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The New York Korean Performing Arts Center presents a dynamic drum dance that originated in the region of Jindo, an island located at the southernmost tip of the Korean peninsula. In Jindo Buk Nori, janggu (hour-glass shaped drum) techniques are realized by a drummer/dancer on the buk (barrel drum), which is strapped around the waist.

Join Dr. Shi Jia-Ling and Zhou Hui of the Greenburgh Evergreen Club for a demonstration of this ancient Chinese art that embraces the mind, body, and spirit. This program is part of #HRMLunarNewYear.

Award-winning artist Ariane Kuo will perform three pieces of different genres on the yangqin, or Chinese hammered dulcimer. Then, Kuo will explain how the instrument works. Dance of the Golden Snake (金蛇狂舞) composed by Nie, Er (聂耳) This popular and cheerful piece of Chinese folk music (民族樂曲) can often be heard at festivals and events,

Peacock Dance — Greenburgh Evergreen Club Chinese Folk Dance Class The Peacock dance is the favorite folk dance of the Dai people, another one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. In every major annual Dai festival such as “Water Splashing Festival,”, “Closing the Door Festival,”, “Opening the Door Festival,” and other folk festivals, the

Join Esther Uy, OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates member, in a hands-on origami workshop, Xiaowen Wang of the Greenburgh Evergreen Club, who will demonstrate how to make a lovable rabbit for the New Year, and calligraphy master Kexi Li, who will write visitors’ names in Chinese characters. This program is part of #HRMLunarNewYear.

Experience the excitement of a vibrant lion dance to welcome the Year of the Snake! Two lions tell a captivating story, accompanied by the rhythmic beat of the drum. This program is part of #HRMLunarNewYear.

Celebrate Women’s History Month 2023 at the Hudson River Museum!   Frederick J. Brown: Jazz in the Galleries Sunday, March 5, 1–4pm Three Latina Artists on the Power of Printmaking Saturday, March 11, 1:30–3:30pm Cocomama Concert: Woman’s World Sunday, March 19, 3pm Paint Night with Teresa Pereira: Intensity of Gaze Friday, March 24, 6:30–8:30pm Monoprint

Celebrate Black History Month 2023 at the Hudson River Museum!   The Art of Frederick J. Brown: A Conversation with Lowery Stokes Sims & Bentley Brown (Virtual) Wednesday, February 1, 7pm Sponsored by DeWayne N. Phillips and Caroline A. Wamsler, PhD. We Are Still Here: A Conversation with Photographers Jeremy Dennis & Ron Tarver Sunday,

This President’s Day, join Mary Calvi, thirteen-time New York Emmy® award–winning journalist and NYC television news anchor, who is also First Lady of the City of Yonkers, in conversation about her latest book, If a Poem Could Live and Breathe. This fact-based romantic speculative novel is about Teddy Roosevelt’s first love, to be published on

Join artist Teresa Pereira for a paint night that explores the emotive progression of an actor’s stage performance, inspired by Frederick J. Brown: A Drawing in Five Parts. Based on Pereira’s prototypes, paint three sequential self portraits focusing on the eyes, a key feature in Brown’s portraits. Through self reflection, practice the most direct way