thru Sunday, April 11 | The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower [link] | New York Botanical Gradens, NYC | Experience the tropical beauty of Old Havana in bloom featuring thousands of orchids and native plants in Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Exotic floral displays through architectural scenes transport visitors to the romantic intrigue of Cuba. Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden give families an interactive look the vanilla orchid and the cacao tree.
ongoing | Recent Installation at Dia:Beacon: Agnes Martin [link] | Dia:Beacon, Beacon [link] | This presentation of Agnes Martin paintings from Dia's collection focuses on early works from 1957-60 and late works from 1999-2002. 845 440 0100
Friday, March 12 @ 7:30pm | Loretta Hagen [link]: Announcing the New Music Series, River Spirit Music [link] | Hastings Station Cafe | We are thrilled to launch our new music series by bringing Loretta Hagen to our area. Loretta is a singer/songwriter from Northern New Jersey, who has been building a following throughout the NY Metro area. Since the early nineties, Loretta has been writing and performing music that has earned rave reviews for her rich vocals and poignant songwriting. She has a style that mixes country, rock, and folk music. With her big alto, she covers many of the standard subjects: love found, love lost, love missed, love almost found and a whole lot of personal redemption. All of it is gripping and real and it's mainly due to Loretta's big voice. For tickets and more information, go to [link].
Friday, March 12 @ 7:30pm | Evolve Dance Festival 2010 | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | PRESENTED BY EVOLVE DANCE The 4th annual Evolve Dance Festival presents an evening of visionary professional dance, featuring an eclectic and intriguing array of guest artists.
Friday, March 12 @ 8pm | Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass | The Emelin Theatre [link] | Part of the Bluegrass series. A mainstay of the Emelin Bluegrass series since its inception over 25 years ago, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass are known for playing powerful, unadorned and intense traditional bluegrass. Carrying on the tradition he helped establish with his late father, Bob, Danny continues to be one of the most powerful, emotional singers in bluegrass, and fronts an intense, driving, irresistibly rhythmic band.
Saturday, March 13th at 4:30pm and Tuesday, March 23rd at 7pm | Ruth Carlin... Since You've Asked | The Duplex, NYC [link] | Please save a date to come hear (and see) me sing! I'll be so happy to see you there! With direction by:  Scott Barnes and musical direction and accompaniment by:  Paul Greenwood I'll be exploring songs by a variety of composers including Joni Mitchell, Murray Grand, Christine Lavin, Ahrens & Flaherty, Jacques Brel, Cat Stevens, Ruth Carlin, and P.G. Wodehouse & Jerome Kern---just to name a few. Make a reservation at the DUPLEX website or call them at:  212 255-5438 
March 13, 19 & 20 @ 7:30pm and March 14 & 21 @ 2pm | You Can't Take It With You: Presented By Clocktower Players Adult Troupe | Irvington Town Hall Theater [link] | Eccentricity and hilarity abound in this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic! To this day, there's rarely been a more joyful celebration of the unconventional than this screwball comedy by geniuses Kaufman and Hart. When lovely Alice Sycamore announces that her boyfriend’s rich, conservative parents are coming to dinner, her family agree to tone down their usual antics. But when the prospective in-laws show up on the wrong night…all bets are off. From the circus atmosphere emerges the heartfelt moral of the story: find in yourself the courage to do with your life what you really want to do. Winning the Pulitzer and the Oscar for the film version, it’s a laugh a minute for all ages! Director: GEORGE CROOM
Sunday, March 14 @ 7pm | Henry Rollins [link] | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | A MUSIC HALL/MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS CO-PRESENTATION Loudmouthed but thoughtful punk/metal raconteur Henry Rollins offers an evening of iconoclastic (and hilarious) spoken word pieces. From his early days with seminal hardcore band Black Flag, through his years with the legendary Rollins Band, to his current work as a radio host, human rights activist, writer, and spoken word performer, Rollins is a unique and uncompromising voice in the pop culture wilderness.
Monday, March 15 from 6:30pm -9pm | Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns Annual Wine & Jazz Event: The Biggest Fundraiser of the Year! | Abigail Kirsch
@ Tappan Hill, Tarrytown | Benefitting Student Scholarships & Children’s Summer Camp. Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars [link] featuring John Hart, guitar, Cameron Brown, bass Tony Jefferson, drums Wines By Pickwick & Pindle. Tickets & Info: 914-631-1705.
Friday, March 19 @ 8pm | Mark Morris Dance Group | The Performing Arts Center, Purchase Concert Hall | Come see the Mark Morris Dance Group perform with live music by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Barber and Schumann. ...Morris is the most important choreographer since George Balanchine." -The Boston Globe

Saturday, March 20 @ 8 pm | Robert Klein | The Emelin Theatre [link] | Part of the Comedy series. For more than forty years, Robert Klein has entertained audiences, and he continues to have an acclaimed career in comedy, on Broadway, on television, and in film. Klein returns to the Emelin stage with a show that is not to be missed!
Sunday, March 21 @ 3pm | A Year with Frog & Toad | Paramount Theater [link] |A hit on Broadway, A Year with Frog and Toad was nominated for 3 Tony® Awards - including Best Musical. Now, for the first time, an all-new production will tour across North America. Arnold Lobel's beloved characters hop from the page to the stage in Robert and Willie Reale's musical.
Friday, March 26 & Saturday, March 27 @ 7pm | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee presented Broadway Training Center [link] | Irvington Town Hall Theater | A hilarious, edgy musical, appealing to the kid in all of us! Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. Snow Date: Sun March 28th at 8pm.
Friday, March 26 @ 8pm | Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Ensemble | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | Presented by Jazz Forum Arts [link]. Pianist Eddie Palmieri,is known for his charismatic power and bold innovative drive, has a musical career that spans over 50 years as a bandleader of Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras and a discography that includes 36 titles. Mr. Palmieri has been awarded Nine Grammy Awards and has performed at major International Music Festivals for over forty years. Experience, first-hand, his triumphant return to Tarrytown Music Hall with his exciting Seven-Piece Latin Jazz Band!
Friday, March 26 @ 8pm | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill [link] | Formed during the spring of 1966 as a scruffy, young jug-band, the quartet (Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, Bob Carpenter, and John McEuen) is still going strong 3 Grammys and 42 years later. In 2009 the Grammy Hall of Fame inducted NGDB's recording of "Mr. Bojangles", while their latest album "At the Speed of Life" reinforces their stature as a country-rock force.
Saturday, March 27 from 11am - 5pm | Crazy Crafty Cool 2010: Rockland County˙s 1st ever independent craft fair! [link] | Rockland Country Day School, 34 Kings Highway, Congers | We will be featuring local, independent designers and vendors of handmade & vintage items from jewelry to ceramics to housewares. There’ll be something unique and fabulous for everyone! Admission and parking are free. Delicious food and beverages will be available for purchase from choice local eateries. So come and join us for some crazy crafty cool shopping fun!
Saturday, March 27 @ 7pm | Oldies Show | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | PRESENTED BY LAR ENTERPRISES. "Oh, What A Night Of Rock N' Roll:", Earl "Speedo" Carroll & The Cadillacs ("Gloria", "Speedo"), Larry Chance & The Earls ("I Believe", "Remember Then"), Earl Lewis & The Channels ("The Closer You Are", "Shout"), Willie Winfield & The Harptones | Randy & The Rainbows. MC: WFAS 103.9 Radio Host Johnny Z.
Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 7:30pm - 10pm | Winterpills, with special guests KaiserCartel | Common Ground Coffeehouse, Hastings [link] | KaiserCartel are the dynamic duo of Courtney Kaiser & Benjamin Cartel. Each previously leaders of their own indie bands, they met on March 4th four years ago and formed KaiserCartel when they joined forces to tour the country that summer. They self-released an EP (Double Standard) and toured throughout the US and UK on their own before signing to bluhammock music late last year. March Forth, their debut album – was produced by Matt Hales (aka aqualung) and mixed by Matt and Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros) - and is full of low-fi, harmony-heavy, bittersweet songs full of charm. KaiserCartel is currently on tour and intend to stay there until they’ve played for all of you.Go to [link] for tickets.
Wednesday, March 31 - Sunday, April 4 | Nickelodeon's Storytime Live! [link] | Radio City Music Hall, NYC | Come play along with your favorite preschool pals LIVE on stage as Nickelodeon presents their newest, biggest, most exciting live show ever — STORYTIME LIVE at Radio City Music Hall! Leap into Fairytale Land with "Dora the Explorer," journey through Purewood Forest with "The Backyardigans," hop into Wonderland with "Wonder Pets!," and monkey around on The Monkey King Adventure with "Ni Hao, Kai-lan." Use discount code NICKWEB to get 25% off of select tickets for non-peak shows. Tickets are available online at [link].
Saturday, April 10 @ 8pm | Jackie Mason [link] | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | Jackie Mason is a legendary comedy superstar. His Broadway shows have earned him Tony, Emmy and Grammy awards. Jackie is developing a brand new show to tour the world.
Saturday, April 10 @ 8pm | Comedian Susie Essman | The Ridgefield Playhouse [link] | Susie Essman has played the sassy Susie Greene for all seven seasons of the critically-acclaimed HBO comedy series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her hilarious bouts of withering sarcasm and uninhibited insults have become her character’s trademark. The Los Angeles Times calls Susie, “The most lyrical purveyor of profanity on television.
Sunday, April 11 @ - 3pm | MVP: The Jackie Robinson Story | DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER | Paramount Center for hte Arts, Peekskill [link] | This triumphant story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play professional major league baseball, chronicles the young athlete's nonviolent struggle to integrate what was then considered a "white man's game." Through it all, Jackie's courage, intelligence, leadership, resilience and athletic skill propelled him to become a national hero. Dallas Children's Theater's critically acclaimed national touring company travels coast to coast with professional large-scale productions designed to stir the heart, stretch the mind and promote education. Each production is selected and designed with a youth and family audience in mind from materials which reflect the diversity of our world community. Best for ages 8 & up.
Sunday, April 11 @ 8pm | Todd Rundgren | The Ridgefield Playhouse [link] | Todd Rundgren's best-known songs -- "I Saw the Light," "Hello, It's Me", "Can We Still Be Friends," and the novelty tune "Bang on the Drum All Day" - suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman, but nothing more than that. On one level, that perception is true since he is undoubtedly a gifted pop songwriter, but at his core Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick.
Tuesday, April 13 @ 8 pm | Neil Innes [link] | The Turning Point Cafe, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont [link] | Neil's upcoming album, INNES OWN WORLD -The Best Bits will be available at the start of the tour.   It is a selection of bits from his UK radio shows studded with 8 fabulous songs - a few new ones. Admission is $20.
Thursday, April 15 | Elvis Costello solo Concert | The Performing Arts Center [link], Purchase College | Open Door Family Medical Centers [link] has announced that Elvis Costello will perform a solo concert on at to benefit the federally qualified community health center.  The benefit concert evening includes a cocktail reception, dinner, concert and after concert reception.  Honorees for the event are The Honorable Nita Lowey, Congresswoman and Dr. Paul Grundy, Director of Healthcare Transformation IBM, and President of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Lead media sponsor for the event is 107.1 The Peak.  Legendary radio personality from The Peak, Jimmy Fink, will serve as MC for the evening.
Friday, April 16 @ 8pm |  Second City Comedy -50th Anniversary Tour | Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill [link] | The Second City is taking the party on the road to celebrate an anniversary of epic proportions: 50 years of legendary sketch comedy and improvisation. Experience the best from the comedic geniuses of The Second City, with material written by their quickest and wittiest alumni, including Alan Arkin, Robert Klein, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and more. This fast-paced and funny history lesson hilariously skewers every scandal, war, and dalliance from the past 50 years.
Saturday, April 17 from 7pm -11pm | A Royal Evening V | Castle-on-the-Hudson, Tarrytown | Please join us in the magnificent Great Hall of the Castle-on-the- Hudson in Tarrytown for our fifth Royal Evening fundraiser for Jazz Forum Arts [link]. This year we will spotlight Brazilian-born vocalist Maucha Adnet (10 Years with Antonio Carlos Jobim!) along with Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars featuring Tony Jefferson, Drums & Vocals. Tickets through
[link] or at 914-631-1000. Corporate Tables Available.
Friday, April 9 @ 8pm | Tramps Like Us: A Springsteen Tribute Band [link] | Irvington Town Hall [link] | "Tramps Like Us" is The GREATEST Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band In The LAND! I've witnessed them on several occasions and their performances are SECOND TO NONE !" Mike Appel / Former Springsteen Producer & Manager.
Thursday, April 22 | The Insights & Revelations Performance Series:The Deep End Productions [link] | The Emelin Theatre | Isaiah Sheffer, celebrated Host of NPR's Selected Shorts, will be returning to The Insights & Revelations Performance Series t .  This time, Isaiah and guest actors - including Broadway Actor and Comedian Kathryn Markey - will perform excerpts of his new play, Dreamers & Demons: The Three Worlds of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25 | The RiverArts 17th Annual Studio Tour | Throughout the Rivertowns [link] | This spring, RiverArts invites you to celebrate your own art inspired weekend along the majestic Hudson River. Local artists and galleries will open their doors to the public on the weekend of April 24th & 25th 2010 in Hastings, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Irvington. Visitors are invited into artists work spaces to speak with them informally and to purchase their artwork directly. Work spaces range from private studios in artists’ homes to converted industrial buildings, and visitors are encouraged to visit them all on a self-guided tour. The tour itself draws an estimated 2,000 studio visitors over two days.
Saturday, April 24 @ 7:30pm | Uncle Monk [link] featuring Tommy Ramone and Claudia Tienan also appearing Spuyten Duyvil [link] | Common Ground Coffeehouse, Hastings [link] | “There is life after the Ramones, but who knew that its sound would be bluegrass? Tommy Ramone plays a mean mandolin in this new acoustic duo, singing tautly written songs with tenderness about the comforts and subtle politics of home life.” —The New York Times “[Spuyten Duyvil covers] the whole spectrum of Americana— Civil War, early Americana (like in Colonial). Great arrangements and beautiful harmonies. They hit on something very special here and I love it. I’m having them back. Trust me.” —Elliott Glick, Starving Artist Café, City Island
Satruday, April 24 @ 8pm (rescheduled from Feb) | Judy Gold [link] | The Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck [link] | Emmy Award winning actress and comedian Judy Gold is best known as the star of the critically acclaimed, long-running Off-Broadway hit show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, for which she was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. You've seen her on The View, Ugly Betty, HBO's At the Multiplex with Judy Gold, Tru TV's The Smoking Gun and hosting Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time, and now you can see her on the Emelin stage!
Friday, April 30 from 10am - 5pm, Saturday, May 1 from 10am - 6pm & Sunday, May 2 from 10am - 5pm | Spring Crafts at Lyndhurst [link] | Lyndhurst | With Mother's Day just around the corner, SPRING CRAFTS AT LYNDHURST, a Festival of Contemporary Craft, Art, Music and Food, offers shoppers the chance to find unique gifts that show mom just how special she is. The show includes one-of-a-kind and limited edition jewelry, for mom's luxiorious side; fashion and accessories for her glamourous side; furniture, and home decor pieces, as well as functional and sculptural work in ceramics, glass, metal, painting, photography, wood and mixed media for the mom who keeps a beautiful home. Despite it's name, the fair offers more than just crafts. Visitors can also purchase specialty foods, participate in children's activities, and enjoy live music all throughout the weekend. The show is held rain or shine.
Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1 @ 7:30pm | Willy Wonka | Irvington Town Hall [link] | Presented By Clocktower Players Jr. Teen Troupe. Carb-loaded, lighthearted, and utterly satisfying! Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world-famous candy-maker and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. The memorable score features “The Candy Man,” “Pure Imagination,” “Oompa Loompa” and “I Want It Now” by Academy® and Grammy® award-winners Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Director/Choreographer: DAVYD H. SUBER, JR. Musical Director: JULIUS PETTY
Friday, April 30 @ 8pm | Gretchen Witt [link]: Part of the New Music Series, River Spirit Music [link] | Hastings Station Cafe | Vocally, Gretchen has been compared to singers from Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman, Jewel, and Natalie Merchant Jewel. Spotlighted in the documentary Idolette, her music has played on various radio stations in the U.S., and she has appeared on World Café Live. A finalist at both the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Competition, she has performed at NYC venues such as the Knitting Factory, the Cutting Room, The Living Room, Makor, The Bitter End, Mo Pitkin’s, The Postcrypt Café, and around the country in all of the top folk music venues. Tickets are $10 (kids free!) For tickets and more information, go to [link].
Saturday, May 22 @ 8pm | David Benoit | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | Jazz Forum Arts welcomes back pianist and composer David Benoit, celebrating the release of his new CD which features all-Benoit original compositions. David Benoit has arranged, conducted and performed music for many popular pop and jazz artists over the years, including Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons (he was involved with the band in its formative stages), Kenny Loggins, Patti Austin, Dave Koz, Kenny Rankin, Faith Hill, David Lanz, Cece Winans, David Pack, David Sanborn, The Walt Disney Organization and Brian McKnight. Come and enjoy this great contemporary jazz artist and his exciting and creative group.
Sunday, May 23 @ 7pm | Marshall Tucker Band | Tarrytown Music Hall [link] | A MUSIC HALL/MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS CO-PRESENTATION. One of the major Southern rock bands of the '70s, The Marshall Tucker Band combined rock, country, and jazz and featured extended instrumental passages. The band released their debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, in March 1973 and found significant success during the course of the '70s, with most of their albums going gold. Their peak came with the million-selling album Carolina Dreams and its Top 15 single "Heard It in a Love Song" in 1977.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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