members can go at own pace and are not required to stay for the duration of the walk.
All members of the LGBTQ+ community are welcome. 18+. Children of members under the age of 18 are welcome when accompanied by parent.
Please bring water and appropriately protect yourself from sun and insects. Comfortable shoes recommended. A walking group is only as prepared as its least prepared member.
Any questions about the program or access, contact Kris at KrisHillen@rocklandpridecenter.org.
Locations in series TBA.
The December walk will be held at Nyack Beach State Park.
Meet in the lower parking lot on the water.

Judy Collins - Holiday & Hits
2022-12-09 20:00 - 21:30 | Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
The Christmas concert series will feature a program of holiday classics, songs from Judy Collins’s latest album, Spellbound—her 55th album and her first ever complete album of originals—and beloved songs culled from her six-decade career. Holiday & Hits will be an intimately elegant Christmas experience curated by Judy. Her singular baroque folk sensibility is uniquely suited to entries from the Great Christmas Songbook. Under a Christmas tree of classic songs, Judy thoughtfully places gifts from her era-defining oeuvre—including evergreens by Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Judy original favorites—future classics from her latest album, Spellbound. On Holiday & Hits, a cultural icon welcomes you to a winter wonderland.
The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy’s dreamy and sweetly intimate version of “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won “Song of the Year” at the 1975 Grammy Awards. She’s garnered several top-ten hits and gold- and platinum-selling albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Colvin, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy with the album Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins.

A Candlelight Christmas Concert
2022-12-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Church of the Assumption, 920 First Street, Peekskill, 10566
Join us Friday, December 9, 2022 at 7pm for our 25th Annual Candlelight Christmas Concert at the Church of the Assumption in Peekskill, NY. Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Vocal Artist Mary Mancini, World Renowned Accordion Virtuoso Mario Tacca, and The Victor Vionti String Quartet. They will perform your favorite classic and contemporary Christmas Hymns and Carols, as well as stunning pieces from the likes of Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and Mozart.
Tickets are $20 for Adults; $10 for children under 15. Light refreshments will be served after the concert in the Fr. Wilson Hall. Tickets will be on sale in the church vestibule after all the Masses on the weekends of Nov. 26/27 and Dec. 2/3. You can also purchase your tickets at Church Rectory. For more information contact Gioia Productions at 914-737-8872.
