By Shana Liebman– Rivertown record-lovers are in for a treat. Last month, The Tarrytown Music Hall opened a record store on its premises, Marquee Records, which sells new and vintage vinyl at a discounted price. And the best part: proceeds go directly to the t... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The annual Irvington Historical Society winter train show has returned after a pandemic interruption. The product of Chief Engineer Bill Schwartz, with help from Earl Ferguson and Any Api, the display fills the basement of the Historical Soc... More »
By Barrett Seaman — In this scene, robbers are forced to barricade themselves and their hostages inside the bank at the corner of Broadway and Main (too bad they weren’t told the building hasn’t been a bank for years). There, they hunker down for what is expec... More »
By Rick Pezzullo — Residents of the rivertowns will soon be able to watch movies again on the big screen a short distance away. LOOK Dine-in Cinemas will be opening its first New York location in the Rivertowns Square shopping center in Dobbs Ferry where the f... More »
By Barrett Seaman — The event at Dobbs Ferry’s South Church on Sunday, Nov. 21, will not be your typical rivertowns fundraiser, though it is indeed an effort to raise money in support of resettlement efforts on behalf of refugees recently arrived from Afghanis... More »
By Rick Pezzullo — The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze kicks off the first of a record 59 nights today at historic Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson. Back for a 17th year, the Blaze runs until November 21 with reduced capacity and safety measures in place. Wh... More »
By Brad Ogden— As autumn approaches and Mother Nature transitions into one of her most glorious seasons, Irvington Theater (IT) will once again partner with the Village’s esteemed O’Hara Nature Center for an outdoor event that uses the arts to promote practica... More »
River’s Edge Theatre Company will present “The Green Plays Project,” an outdoor theater event featuring one-act plays about climate change, on September 25. The performance will be preceded by theatre workshops for kids and followed by a post-show community di... More »
by Brad Ogden— Since March of 2020, the Irvington Theater has been dark. The pandemic required that the doors stay closed, but the planning for what can and will be has continued on — so that live theater, films, comedy shows, and children’s performances would... More »
By Brad Ogden– The Irvington Shakespeare Company is Irvington Theater’s newest Arts Partner, and the two companies are kicking off their creative partnership with a co-production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night this summer from August 6 through 22. Sta... More »
Tarrytown’s Jazz Forum Arts is one of seven non-profits in the county to win grants from the Westchester Community Fund, an aggregator and donor of funds to non-profits in Westchester. The amount of the grant was $10,000. The funding, sourced from the Feldman ... More »
In its 18 years of existence, Irvington’s Red Hat on the River has had its share of celebrity diners. The restaurant has also made cameo appearances in three of James Patterson’s books—and may be due for more. A recent arrival in the village, actor Michael Dou... More »
by Brad Ogden– Irvington Theater continues its summer of in-person, outdoor events on July 23, 24 and 25 with the New York premiere of Adam Szymkowicz’s beautifully funny new play, The Parking Lot, a co-production with River’s Edge Theatre Company. Some marrie... More »
By Hannah Lustyik– Kate Abrams, a seventh grader from Irvington Middle School, has won an inaugural international film competition. The award was given by Videos for Change, an Australian-based nonprofit filmmaking program. Kate was introduced to the prog... More »
By James Carsey– The Receptacle Project, created by Dobbs Ferry artist Harriet Cherry Cheney, doesn’t quite fit into one particular artistic medium. You won’t see oil on canvas, charcoal lines, or clay modeling in this piece, but it’s just as thought-provoking... More »
By Brad Ogden– While Irvington Theater (IT) introduces in-person, outdoor events this summer, the ‘cultural heart of the Rivertowns’ is keeping its online programming alive with a streaming event that coincides with LGBT Pride Month (commemorating the Stonewal... More »
By Alexander Roberts— In another sign of economic progress as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, Fred Astaire Dance Studios resumed their practice parties on May 14. About 20 students ventured out from social isolation to once again participate in a tradition at the... More »
By Brad Ogden– Christina Franklin has been training and working in New York’s theater scene since she was eight years old — starting out in the rehearsal studios of TADA! Youth Theater (whose notable alumni include Kerry Washington and Jordan Peele) and takin... More »
By Kira Ratan– Artist Elaine Ashburn finds beauty in other people’s trash. She recalls seeing people dump theirs at the recycling plant in Hastings, after which she would follow, find something interesting and take a picture of it. “To me, it wasn’t trash at a... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Sleepy Hollow author Rebecca Chianese will be launching her new novel Unspoken on Saturday, April 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Scattered Books in Chappaqua. A Zoom event with Chianese will also be held from 3 to 4 p.m. In honor of Sexual Assault Aw... More »
