Welcome to the Historic Hudson River Towns Events Calendar!
Organizations in Historic Hudson River Towns member communities are welcome to post events here free of charge. Events must be open to the public, with or without admission fees. Historic Hudson River Towns reserves the right to reject any event that is considered inappropriate for any reason. Please allow up to 24 hours after submission for event to be listed.
Submit your local events to the Historic Hudson River Towns (will require admin approval upon submission).
Nyack Library Book Sale
Nyack Library, 59 S Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USABook Sale!! Join us for the Friends of the Nyack Library Book Sale in our Community Meeting Room. Saturday: 10:00am – 5:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm – 4:00pm Early Bird Special (cost: $20) is 9am-10am on Sat., November 5th (+ purchase of materials)
Edward Hopper’s Hudson River Boyhood and Emerging Artistic Vision
Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USACurated by Carole Perry and Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, with Lynne Z. Bassett This exhibition investigates how the artistic vision of Edward Hopper (1882-1967) coalesced during his youth in Nyack until he moved away in 1908, at age 26, to pursue his career in New York City. It features selections of the artist’s early drawings and…
The Original Knickerbocker Tour
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – South Gate, 430 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, United StatesThe Original Knickerbocker: Washington Irving & “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. Meet the father of the American short story on this one-hour tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery! Learn all about Washington Irving, his impact on American Literature and the enduring appeal of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, which recently celebrated its Bicentennial. Best of all,…
Classic Daytime Cemetery Tour
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – South Gate, 430 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, United StatesSoak up the beauty of this 173-year old cemetery while your guide regales you with stories of the fascinating people resting here in peace. This two-hour daytime walk is the perfect way “to have a colloquy among the tombs” as Washington Irving, famous author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, did himself back in 1849. You’ll…
Dover String Quartet
Kusel Auditorium at Sleepy Hollow High School, 210 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, United StatesFriends of Music welcomes the return of the excellent young Dover Quartet, lauded by The New Yorker as both “exciting and accomplished.” The Wall Street Journal has described their playing as “masterly, nuanced” with “gutsy and earthy sound,” while the Santa Fe New Mexican has said that to hear them is to be in “string…
Ed Cherry Trio
Jazz Forum Club, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United StatesAcclaimed Jazz guitarist Ed Cherry brings his formidable trio to the Jazz Forum on Sunday, November 6. He’s supported by pianist John DiMartino and bassist Gary Wang. Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early ’70s, as a sideman to musicians including Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill and Jimmy Smith. Most famously, he…
Ed Cherry Trio
Jazz Forum Club, 1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United StatesAcclaimed Jazz guitarist Ed Cherry brings his formidable trio to the Jazz Forum on Sunday, November 6. He’s supported by pianist John DiMartino and bassist Gary Wang. Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early ’70s, as a sideman to musicians including Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill and Jimmy Smith. Most famously, he…
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 S Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10591, United StatesThe Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is the Hudson Valley’s most electrifying fall happening! Meander through the 18th-century landscape of Van Cortlandt Manor and discover a breathtaking display of more than 7,000 illuminated jack o’ lanterns—all designed and hand-carved on site by a team of talented artisans. New for 2022, watch the animated “Jack” Smith Shop…
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Lantern Tour
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – North Gate, 540 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, United StatesSoak up the history of this famous cemetery by the light of kerosene lanterns! It’s like stepping back in time as you visit some of the most impressive residents, including William Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, John Dustin Archbold and others resting in peace in the cemetery’s north end. As this is only a one-hour tour, you’ll…
American Aristocrats Cemetery Tour
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – North Gate, 540 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, United StatesShort on time? Make the most of it and meet the crème de la crème on this one-hour lantern tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery! The Gilded Age began after the Civil War and ended around 1900. It was a time of tremendous industrialization and rapid economic growth. Railroads were built to connect the East Coast…
American Aristocrats Cemetery Tour
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – North Gate, 540 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591, United StatesShort on time? Make the most of it and meet the crème de la crème on this one-hour lantern tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery! The Gilded Age began after the Civil War and ended around 1900. It was a time of tremendous industrialization and rapid economic growth. Railroads were built to connect the East Coast…
The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion – Sculptures by Dorothy Gillespie
Rockland Center for the Arts,27 South Greenbush Road, West Nyack, NY 10994, USAThe Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion Sculptures by Dorothy M. Gillespie The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park Oct. 15, 2021 – Oct. 2023 Free to the Public, Dawn to Dusk RoCA is proud to present the The Enchanted Garden: Colors in Motion exhibit as a part of a tribute to the 20th Century artist and feminist,…
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