Healing & Empowerment
Saturday, November 23 from 11:00am-Noon, Nyack Center
In response to the recent wave of hateful messages targeting people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ communities, we’re coming together this Saturday morning in Nyack to offer support, tools, and resources for mental health and wellbeing.
This event is designed to help parents and children address anxiety, trauma, and fears, while empowering them to feel safe and strong in their bodies and minds. Let’s come together to build a resilient, caring community where everyone belongs.
John Green House Celebrates Installation of 8 New Windows
Saturday, November 23 from 10:00am-Noon, Foot of Main Street
The windows and door were made possible through a grant of $8,109.75 from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) that was matched by supporters of the John Green House. Installation was completed by labor donated by Sirois Construction and volunteers
The John Green House, built around 1820, is the only historic Dutch-style sandstone building in Nyack. The John Green Preservation Coalition is restoring the house to serve as an exhibition center for the people of Nyack.
Rockland Symphony Orchestra Classical Delights Concert
Sunday, November 24 from 2:00-3:30pm, Pearl River High
The Rockland Symphony Orchestra is pleased to invite audiences to their opening concert of the 2024 season, presenting a potpourri of “Classical Delights” which will include some larger orchestral show-stoppers, under the baton of Conductor and Music Director Nicole Peragine.
Here are brief notes on the music that will be presented:
Bizet Overture to ‘Carmen’, which includes such famous themes as the entrance of toreadors and Carmen’s motif.
Mozart Molto Allegro from Symphony 40 in g minor, the opening movement in Mozart’s next- to-last symphony. Gershwin ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, in which the orchestra celebrates the 100 th anniversary of this iconic American work, with our special friend pianist Ron Levy as the soloist (Mr. Levy has performed with RSO regularly over the years, since first appearing as a teen-aged competition winner). Rhapsody in Blue, originally intended for piano soloist and concert band, will be played in Ferde Grofe’s arrangement for full symphony orchestra. (An intermission will follow.)
Strauss Overture to the ‘Gypsy Baron’ operetta, in which Hungarian Gypsy themes intermingle delightfully with Straussian Viennese waltzes.
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Elgar ‘Nimrod’ variation from his ‘Enigma Variations’. This particularly lush variation was in honor of his friend Jaeger, the German word for hunter as is Nimrod in the Bible.
Marquez Danzon No. 2 – the most popular of a set of dances composed in 1994, both Cuban
Pearl River High School is located at 275 East Central Avenue Pearl River
Purchase tickets here.
Nyack Holiday Village
December 1 – 23
Get Ready for the Most Magical Holiday Season in Nyack!
Nyack Holiday Village is a a festive wonderland packed with joy, laughter, and community spirit!
Program includes drop-off events for kids, decorating contests, and a holiday music festival.
The Workshops are Friday nights from 6:00-8:30pm and weekend afternoons from
12:00-4:00pm, and are all being managed by experienced staff from the Nyack Center and Creative Arts Workshops, two local organizations that run pre- and after-school programs for kids all year long. Tickets are $25, with package discounts, and can be purchased here.
The Nyack Holiday Village promotion also includes a number of other programs
designed to give people a reason to visit Nyack during the holidays, including:
Holiday decorating contests for both business owners and residents, where
visitors can stroll the downtown district or drive through the residential areas and
vote for their favorite decorating jobs here.
The “Nyack Holiday Music Festival,” which will offer dozens of performances not
just in the public square but at local bars, restaurants, performance spaces,
churches, and other locations, with a music event calendar here.
Click here for all details.
