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Hurleyville, NY – The Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre (HPAC) is proud to announce Women in Jazz Night, a special evening of live music at Tango Café on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 7:00 PM. This event celebrates Women’s History Month by spotlighting the artistry, innovation, and lasting contributions of women in jazz.

January 24, 2026, 12-5 PM with Ribbon cutting at 1 PM

Wassaic, NY — Wassaic Project is pleased to announce the reopening of the Art Nest, the free, drop-in artmaking space for families, now located on the ground floor of Maxon Mills in a fully ADA-accessible, renovated space. The renovated Art Nest features new built-in furniture offering expanded seating, as well as upgraded amenities, including a slop sink and refrigerator to better support hands-on creative activities.

Lewiston, NY –  Artpark announces Tori Amos: In Times Of Dragons Tour at Artpark’s Mainstage Theater in Lewiston NY, on August 4, 2026 at 7:00PM with special guest Bartees Strange. 

A pioneer across platforms, Tori Amos is a multip latinum singer-songwriter, pianist and composer who is nominated for a GRAMMY for the soundtrack to her 2025 New York Times bestselling children’s book Tori and the Muses.

Followed by Catalogue Launch

Thursday, March 12, 4:30pm, University Art Museum, University at Albany

Albany, NY (January 21, 2026) — The University Art Museum (UAM) at the University at Albany announces a conversation between exhibiting artist Noel W Anderson and Cara Manes, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York. In addition, we will be launching the exhibition catalogue for Noel W Anderson: Black Excellence. The catalogue will be available for purchase and signing at the event. The event is free and open to the public.

Albany, NY — Albany Center Gallery (ACG) hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, January 16, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at its new location at 48 N Pearl Street.

“Hello! My Name is Blotto: The Movie” returns for a special screening as part of LIMEHOF’s Local Filmmaker Series

Stony Brook, NY — The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) will feature East Islip film director Robert Lichter (a.k.a. Bert Blotto) as part of its Local Filmmaker Series at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 13^th. The event will take place at LIMEHOF’s Stony Brook location (97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY). LIMEHOF will screen Hello! My Name is Blotto: The Movie, followed by a Q&A with Lichter and band member Broadway Blotto. The event is free to members and $10 for non-members.

New York, N.Y. (January 15, 2026) – The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today complete casting for the world premiere of PUBLIC CHARGE, a bracing new play based on true events written by former United States Ambassador Julissa Reynoso and award-winning playwright Michael J. Chepiga and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes. PUBLIC CHARGE begins performances in The Public’s Newman Theater with a Joseph Papp Free Performance on Thursday, March 12. The production officially opens on Wednesday, March 25 and runs through Sunday, April 5.

Lake George, N.Y. - The Lake George Arts Project presents Readily Available: Paintings by Richard Garrison in the Courthouse Gallery through February 21st. 

Richard Garrison’s paintings examine familiar yet easily overlooked elements within the contemporary American landscape. Each series of abstract drawings and watercolor paintings chart detailed observations of ordinary subjects such as advertisements, product packaging, online shopping, and suburban environments.

Hyde Park, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County will commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day with the next program in the Library’s year-long film series “Hollywood Goes to War”-- a screening THE MORTAL STORM (1940) on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. This is a free public event, but registration is required.

Saturday, January 31, 2-3pm

Staatsburg, N.Y.  (1/15/26) — Not only a fashionable “Queen of Gilded Age High Society,” Ruth Livingston Mills, who lived at Staatsburgh, was also rather athletic and loved to ice skate!  And she was in good company, as her family, friends and servants also enjoyed gliding across the Hudson River near the mansion. Staatsburgh State Historic Site invites children to a Victorian skating party craft program, to make a diorama of their own imagined skating event. …