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Welcome to the Historic Hudson River Towns Events Calendar!

Organizations in Historic Hudson River Towns member communities are welcome to post events here free of charge. Events must be open to the public, with or without admission fees. Historic Hudson River Towns reserves the right to reject any event that is considered inappropriate for any reason. Please allow up to 24 hours after submission for event to be listed.

Submit your local events to the Historic Hudson River Towns (will require admin approval upon submission).

  • New York Opera Conservatory Presents Elixir of Love – Donizetti at Croton Free Library

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    August Opera: Elixir of Love – Donizetti Elixir is a comedy about a country bumpkin who falls madly in love with an educated girl who doesn’t return his affections. A snake oil salesman comes to town and sells him a “secret love potion” that will make anyone who drinks it fall in love with him.…

    Free
  • New York Opera Conservatory Presents Elixir of Love – Donizetti at Croton Free Library

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    August Opera: Elixir of Love – Donizetti Elixir is a comedy about a country bumpkin who falls madly in love with an educated girl who doesn’t return his affections. A snake oil salesman comes to town and sells him a “secret love potion” that will make anyone who drinks it fall in love with him.…

    Free
  • New York Opera Conservatory Presents Elixir of Love – Donizetti at Croton Free Library

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    August Opera: Elixir of Love – Donizetti Elixir is a comedy about a country bumpkin who falls madly in love with an educated girl who doesn’t return his affections. A snake oil salesman comes to town and sells him a “secret love potion” that will make anyone who drinks it fall in love with him.…

    Free
  • Bethel Cemetery & Croton’s Lost Cemeteries

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    Cemeteries are a record of our nation’s past. There is a rich collection of history located on their grounds. Here in our village we are fortunate to have fantastic examples of period gravestones dating back to the 1700s. Bethel Cemetery is a most charming space, located in the virtual center of our community, surrounded by…

    Free
  • Building the New Croton Dam

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    By any measure, the New Croton Dam is an engineering marvel. For 14 years (from 1892 to 1906) as many as 1,000 workers used more than 500 pieces of heavy machinery, 745,000 barrels of cement, 100,000 tons of coal and an incalculable quantity of locally quarried stone to build the dam. It is said to…

    Free
  • Turn-of-the-Century Croton

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    Using rare photographs and postcards from the Croton Historical Society and other sources, Village Historian Marc Cheshire will take us on a tour of Croton at the dawn of the 20th century. See familiar streets and buildings as they looked more than 100 years ago and discover long-lost treasures like Croton’s first train station, the…

    Free
  • Croton Point Park: Westchester’s Jewel on the Hudson

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    Croton Point Park encompasses miles of Hudson River shoreline with astonishing views and remnants of the region’s past. Ancient shell mounds shed light on the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the area for centuries, prior to European colonization. Wine cellars from the first commercial vineyard in New York State are hidden in a hillside and discarded…

    Free
  • The Lost Estates of Peekskill

    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    With names such as Mount Florence, Rest Hill, and the Beeches, the hills overlooking Peekskill were once home to magnificent properties with national reputations. Owned by people such as Daniel Craig, one of the founders of the Associated Press, the abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and Moses Sperry Beach, owner of the New York Sun, the…

    Free
  • Croton Free Library Book & Bake Sale

    Croton Free Library Book & Bake Sale
    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    The next Croton Free Library Book & Bake Sale will take place Saturday, November 19th and Sunday, November 20th from 10am-3pm (early bird admission will be from 8am-10am on Saturday for $10). As in years past, the event will take place in the library’s Ottinger room. We know this is a fun weekend for so many of our neighbors…

  • Croton Free Library Book & Bake Sale

    Croton Free Library Book & Bake Sale
    Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

    The next Croton Free Library Book & Bake Sale will take place Saturday, November 19th and Sunday, November 20th from 10am-3pm (early bird admission will be from 8am-10am on Saturday for $10). As in years past, the event will take place in the library’s Ottinger room. We know this is a fun weekend for so many of our neighbors…

Submit your local events to the Historic Hudson River Towns (will require admin approval upon submission).