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Hudson River Museum Presents “Modern Women | Modern Vision: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection
2026-03-31 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-01 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-02 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-03 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-04 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-09 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates
An exhibition featuring the works of some of the most celebrated women photographers will be coming to the Hudson River Museum in its only showing in the New York Metropolitan area. “Modern Women | Modern Vision: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection” will be on view from January 30–May 10, 2026. This exhibition, loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program, features nearly 100 images dating from 1905 and 2015, celebrating the contributions of women to the development and evolution of photography.

The Human Story of Nature: Myths, Models of the Universe, and the Modern Mind
2026-03-31 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-04-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY, 10708, United States
Sarah Lawrence College Extension Course:
A fascinating exploration of the interaction between people and nature throughout history.

Cortlandt Manor/Peekskill Belly Dance & Multi-Cultural Dance. Become a Dancer at any Age!
2026-04-04 12:15 - 2026-05-02 13:15, 2026-04-11 12:15 - 2026-05-09 13:15
Belly Dance & Multi-Cultural Dance/Cortlandt Manor/ Peekskill ONGOING: EVERY SATURDAY Afternoon
Class time: 12:15 pm to 1:15pm / $20.00 Cash Drop In
THE DANCE CONSERVATORY
2050 E. Main St (RT 6)
Cortlandt Manor, NY
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Become a Dancer at Any Age!
Great for Moms & Daughters, Seniors.
Get Fit, Have Fun, Make Friends, while learning dance from around the World!
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TONES THE ENTIRE BODY: abdomen, hips, thighs, arms
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DANCE STYLES:
Bollywood, Turkish & Latin, Arabic Pop, Gipsy Kings, Bamboleo, Shakira routines, Hips Don’t Lie, Havanna.
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Attire: Yoga pants, long skirt, barefoot or slippers. Bring a bottle of water
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For Information:
Contact Sarah Bell
914-874-4541
www.Facebook.com/DanceWSarah

Red Thing Workshop
2026-04-05 13:00 - 16:00 | KinoSaito Art Center, 115 7th St, Verplanck, 10596
Join us at KinoSaito on Sundays in April for our Red Thing Workshop! Participants are invited to create their own mixed media artwork using only red materials inspired by the work of Alison Knowles on display.
All materials provided. Kids and families of all abilities are welcome.

Friends of Kensico Cemetery Free Walking Tours
2026-04-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Kensico Cemetery, 273 Lakeview Avenue, Valhalla, 10595, United States
Please register for your preferred tour and date via the website.
Historical Tours 5:30-7:00 PM:
Music, Mystery, and Mausoleum Stories: Guided by Patrick Raftery, Associate Director/Librarian, Westchester County Historical Society
❖ The Lake View Tour (1 mile) Tue, May 5 & Thu, May 7, 2026
Highlights include artists, architects, swindlers, and muckrakers.
❖ The Ossipee Loop Tour (0.6 miles) Tue, May 19 & Thu, May 21, 2026
A World’s Fair mystery, a Broadway angel, and one good witch.
Tree Tours 5:30-7:00 PM:
Identification, Adaptations, and Ecology: Guided by Michael Cook, Superintendent of Grounds, Kensico Cemetery, and David Prosser, Land Steward, Pound Ridge Land Conservancy
❖ Tree & Landscape Tour (1 mile) Tue, May 26 (Mike Cook) & Thu, May 28, 2026 (David Prosser)
Diverse tree collection and landscapes through Kensico’s Level II Arboretum.
❖ Invasive Species Walk (1 mile) Thu, June 11, 2026 with David Prosser
How invasive plants and insects affect local flora and fauna.

How Media Shapes Memory, Identity, and Daily Life
2026-04-06 09:30 - 11:30 | Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY, 10708, United States
Sarah Lawrence College Extension Course:
This six-week discussion-based course draws on ideas from cognitive and developmental psychology to explore how media becomes woven into personal and collective identity. Together, we’ll consider why certain televised moments stay with us for decades, how news outlets shape what we pay attention to, and how advertising and storytelling appeal to emotion, nostalgia, and belief.

Remembering Remarkable African American Women of Westchester
2026-04-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, 10520
Westchester has been home to a number of prominent African American women, many of whom have been relatively unrecognized. In this 60-minute digital slide presentation, Barbara Davis relates the Westchester years of early pioneers, such as Sojourner Truth, to more contemporary women, such as leaders in psychology, dramatic arts, music, law, and other fields. Croton-on-Hudson’s own Lorraine Hansberry provides the link in a fascinating thread of remarkable African American women with ties to Westchester.

Off With Her Head
2026-04-09 19:30 - 2026-04-10 02:00 | Bethany Arts Community, 40 Somerstown Road, Ossining NY, NY, 10562, United States
Off With Her Head is a wordless, movement-driven spectacle inspired by Lewis Carol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In this surreal reimagining, our female heroine Alice battles shifting rooms, impossible rules, unrealistic expectations, and a Red Queen – part idol, part omen – who embodies every system that silences voices that should be heard. Bold, strange, and visually electric, the piece transforms the fight to claim space—and self—into a hypnotic, physical rebellion.

16th Annual Westchester Poetry Reading
2026-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 | The Master’s School, 49 Clinton Ave, Dobbs Ferry, 10522
Please join us on Friday, April 10, in-person, at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry for the 16th Annual Westchester Poetry Festival featuring Kimiko Hahn, Lauren Camp, Samyak Shertok, and Phylisha Villanueva. Books will be available for purchase onsite.
Please note the event will be located at the new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center right next door to Estherwood, at 49 Clinton Avenue. The event is free to attend, but we are always grateful for an optional donation to support the readers’ honoraria. We appreciate your continued support.
Kimiko Hahn is the author of eleven books of poems, including: The Ghost Forest: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2024); Foreign Bodies (W. W. Norton, 2020); Brain Fever (WWN, 2014), and Toxic Flora (WWN, 2010), all collections prompted by science; The Narrow Road to the Interior (WWN, 2006), a collection that takes its title from Basho’s famous poetic journal; The Unbearable Heart (Kaya, 1996), which received an American Book Award; Earshot (Hanging Loose Press, 1992), which was awarded the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize and an Association of Asian American Studies Literature Award. Hahn’s major contribution to American literary scene may be the introduction of a genre that is neither poetry nor prose: the Japanese zuihitsu. In the Asian American Writer’s Workshop journal, The Margins, Dana Isokawa wrote: “Hahn laid the groundwork for the zuihitsu in American poetry, in particular with her collection The Narrow Road to the Interior (W.W. Norton, 2006). Shortly after the book came out, Hahn shared in a BOMB interview that she initially studied zuihitsu in an academic setting but started writing them in the nineties after being invited to do so for a reading at the Poetry Project celebrating Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book. While the zuihitsu is frequently compared to an essay, Hahn showed its possibilities as a poetic text.” The writer Rajiv Mohabir has said of her: “[The zuihitsu] was brought into the world of American poetry through the work of Kimiko Hahn and it resists simple genre definition, relying on temperature and voice, arrangement and precision.” She wrote a 2021 article for the American Poetry Review, “The Zuihitsu and the Toadstool” and, at present, she and Dana Isokawa are co-editing an anthology of zuihitsu, from the Japanese classics on to contemporary American versions (forthcoming W.W. Norton, 2026). As part of Hahn’s service to the CUNY community, she initiated a Chapbook Festival that became an annual event co-sponsored by major literary organizations. Since then, she has added chapbooks to her list of publications: (Write it!): a collection of odes, Brittle Process, Brood, Ragged Evidence, A Field Guide to the Intractable, Boxes with Respect, The Cryptic Chamber, and Resplendent Slug. In 2017, she and Tamiko Beyer collaborated on the chapbook Dovetail. She takes pleasure in the challenges of collaboration: writing text for film including: Coal Fields, the 1985 experimental documentary by Bill Brand; Ain’t Nuthin’ but a She Thing a 1995 HBO special; and Everywhere at Once, a 2008 film based on Peter Lindbergh’s still photos and narrated by Jeanne Moreau). Hahn’s honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Voelcker Award, Shelley Memorial Prize, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the N.Y. Foundation for the Arts. She has taught in graduate programs at the University of Houston and New York University. Hahn has also taught for literary organizations such as the Fine Arts Work Center, Cave Canem, and Kundiman. From 2016-2019, Hahn was President of the Board of Governors, Poetry Society of America. In 2023, she was named a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and received The Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award. She will serve as New York State Poet from 2025-2027. She lives in New York where she is a distinguished professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation at Queens College, The City University of New York.
Lauren Camp is the author of nine books, most recently Is Is Enough (Texas Review Press, 2026) and In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. Other honors include fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Black Earth Institute, a Dorset Prize, the New Mexico Book Award, and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award. Her poems have appeared in The Nation, Kenyon Review, and Poem-a-Day and have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Arabic. She served as the second New Mexico Poet Laureate (2022-25). www.laurencamp.com
Samyak Shertok’s debut collection, No Rhododendron (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025), was selected by Kimiko Hahn for the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and shortlisted for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award. His poems appear in The Cincinnati Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, POETRY, Shenandoah, Waxwing, Best New Poets, and elsewhere. His work has been awarded the Robert and Adele Schiff Award for Poetry, the Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry, and the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize. Originally from Nepal, he is an Assistant Professor of English at Mississippi State University.
Phylisha Villanueva is a Belizean-American poet, author, and educator whose work explores identity, resilience, and mysticism. Born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers, her storytelling is deeply informed by her Belizean heritage and shaped by her experiences navigating womanhood, motherhood, and survival. She co-founded The Yonkers Writing Group and launched the Blue Door Art Center Open Mic Night in 2009. Villanueva is also a proud member of the Jazz and Poetry Choir Collective and the international women’s poetry collective Tesoro. In January 2024, she was appointed Westchester County’s second Poet Laureate, becoming the first woman of color to hold the title. In this role, she has continued her work as a teaching artist with ArtsWestchester, hosted open mics at Bethany Arts Community, led poetry workshops at the Westchester County Correctional Facility, and co-curated an exhibition with the Hudson River Museum, where she collaborated with fellow writers to bring fresh perspectives to the museum’s archives and collection. At the historic swearing-in of Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins—the first African American to serve in that position—Villanueva read her poem “Hope for Us is a Deep Current.” She has also shared her work at the Nuyorican Poets Café, New York University, John Jay College, Pace University, St Francis College, the Hudson Valley Writers Center, Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s Pocantico Center, and the Bahá’í Center.

HudCo Presents: Armo Ft. Members of Afrobeat Pioneers Antibalas
2026-04-10 18:00 - 22:00 | HudCo, 145 Palisade St. Suite 200, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522, United States
HudCo Presents is excited to welcome back Afrobeat masters Armo for an evening of insprired jams guaranteed to get you moving on the dance floor! Armo’s intimate and energetic sound focuses on classic and contemporary Afrobeat.Founded by longtime Antibalas bandmates, Armo creates spontaneous arrangements of the music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, The Daktaris, Ebo Taylor, William Onyeabor, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, and original rhythm-based music. Armo features a revolving cast from the Daptone Records family and NY Afrobeat Scene, collectively the members of Armo have performed thousands of concerts around the world working with such luminaries as David Byrne, Angelique Kidjo, Public Enemy, TV on The Radio, Sharon Jones & The Dapkings, Ornette Coleman, and in the band for the Tony Award winning musical FELA! From its inception Afrobeat has been a music of resistance. The music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti has historic ties to the civil rights movement in the United States, and the importance of art in fueling social movements is as vital as ever.
With special guest opener Marcus World Soul performing mesmerizing percussion grooves (7pm).
HudCo Presents is a new concert series staged in a dynamic converted factory event space featuring a full-service bar, food, dessert and local craft vendors plus an amazing vibe when the lights are dimmed and the disco ball is sparkling over the stage…

AMERICAN CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA PERFORMS "GENIUS", A CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT AT IRVINGTON THEATER ON APRIL 10
2026-04-10 19:30 - 20:30 | Irvington Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, 10533
The American Classical Orchestra (ACO), New York City’s leading period instrument orchestra, present Genius, a chamber music concert . The evening offers a performance of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, widely acknowledged as a cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire. The program will be repeated at the Irvington Theater on Friday, April 10, at 7:30 pm.
The program will be performed by members of the American Classical Orchestra, including violinists Krista Bennion Feeney, praised by The New York Times for her “dramatic interplay of ferocity and light slyness” and Laura Lutzke, a Caramoor International Music Festival “Rising Star”; violist David Cerutti, co-principal violist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and cellists Myron Lutzke, recording artist and principal cellist of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Loretta O’Sullivan, praised by The New York Times as “an agile, eloquent player.”
the String Quintet is the composer’s last chamber music work, which was completed in September 1828, just two months before his death at age 31. Notable for adding a second cello instead of the usual second viola in a quintet, the work is also striking for its frequent and unexpected key changes, highlighting the genius of Schubert’s unique originality. Discounted at the time of its creation, the Quintet’s first public performance in 1850 was not until 22 years after his death, followed by its publication three years later. Over time, the Quintet became recognized as a masterpiece.

Genius: Franz Schubert's String Quintet in C Major
2026-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main St., Irvington, NY, 10533, United States
AMERICAN CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA PERFORMS “GENIUS” A CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT AT IRVINGTON THEATER ON APRIL 10, 2026.
Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford and the American Classical Orchestra (ACO), New York City’s leading period instrument orchestra, present Genius, a chamber music concert at at the Irvington Theater on Friday, April 10, at 7:30 pm. The evening offers a performance of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, widely acknowledged as a cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire.
The program will be performed by members of the American Classical Orchestra, including violinists Krista Bennion Feeney, praised by The New York Times for her “dramatic interplay of ferocity and light slyness” and Laura Lutzke, a Caramoor International Music Festival “Rising Star”; violist David Cerutti, co-principal violist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and cellists Myron Lutzke, recording artist and principal cellist of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Loretta O’Sullivan, praised by The New York Times as “an agile, eloquent player.”

CAHOOTS
2026-04-10 19:30 - 21:30 | The Manor Club of Pelham, 1023 Esplanade, Pelham, NY, 10803, United States
The Manor Club Theatre at 1023 Esplanade, Pelham, NY, presents CAHOOTS, a hilarious comedy by Rick Johnston, directed by Elizabeth Paldino.
Ken and Jan’s swanky 1990s Manhattan apartment sets the stage for a dinner party that goes spectacularly off the rails. Jan and her pal Lois are prepping for the night, but Lois’s husband, Al, obsessed with neighborhood crime, decides to “prove a point” to his wife and dinner guests, which becomes “deadly” hilarious. Things get nuttier as the evening progresses. While serving up sharp banter and wild one-liners, it turns out that surviving dinner with friends is way riskier than dodging Manhattan street crime!
Fridays & Saturdays, April 10, 11, 17, and 18 at 7:30pm
Sundays, April 12 and 19 at 2:00 pm
Tickets: https://tmcofpelham.org/events
Members $25/Guests $30/At the Door $35
For Group Sales or more information, call 914.738.1528

Catch Me If You Can
2026-04-10 19:30 - 22:00 | White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, White Plains, NY, 10601, United States
Based on the hit film and the incredible true story…
Catch Me If You Can is the high-flying musical comedy about chasing your dreams and not getting caught. Nominated for four Tony awards, including Best Musical, Catch Me If You Can was created by a Tony Award-winning “dream team,” with a book by Terrence McNally (The Full Monty, Ragtime) and a swinging score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray).
Seeking fame and fortune, Frank Abagnale, Jr., runs away from home to begin an unforgettable adventure. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer – living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. When Frank’s lies catch the attention of FBI agent, Carl Hanratty, he pursues Frank across the country to make him pay for his crimes.
Recommend for ages 10+

Local Author Event
2026-04-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-11 11:00 - 13:00 | 10562
Discover Local Authors from our own community!
Meet local writers and hear about their books–and support local creativity! Each author will present their work and sign copies of their books from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Hudson Valley Books for Humanity will provide a variety of local authors’ books for sale.
Light Refreshments will be served. Participating Authors are:
Caroline Curvan
Mark Edelson
Richard Greene
Ophelia Hill
Donald R. Kirsch
Rebecca McAteer
Robert L. O’Brian

New York Chapter Parkinson's Symposium
2026-04-11 11:00 - 15:00 | The ARK/ Shames JCC on the Hudson, 371 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, 10591
The Parkinson’s Foundation New York Chapter will host the New York Chapter Parkinson’s Symposium on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at The ARK/ Shames JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown, NY. Join the Parkinson’s Foundation for the New York Chapter Parkinson’s Symposium. Attendees will learn about symptoms, treatment options and strategies to help navigate the challenges of living with PD. While each person’s experience is unique, the more you know, the more empowered you will be to play an active role in your care and manage your life with Parkinson’s.

Watercolor Values Workshop
2026-04-11 13:00 - 15:00 | KinoSaito Art Center, 115 7th St, Verplanck, 10596
A beginner watercolor class using still-life to explore the ways that watercolor can be used to create values. Participants will experiment by creating different values using more/less water, as well as experimenting using monochromatic and complementary colors to create values. This workshop is being taught by KinoSaito’s Education Coordinator Lilly Gummerson.
All materials provided.
This class is suitable for all ages and abilities.
RSVP Required

Open Studios with Austin Ballard & Margaret McCann
2026-04-11 13:00 - 16:00 | KinoSaito Art Center, 115 7th St, Verplanck, 10596
Join us for open studios with our Artists in Residence: Austin Ballard and Margaret McCann. Peek into their studios and chat with them about their practices.
Austin Ballard (b. Charlotte, North Carolina) is sculpture artist, working with traditional textile pattern-making and a propensity for science fiction, to conjure up the organic and the engineered. Derived from the Rattan Palm, the core material becomes reference to both plant and body. Although considered handicrafts, the sculptures transform their fibrous nature to create a mysterious uniformity, evocative of a digital reproduction or artificially generated form. Evoking a sensitivity for touch and reflection, the sculptures patch together intimate objects like modern talismans, augmented scholar’s rocks, and coded tapestries.
Margaret McCann has had solo exhibitions at Jannone Disegni di Architettura in Milan, The Painting Center in New York, and Artemesia in Chicago. Reviews of her work have been included in La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, the LA Times, and Hufﬁngton Post. McCann studied at Yale U., Washington U. in St. Louis, and the NY Studio School, and her awards include a Fulbright, Ingram-Merrill, Blanche E. Colman, and NH State grants; and artist residencies at Ragdale, Millay, AAIRome, and Cité des Arts in Paris. She currently teaches at Art Students League of New York.
