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Published September 27Hudson Valley Shakespeare Managing Director to step down
GARRISON- Hudson Valley Shakespeare Managing Director Kendra Ekelund will step down in spring 2027 as she and her family relocate to Charlotte, North Carolina, the theater company announced. Ekelund will remain with Hudson Valley Shakespeare through the transition, working with…
City of New Rochelle News
Published September 23Time to Fall for the Arts: ArtsFest 2026 Set for October 15th to 18th
Annual City-Wide Festival Celebrates the Visual and Performing Arts Right Here at Home
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 22Classic, Hybrid, or Volume? Choosing the Right Lash Extension Course for Beginners
Table of Contents 1. The Evolution of the Lash Industry and Your Career Path 2. Understanding the Fundamentals of Classic Lash Extensions 3. The Art of Texture with Hybrid Lash Techniques 4. Mastering the Drama of Volume Lash Extensions 5. Evaluating Your Current Skill Level and…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 22Acclaimed Artists Judith and Richard Wilde Open It’s About Time at Blue Door Art Center
Judith Wilde and Richard Wilde. Blue Door Art Center is pleased to present It’s About Time, a two-person exhibition featuring collages by Judith Wilde and photographs by Richard Wilde, on view September 26 through October 31, 2026. The exhibition brings together two distinct…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 22Mount Vernon Native and MVHS Class of 2003 Graduate to Have Original Screenplay Featured at Scranton Fringe Festival
Duane Granston, a Mount Vernon native and 2003 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, will return to the spotlight this October when his new original screenplay, Finding Matt Damon, receives a featured staged reading at the 2026 Scranton Fringe Festival. Presented by the Maslow…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 22The Capitol Theatre In Port Chester Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary
September 19th Officially Proclaimed Capitol Theatre Day By The Village Of Port Chester Anniversary Concert Featuring Pink Talking Fish And Bertha: Grateful Drag On September 19th, The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY marked an extraordinary milestone: 100 years of live music,…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 21“It’s About Time”: Yonkers Welcomes Acclaimed Artists Judith and Richard Wilde
Photo from Judith Wilde By Harry Smith Blue Door Art Center is pleased to present It’s About Time, a new exhibition by acclaimed artists Judith and Richard Wilde, opening September 26 in Yonkers. Longtime friends and supporters of Blue Door, the Wildes bring decades of…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 19Unreleased 2004 Horror Film THE WICKED to Have New York Premiere at Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers Oct. 29
More than 20 years after its production, independent filmmaker Sal Ciavarello, from the Bronx, will have his film THE WICKED screened at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers on October 29, at 8pm. THE WICKED (2004) is an unreleased horror film that was filmed locally in Yonkers, the…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 17New Art Exhibition Explores the Influence of Artificial Intelligence on the Human Condition
Mark Dorf, Late Pastoral 84 (Spectrum) (violet detail), 2025. Courtesy of ArtsWestchester. ArtsWestchester’s new art exhibit, World Builders, brings together 15 artists who explore the growing influence of artificial intelligence, generative technologies and surveillance…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 1546 Years of Music. A Whole New Sound for Summer
Songcatchers’ beloved Choir Camp becomes Camp Songcatchers, bringing music, performing arts, adventure, and summer fun to a new generation. More than 46 years ago, Sister Beth Dowd, OSU, began a Songcatchers tradition: a sleepaway Choir Camp where children came together through…
Mid Hudson News
Published September 12Open Current Theatre presents “We Keep the Shells”
ROSENDALE- Dorothy Day was known as the co-founder of The Catholic Worker movement; yet, before igniting that global crusade for labor rights and social justice, Day was a radical journalist, bohemian, and socialist. Her early life is explored in Open Current Theatre’s “We Keep…
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 11Yonkers Native Writes Song, “Raised in the City of Hills”
Michael James By Dan Murphy Yonkers residents, and many former Yonkers residents have enjoyed a new song, Raised in the City of Hills, released by Yonkers native Michael James Vitrit, whose stage name is Michael James. James grew up in Yonkers, went to Roosevelt High School,…