Events

On Friday, January 9, 2026 Edward Hopper House Museum is hosting, with Perry Lawson Fine Art, a SCREENING & TALKBACK of “Imber’s Left Hand” with director Richard Kane and artist Jill Hoy.  Come celebrate resilience and the power of art and witness the incredible true story of Hoy’s late husband artist Jon Imber and his inspiring commitment to painting after an ALS diagnosis.

Friday, January 9, 2026, 6:00-8:00 PM (deep open 5:45)

Location: The Angel Nyack (Pitkin Room), 18 S. Broadway, Nyack, NY

Tickets: $10 EHHM Members, $15 General Public

Reserve your ticket online  edwardhopperhouse.org

Optional pre-screening exhibition visits:

5:00–5:45 PM: Ticket holders may view the exhibitions at Edward Hopper House Museum (82 N Broadway) & Perry Lawson Fine Art (90 N Broadway), with light refreshments.

On view through Feb 15, 2026, “Side by Side,” at Edward Hopper House, celebrates the shared artistic life of Jon Imber and Jill Hoy, and right next door at Perry Lawson Fine Art, see “Jill Hoy: Narratives of Form and Color” through Jan 11, 2026.

About Richard Kane is an independent director whose work is focused on the intersection of art and contemporary American life. Previous film releases include, TRUTH TELLERS, Building Hope: Ending Homeless; J. Fred Woell: An American Vision, I Know a Man … Ashley Bryan, Imber’s Left Hand, and 17 others, most part of the Maine Masters collection, a New England Emmy-nominated series of portraits that airs on public television. 

 

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Award-winning nonfiction author Nancy Castaldo has been writing books about our planet for decades from her home in the Hudson Valley for children and adults. Her work has received numerous honors, including the Green Earth Book Award, National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Book designation, Eureka Honors, Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing honors, and multiple Junior Library Guild Gold selections.

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Start the new year with a winter collaborative playwriting class for Middle-graders (3rd-6th). Teacher Victoria Oltarsh, sci-fi author of the award-winning book, The Boy and the Secret of the Stars, published lyricist, and lifelong playwriting and theater teacher will guide the young writers in how to write a 10-minute play. At session’s end, there will be a table read of the students’ plays in a showcase for family and friends.

Register by phone at 845-875-7707 or in-person

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Adult Workshop:
Have you ever watched actors on stage and wondered how they do it? Now is the
chance to try it yourself! This acting workshop will let you unleash your inner Meryl
Streep or Al Pacino in a fun and supportive environment. You will explore performance
techniques using theatre games, improv and scene work. No prior experience is
required—just a willingness to play, collaborate, and grow as an actor.

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Boost Your Energy, Boost Your Life: Science-Backed Habits for a Healthier You — Simple Fitness, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Strategies Backed by Science. The science of energy levels and how movement impacts mood, focus, and metabolism, Easy exercises you can do at home or during breaks at work (with live demos and take-home handouts), Nutrition basics for sustained energy, Importance of recovery: sleep, stress management, and hydration. Presented by Jessi Gregory, Orangetheory Fitness.

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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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