Celebrate Mardi Gras in Nyack with great musicians, food, drink and dancing. Food included in ticket price. Wine and beer available for purchase.

Featuring Steven Bernstein, James Kimak, Erik Lawrence and more.

Steven Bernstein, trumpets
Erik Lawrence, saxes
Mark Sganga, guitars
Tom Artin, trombone
James Kimak, sax
Sue Williams, bass
Jeff Doctorow, guitar
Jonathon, Peretz, drums
Loren Korevec, keyboards
Lorena Mann, vocals

Food Sponsor
Hospitality and Culinary Arts Center

American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has wowed audiences the world over! Her recordings have been No. 1 on Billboard Classical Charts. In the lovely Union Arts Center, she'll play an afternoon of classical piano from Robert Schumann to Philip Glass.

The first two evenings of Songs of Protest SOLD OUT and moved the community with its powerful message of how music can change society. LoHud called ArtsRock "the arts presenter with a purpose" for this powerful series. Co-produced and curated by Jeffrey Friedberg and Elliott Forrest, it is the don't-miss event of the season.

Craig Hella Johnson, composer
Elliott Forrest, director and projection designer
Produced by KLRU, Austin and Conspirare

Followed by a discussion about the production and Matthew's story 20 years later.

CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD is a new oratorio telling the story of the young man in Wyoming who was beaten and died for being gay. It is both heartbreaking and uplifting. The PBS special is a "docu/performance," part documentary of the history and legacy of Matthew Shepard with many of the songs from the new musical work.