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Healing on the Hudson

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In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and World Mental Health Day, join us for our annual Healing on the Hudson community event!

Enjoy an afternoon of self care on the waterfront in the park.

Every cent goes to fund Kula’s empowering mindfulness-based mental health program for survivors of domestic and sexual violence at The Center for Safety and Change.

Heal your mind, body and spirit while bringing healing to those in need. ​​​

You’ll be led on a healing journey of accessible, uplifting practices like gentle yoga, calming breath, guided meditations and sound baths. 

​Register to donate $50 to “Be a Healer” and receive special gifts at the event. People under 18 can “Be a Healer” by donating $25. Open to the public. All are welcome! (Registration link: https://donate.kulaforkarma.org/event/healing-on-the-hudson-2025/e722545)

​The event is recommended for ages 10+, or kids who can quietly participate with a parent or caregiver. We hope you’ll be an important part of our movement to make mental health a human right! KulaforKarma.org

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Meet and Greet With Author Cary Fitter

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Cary Gitter is the author of the plays The Steel Man, Gene & Gilda, and The Sabbath Girl, among others, and the co-creator of the musicals The Sabbath Girl and How My Grandparents Fell in Love. His work has appeared off-Broadway and at theaters around the country, and he is the playwright-in-residence at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, New York. He grew up in New Jersey and now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife, Meghan, and their two dogs, Roo and Puck. Cammy Sitting Shiva is his first novel.

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Celebrate Mrs. Dalloway’s Centennial With Virginia Woolf Scholar Mark Hussey

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Mark Hussey is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Pace University in New York. He is founding editor of Woolf Studies Annual and general editor of the Harcourt Annotated Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf, for which he edited To the Lighthouse. His recent publications include Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism (2022) and Modernism’s Print Cultures (with Faye Hammill, 2016).

Ria Banerjee is a professor of English at CUNY, the City University of New York, where she teaches classes in literature and film. She has loved Virginia Woolf since reading To the Lighthouse at age fourteen and not understanding a word of that extraordinary novel. She has known Mark Hussey for almost a decade now, and has admired his work for a lot longer than that. Her own writing is listed on her website online. In her free time, she blinks at cats and thinks about climate change.

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All Ways Writing Circle

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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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Figure Drawing

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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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