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March is Women’s History Month, and on Sunday, March 8, RiverArts is proud to celebrate International Women’s Day with a special chamber music program highlighting works exclusively by women composers, spanning nearly two centuries—from 1846 to 2023.
The program features music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Mel Bonis, and contemporary composers Jennifer Higdon, Reena Esmail, and Andrea Cassarubios.
Though separated by two hundred years, each of these trailblazing women broke barriers in a male-dominated field, creating music that ranges from the height of the Romantic era to some of today’s most evocative works.
Performed by The Solace Trio—April Johnson (violin), RiverArts chamber music director Peter Seidenberg (cello), and Tomoko Uchino (piano)—this intimate concert will take place inside Ardsley's Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church.
Join us for this one-of-a-kind celebration of women’s artistry and musical legacy.
Please note: This 70-minute program will be performed without breaks for applause.
Tickets: $40
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Date/Time: Thursday, January 22, 7 pm Location: Jazz Arts Forum, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown
Join us at the Jazz Forum! Jazz Forum Arts is pleased to present a jazz fundraiser to benefit the community-based Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry, with musicians: Joe Lovano; Judi Silvano; David Janeway; Mark Morganelli; Cameron Brown; Tony Jefferson; Bill Mays; Dean Johnson; Ron Vincent; Eric Person; Duane Eubanks; Gary Smulyan. Please support this worthy organization by purchasing a ticket and considering an additional donation.
General Admission: $37.25 Child/Student: $32.50
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NEW FOR 2026: First Sunday of the month
Dates: February 1, March 8 Time: 8 pm Location: Jazz Forum Arts, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown
NEW for 2026: Free to attend for all!
Join us on the first Sunday each month! Come and play with professional, avocational and student musicians. If you just want to hear who’s coming up on the scene, come swing by.
Special bar menu available.
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Hudson Valley Writers Center Presents: Reading and Audience Q&A with The Late Show’s Comedy Writers
Date/Time: Saturday, January 24 Location: Hudson River Writers Center (Philipse Manor Railroad Station), 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow
Join us for an in-person reading and audience Q & A with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s Writers:
Asher Perlman is a comedian, a writer, and a cartoonist, based in Brooklyn. He has won a WGA Award and a Peabody Award, and has been nominated 7 times for an Emmy Award. Currently, he is a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and a cartoonist for The New Yorker. A best-selling collection of his cartoons—Well, This Is Me—was published in 2024, and a second collection—Hi, It’s Me Again—has just been released.
Felipe Torres Medina is a Peabody and Writers Guild of America Award-winning writer from Bogotá, Colombia. His writing for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has earned him 5 Emmy nominations. He is the author of America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Own Immigration Story.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door—register online!
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GRAHAM100: Martha Graham Dance Company Centennial Celebration
Date/Time: January 29-May 3; times vary Location: Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY
In 1926, celebrated modern dance choreographer Martha Graham presented her first evening of work at the 48th Street Theater in New York City, marking the beginning of the Martha Graham Dance Company and launching a glorious journey that would revolutionize the world of Western concert dance. 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College salutes the Graham Company on this momentous occasion!
As the only college in the nation to do so, Purchase College and the Conservatory of Dance present a semester-long Martha Graham Dance Company Centennial Celebration @ Purchase featuring more than a dozen campus-wide events curated by Assistant Professor of Dance, Martin Lofsnes.
Join the celebration by purchasing your GRAHAM100 Season Pass today!
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John D. Rockefeller Jr. and His Encounters with Gothic Sculpture
Date/Time: Friday, February 6, 2:30 pm Location: Abeyton Lodge at Pocantico Center, 200 Lake Road, Tarrytown
Dr. Charles Little, curator emeritus at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will present a lecture and tour exploring the Gothic sculpture collection at The Pocantico Center’s Abeyton Lodge. John D. Rockefeller Jr. was deeply interested in Gothic art, purchasing a large collection of medieval and early Renaissance objects from George Grey Barnard in 1916. Barnard was a renowned sculptor himself, who knew Kykuit’s architect, William Welles Bosworth, and had already been commissioned by Rockefeller in 1915 to carve several marble sculptures for the property. In 1925, Rockefeller helped facilitate the creation of The Cloisters museum in northern Manhattan. During the process, he donated many of the items acquired from Barnard to form the museum’s core collection, except for a small selection of sculptures that remain at Abeyton Lodge (formerly known as the Playhouse). This special tour offers the first opportunity to explore in detail the pieces Rockefeller kept and examine their place in history.
All sales final. The snow date for this event is Thursday, February 12, 2026. Refunds are not available if guests are unable to attend the event, should it be rescheduled to the snow date.
Tickets: $37.83
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The Radium Era: Rise and Demise of Radioactive Quackery— A Zoom Presentation by Warner Library
Date/Time: January 26, 7 pm Location: Zoom
This talk takes us back to the early 1900s, when the discovery of radium sparked a wave of excitement in popular culture. Despite the lack of scientific evidence, radium was marketed as a cure for everything from cancer to impotence, and its glowing properties made it a popular ingredient in consumer products. But as the devastating health effects of radium exposure became apparent, the tide turned against it, and it was eventually recognized as a hazardous material. This talk delves into the fascinating history of radium and its impact on society, shedding light on the dangers of misinformation and the power of scientific discovery.
Presented by Lucy Jane Santos To register, click below
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Virtual Author Visit: Otho Eskin Presentation by Warner Library
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 27, 7 pm Location: Zoom
Author, attorney, and former officer in the US Foreign Services, Otho Eskin will discuss his new book, a thriller set in Washington DC titled Black Sun Rising, which was released in June 2025. The novel is the fourth book in his Marko Zorn series, but it can be read as a standalone book.
This event will be held on Zoom. Registration is required to join. To register, click below:
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Pocantico Center Presents: Shen Wei: Still/Moving
Date/Time: October 18, 2025–April 18, 2026, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 AM-3 PM Location: The Pocantico Center, 200 Lake Rd.
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Shen Wei: Still/Moving commemorates thirty years of Shen Wei’s visionary career as a dancer, choreographer, visual artist, filmmaker, and global cultural ambassador. This joint exhibition of The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Katonah Museum of Art will illuminate the full scope of the artist’s trailblazing practice, offering viewers access to Shen Wei’s extensive paintings, works on paper, choreographic compositions, and short films, including new pieces never before exhibited in the United States.
At The Pocantico Center, the exhibition will focus on Shen Wei’s landscape paintings, reflecting his ongoing dialogue with Chinese traditional painting and nature. Often monumental in scale, these compositions possess a cinematic quality that compels the viewer’s eyes to dance. The exhibition at the KMA will emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of Shen Wei’s body of work: the generative influence of music on his dance practice and the central role of choreographed movement in his paintings. While each section stands alone, audiences are encouraged to visit both sites to experience the complete exhibition.
Shen Wei: Still/Moving is co-organized by The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Katonah Museum of Art. The exhibition is curated by Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, director and chief curator of the KMA, with support from Elizabeth Monti, associate curator at KMA, and Katrina London, curator at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
FREE; registration required
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