Sock Hop Dance featuring the Rock N Rollers
Friday, February 20, 7:00pm, The Nyack Center, 58 Depew Ave, Nyack
Awesome live music from the Music For Life in house band – the Rock n Rollers. $10 admission. For more information contact deirdre@musicforlifecenter.com
Live Theater at Prohibition River: The Village Cidiot
Friday, February 20, 7:00p, 82 Main St, Nyack
In The Village Cidiot, a dyed-in-the-wool Manhattanite loses her big corporate job and retires, reluctantly, to a tiny upstate town. Will her city skills be any match for rural reality, or will marauding bears, a bad septic, and hostile locals defeat her first?
Doors open at 5:30pm for cocktails & dinner service, show opens at 7:00pm.
Run time is one hour.
Lauren Letellier is a writer, performer, and municipal historian of Hillsdale, NY.
Martha Wollner (Director) is a member of NYC’s LAByrinth Theatre Company.
Click here for tickets
Live Theater at Prohibition River: Afterplay
Saturday, February 21, 7:00pm, 82 Main St, Nyack
A Love Story: Sonja and Andrey meet in a Moscow cafe. They are both lonely and a bit socially awkward but as each hilariously reveals their true self, a relationship is kindled.
Doors open at 5:30pm for cocktails & dinner service, show opens at 7:00pm.
Run time is one hour.
Elise Stone: winner of the International Sipario Award and “one of contemporary theater’s most accomplished performers – NYC TheaterScene
Craig Smith: is “Undoubtedly one of New York’s best comic actors” NYC Timeout, “A downtown legend” -Playgoer.com.
“One of our most consistently fine actors” -NYTimes.
Production by Karen Case Cook, winner of the best direction award for Afterplay of the 2025 Phoenix Festival.
Click here for tickets.
Black History Month Tribute: Officer Courtney F. Smith
Saturday, February 21, 4:00-6:30pm, The Nyack Center, 58 Depew Ave, Nyack
Hear a tribute to Officer Courtney F. Smith, South Nyack’s first African American police officer. The event will honor his legacy of strength and service. Scheduled speakers include Bill Batson.
ROCA Celebrates African American History Month – Our Legacy: A Community Poetry Reading
Saturday, February 21, 7:30-9:00pm, Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 S Greenbush Rd, West Nyack
In Celebration of African American History Month, 2026, Rockland Center for the Arts, The Gordon Center for Black Culture and Arts, and Shades Repertory Theater will bring together some of Rockland County’s most distinguished community leaders and actors to read poems and prose by our most historically notable Black literary artists of the past century. Included in the evening will be poems by the first published Black Poet Phyllis Wheatley (1773) to Amanda Gorman (2017). With literary works by WEB DuBois, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Bennett, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker, among others.
Tickets by suggested donation here.
The Pride Center Presents a Special Black History Month Showing of Moonlight
Sunday, February 22, 1:00-3:30pm, Pride Center, 28 S Franklin St, Nyack
In this acclaimed coming-of-age drama, a young man who grows up poor, Black, and gay in a rough Miami neighborhood tries to find his place in the world. Come watch this celebrated film, which won the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture — Drama, in community. No cover, all are welcome.
Move Like You! A Movement Workshop
Sunday, February 22, 3:00-4:00pm, Homebody Books, 6 Park St, Nyack
Children use movement to explore self-expression, connection with others, and play. For ages 5– 9, with Lazuli Leith, $25. Sunday Feb 22, 3:00-4:00pm. Please email to register.
GraceMusic Presents Sputter Box Ensemble
Sunday, February 22, 4:00pm, Grace Episcopal Church, 130 First Ave, Nyack
The unforgettable Sputter Box is an innovative clarinet, voice, percussion ensemble based in NYC that is engaging new audiences in contemporary chamber music through their entertaining, interdisciplinary performances. They promise a high quality, fun concert. Come see for yourself!
Tickets: General Admission $30, Seniors $25, Students $15, Children under 12 are free
Being Frank Podcast with Nina Collins Daughter of Losing Ground Filmmaker Kathleen Collins
Join Frank LoBuono and his guests Nina Collins, daughter one of the first black women film makers and Vera Arnow, Co-Chair of Rivertown Film. Losing Ground will be screened by Rivertown Film on Wednesday, February 25 at 8:00pm.
You can listen here.
Rivertown Film Presents: Losing Ground
Wednesday, February 25, 8:00 pm, The Nyack Center, 58 Depew Ave, Nyack
Losing Ground was one of the first feature films made by a Black woman. Her name is Kathleen Collins (1942 – 1988), and she lived in Piermont and in Nyack, where she raised her children until her life was cut short way too soon.
This screening will include a discussion with Nina and Emilio Collins, the daughter and son of Kathleen Collins, moderated by filmmaker Liani Greaves.
Click here to buy tickets.
Making Maple Syrup at Marydell
Saturday, February 28, 11:00am-1:00pm, Marydell, 640 N Midland Ave, Nyack
Join environmental advocate Bob Stien as he harvests Marydell trees. Learn how to turn maple sap into maple syrup. Cosponsored by The Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain.
The event is free, but please sign up here.
19th Annual Penguin Plunge
Sunday, March 1, noon – 2:00pm, Memorial Park, 4 Depew Ave, Nyack
This year’s penguins will plunge their bodies into the frigid Hudson to raise funds for the kids of 2026: (click here to donate)
Kelsey Putnick is a happy and fun-loving 7-year old living in Blauvelt with her parents and little brother. When Kelsey was born, her family unexpectedly learned she had a cleft palate, tracheomalacia, and a duplex kidney.
Logan Aris is a 7-year old boy from Pearl River who started suddenly limping in December 2024. His family soon found out he has Perthes disease, a rare condition that affects the hip joint in children.
Bryce Friedman of New City is named after the canyons of Utah. Just like those canyons, he stands strong as a rock as he faces the toughest challenge of his young life. While gearing up for 5th grade graduation in April 2025, Bryce was diagnosed with high-risk Leukemia.
Jim Donica Recording Live at Maureen’s Jazz Cellar
Friday, March 6, 7:00 and 9:00pm, 2 N Broadway, Nyack
“It’s hard to believe it, but my last CD release was 17 years ago”. “I’ve been steadily writing and creating music since then and working hard at my craft as both a sideman and a leader,” says eclectic and highly accomplished bassist, Jim Donica.
A seasoned performer, composer, and bandleader with a career spanning decades of diverse musical experiences, from extensive jazz collaborations to high-profile Broadway and international pop/punk tours, Donica is a true master of both the upright and electric bass.
“I’ve written and honed some great compositions, performed them far and wide, and am ready to be back home in my very own neighborhood to record them live with some of the best musicians I know”. The Jim Donica Quintet features Tim Armacost on sax, Alan Farnham on piano, Jeff Barone on guitar, Tim Horner on drums, and myself on bass. I am so pleased to be presenting this particular quintet and to be recording these tunes at an amazing venue on my home turf in Nyack, NY.
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Wright Bros. Real Estate where Experience meets Excellence at Nyack’s Longest Operating Brokerage.
