Logrea Dance Academy Celebrates 40 Years of Artistry and Community Impact 

In 1986, the Logrea Dance Academy’s doors opened, and they have remained open in the same location in Ossining ever since. In May, the academy is celebrating its 40th anniversary.  On Saturday, May 16, in the SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center, […] Read more »

Juneteenth Commemoration and Original Play in Ossining – The Telling: A Gathering of Remembrance

In honor of Juneteenth, the Briarcliff Ossining Ministerial Association (BOMA), Star of Bethlehem Church, NAACP Ossining, the Ossining Village Juneteenth Council, CSI Briarcliff, and JTC Experiences invite the community to […] Read more »

Immersive Ghost Stories Under the Stars Returns to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

For the third summer in a row, the veil between the living and the dead grows thin at the historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Lovely Calamity Productions, in cooperation with Sleepy […] Read more »

Friends of Kensico Cemetery to Hold 20th Annual Veterans Remembrance Service

As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary, Friends of The Kensico Cemetery will hold its twentieth annual Veterans Remembrance Service on Friday, May 22 at 2:30 PM. The service honors Westchester […] Read more »

How Our Cemeteries Tell America’s Story, Part One 

Even before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, our oldest cemeteries and churchyards in the River Towns (Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow, 1673); Sparta Cemetery, Ossining,1764;) had already […] Read more »

Westchester County Congregations to Participate in New York Landmarks Conservancy 16th Annual Sacred Sites OpenHouse

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is proud to announce its 16th annual Sacred Sites Open House on May 16 & 17 a free, state-wide event inviting visitors to explore the extraordinary architecture, art and history of diverse houses of worship across New […] Read more »

Pinkster Jubilee Returns to Philipse Manor Hall 

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site invites everyone to celebrate the Afro-Dutch holiday of Pinkster, a festival of spring, family, culture, and resistance with live music, dance, games, crafts, food, […] Read more »

Yorktown Library Hosts A Founding Mother Event

New York Times bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie will visit the John C. Hart Memorial Library on May 8 to promote their new novel about Abigail Adams. Dray and Kamoie, […] Read more »

Friends of Kensico Cemetery to Offer Free Spring Tours

Friends of Kensico Cemetery, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, invites the public to discover a side of Kensico Cemetery where history, nature, and art intertwine beneath towering trees and along winding […] Read more »

Old Traditions. New Beginnings: Attaining the American Dream

Carmela Rizzuti Cupo, a 30-year resident of Briarcliff Manor, is an inspiration. Although a broken leg at age 83 required two surgeries and physical therapy, she dances again and participates in chair yoga. Her personal strength, resilience, and determination […] Read more »