![This is the second in a series about the return of live performance art to the rivertowns. By Brianna Staudt– The Irvington Theater was built in 1902 and doesn’t have a ventilation system. For anyone living through the Covid-19 pandemic, that statement raises an obvious concern. Theater Manager Greg Allen doesn’t have a planned date for patrons to return to the historic indoor space. New York State requires certain ventilation standards be met for any arts venue to reopen right […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ISC-Press-Photo-3-1-1400x912.jpg)
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![The first in a series about the return of live performance art to the rivertowns. By Brianna Staudt– When the “two-man, psych-funk orchestra,” Paris Monster, took the stage Sunday evening at the Tarrytown Music Hall, it marked an extraordinary moment: it was the first live, indoor performance in front of an audience since the Covid-19 pandemic closed the doors of every arts venue everywhere, including in the rivertowns. “I think everybody’s excited about the prospect of playing music again […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Interior-Shot-music-hall-1400x912.jpeg)
![By Laurie Leavy— The consideration of organ donation may be a difficult decision for some, or not a hard choice at all for others. That same decision could afford someone the opportunity to be called a hero, like Jocelyn “Joy” Pascua, of Tarrytown. After Pascua passed peacefully last December, the prospect of her legacy living on through organ donation was presented to her daughter by the staff at Phelps Hospital. “She didn’t designate as a donor on her license,” said […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-HI-April-Liz-Rotfeld-1.jpg)
![By Brad Ogden-- With ten Broadway shows under her belt, J. Elaine Marcos is a veteran of the theatre industry and a bona fide triple threat. Marcos reveals her rule-breaking approach to auditioning while retracing her unique journey of crossing casting barriers to find success on stage and screen in What I Did For… A Job, her hilarious, heartfelt one-woman show, streaming on demand April 28-30 at irvingtontheater.com. “I had to learn to break the rules in order to be […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-4.54.55-PM-1172x912.png)
![By Barrett Seaman– Just as people emerge from their homes after a hurricane, looking around the neighborhood for downed trees and utility wires, so we all are slowly, cautiously emerging from the prolonged and devastating COVID-19 pandemic, looking to see the scope of the damage. Some of it will be physical—boarded-up shops and restaurants, a few foreclosed houses, friends without jobs. Most, however, will be within us as individuals, as communities, and as a society. Vaccination rates are climbing and […]](https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-10.15.36-AM-1246x912.png)
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A Very Good Homecoming at Sleepy Hollow High
By Kevin Brown– Homecoming at Sleepy Hollow High School is usually associated with rowdy fans, a fierce football game, regaled Kings and Queens of Homecoming and the announcement of which class won Spirit Week. The King and ... More »
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FarmEats’ Irvington Restaurant to Open This April
By Linda Viertel– Irvington Farmer’s Market regulars know Drew George, owner of FarmEats, well: he’s been providing customers with his sustainably raised grass-fed beef at the Main Street lot for the past five years. But now ... More »
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Historic YMCA Building in Tarrytown Sells for $6.45M
By Rick Pezzullo— RM Friedland has announced the sale of the historic YMCA building in Tarrytown to Wilder Balter for $6.45 million for the redevelopment of the four-story brick building into 109 units of affordable housing, ... More »
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