Events

Join ultra-runner/barefoot hiker Ken Posner and noted Hudson Valley landscape photographer Steve Aaron for an evening talk and multi-media presentation about the Catskill Mountains and some of their adventures and discoveries together.  Ken will sign copies of his book, “Chasing the Grid: An Ultrarunner’s Physical and Spiritual Journey in Pursuit of the Ultimate Mountain Challenge” and Steve will have his popular Catskills/Shawangunk calendar for purchase

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Starting January 9, 2024, the Nyack Art Collective will sponsor weekly Figure Drawing on Tuesdays, 6:15-9:15 pm at X House Nyack, 48 S. Franklin St., Nyack, @xhousenyack https://www.instagram.com/xhousenyack/
These sessions are open to the public. Artists must provide their own materials and may bring an easel if desired. Session is $15 per person, $13 for Nyack Art Collective members.

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Litany Burns is a world-renowned medium, clairvoyant, lecturer, screenwriter, poet and author of Develop Your Psychic Abilities, The Sixth Sense of Children, and Goddess.Com and featured in The 100 Top Psychics & Astrologers In America. Her poetry has been in the International Women’s Year Poetry Anthology and read at: New York University, Amnesty International Fundraiser, Hopper House Prison Art Program, Lehman College, The Nuyorican Poets Café. Having worked on the infamous ‘Son of Sam’ case she has been featured on national and international TV, in Goop.com, magazines/social media and lectured internationally. www.litanyburns.com.

Judith Rose remains curious. She writes, she teaches, she creates, she choreographs, she dances, she listens, she learns. She is the director of Vital MovementTM, the wellness practice she founded, which is based in Nyack, NY. She collaborates regularly with artists in various media to create new works addressing crucial themes in contemporary life. Her belief in the healing power of the arts continues to inspire her work as does her ever-deepening reverence for the mystery of life. www.judithroseVM.com.

Al Cattabiani is an entrepreneur who has spent his career in and around the arts. His companies have generally focused on music, indie/foreign film, documentaries, and holistic living. Over the years, he has released well over 1,000 titles, including many Oscar, Grammy and Emmy winners. Although playing guitar has never been his day job, quite rightly, he’s been gigging steadily for many years.

Graham Nalle has been interested in all things percussive since he was a wee young lad. After many wayward years spent exploring the rhythms of India, Ghana and Brazil he has come back to his roots playing American rock and roll, doing his best to incorporate non-western elements when he can. Graham has a day job, but he doesn’t talk about it much.

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Donald Capone’s new novel Piper Van Winkle, A Sleepy Hollow Novel was published on May 3, 2025. His novel, Just Follow Me, was published by Pen-L Publishing in 2014 and republished by the author in 2018. His short stories have been published in the anthologies Sudden Flash Youth; The Westchester Review (2013, 2014 & 2020 editions); Short on Sugar, High On Honey: Micro Love Stories (2018); See You Next Tuesday; and The Ampersand volume 4; as well as Weekly Reader’s READ magazine, Word Riot, River and South Review, Onyx Publications online journal (and podcast), and Prime Number Magazine.

Don Capria is a filmmaker and author best known for Colombo: The Unsolved Murder, the acclaimed biography of mob icon Joe Colombo. He wrote and directed the award- winning shorts Eulogy (2014) and Anecdota (2021), filmed the pilot for his scripted series Abaddon (2019) starring Erika Alexander, and has also directed music videos and short-form content. His latest project, the horror slasher, Director’s Cut, hit theaters Halloween 2024 and is set to hit streaming Halloween 2025.

Mark Hillringhouse’s Talking All Night: The New York Poets Interviews, Photographs, Letters features interviews with prominent poets of the New York School, along with unique photographic portraits and personal letters. Interview subjects include John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Bernadette Mayer, James Schuyler, Anne Waldman, and others—16 in total. The book provides firsthand insight into the poets’ creative processes, influences, and the environment in which they developed their poetic craft.

In addition to writing historical novels, Elf Ahearn tutors students and slavishly tends to every whim and fancy of her cats, Puck and Jilly. Prior to the arrival of these demanding felines, she spent 13 years as a reporter for the award-winning Litchfield County Times, edited an award-winning corporate newsletter, and composed back cover copy for Penguin Random House. She is happily married to a cat-loving knight in shining armor. They live in New York.

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Open,  hosted discussions allowing men to journey to their spiritual side, sharing and learning together, and creating a Circle of Support for one another.

Frequent guests offer a range of different interests and topics, from sound therapy to astrology to Tai Chi, with non-guest nights focused on spirituality, mythology, archetypes, current events and group discussions.

Free event but please RSVP and join us in person (or on zoom!) and meet some like-minded souls. RSVP here. 

Hosted by Eric David, a certified mediation teacher, trained in transpersonal psychology, with an education in mythology and occultism.

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Get ready, the Nyack Famous Street Fair is set to hit the town Sunday, October 12th.  This is a do-not-miss event on Main Street and Broadway. There will be over 300 Exhibitors with an exciting selection of arts and crafts, new retail items, home decor, and unique gifts. Expect all kinds of delicious festival food from vendors and local restaurants.  The fun lasts all day from 10am-5pm, rain or shine.

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