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Drink & Draw
2024-02-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-03-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-05-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-05-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-06-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-07-11 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) and 4 more dates | Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower Level, 7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States
Drink & Draw

Hastings Public LibraryOrr Room, Lower level 7 Maple AvenueHastings-on-Hudson
Admission: $20 Register in advance. We are requiring folks pre-register and pay IN ADVANCE ONLY. Class limited to 30 people so book in advance. If you register and can’t make it, please email jriesman@riverarts.org
Time: 7:30-9:30pm

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Drink & Draw is a modern twist on the classic artistic practice of life drawing. Artists of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome, especially those that have always wanted to try their hand.
In this non-instructional event, we aim to create a relaxing, social and inclusive environment for the community to come together for a fun night of drawing. After some mingling with fellow guests, participants will have an opportunity to capture the human body in poses of different lengths, with breaks for refreshments in between.
There’s wine, crackers, cheese and cookies to enjoy, and our host curates a playlist to keep your energy flowing. The evening lasts about 2 hours, and participants leave with a collection of their new works… and maybe some new friends too.
RiverArts is proud to be able to provide this unique opportunity right here in our Rivertowns, an opportunity which is often only accessible to art students or by traveling into New York City, with a significant investment of time and tuition. Drink & Draw offers a perfect entry-level for the amateur artist, and we have seen beginners improve significantly as their skills develop in subsequent sessions and they draw on their experience and learn from others.
Model provided. Please bring your own art supplies and arrive on time. Must be over 18 to attend. Wine for those 21+
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: jriesman@riverarts.org
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Memory Palaces: Imagination & Reckoning in Mosaic | Artist Conversation with Haifa Bint-Kadi
2024-02-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Urban Studio Unbound, 66 Main Street, Yonkers, NY, 10701, United States
Memory Palaces: Imagination & Reckoning in Mosaic | An Artist Conversation with Haifa Bint-Kadi

Sunday, February 25, 20242:00 PM – 3:30 PMUrban Studio Unbound66 Main St., Yonkers, NY
$15 in advance, $20 at the door

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Join us for a conversation with artist Haifa Bint-Kadi as she unveils her new collection, Memory Palaces, led by Marie-Louise Miller.
This collection features 3-dimensional structures with mosaic elements representing the essence of home stemming from her deep connection to her own heritage to the Arab culture. Each palace is paired with an audio recording specific to the memories contained by the palace.
Memory Palaces is inspired by Bint-Kadi’s childhood as a first generation Palestinian-Afro-Caribbean American and a daughter of refugees. Bint-Kadi’s work explores the feelings of nostalgia, grief, and yearning often felt by refugees and immigrants as they relocate in search of new homes. Each piece represents an evolution of memories drawn from the past into the present through the Bint-Kadi’s mosaic practice. This collection is made possible by a grant received from NYSCA.
About the ArtistHaifa Bint-Kadi a first Generation Palestinian-Afro-Caribbean American, a daughter of refugees, a mother, and a grandmother. Haifa was trained in Italy as a classical mosaicist, but even in her early work, she was always drawn to the idea of public art as an index or marker of lived experience. She holds a B.A. and M.F.A. from Istituto d’Arte per il Mosaico in Ravenna, Italy, and has been creating public art mosaics since 1993. She serves as a full-time curator for the City of Yonkers library system, a certified teaching artist, and an adjunct professor at Suny Purchase, focusing on Arts for Social Justice. Haifa has created over 24 public art mosaics and steel sculptures across the state. Haifa’s studio practice revolves around family archives, translating them into paintings and mixed media-maps exploring her Afro-Caribbean and Arab roots. Recognized with numerous awards, grants, and accolades, including the Kennedy Center’s Steam Educator Award, Haifa believes art fosters healing, builds self-esteem and identity, and inspires wonder and exploration.
About the Artist Conversation Series:   RiverArts creates opportunities to amplify the artistic voice, bringing insight and delight to our community. We are proud to spotlight leading voices in art, music, poetry, dance, and theater. Under the direction of Marie Louise-Miller, our Artist Conversation series offers a chance to get up close and personal with artists. The Artist Conversation Series aims to shed light on the intricacies of creativity across all its artistic mediums from the fine artist to the performance artist.

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Strings in the Afternoon: Quintets of Mozart, Bunch, and Montgomery | Chamber Music Series
2024-03-10 16:00 - 18:00 | First Baptist Church, 56 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
Strings in the Afternoon
Sunday, March 10th
4:00–6:00pm
First Baptist Church
56 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591

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Join us for our an afternoon of strings in the second concert of our 2023-2024 Chamber Music Series. This program will feature two of Mozart’s great string quintets, No. 3 in C Major K. 515 and No. 4 in g minor K. 516, along with String Circle by Kenji Bunch and Jessie Montgomery’s Strum.
Experience an exceptional ensemble curated by Artistic Director Peter Seidenberg featuring renowned musicians such as Phil Setzer, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, and Miranda Cuckson on violins. Joining them are composer and violist Kenji Bunch and Daniel Panner from the Mendelssohn String Quartet on violas, alongside Mr. Seidenberg on the cello.

A captivating concert blending classical elegance with contemporary flair, Mozart’s quintets exemplifies timeless mastery while Kenji Bunch and Jessie Montgomery use vernacular folk music to create beautiful, accessible, chamber music that keeps your toes tapping.

About RiverArts Chamber Series
Founded in 2016, the RiverArts Chamber Music Series under the Artistic Direction of Peter Seidenberg and producer Doug Coe, is devoted to bringing the finest Chamber Music, both classical and contemporary, to the Rivertowns. The Series consists of three concerts each season, with one being a gala hosted by The Newington-Cropsey Foundation.
Visit the Chamber Music Series site to learn more and see past and current programming.
https://riverarts.org/programs/music/chamber-music-series/

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Strings in the Afternoon: Quintets of Mozart, Bunch, and Montgomery | Chamber Music Series Copy
2024-03-10 16:00 - 18:00 | First Baptist Church, 56 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States

Salon Sunday | Tarrytown
2024-04-07 12:00 - 16:00 | Throughout the Rivertowns, Throughout Rivertowns
Salon Sunday
James Fuentes, Gallerist; Producer, Salon Sundays

Tarrytown Open Studios

Salon Sundays invite visitors to tour local artists’ studios! Salon Sundays offers an exciting opportunity to gain insights into the creative process, learn about techniques in a variety of media and interact with artists here in the Rivertowns community.  In most cases, participating artists will be exhibiting works for sale so please consider supporting our community of artists through your patronage.
Salon Sundays are inspired by the French salons founded in the 18th century as a means for new and emerging artists to gather and show their works in large numbers. Artists filled the walls, floor to ceiling, exhibiting anything and everything for the public and each other. Salons drew intellectuals, writers, poets, sculptors, painters, printmakers, supporters, and those interested in engaging with the creative community.
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Salon Sunday | Tarrytown Copy
2024-04-07 12:00 - 16:00 | Throughout the Rivertowns, Throughout Rivertowns

Steph Davis - Channels, A new music series
2024-04-13 20:00 - 21:30 | Purpl, 52 Main Street, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States
Steph Davis: Channels, A New Music Series

Saturday, April 13, 20248 PM; Doors open at 7 PMPurpl52 Main St., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Ages 12+
$30

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The Channels series presents new music in unique spaces to bring artists and audiences together in the spirit of connectivity and discovery. This event is recommended for ages 12 and up.
In this season finale concert, Steph Davis presents like flower petals…, a program that aims to bring new perspective to the marimba. like flower petals… combines West African gyil music, African American spirituals, and Black classical music traditions. Drawing from the marimba’s rich and ancient history rooted on the African continent, Davis shares an Africanist/African-American lens through which to experience the marimba.
About the Artist
Steph Davis is a marimbist, arranger, composer, Africana studies scholar, and cultural activist. Their work engages people, traditions, and technologies of the African diaspora as means for uncovering truthful historiographies, finding creative self-actualization, and reaching for collective liberation.​
Hailed by the Washington Post as a “captivating” performer who brings “bright humanity and expressive depth” to contemporary music, Steph is anactive marimba soloist and chamber musician, performing in venues across the United States — including Merkin Hall (NYC) and The Broward Center for the Performing Arts (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), among others. Their repertoire spans a wide variety of musical styles, including traditional Ghanaian gyil music, African American spirituals, and Western classical, romantic, 20th-century, and contemporary music primarily by Black composers. A versatile and passionate collaborator, they have performed chamber music with noted artists, including Grammy-nominated flutist Nathalie Joachim,
PaviElle French, Mazz Swift, Michi Wiancko, and Yasmin Williams, among others. Through their arrangements, commissions, and compositions, Steph has contributed over 20 works by Black composers to the marimba’s solo and chamber repertoire. They have premiered works by Avik Chari, Christa Duggan, Damien Geter, Alissa Voth, Pamela Z, and Bilin Zheng. Steph is a Marimba One Artist.
​As a composer, Steph draws inspiration from Black expressive characteristics, free forms, and natural landscapes. Their music has been performed internationally in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and Europe. They have been commissioned by New Works Project, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Modern Marimba, Spectrum Ensemble, Prism Percussion, Britton-René Collins, Michael Ptacin, and Cameron Denby.
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About Channels
A new music series that defies boundaries and celebrates the river as a means of travel, exploration, and source of new ideas – Channels presents adventurous music in unique Hudson River Town settings. The mission of the series is to bring together artists and audiences in the spirit of connectivity and discovery, by taking advantage of one of the area’s greatest resources—its location.

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We the Spirits | A conversation with photographer Jason Gardner
2024-04-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Ted and Nune Studio, 45 Main Street, Store B, Hastings-On-Hudson, 10706
We the Spirits | A conversation with photographer Jason Gardner

Sunday, April 14, 20245:00 PM – 6:30 PMTed and Nune Studio45 Main St., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
$15 in advance, $20 at the door

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Join us for a conversation with American photographer Jason Gardner as he shares details from his new book and collection, We the Spirits, exploring his 15-year journey through 15 countries as he visually documented the ritual and festival of Carnival.
We the Spirits focused on documenting tradition, folklore, and community within the celebrations. Collaborating with ethnographers and local experts, Gardner chose subjects in smaller villages and remote towns to most accurately present the complexities of these local customs. We the Spirits have been featured in Photolucida’s Top 50 portfolio, GEO Magazine France, and The Guardian (UK).
About the Artist
Jason Gardner is an American photographer, based in Paris and New York. He tells stories, using photography and writing, within the framework of Visual Anthropology. He is passionate about culture, ritual, and music and how they impact human expression.
In 2013, Jason published A Flower in the Mouth, a photobook about the culture, music and rituals of Carnaval in Pernambuco, Brazil (Visual Anthropology Press, USA). Now he continues with We the Spirits (GOST Books, UK, 2024). Jason’s work has been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, GEO France, This is Colossal, L’Oeil de la Photographie, Sunday Times Magazine (UK), Rolling Stone, Le Parisien, New York Magazine, FotoMagazin (Germany), NPR.org, and SPIN Magazine.
About the Artist Conversation Series:   RiverArts creates opportunities to amplify the artistic voice, bringing insight and delight to our community. We are proud to spotlight leading voices in art, music, poetry, dance, and theater. Under the direction of Marie Louise-Miller, our Artist Conversation series offers a chance to get up close and personal with artists. The Artist Conversation Series aims to shed light on the intricacies of creativity across all its artistic mediums from the fine artist to the performance artist.

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A Mother’s Day Celebration with Schubert and Friends | Chamber Music Series
2024-05-12 16:00 - 18:00 | South Church, 343 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522, United States
A Mother’s Day Celebration with Schubert and Friends
Sunday, May 12th4:00–6:00pmSouth Church343 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

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Join us for the final concert of our 2023-2024 Chamber Music Series. Experience an Unforgettable Mother’s Day Celebration with Franz Schubert! In honor of both Schubert and motherhood, this program will feature Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata and his renowned Piano Trio in Bb, one of the exceptional piano trios from Schubert’s later years.
Additionally, two contemporary pieces will be showcased, a work by Michael Ching and the world premiere of a composition commissioned exclusively for this event from acclaimed Philippine-born composer Nilo Alcala. Written for soprano, violin, viola, and cello, Alcala’s “All the Beauty We Behold” adds an exceptional tone to the afternoon. Ching’s “Arrangements and Derangements, Interpretations of Schubert”, rounds out the program.

About the Artists:
Soprano Allison Charney’s operatic career includes singing major roles including Mimi, Butterfly, Traviata, Pamina, and tour-de-force portrayals of all three heroines in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman among many others in opera companies throughout the country including New York City Opera, Atlanta Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Utah Opera, and Nashville Opera. randsman.com/allison-charney
Andrew Gonzalez, [viola] has been hailed by the Strad Magazine for his ‘warm hearted playing and mellow tone’. He performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra player in prestigious venues throughout the United States, as well as halls all over Asia and Europe. As a sought after chamber musician, he collaborates with respected ensembles such as the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as well as members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Tokyo, Orion, Borromeo, and Vermeer quartets. In the fall of 2020, he became the new violist with the Jasper String Quartet. As an avid orchestra player, Andrew performs frequently with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Orchestra of Saint Lukes, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, New York Classical Players, and Novus NY. An accomplished teacher, Andrew served as a fellow of Carnegie Hall’s ‘Ensemble Connect’ from 2016-2018 and teaches chamber music in the Heifetz Institute’s ‘Program for the Exceptionally Gifted.
April Johnson [violin] has performed throughout the US with the Oracle Trio and the New York Chamber Soloists. She is a former Concertmaster for the Jupiter Symphony, Canton Ohio Symphony, Galatea Ensemble, Queens Oratorio, and Associate Concertmaster for the Norwalk Symphony. Having performed in Europe and Asia, she has also recorded on Dorian and Lyrichord. Associate Dean of Students at Hoff-Barthelson Music School , and is on the violin faculty. She earned a BM from Oberlin College and Advanced Studies at Brooklyn College Conservatory.
Hui-Mei Lin [piano], a native of Taiwan, made her New York solo debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as the winner of the Artists International Audition. She was described by the New York Times as “an excellent pianist throughout” and the Taiwan News as “a sensitive and powerful pianist.” With long-time cello partner, Peter Seidenberg, Hui Mei has toured throughout the East coast, New Mexico, Chicago, and Taiwan. She has appeared in solo programs at Alice Tully Hall, the Caramoor Music Festival, and The Steinway Society of the Bay Area, among other venues. Her media broadcasts include solo performances at PBS (Maryland), WQXR (New York City) and Taiwan Television.
Peter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] “Totally enchanting, inspired performances, brimming with natural, spontaneous musicianship”, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects involving over 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland, Tokyo, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and has participated in the Marlboro, Aspen, Caramoor, Casals and Norfolk festivals. Currently, he is the cellist for the Oracle Trio, the Queen’s Chamber Band, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Peter concertizes frequently in collaboration with pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The duo have performed together throughout the US to much acclaim.
Tomoko Uchino [piano] received awards at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition and Takahiro Sonoda Piano Award International Competitions. She has performed at major concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Thailand, as well as at chamber music festivals. A member of Solace Ensemble, THUD and Jang/Uchino Violin-Piano Duo, she has been on the accompanying staff of the Juilliard School, Heifetz International Music Institute as well as others. She earned a BM High Honors at the University of Michigan, MM from Peabody Conservatory, and Doctoral of Musical Arts from the University of Arizona. She received a graduate diploma from the Juilliard School.
About RiverArts Chamber Series
Founded in 2016, the RiverArts Chamber Music Series under the Artistic Direction of Peter Seidenberg and producer Doug Coe, is devoted to bringing the finest Chamber Music, both classical and contemporary, to the Rivertowns. The Series consists of three concerts each season, with one being a gala hosted by The Newington-Cropsey Foundation.
Visit the Chamber Music Series site to learn more and see past and current programming.
https://riverarts.org/programs/music/chamber-music-series/

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Salon Sunday | Hastings-on-Hudson & Dobbs Ferry
2024-05-19 12:00 - 16:00 | Throughout the Rivertowns, Throughout Rivertowns
Salon Sunday
James Fuentes, Gallerist; Producer, Salon Sundays

Hastings-on-Hudson & Dobbs Ferry Open Studios

Salon Sundays invite visitors to tour local artists’ studios! Salon Sundays offers an exciting opportunity to gain insights into the creative process, learn about techniques in a variety of media and interact with artists here in the Rivertowns community.  In most cases, participating artists will be exhibiting works for sale so please consider supporting our community of artists through your patronage.
Salon Sundays are inspired by the French salons founded in the 18th century as a means for new and emerging artists to gather and show their works in large numbers. Artists filled the walls, floor to ceiling, exhibiting anything and everything for the public and each other. Salons drew intellectuals, writers, poets, sculptors, painters, printmakers, supporters, and those interested in engaging with the creative community.
Find the map HERE.
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2024-05-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower Level, 7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States

2024 RiverArts Music Tour
2024-06-01 11:00 - 21:00 | Throughout the Rivertowns, Throughout Rivertowns
RiverArts 2024 MUSIC TOUR | Free Music Festival

In its 9th year, the RiverArts Music Tour will take place on Saturday, June 1, 2024, throughout the Rivertown villages of Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, and Tarrytown.
Music from over 300 performers will fill backyards, gardens, village businesses, churches community centers and open green spaces on the banks of the Hudson River. It’s the largest, family-friendly, free event for music lovers in lower Westchester County and truly offers something for everyone — from classical and jazz to folk, rock, alternative, urban and world music.

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Music Program Student Recital | Students of Dr. Barbara Podgurski
2024-06-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 78 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States
Music Program Student Recital | Students of Dr. Barbara Podgurski

Friday, June 14 6:00 – 7:30 PMGrace Episcopal Church 78 Main StreetHastings-on-Hudson, NYFree Admission

Join us as we celebrate the achievements of our students’ musical instruction at our end of year recitals!

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Music Program Student Recital | Students of Mary Thombs
2024-06-16 19:00 - 20:30 | First Reformed Church, 18 Farragut Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, 10706
Music Program Student Recital | Students of Mary Thombs

Sunday, June 167:00 – 8:30 PMFirst Reformed Church18 Farragut AveHastings-on-Hudson, NYFree Admission

Join us as we celebrate the achievements of our students’ musical instruction at our end of year recitals!

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Music Program Student Recital
2024-06-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 78 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States
Music Program Student Recital

Wednesday, June 197:00 – 8:30 PMGrace Episcopal Church78 Main StreetHastings-on-Hudson, NYFree Admission

Join us as we celebrate the achievements of our students’ musical instruction at our end of year recitals!

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Music Program Student Recital
2024-06-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 78 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States
Music Program Student Recital

Friday, June 217:00 – 8:30 PMGrace Episcopal Church78 Main StreetHastings-on-Hudson, NYFree Admission

Join us as we celebrate the achievements of our students’ musical instruction at our end of year recitals!

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Flow Lines: Variations on Stillness at Sunset | Artist Conversations Series
2024-06-22 20:00 - 21:30 | Quonset Hut, 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522
Flow Lines: Variations on Stillness at Sunset | Artist Conversations Series

Saturday, June 22, 20248:00 PM – 9:30 PMQuonset Hut145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY(over the bridge, across the tracks)
$15 in advance, $20 at the door

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Join us for our Artist Conversations Series presentation of Flow Lines: Variations on Stillness at Sunset.
Flow Lines is an interdisciplinary collaboration blending art, visual effects, and sound, featuring contributions from Jon Hatch, Bruce Robbins, and Malcolm Macdougall. Inspired by the multidirectional flow of rivers and estuaries, Flow Lines represents an interconnection of multiple creative disciplines.
This immersive experience synthesizes responses to various original source materials, with each response building upon the last. Flow Lines invites the audience to explore these variations as a community, while reflecting on their own individual responses. A talk-back with the artists will follow the performance.
The Variations:

Phase 1 – Gathering and viewing sculptures by Malcolm Macdougall, on display outside of the Quonset Hut.
Phase 2 – Inside the Quonset Hut, we convene with artists Bruce Robbins and Jon Hatch.
Phase 3 – The main presentation will begin at sunset in the Hut, featuring:

Original electronic music by Jon Hatch
Visual works by BC Robbins

Phase 4 – Exploration of darkness.
Phase 5 – Talkback after performance with artists.

About the Artists

Jon Hatch
Jon is a versatile composer and musician who navigates between the worlds of media composition and live performance. With a passion for crafting immersive sonic experiences, Jon specializes in composing music for film, television, and video games, infusing his pieces with a unique blend of analog synthesizers, experimental modular synths, tape loops, and traditional orchestral instruments. As a performing artist, Jon captures audiences with his diverse range of performances, from ethereal ambient soundscapes to daring and innovative sonic landscapes, all while maintaining a captivating sense of melody. www.jonhatchmusic.com
Bruce Robbins
BC Robbins is a multimedia artist who runs a studio in Dobbs Ferry, NY. His creations span various art forms, including painting, photography, performance, sculpture, and video, delving into themes such as the passing of time and introspection. Alongside a deep appreciation for both visual and performing arts, he has embraced puppetry as a means to intertwine his diverse passions. For over three decades, Mr. Robbins has also been an arts educator at The Masters School. In one of his favorite activities, he incorporates puppetry into an interdisciplinary project with fellow faculty members and students. The yearly puppet opera with the fifth-grade students enriches the learning experience through the arts. bcrobbins.com
Malcolm MacDougall
Malcolm endeavors for his sculptures to enter into a dialogue with the natural landscape. He concentrates on studying materials and their properties in relationship to the natural versus man-made environs. Referring to his sculptures as landscape “chapter objects,” they allude to other material experiences, as a chapter in a story may refer to others, helping to unite a holistic meaning between the natural and fabricated, real and abstract, concrete and metaphorical. These objects are conduits to broader thoughts and experiences. As a symbol of both the natural and man-made constructs around us, his sculptures create an awareness of industrial materials, with those which are invented blurred against those which are natural, imploring the viewer to appreciate the aesthetic qualities of all. Through fluid, albeit solid, forms, Malcolm’s landscape-driven works allow one to discover a personal concept or image in the work. malcolmmacdougall.com
About the Artist Conversation Series:   RiverArts creates opportunities to amplify the artistic voice, bringing insight and delight to our community. We are proud to spotlight leading voices in art, music, poetry, dance, and theater. Under the direction of Marie Louise-Miller, our Artist Conversation series offers a chance to get up close and personal with artists. The Artist Conversation Series aims to shed light on the intricacies of creativity across all its artistic mediums from the fine artist to the performance artist.

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Sankofa Drum Circle | Group Music Class
2024-07-29 18:00 - 2024-08-01 19:00 | Hastings Public Library, Orr Room, Lower Level, 7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 10706, United States
Sankofa Drum Circle

Monday, July 29 – Thursday, August 16:00 – 7:00 PMHastings Public Library*Orr Room (lower level, but please enter through main entrance)7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY*Class ends promptly by 7pm; please arrange for pickup of students by 6:50pm.$140 Class Fee

The class is appropriate for ages 12+ & adults.
Led by Kofi Donkor, Sankofa Drum Circle will take students on a week long journey through the rhythmic and oral tradition of West African drumming and culture. Sankofa means “going back to the roots” in the Twi language from Ghana. The spirit of Sankofa, and this class, is to promote personal and community awareness through this art form steeped in West African cultural values and tradition.
Kofi will teach students the basics of hand drumming from breathing, positioning to perfecting bass tones, high tones and slap tones. Students will learn to lead the circle and be led, regardless of their knowledge of drumming. All drums will be provided but students are encouraged to bring their own if they would like!
Kofi uses African call and response technique with singing, improvisation and storytelling developed over the many years of his global teaching practice. This technique and skills-building is interspersed with lessons about the history and culture of African Drumming in a four part polyrhythm called Kpanlogo from his native land Ghana, West Africa.
Summer 2024 Dates:
Monday, July 29Tuesday, July 30Wednesday, July 31Thursday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Hastings Public Library* Orr Room (lower level, but please enter through main entrance) 7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
*Class ends promptly by 7pm; please arrange for pickup of students by 6:50pm.
Fees & Registration
Tuition & Fees:• Class fee – $140• Registration fee – $10
Please reach out to Claudia Knafo at musicprogram@riverarts.org for more information.

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Paul Taylor Dance Company
2024-09-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St Floor 2, Tarrytown, 10591
RiverArts and Tarrytown Music Hall Present: Paul Taylor Dance Company

Saturday, September 28, 20247:30 PMTarrytown Music HallTarrytown, NY
$30-$70

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“The American spirit soars whenever Taylor’s dancers dance.” – San Francisco Chronicle

One of the most iconic and dynamic modern dance ensembles of our time, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has been innovating and transforming the art form of modern dance since 1954. With a history of multidisciplinary collaborations, passionate expression, and thrilling athleticism, the Company is known worldwide for its vast repertory, performing work from the Founder’s canon; new works created by some of today’s most engaging and established choreographers; and important historical dance from the 20th and 21st centuries. Dedicated to sharing modern dance with the broadest possible audience, the Company tours annually, both domestically and internationally, with performances and a variety of educational programs and engagement offerings.

Come experience a program that celebrates Taylor’s unparalleled creative vision:

Aureole
First performance, 1962
Perhaps Paul Taylor’s first success, was the first time Taylor combined his loping antelope style of movement with baroque music, and its grace and individuality instantly spun into orbit throughout the dance world.
Music: George Frideric Handel

Dust
First performance, 1977
Clive Barnes of the New York Times says, “The man is a genius again with a fantastic new and macabre ballet, with the remarkable dancers moving through this Goya-like vision of hell-in-life with even humored energy of athletes.”
Music: Francis Poulenc

Esplanade
First performance, 1975
An esplanade is an outdoor place to walk, Paul Taylor created a masterwork based on pedestrian movement brimming with Taylor’s signature youthful exuberance. A classic of American dance to two Bach violin concertos.
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach

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