Line Dancing at The Bridge Sports Bar and Lounge
Saturday, March 1, 6:00-10:00pm, The Bridge Sports Bar and Lounge, 92 Main St, Nyack
Beginner lessons and open dancing with instruction by Discover Line Dance. RSVP at (551) 999-1568.
Finding the Poetry and Humor in the Moment
Sunday, March 2, 10:00am, Hybrid event, in person at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockland, 130 Conklin Rd, Pomona. Click here for Zoom link
Please join us for their What-UU-Means-To-Me series with Bill Schmidt, including a reunion with Wally Glickman (“Ode to a Banana”.), Colin McGrath and David Frye
18th Annual Penguin Plunge
Sunday, March 2, 12:00 – 2:00pm, Nyack Memorial Park, Nyack
The Penguin Plunge is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit group that works to help the families of seriously ill children meet their medical and support costs as they focus on their children’s health. We are a 100% volunteer group located in Rockland County, NY, and each year our “colony” of penguins hosts an icy plunge into the Hudson River in honor of the children we sponsor. Since our founding in 2007, we have helped 39 children and raised over one million dollars in total contributions. This year, the plunge supports Brielle Gaine and Luke Garrecht from Tappan and Zach Dolinsky from Nyack. You can donate here.
Plunge Day is the grand culmination of nearly a year-long effort to raise funds for the families we sponsor. As such, we throw quite the party!
A post penguin plunge party will be held at Casa del Sol, 104 Main St, Nyack. $20 suggested donation at the door. Music featuring the Buddy Boys. All money collected goes to Luke, Brielle and Zachary.
An Artist’s Eye
Thursday, March 6, 6:00pm, Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, 82 N Broadway, Nyack
This gallery talk with photographer and artist member Ben Asen will provide insights into the master photographers featured in their current exhibition, PORTAL: The Window in American Photography – including artists he has long admired and even met throughout his career. This series invites contemporary artists and Artist Members to share their perspectives on works in the Museum’s exhibitions and collections.
Click here to reserve your spot.
Rona’s Blood Drive
Saturday, March 8, 11:00am-5:00pm, Nyack Library, 59 S Broadway, Nyack
The parents of Rona Edwards invite you to the 2nd Annual Rona Edwards Memorial Blood Drive at the Nyack Library on Saturday, March 8th. The drive the will take place in the community room (lower level) from 11:00am-5:00pm.
Rona died in September of 2023 at the age of six from complications from a stem cell transplant to treat Aplastic Anemia, a rare form of bone marrow failure. In the seven months preceding her death, Rona received more than 100 units of blood products, a combination of platelets, red blood cells, and granulocytes. The kindness of strangers kept Rona alive for seven months.
The drive will honor Rona’s life by paying forward the kindness she received to help other individuals in need of the life saving gift of blood.
You can register here.
La Yave d’Espanya
Sunday, March 9, 2:00pm, JCC Rockland, 450 West Nyack Road, West Nyack
La Yave d’Espanya is a celebration of Jewish heritage in Spain through music and dance. This performance project celebrates the power intrinsic in music to capture the essence and the presence of a people. Despite the systematic excision of the Jewish bodies from Spain, Jewish songs and sounds remain strong components of the sounds of the nation. The beauty of the Jewish culture in Spain resounds through the songs of the Sepharad as well as the music of Spanish composers, such as Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz.
Indivisible Rockland Organizes Commemorative Bloody Sunday March
Sunday, March 9, 9:00am, Gather at the South East Corner of Voorhis Ave and S Broadway, Nyack
March over the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to commemorate the March 7, 1965 civil rights procession over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama known as the “Bloody Sunday March” because protestors were assaulted by Alabama State Troopers in an internationally televised attack that eventually led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
The Governor Mario M. Cuomo march is being organized by the Indivisible Rockland Organizing Committee.
Commemorative marches, including one on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama are taking place across America. A march is planned over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Click here for more information.
Nyack Urban Sketchers
Tuesday, March 11, 2:00-4:00pm, Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, 82 N Broadway, Nyack
Join Nyack Urban Sketchers next meet-up at Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center! Tour their new exhibition Portal: The Window in American Photography and stay and sketch! A $5 donation per person will be collected at the Museum. Contact Kay for more info: kcoppbrown@aol.com. Space is limited. You must be registered to attend.
10th Annual New York Fathering Conference
Thursday, March 13, 8:30am-3:00pm, Westchester County Center, 198 Central Avenue, White Plains
Fatherhood is more than a title. It’s a lifestyle. Fathers are important to the well-being of their children, their families, and their communities.
The conference will explore critical topics, including the role of fathers, parenting, mental health, equity, economic mobility, and community resources and how these subjects contribute to the happiness, security, and success of fathers and families in our communities.
You can register here.
Rockland County Warming Center
7 days a week, 7:00pm, Corner of S Broadway and Burd Street, Nyack
Anyone in need of shelter can come to the corner of South Broadway and Burd Street at 7:00pm., seven days a week, for a ride to the Warming Center. This public service includes a hot meal, a place to rest overnight and a hot shower as well as access to essential services.
