Nutcracker for Kids Yorktown Stage will present Dance For Joy’s Nutcracker for Kids: The Nutcracker for Kids is a one hour, condensed and narrated version of the full story of the Nutcracker, in which all parts are danced by students. It allows audience members of all ages to experience the magic of the Nutcracker during the holiday season!
Nutcracker for Kids Yorktown Stage will present Dance For Joy’s Nutcracker for Kids: The Nutcracker for Kids is a one hour, condensed and narrated version of the full story of the Nutcracker, in which all parts are danced by students. It allows audience members of all ages to experience the magic of the Nutcracker during the holiday season!
Nutcracker for Kids Yorktown Stage will present Dance For Joy’s Nutcracker for Kids: The Nutcracker for Kids is a one hour, condensed and narrated version of the full story of the Nutcracker, in which all parts are danced by students. It allows audience members of all ages to experience the magic of the Nutcracker during the holiday season!
Join us to explore full-time, part-time, and seasonal opportunities at the JCC! Hiring for positions including: Summer day camp counselors Afterschool counselors Lifeguards Swim instructors Special needs support staff Receptionists Personal trainers Custodial staff Summer bus drivers
Join us for a storytime featuring fractured fairy tales about Snow White! What happens when the big bad wolf meets Snow White? Find out when local author David Sherrin reads his picture book The Baddest Wolf of All? David will then share another fun version of the Snow White story. After storytime, make a wolf paper bag puppet. This program is best for ages 4-8.
In this class, Amy Holman will teach you how to match the poems you write to the best possible literary journal editors. She will teach you quick ways of assessing what is published by answering a set of questions about each poem. This will, in turn, help you assess your own poetic style. Literary journals can also be creatively inspiring, and in this class you will be encouraged to write new poems that are influenced by the poets we read, […]
Celebrate the release of Amy Small-McKinney's new book, & You Think It Ends! She will read her work along with poets Ethel Rackin, Sean Singer, Michael Waters, and Eleanor Wilner.
What’s that noise? What’s that smell? That’s what Peekskill residents have been asking as the WIN-Waste trash incinerator shut down for maintenance and suffered an ongoing electrical malfunction. This month’s Zero Waste Task Force will focus on what actually happens when an incinerator malfunctions. Why does it sound like a jet engine? What is being vented? How can we protect our health? How do we know when something is going wrong? We will be joined by Councilwoman Maureen Porras, Vice […]
Suzanne Carbotte, Bruce Heezen Lamont Research Professor; Associate Director, Marine and Polar Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Subduction zones, where Earth’s tectonic plates collide and one plate is thrust beneath another, generate the largest and most destructive earthquakes and tsunamis on our planet. The Cascadia Subduction Zone lies in our backyard in the Pacific Northwest and poses the greatest earthquake hazard for the mainland United States. The last “Big One” occurred on January 26 1700 CE, as determined from a remarkable […]
PLEASANTVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL’S BATTLE OF THE BANDS MOVES TO LARCHMONT NEW LOCATION FOR ANNUAL COMPETITION March 7, 2025, Pleasantville, NY—Young local musicians rejoice: the Pleasantville Music Festival is excited to announce the 2025 Battle of the Bands competition is open, sponsored and hosted for the first time by Locals 10538 in Larchmont, NY. In the Festival’s annual battle, young area musicians who perform original music compete for two slots to open the Festival, a favorite in the lead up to the main […]
The Volunteer New York! Volunteer Spirit Awards breakfast benefit is the premier celebration of volunteerism in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties. Hosted by Volunteer New York! and presented by Regeneron, the event is attended by over 500 “who’s who” leaders from the community, including representatives from the business, nonprofit, and public sectors, to honor extraordinary individuals and groups who have made a significant difference in their communities. Now in its 45th year, the event is a powerful reminder of how […]
I like to think of a first draft as the block of marble we’ve dragged up from the quarry into our studio. The first draft might be roughly the size and shape of our story but without revision, we cannot bring out the unique qualities that will cause a story to leap off the page and grab a reader by the throat. In this class we will use generative exercises to create new work and lovingly workshop stories so we can […]
