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Join artist Teresa Pereira for Paint Night, and create a cityscape inspired by The Walls, a 1954 oil painting by Hughie Lee-Smith, on view in Self in the City, while sipping a glass of wine.

Award-winning flutist Adam Ray, principal flute for the Lehman College Symphony Orchestra and second flute and piccolo for the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, will play a selection of songs in the galleries inspired by the landscapes of Thomas Cole, James McElhinney, and Janelle Lynch, along with the cityscapes of Self in the City. Ray also appears

Yara Arts Group, under the direction of Virlana Tkacz, will stage a concert-theater event, “Koliada and Music from the Carpathians.” The Koliadnyky, an ensemble of winter song singers from the Carpathians, will sing traditional winter songs and perform brilliant troista instrumental music from the villages of Kryvorivnia and Verkhovyna, Ukraine. The program will include a

Get a jump on your holiday shopping with a visit to the Museum Shop at the Hudson River Museum! Members are invited to an exclusive hour of shopping before the Museum opens to the public, far from the post-Thanksgiving Day crowds. We’ll provide coffee and bagels while you peruse one-of-a kind gifts, jewelry, toys, a

The HRM sits on traditional lands of the Leni Lenape, the First Peoples to inhabit the lower Hudson Valley, who made use of the valley’s vast natural resources and network of waterways. Watch a performance by Turtle to Turtle, members of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, and learn about their history and relationship to the Hudson

Join a tour of Self in the City and learn about five artists who participated in the Depression-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) Federal Art Project between 1935 and 1943.

Take one last, long look at A Century of Lunar Photography and Beyond, the Museum’s tribute to the Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years ago, with its curator, Marc Taylor, Manager, Planetarium and Science Programs. The exhibition will remain on view through January 12, 2020.

Join poets from Ars Poetica for experiential poetry in the galleries inspired by our special exhibitions, the Museum’s dramatic river view, and your personal relationship to the landscape of the Hudson Valley. Tell them your topic (any word or idea will do) and within 120 seconds you will have a short poem of your own

H. Daniel Peck, exhibition curator and the John Guy Vassar, Jr., Professor Emeritus of English at Vassar College, shares new scholarship explored in Thomas Cole’s Refrain: The Paintings of Catskill Creek and its accompanying catalog, published by Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press. Visitors are invited to join the author for a book

Travel back to Victorian times and celebrate the holiday season with costumed performers as they sing arias from operas that the Trevor family of Glenview would have enjoyed, like Rigoletto, La Bohème, La Traviata, and The Magic Flute. Presented by Victoria Opera House, founded by Soprano Victoria Miningham. Join a festive reception with the cast