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Blue Rock School presents Palisades and Snedens Landing Historic House Tour (10:00 am - 4:00pm)
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Location: 675 Oak Tree Road, Palisades, NY
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An inside look at the mansions that make up some of Rockland’s most spectacular - and private - riverfront communities. Featuring six private homes in Palisades, Upper Nyack and Snedens Landing, has been home to many celebrities and luminaries in the world of entertainment including Al Pacino, Bill Murray, and Lorraine Bracco and William Hurt. Post-tour reception includes student art exhibit and photo retrospective.
All proceeds to benefit the Blue Rock School’s scholarship fund.
Rain or shine. Reception: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m
Tickets: $35 in advance; $40 day of tour
Purchase tickets at Palisades Community Center or House Tour Hospitality Center, 7 Tompkins Court, Upper Nyack, NY or visit www.bluerockschool.org
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Victorian Tea in Celebration of Mother’s Day (12:30 pm - 3:30pm)
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Location: Bricktown Inn B&B, Haverstraw, NY
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Victorian Tea in Celebration of Mother’s Day
Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12, seatings at 12:30 & 3:30 p.m. $22.00 per person, reservations necessary 845-429-8447
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Inside Edward Hopper’s Truro Studio: Paintings by Philip Koch (1:00 pm - 5:00pm)
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Location: Edward Hopper House Arts Center, 82 N. Broadway, Nyack, NY
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March 31-July 1, 2012
Running concurrently with Max Greis, in our rotating hallway gallery.
As a young artist, Philip Koch was inspired from painting abstractions to working in a realist direction after seeing the art of Edward Hopper. Since 1983 Koch has had thirteen residencies in Hopper’s Cape Cod painting studio in S. Truro, Massachusetts. On display is a selection of paintings of the interior of the Cape Cod Hopper studio Koch painted on location.
Max Greis: Allegory & Fantasy in Nature (1:00 pm - 5:00pm)
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Location: Edward Hopper House Arts Center, 82 N. Broadway, Nyack, NY
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March 31-May 13, 2012
Curator: Carole Perry
Working in collage, painting, and video, Max Greis captures the changing world and altered reality that results from destructive forces like war and global warming.
Inkternal: Kari Lindstrom & Sky Pape (1:00 pm - 5:00pm)
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Location: Edward Hopper House Arts Center, 82 N. Broadway, Nyack, NY
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May 19 – July 1, 2012
Opening reception May 19, 5-7 PM
Curator: Shari Lin Fischberg
Inkternal showcases the recent work of New York City based artists Sky Pape and Kari Lindstrom. Working within the historical context of sumi ink brush painting, the artists’ practices reflect clarity, simplicity, and contemplation. The resulting abstract images speak to our internal and external nature. Pape moves the material in new directions, and Lindstrom experiments by drawing with innovative technology.
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Nyack’s African American Day Parade and Festival (2:00 pm - 6:40pm)
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Location: Main St., Nyack, NY 10960
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Nyack celebrates its third annual African American Day on Saturday May 12th at 2p with a parade down Main Street followed by a multicultural festival in Memorial Park.
A portion of the musical entertainment during the parade will be provided by the famous East Ramapo Marching Band, winner of over 250 awards in 20 years. The East Ramapo Marching band has performed in the NYC Columbus Day Parade, at Giants Stadium, in the Apollo Theatre and on the AMC TV series Rubicon.
Local marchers include Nyack’s Fire Department (Chelsea Hook & Ladder/Jackson Hose), the Buffalo Soldiers of West Point, the JAMCCAR Steel Band, current NFL players from Rockland County and the 2011 Golden Gloves Champ, Nyack’s own Max Tassy.
Nyack NAACP President Francis Pratt and Everett Swan, recipient of the Honarary Buffalo Soldier award, will be the parade Grand Marshals.
The parade will be graced by two professional football players: Devin (Patriots) and Jason (Titans) McCourty. The twin brothers were born in Nanuet.
The parade route starts at the old Nyack High School field (N. Midland Ave & 5th Ave across the street from Nyack Hospital) and ends at Memorial Park in Nyack. Parking will not be permitted on the parade route between 12 noon and approximately 3pm.
After the parade, there will be entertainment in Nyack’s Memorial Park including music, dance, poetry and a fashion show featuring Trendsetters/Nyack, HopeWade Designs, Kurvacious Plus size designs. The post-parade festival in the park includes crafts and foods hosted by local vendors as well as community service organizations.
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An Evening of Music to benefit United Hospice of Rockland (7:30 pm - 10:00pm)
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Location: Black Bear Saloon, 82 Main Street, Nyack, NY.
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An evening of music to benefit United Hospice of Rockland with Todd Sheaffer of Railroad Earth.
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The Strange Bedfellows Present A Midsummer Night’s Dream (8:00 pm - 10:00pm)
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Location: The Palisades Presbyterian Church 117 Washington Spring Road, Palisades, NY
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The Strange Bedfellows of Children’s Shakespeare Theatre Present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”—a psychedelic trip through the summer of love*
Friday opening benefit pricing: adults $25, kids $10 includes refreshment and talk-back with the actors
Saturday tickets: adults $15, seniors $12, kids $10
*some mature content, may not be suitable for very young children
