First Friday, Nyack Art Collective
Friday, January 2, 7:00 – 9:00pm, Burger Loft, 3 N Broadway, Nyack
The Nyack Art Collective, an organization of over 80 talented visual artists from the Nyack area, has a members’ art exhibit and monthly First Friday event.
Learn about us at nyackartcollective.com.
Movie Matinee, The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 – 4:00pm, Nyack Library Community Room, 59 S Broadway, Nyack
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins.
Directed by Wes Anderson
Rated PG 13
Runtime 101 minutes
Writing Playshop for Children Ages 8-12
Fridays, January 9, 16, 23, 30, 4:30 – 5:30pm. Big Red Books, 120 Main St, Nyack
Start the new year with a winter collaborative playwriting class for Middle-graders (3rd-6th). Teacher Victoria Oltarsh, sci-fi author of the award-winning book, The Boy and the Secret of the Stars, published lyricist, and lifelong playwriting and theater teacher will guide the young writers in how to write a 10-minute play. At session’s end, there will be a table read of the students’ plays in a showcase for family and friends.
Free. Register by phone at 845-875-7707 or in-person.
Reading & Book Signing with Children’s Author Nancy Castaldo
Friday, January 9, 5:30 – 6:30pm, Big Red Books, 120 Main St, Nyack
Award-winning nonfiction author Nancy Castaldo has been writing books about our planet for decades from her home in the Hudson Valley for children and adults. Her work has received numerous honors, including the Green Earth Book Award, National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Book designation, Eureka Honors, Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing honors, and multiple Junior Library Guild Gold selections.
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Imber’s Left Hand, followed by a talk with director Richard Kane and artist Jill Hoy
Friday, January 9, 6:00 – 8:00pm, The Angel Nyack, 18 S Broadway, Nyack
Come celebrate resilience and the power of art and witness the incredible true story of Hoy’s late husband artist Jon Imber and his inspiring commitment to painting after an ALS diagnosis. The program is a collaboration between the Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center and Perry Lawson Fine Arts
Tickets: $10 EHHM Members, $15 General Public
Reserve your ticket online at edwardhopperhouse.org
Optional pre-screening exhibition visits:
5:00 – 5:45pm: Ticket holders may view the exhibitions at Edward Hopper House Museum (82 N Broadway) & Perry Lawson Fine Art (90 N Broadway), with light refreshments.
On view through February 15, 2026, “Side by Side,” at Edward Hopper House, celebrates the shared artistic life of Jon Imber and Jill Hoy, and right next door at Perry Lawson Fine Art, see “Jill Hoy: Narratives of Form and Color” through Jan 11, 2026.
An Evening with David Yazbek presented by ArtsRock
Saturday, January 10, 7:00pm, The Angel Nyack, 18 S Broadway, Nyack
How does he do it? He has no idea, but he’ll try to figure it out. Join us for an evening with The Band’s Visit composer David Yazbek!
Direct from his performance at 54 Below in NYC, David will play and sing songs from his shows and albums.
Tickets: General Admission $40, Premium Seating $65. Purchase tickets here.
Opening Reception for Storefronts, an exhibit of drawings by Bill Batson
Sunday, January 11, 2:00 – 4:00pm, Lagstein Gallery, 85 S Broadway, Nyack
Images that chronicle the narratives behind some of the small businesses, religious institutions and organizations that form the economic and civic structures of Nyack, created by the author of the Nyack Sketch Log, Bill Batson. On exhibit through February 8, 2026.
Gallery Hours: Sat and Sun 1:00 – 4:00pm pr by appointment, lagsteingallery@gmail.com.
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