$105K Awarded in Arts Alive Grants Throughout Westchester, Rockland Counties
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$105K Awarded in Arts Alive Grants Throughout Westchester, Rockland Counties

This year, cultural performances, public art, artistic school programs and more will abound throughout Westchester and Rockland Counties. ArtsWestchester, with the support of the Decentralization Program – a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) – will administer $105,000 in grant funds to the 60…

ArtsWestchester’s Halloween Picks
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ArtsWestchester’s Halloween Picks

With Sleepy Hollow right in its backyard, Historic Hudson Valley and its surrounding community embrace John Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow novel with a series of annual Halloween-related events. New to this year’s lineup is The Unsilent Picture, an immersive theater experience that features an original commissioned black-and-white film that…

6 Westchester Arts Festivals to Check Out This Month
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6 Westchester Arts Festivals to Check Out This Month

September 1-3: CORNucopia Step into the 1750s during this celebration of corn and discover its tradition within the Hudson Valley. This Labor Day weekend, Historic Hudson Valley will introduce corn to its Philipse Manor audiences in a unique way, from sweet corn ice cream to live bluegrass and folk music. CORNucopia…

Asian American Heritage Festival Returns to Valhalla
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Asian American Heritage Festival Returns to Valhalla

On June 2, OCA Westchester Hudson Valley will present its annual Asian American Heritage Festival at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. The daylong festival aims to educate audiences about artistic customs of the Asian culture, including traditional dance and song, activities and foods. Professional artists will share the stage with…

Westchester Poetry Festival Tackles Topics of Social Justice

Westchester Poetry Festival Tackles Topics of Social Justice

Poetry is often seen as an underrepresented artistic discipline that bares a stigma of not being relatable. Hudson Valley Writers’ Center (HVWC) and The Masters School aim to change that perception this month. For the first time in its 8 years the annual Westchester Poetry Festival, which appropriately takes place…

Jacob Burns Film Center Presents the 17th Annual Westchester Jewish Film Festival
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Jacob Burns Film Center Presents the 17th Annual Westchester Jewish Film Festival

Jacob Burns Film Center’s 17th annual Westchester Jewish Film Festival will take place from March 13 through 29. During these two and a half weeks, the Center will screen forty-one documentaries, narratives and television episodes, from Israel, Morocco, Hungary and more. The films collectively explore the diversity of the Jewish…

A Week-Long Celebration of Classical and Romantic Compositions
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A Week-Long Celebration of Classical and Romantic Compositions

Hoff-Barthelson Music School (HBMS)’s “Spanning the Centuries” festival will take place from March 10 through 19. The festival is part of HBMS’s “Festivals in Style” series, which introduces students to music from specific time periods. This week-long celebration will feature music composed between 1750 and 1900 – the Classical and…

Hoff-Barthelson Music School Orchestra Joined by New York Philharmonic Cellist
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Hoff-Barthelson Music School Orchestra Joined by New York Philharmonic Cellist

Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s Festival Orchestra will present its winter concert on December 9. The program, under the direction of Jun Nakabayashi, will include Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyl. In addition, New York Philharmonic cellist Sumire Kudo, an award-winning graduate of Tokyo’s Toho School and New York’s The Juilliard…

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