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May 17, 8:00pm
At the Nyack Center
Rivertown Film welcomes Wish We Were Floyd, the authentic Pink Floyd tribute experience, to The Nyack Center on May 17. Their live performance includes one complete album side from The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, and Wish You Were Here, accompanied by a stunning light show that includes original visuals as well as visuals created for the live performance of these records by Pink Floyd.
Wish We Were Floyd pays homage to the masters of psychedelic rock and unites the art of music with the art of motion picture.

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Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack presents The Nance https://www.elmwoodplayhouse.com/show/the-nance/ , written by Douglas Carter Beane, opening May 16 and running through June 7. Praised as “a nearly perfect work of dramatic art” by The New Yorker, this powerful production incorporates music and comedy in a story that sheds light on the lives of comedic burlesque performers during the final days of vaudeville.
Directed at Elmwood by Alan Demovsky, the cast includes Chad Paul Hudson, Aaron Newcome https://www.elmwoodplayhouse.com/volunteer/aaron-newcome/ , Andrew Lionetti , Tiffany M. Card, Sam Snyder https://www.elmwoodplayhouse.com/volunteer/sam-snyder/ , Candace Lynn Matthews, , Liam Thomas, Janet Fenton https://www.elmwoodplayhouse.com/volunteer/janet-fenton/ .
The Nance opens May 16 and closes June 7, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, and a captioned performance on Thursday June 5 at 8 pm.
Throughout the run of the show, Elmwood’s lobby gallery exhibits the work of the artists of https://www.nyackartcollective.com Nyack Art Collective, with a pre-show gallery reception starting at 6:30 pm on opening night Friday, May 16, to meet the artists and enjoy complimentary wine and cheese from local gourmet shop, Scott and Joe.
Tickets are $30, discounted to $27 for seniors, students, and service members. Visit elmwoodplayhouse.com https://elmwoodplayhouse.com or call the Elmwood Playhouse box office at (845) 353-1313.

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Join All Ways Writing Collective for a free, open-to-the-public poetry reading at The Angel Nyack, located upstairs at 18 South Broadway, Nyack, NY. The evening will feature 5 community readers, followed by guest authors, a Q&A, and book signings. Community readers include Kelly Jo Lillian, Kirsten Meehan, Kate MacLaughlin, Early ‘Owen’ Minoza, and Cherish Pratt.

Dawn Lundy Martin is an American poet and essayist. She is the author of four books of poems: Good Stock Strange Blood , winner of the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry; Life in a Box is a Pretty Life , which won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry; DISCIPLINE , A Gathering of Matter / A Matter of Gathering , and three limited edition chapbooks. Her nonfiction can be found in n+1 , The New Yorker , Ploughshares , The Believer , and Best American Essays 2019 . Martin is the Toi Derricotte Endowed Chair of African American Poetry at the University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics.

Matthew Gellman’s first book, Beforelight, was selected by Tina Chang as the winner of BOA Editions, Ltd.’s A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. He is also the author of The Understudy, forthcoming with Four Way Books in 2027, as well as the chapbook Night Logic, selected by Denise Duhamel as the winner of Tupelo Press’s 2021 Snowbound Chapbook Award. Matthew has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Brooklyn Poets, Adroit’s Djanikian Scholars Program, the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and elsewhere. His poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Indiana Review, Ninth Letter, Lambda Literary’s Poetry Spotlight and other publications. He is currently a PhD candidate in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California.

This reading is made possible by generous sponsorship from ArtsWestchester’s Arts Alive Grant, Poets & Writers, and the Carson McCullers Center for Writers & Musicians.

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RCT Music Group presents an acoustic concert at Prohibition River featuring four musical acts including Sean Ryan, Patrick Walsh & Turtle (Booksmart), Temporary Fix, and Ryan Townsend. Join us on the second floor stage for an afternoon and evening of music: 4pm – 8pm.

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We are excited to create a gathering of talent from our wonderful community! Doors 7pm, Open Mic starts at 7:30 pm

Join like-minded patrons looking to display their skills in music, song, poetry, storytelling, comedy, and more…

Although most Open Mics have sign-ups the night of the event, as a library we need to know we have some performers interested in attending. Please register below (and we will also save some time for walk in sign-ups)!

Click here to register to perform – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PX5sM_e_0ij99MhbOJeW3P5AWNSQwr_fDJopT_ISq3M/edit

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The All Ways Writing Circle offers time, space, community, and inspiration to get some writing done. This is for anyone who wants to write—in any genre—and would benefit from dedicated time. Facilitated by Lily Greenberg, participants will be offered a prompt, approximately 45 minutes to write, then a chance to share their work in a warm and supportive group setting. No experience needed, all genres welcome. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Admission is $12.
Participants are encouraged to register on Eventbrite. Walk-ins are also welcome, and can pay at the door by cash, check, or Venmo.
Starting July 11, 2024, our venue is Creative Arts Workshop https://www.arts-workshop.com/ , 171 Main Street Nyack, NY.
For more info and FAQ, visit our website https://allwayswriting.org/writing-circles/ .
This program is offered by All Ways Writing Collective https://allwayswriting.org/ , a group which organizes writing circles, workshops, salons, and author readings in the lower Hudson Valley of New York (Rockland County). Our community members range from aspiring to established writers, and we strive to make our events accessible and engaging for all. Learn more about our community on our Instagram @allwayswriting and our website allwayswriting.org https://allwayswriting.org/ .
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LILY GREENBERG is a poet from Nashville, Tennessee and the author of In the Shape of a Woman (Broadstone Books 2022). Her work has appeared in New England Review, Ecotone, On the Seawall, Cortland Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review, among others. She holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire and lives in Nyack, New York. More about her at lily-greenberg.com https://lily-greenberg.com/ .

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