Check out our events calendar for the complete list of what’s happening and when.

Music on the Hudson (formerly Mostly Music) 
Presented by the Nyack Parks Conservancy
Tuesdays at 7:00pm, unless otherwise noted.
Location: Memorial Park, lower level, on the Hudson River
Rain location: Nyack Center, 58 Depew Ave. 

NEW FOR 2017: Pre-order a picnic dinner from Hartell’s Deli, delivered to Memorial Park.

June 27: No Discipline – reggae

July 11: Stevan Swann

July 18: Mystical Majesty Band – Beatles cover band

July 25: The Cocomamas – World Latin music

August 1: Crush – Big rock from the 80s, 90s, and today

Jazz in the Garden Series
Presented by the Edward Hopper House Art Center
Thursdays at 7:30pm
Location: Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 N. Broadway
Rain location: Grace Church, 103 First Ave.

July 6: Dick Voigt and the Big Apple Jazz Band

July 13: Gary Keller Quintet

July 20: Cameron Brown OC/DC
Drums George Schuller, Soprano Sax Jane Ira Bloom, Trumpet Dave Balou

July 27: Mike Holober Quintet

August 3: Shirley Crabbe Group

August 10: John Malino Band

Movies Under the Stars
Presented by the Village of Nyack and Rivertown Film

July 19: Stop Making Sense playing at 8:30pm, Artopee Way Drive-In (Nyack Municipal Parking Lot)

September 8 The Wizard of Oz, playing at 7:40pm, Artopee Way Drive-In (Nyack Municipal Parking Lot)

Films in the Garden Series
Presented by the Edward Hopper House Art Center
Saturdays at 8pm
Location: Edward Hopper House Art Center, 82 N. Broadway

August 19 Pennies from Heaven (Rain date: Sunday, August 20)

September 16 Blade Runner (Rain date: Sunday, September 17)

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Nyack celebrates its 8th annual African American Day on Saturday, May 14, 2016, with a parade and multicultural festival in Memorial Park.

The parade kicks off the festivities at 2:00pm. Marchers begin at Franklin Street and Cedar Avenue and then proceed down Main Street towards Memorial Park.

The celebration continues in Memorial Park with music, vendors, food, and a job fair.

African American Day Parade and Festival
Saturday, May 14, 2016
2:00pm
marcher registration
vendor registration

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Photo by Dr. Arnold Roufa

Visit Nyack for July 4th fireworks at 8:30pm and fun all day long on Independence Day.

Nyack’s display on Saturday, July 4th, which will be launched from Memorial Park on the Hudson River, can be seen from any place in the village where there is a clear view of the southeast sky.

Nyack’s eclectic shops and acclaimed restaurants will be open for business, as will the Edward Hopper House Art Center. Visitors should arrive early to enjoy the Art Center’s galleries (open 12pm – 5pm), browse for one-of-a-kind items on Main Street and Broadway, and sit down for a deliciously memorable meal.

The fun doesn’t end with the fireworks grand finale – Nyack has the best nightlife in Rockland County.

Saturday morning, Bike Nyack will be leading their weekly bike ride, beginning and ending in Nyack. Cyclists will meet at 8:30am in Memorial Park. Visit bikenyack.com for details.

Parking will be free all day on July 4^th, throughout downtown Nyack.

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New to the festivities this year: ‘3-on-3 basketball tournament’, an all-day event beginning at 12noon.

As part of the ‘Festival in the Park’ – Food, Vendors, Music, entertainment.

Here is a short list of participants and activities:

• Fashion Show by KURVACIOUS FASHIONS
• Salsa Demonstration/group dance by KWANMAYA DANCE STUDIO
• Car Show featuring MT. VERNON CLASSIC CARS
• Nyack’s Award-winning FIRE DEPARTMENT
• ST. CHARLES A.M.E. ZION CHOIR
• MOTHERLAND RHYTHYMS & DRUMMING IN HARMONY
• CAUSE KIDZ (AFRICAN DANCE)
• DYNAMIC (HIP HOP GROUP)

Community service organizations from Rockland and Westchester Counties will be available to provide valuable information for all who attend.

Come out and enjoy the Festivities – Food, fun and more !

***General parking will not be available in Memorial Park***

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Nyack’s Memorial Park on the Hudson has a wonderful view of the crane and the bridge, viewable now. Our new viewing platform is scheduled to open in June — stay tuned for opening celebration announcements.

Get an up-close-and-personal look at the construction project via our friends at Nyack News & Views.

Video via The New NY Bridge, www.newnybridge.com

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Bench by the Road drawing, (c) Bill Batson

The Historical Society of the Nyacks presents an exhibition entitled An Underground Railroad Monument Comes to Nyack: Inspired by Toni Morrison, honoring Cynthia Hesdra. The exhibit will open on March 14^th from 1 to 4 p.m. and will continue through May 31st every Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Historical Society’s Museum at 50 Piermont Avenue, Nyack.

This exhibit will showcase the upcoming Nyack “Bench by the Road” monument to the Underground Railroad and Cynthia Hesdra (1808 – 1879), and will explore Hesdra’s history as well as the accomplishments of Nobel Prize winning author and local resident Toni Morrison, whose quote inspired the Toni Morrison Society’s “Bench by the Road” program. In addition, photos and text describing “Bench by the Road” projects from around the world will create a compelling narrative about slavery and freedom.

The exhibition coincides with the dedication of Nyack’s Bench in Memorial Park on May 18th, 2015.

Cynthia Hesdra was a Nyack woman who rose from slavery to become an entrepreneur and abolitionist. She is listed as a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Nyack.

Cynthia Hesdra was born in Tappan, New York on March 6, 1808. Her father, John Moore, owned mills in the area. Newspaper reports following her death state that she was once held as a slave. After her freedom was secured, she went on to own and operate a laundry business in New York City and Nyack, and to acquire real estate in Greenwich Village and Nyack. When Hesdra died on February 9, 1879, her net worth was around $100,000, the equivalent of $2.3 million in today’s dollars.

On May 18, Nyack will become part of a global initiative of the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project. This program was inspired by the Nobel Prize winning author’s famous quotation about the lack of monuments commemorating slavery. Morrison stated: “There is no place you or I can go, to think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the absences of slaves . . . There is no suitable memorial, or plaque, or wreath, or wall, or park, or skyscraper lobby. There’s no 300-foot tower, there’s no small bench by the road.”

There are 11 other benches around the world and more in the planning stage. Benches have been installed in locations including Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, Oberlin, Ohio, Concord, Massachusetts, Paris, France and Fort-de-France, Martinique. Nyack’s will be the 15th Bench in this program. For more information, please visit www.nyackbench.org

Honoring Cynthia Hesdra, Toni Morrison and the people in Nyack who risked everything to liberate those caught in slavery’s grip, the exhibit will include photographs, printed material, maps, timelines and historic objects, including an original New York slave deed from the 18^th Century.

The exhibition is being curated by Historical Society of the Nyacks trustees Bill Batson and Jennifer Rothschild. For more information about the Historical Society of the Nyacks and to become a member, please visit www.nyackhistory.org.

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The Nyack display, which will be launched from Memorial Park on the Hudson River, can be seen from any place in the Village where there is a clear view of the southeast sky.

The Village’s celebration of USA’s birthday starts at 7:30pm on Tuesday, July 1 with “An American Salute: Musical Fireworks,” a free concert featuring the Orangetown Concert Band conducted by Charles Yassky in Nyack’s Memorial Park. Come hear a program of Sousa marches, selections from the American Songbook, Broadway favorites, and opera. “It will be a great concert honoring America’s birthday performed by some of the area’s great musicians,” says Yassky. The July 1 concert will also include a reading of the Gettysburg Address by WQXR’s Elliott Forrest, accompanied by the Orangetown Concert Band.

Nyack’s July 4th Fireworks is co-sponsored by the Village of Nyack and Cablevision.

The Tuesday July 1 presentation of “An American Salute” is part of the Friends of The Nyacks Mostly Music Series. Additional support for these events is provided by the Education Association of South Orangetown and the Nyack Teachers Association.

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Nyack Farmers’ Market

Start your day at the Nyack Farmer’s Market with a delicious Market breakfast of muffins, fruit and coffee. The Market is open July 4^th and every Thursday, 8:00am to 2:00pm, on Main Street in the heart of the Village. We have locally grown and locally produced products from New York and New Jersey, including wine and cider; gluten free products; pies, cookies and other baked goods; artisan breads; flowers; humanely raised chicken, beef and pork; fresh eggs; olive oil; maple syrup and honey; and more. Click here for a full list of vendors and their products. Pack your cooler in the back of the car and pick up fixings for your fireworks picnic and stock your fridge for the long weekend.

Next stop, Nyack Beach State Park to enjoy beautiful Hudson River views. Walk or ride or drive north on North Broadway through Upper Nyack until the road ends at the Park. Go down the hill to reach the river; take the upper road to reach Hook Mountain.

For lunch, head to one of Nyack’s many delicious eateries. Most of our restaurants are open on the 4th, so take your pick!

Be sure you include a stop at the Edward Hopper House Art Center, where the recently opened exhibition Dorothea Lange’s America is on view through August 18. Either download or pick up one of the Hopper House’s self-guided tour brochures and take a walk through Edward Hopper’s Nyack. The Edward Hopper House Art Center is open July 4 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm at 82 N. Broadway.

In the evening, bring a blanket and picnic dinner to Memorial Park to watch our riverfront fireworks spectacular! To put you in the mood, click this link to view a Nyack fireworks video montage, courtesy of Nyack News and Views: http://www.nyacknewsandviews.com/2012/07/nyacks-fireworks-for-the-fourth/

Happy Independence Day!

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