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Panel Discussion–“Public Sketching: Hopper’s Sketch Mob and Urban Sketchers – How Art Making Becomes Community Building,” Sunday, April 12, 2026  14, 2026, 2pm, Community Room, Nyack Library. RSVP via Nyack Library

Come learn about how Edward Hopper Museum sketched throughout Nyack, how  the Urban Sketchers meet up weekly  to sketch, and form Bill Batson on his first Nyack Sketch Mob of 2011 and how the tradition has spread.

Panelist; : Kathie iBennewitz, Executive Director, Edward Hopper House Museum, Bill Batson of Bill Batson Arts, Kay Copp of Nyack Urban Sketchers, Raylie Dunkel of NYC Urban Sketchers, Cathy Gutterman of Westchester Urban Sketchers, and Charles Cannizzaro

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Join All Ways Writing and Big Red Books for an evening of poetry featuring renowned poets Valzhyna Mort and Samyak Shertok joined by community readers Kelly Jo Lillian, Conrad Lochner, Marjorie Tesser, Tedo Wyman, and Laura Zaino.

Valzhyna Mort is a poet and translator born in Minsk, Belarus. She is the author of Factory of Tears (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), Collected Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2011) and Music for the Dead and Resurrected (FSG, 2020), named one of the best poetry book of 2020 by The New York Times and The NPR, and the winner of the 2020 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. She teaches at Cornell University.

Samyak Shertok’s debut collection, No Rhododendron (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025), was selected by Kimiko Hahn for the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and longlisted for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award. Originally from Nepal, he is an Assistant Professor of English at Mississippi State University.

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Join us in celebrating the ABA’s 13th Annual Independent Bookstore Day.

*Story time schedule:

Gail Monaco (12pm)

Sam Wedelich (2pm)

Gale Galligan (3pm)

*Music by Steve Kelman (1-3pm)

*Raffle to win great prizes

*Scavenger hunt for Libro FM’s golden ticket. Find the golden ticket and receive a full year of free audio books.

*Book party for Sayantani DasGupta’s new book, THEFT of the RUBY LOTUS

*Poetry reading at 7pm Valzhyna Mort & Samyak Shertok

Shop indie! Shop local! Shop Nyack!

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Support Rockland’s future stars by providing athletic opportunities to local youth through Haverstraw United Athletics. Come enjoy an evening of casino games, music, food, drinks, and prizes!

Purchase Tickets here: https://www.haverstrawunited.org/event-details/soccer-dreams-casino-night

Haverstraw United Athletics is a 501s3 non-profit providing athletic opportunities for youth. Your support helps remove financial barriers for local athletes and fuels inclusive, professional training opportunities across Rockland County.

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Maureen’s Jazz Cellar
2 N. Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960

MUST CALL FOR RESERVATIONS:  
(845) 535-3143

Join veteran jazz vocalists Melissa Stylianou and Marcus Goldhaber for a duet-filled evening of storytelling and song as they reimagine their favorite standards, paired seamlessly with their highly acclaimed original compositions.

 

Melissa Stylianou

Jazz vocalist, lyricist, and educator Melissa Stylianou, hailed by piano master Fred Hersch for her “gorgeous instrument, superb musicianship, and great taste,” has garnered acclaim as both a gifted songwriter and a bold, imaginative interpreter of wide-ranging material spanning diverse genres, from the Great American Songbook to Johnny Cash to original songs. In addition to her five albums as a leader, Stylianou documented her close musical bond with guitar legend Gene Bertoncini and bassist Ike Sturm on the 2022 album Dream Dancing (Anzic Records). The album received wide critical acclaim (including a rare 5-star review in Downbeat Magazine). As a bandleader/songwriter and as a member of the powerhouse vocal trio Duchess, Stylianou maintains a busy performing and recording schedule. She is currently developing an album of original songs that will reflect and combine her Irish and Greek-Cypriot musical roots.   

 

 

Marcus Goldhaber 

New York-based Jazz vocalist and songwriter Marcus Goldhaber is a Hot House Magazine and BroadwayWorld.com nominee for Best Male Vocalist, as well as a MAC Award nominee for Best Song.  His signature velvet bari-tenor has been heard at Carnegie Hall, 54 Below, Birdland, Blue Note, Iridium and The Cutting Room; The Catalina (Los Angeles, California); The Smith Center (Las Vegas, Nevada); and the Sellersville Theater (Sellersville, Pennsylvania), where he opened for Jane Monheit.

Acclaimed by JazzTimes as “wonderfully imaginative” and by Jazziz as “exciting and fresh,” Goldhaber reinvents the Great American Songbook for the 21st century, infusing the classics with new vitality.  His original songs, at once modern and timeless, captivate listeners with their emotional depth, irresistible melodies, and lyrical sophistication. “Tasteful and hip, Goldhaber has a gorgeous and sensitive vocal quality [that] brings the lyric to life.” Jazz Improv Magazine. “Like a plate full of comfort food!” All About Jazz. To quote the Midwest Record, he is as good as it gets!”  After transitioning out of his recent position as Creative Director and co-founder of Harlem’s acclaimed speakeasy Jazz Club, Room 623, his new original holiday single, “I Can’t Wait for Christmas,” was released ahead of the 2025 holiday season and hailed “A perfect fit!” by The JW Vibe. His new album, The Promise of You will be released May 1, 2026.

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Join All Ways Writing in partnership with Big Red Books for an evening of poetry featuring renowned poets Valzhyna Mort and Samyak Shertok joined by community readers Kelly Jo Lillian, Conrad Lochner, Marjorie Tesser, Tedo Wyman, and Laura Zaino.

Valzhyna Mort is a poet and translator born in Minsk, Belarus. She is the author of three poetry collections, Factory of Tears (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), Collected Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2011) and, mostly recently, Music for the Dead and Resurrected (FSG, 2020), named one of the best poetry book of 2020 by The New York Times and The NPR, and the winner of the 2020 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. She teaches at Cornell University.

Samyak Shertok’s debut collection, No Rhododendron (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025), was selected by Kimiko Hahn for the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and longlisted for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award. Originally from Nepal, he is an Assistant Professor of English at Mississippi State University.

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