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Join poets from Ars Poetica, an interactive poetic agency, at various locations throughout the Museum for spontaneously written haikus inspired by you and your connection to the art on view. You can even take your poem home with you! In addition to their “high-impact” poetry, Ars Poetica has presented stage performances, educational workshops, and collaborations

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we will explore the works of poets whose words resonate with paintings by David Clyde Driskell, Barkley L. Hendricks, and Kerry James Marshall, on loan from Art Bridges. Join this program and feel free to share your own writing and inspiration. We invite everyone to discover personal and community

Observe the changing phases of the moon in paintings and photographs on view in The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art and A Century of Lunar Photography and Beyond. Then, choose a moon phase and recreate it out of color, texture, and fabric against a contrasting background in a workshop led by

The Yes Yonkers! Community Quilt Project will host a pop-up creation station at the Hudson River Museum. This all-inclusive community art project is designed to celebrate Yonkers, family, life, and unity. Each participant is encouraged to create art, write a message, or share positive words on a 10-inch square canvas swatch. No art-making experience required!

May this year bring you good fortune! Celebrate the Year of the Pig, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac, with performances, gallery activities, food, and artist-led workshops for all ages. Schedule of Events: 12pm: Lunar New Year Parade The festival kicks off with Kwan’s Kung Fu of Peekskill performing the Lion Dance. Weather

Join us after hours for this classic laser show in the Planetarium, featuring such hits as The Great Gig in the Sky and Us and Them. Running time 45 minutes. Drinks available for purchase beginning at 6pm before the show. Children under 8 are not admitted.

Inspired by the exhibition The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art, our film series presented in collaboration with Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers continues with this 1995 historical adventure, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon. NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely

Our series of moon movies inspired by The Color of the Moon blasts off with this 1989 documentary—directed by Al Reinert and starring Jim Lovell, Kenneth Mattingly, and Russell Schweickar—that takes an in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions. Sponsored by HRM and Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers, where the film will be screened. Bring your

Use collage materials to create your own imaginary moon with artist Teresa Pereira. Recommended for ages 5–12. This program complements the Museum’s current moon-themed exhibitions, The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art and A Century of Lunar Photography and Beyond, which celebrate our closest celestial body and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo

Explore the contributions and influence of powerful women in the music scene, with Barkley Hendrick’s portrait Brenda P, on loan from Art Bridges, sparking our discussion. We’ll talk about artists like Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Madonna, and Beyoncé. Not your typical talk or tour, participants are invited to join our family as we talk, listen,