CREPUSCULAR: Going out on a liminal By Krista Madsen– Ever since Flannery O’Connor packed so much meaning onto the toilet stall in Wise Blood, I have believed that the liminal spaces are where it’s at for the best writing. I am pulled to these in-between, indi... More »
By Shana Liebman– After nearly five years, the 122-year-old Irvington Theater will reopen this fall. It’s a momentous occasion that many people, including myself (a member of the Irvington Theater Commission), have eagerly anticipated since its closure in 2020... More »
By W.B. King– Twenty years ago, while living in Brooklyn, artist and musician TB Ward and his wife, Ruth, were expecting a child. Loving the enchantments of the city but understanding its limitations for family life, the couple earnestly began investigating pl... More »
HOWLING FANTODS: A compendium of irritable unrest By Krista Madsen– Some people get a lyric stuck in their head, me, I get the whole howling fantods. I’ve been walking around for some time now—perhaps tapping into the collective frenetic mood of the season of ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Halloween and Historic Hudson Valley go hand-in-hand, and this spooky season has some new experiences for thrill seekers to enjoy. One new event is Twilight Village at Sleepy Hollow at Philipsburg Manor. The outdoor spooktacular, which opened... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown Music Hall received a big financial boost to its school residencies’ program this week. On Thursday, state Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky (D/District 92) delivered a $25,000 check to Music Hall Executive Director Bjorn Olsson fo... More »
By Sue Treiman– Few people associate Vernon Jordan, Cab Calloway, Roy Campanella, “Moms” Mabley and Gordon Parks with Westchester County and Greenburgh Township. That’s about to change. A new African-American History Museum is planning for a Martin Luther King... More »
Secure Your Seat Now! Sherlock Holmes: The Brook Street Mysteries November 15 – December 8, 2024 Double the mystery, double the fun! Join Holmes and Watson as they confront two perplexing cases at the same Brook Street address. Th... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Bulldog Walking Gallery, this summer’s beloved public sculpture installation in the Village of Irvington, is now up for auction. Throughout the summer, 27 specially decorated fiberglass bulldog statues—representing Irvington’s trusty masc... More »
SHOW & TELL: The secret life of objects By Krista Madsen– TIME FOR A GOOD DEATH So many of us became begrudging Zoomers during the pandemic. I loved it. This habit of FaceTiming through whichever software instead of calling or texting has stuck for me as a ha... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor is kicking off its 20th anniversary on Friday the 13th. The Blaze, which features thousands of intricately carved Jack O’Lanterns in dozens of creative displays, will light up the historic... More »
By W.B. King– As a kid, Jon Anderson did not have designs on becoming a musician. A tried-and-true supporter of the Accrington Stanley F.C., he wanted to be a football player–so much so that he served as the team’s mascot and ballboy for a spell. Some years la... More »
By Kris DiLorenzo– The “jewel of a theater on the Hudson,” as The New York Times once dubbed the Irvington Theater, is on track to reopen in October. The 432-seat theater, built in 1902 inside the village’s Town Hall and modeled after Ford’s Theatre in Washing... More »
by Lilly Sayenga– Dobbs Ferry has been given a spooky mythos in Headhunters, a new novel by Luis Paredes. The novel, Paredes’s sophomore effort after his 2023 debut Out On A Limb, owes its setting to the author’s two-decade-long residency in the town. In an in... More »
TRUTH SOCIAL? The world wrapped in words By Krista Madsen– Last week I concocted a word salad of swears with Monty Python + Shakespeare + whatever-the-f* emerged from the Insult Generator. This week, I’ll let artist Jenny Holzer have at the word generation gam... More »
By Barrett Seaman– Patrons of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) and its summer series of plays—many of them delightfully campy takes on The Bard’s classic works—were delighted with the news that construction of the non-profit’s permanent hilltop ho... More »
FOR F*’s SAKE: The ancient, cathartic art of the insult By Krista Madsen– RUDE WORDS While we celebrate the potential passing of the Presidential torch from an older to younger generation, I’m happy to admit that several of the most engaging topics I’ve explor... More »
By Kris DiLorenzo– Street dining returns to Dobbs Ferry on Saturday, August 3 (rain date Aug. 4), when the Village holds one of its signature events, facilitated by the Downtown Committee. From 4-10 p.m., Cedar Street and Main Street (as far as Chestnut Street... More »
By W.B. King– Reflecting on Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers: The Story of Success, Daniel Donato agrees that over the years there have been “hots spots” and “goldmines” of creativity that occur in certain regions or age subsets. As a student of musical history... More »
By W.B. King– On the heels of a nearly five-year run with the proto-punk band the Modern Lovers that penned seminal songs like “Roadrunner,” Jerry Harrison was invited to jam with the Talking Heads in 1976. The Harvard University graduate kept an open mind as ... More »
