White Plains Event Mixes Art with Cocktails

ByArtsWestchester

ArtsWestchester is bringing back its Gallery Nite Out happy hour series this month for the first time since before the pandemic.

The party will return to the organization’s building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue on March 23 with music and poetry performances in the penthouse suite.

The event diversifies after-work options along Mamaroneck Avenue. Guests who are 21+ will have the opportunity to try a bourbon tasting by Penelope Bourbon while taking in the night’s entertainment, which includes singers/songwriters Journi and Cristina F., and the poets JAK and Nya Vincent.

“We are trying to bring a different kind of happy hour to Westchester by mixing happy hour with art,” says Jazmyn Thorpe, the organization’s special events coordinator.

Cristina F. has performed throughout the region, including Pianos NYC, The Bitter End, Yonkers Riverfest, Rockwood Music Hall, and the Irvington Town Hall Theater. In 2020, Broadway star Christine Dwyer performed Cristina’s original Christmas song “I Won’t Be Alone on Christmas Day” as part of a virtual Holiday cabaret.

Journi is the lead singer on Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary song, “The Magic is Calling.”

Nya Vincent, better known as Purpose’s Pen, focuses on creating timeless art through words.

JAK’s works, “Chronicles of a Convicted Felon” and “Life’s Menstrual Cycles,” have been published in Mercy College’s Red Hyacinth Journal.

Light bites, wine, beer and soft drinks will also be available.

Space is limited. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. The event is free for ArtsWestchester members.

More Gallery Nite Out events yet to be announced will be offered throughout the year.
About ArtsWestchester

For more than 50 years, ArtsWestchester has been the community’s connection to the arts. Founded in 1965, it is the largest private not-for-profit arts council in New York State. Its mission is to create an equitable, inclusive, vibrant and sustainable Westchester County in which the arts are integral to and integrated into every facet of life. ArtsWestchester provides programs and services that enrich the lives of everyone in Westchester County. ArtsWestchester helps fund concerts, exhibitions and plays through grants; brings artists into schools and community centers; advocates for the arts; and builds audiences through diverse marketing initiatives. In 1998, ArtsWestchester purchased the nine-story neo-classical bank building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue which has since been transformed into a multi-use resource for artists, cultural organizations and the community. A two-story gallery is located on the first floor of ArtsWestchester’s historic building on Mamaroneck Avenue. artsw.org