Pocantico Fall Forum: Heroes and Highwaymen
Pocantico Fall Forum: Heroes and Highwaymen
Tarrytown, NY
To celebrate the opening of Treason of the Blackest Dye, the 2024 Pocantico Fall Forum will provide a local perspective on Major John André’s remarkable capture in Tarrytown during the American Revolution and why the spy’s fame eclipsed the reputation of his captors. Using historical images of th…
Wednesday, September 25 2024
6:00 PM
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8:00 PM
Screening and Discussion: UFO Short Film Program
Screening and Discussion: UFO Short Film Program
Tarrytown, NY
UFO Short Film Lab presents films by directors Tahiel Jimenez Medina, Brydie O’Connor, Bren Wyona, and Kevin Xian Ming Yu. The filmmakers take a range of fiction, documentary, and hybrid storytelling approaches to explore themes of identity, intergenerational connection, trauma, and healing. These …
Friday, November 8 2024
6:30 PM
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7:30 PM
Fall Garden Walk
Fall Garden Walk
Tarrytown, NY
From Kykuit’s traditional rose garden to the shrub-lined banks of the brook garden, The Pocantico Center’s landscape has been carefully cultivated for decades. As summer gives way to cooler temperatures, vibrant fall foliage provides a dramatic backdrop for the estate’s varied gardens. Horticultura…
Tuesday, October 1 2024
2:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Japanese Garden Tour and Tea Ceremony Demonstration
Japanese Garden Tour and Tea Ceremony Demonstration
Tarrytown, NY
Stephen Morrell, horticulturalist and long-time student of tea, leads an intimate tour of the Rockefeller Japanese Garden and conversation on the beauty and simplicity of Japanese gardens. Morrell will discuss the evolution of centuries-old design principles that inform Japanese gardens and how the…
Friday, September 27 2024
10:00 AM
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3:30 PM
William Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
William Shakespeare’s OTHELLO
Tarrytown, NY
Anywhere Theatre Company presents a work-in-progress performance of its new, groundbreaking interpretation of Othello. In the Anywhere production, Othello is a Black woman general praised for her tactical aggression on the battlefield but shunned by society at home. When Othello secretly marries…
Friday, November 15 2024
6:30 PM
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8:30 PM
A Reading and Conversation With Local Poets
A Reading and Conversation With Local Poets
Tarrytown, NY
Join us at The Pocantico Center to celebrate and honor local poets, including new Westchester Poet Laureate Phylisha Villanueva; Westchester Youth Poet Laureate Harmony Hopwood; and Greenburgh Youth Poet Laureate Asa Miller. They will be joined by Westchester poets Jared Harél, author of Let Our B…
Friday, October 18 2024
6:30 PM
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7:30 PM
Treason of the Blackest Dye Exhibition
Treason of the Blackest Dye Exhibition
Tarrytown, NY
Treason of the Blackest Dye highlights a fascinating chapter in the Revolutionary War, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and chance circumstances. On September 22, 1780, U.S. General Benedict Arnold secretly turned over plans for the fortification at West Point to British spy Major John André. With…
Wed, Sep 25 2024
10:00 AM
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Wed, Dec 11 2024
3:00 PM
Fall Foliage Tour
Fall Foliage Tour
Tarrytown, NY
The Pocantico Center’s vast campus is home to thousands of trees, including both indigenous and imported species. Towering beauties like beechnut, cherry, Japanese maple, and wisteria embellish the visual landscape, capture carbon, protect against erosion, and provide habitats for local wildlife. …
Tuesday, October 15 2024
2:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Kali Rodriguez-Peña
Kali Rodriguez-Peña
Tarrytown, NY
“Kalí’s bristling tone and bilingual fluency has commanded attention in New York.” -Wall Street Journal Latin Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer Kalí Rodríguez-Peña (La Habana, Cuba, 1992) and his quintet will present The New Cuban Masters, Rodríguez-Peña’s newest project comprising some of…
Tuesday, October 8 2024
6:30 PM
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7:30 PM
SHINE: Presented by Sekou McMiller & Friends
SHINE: Presented by Sekou McMiller & Friends
Tarrytown, NY
Dancer and choreographer Sekou McMiller and friends perform highlights from Shine, a work-in-process that fuses music and dance, celebrates rhythmic nature, and unites cultures. A “shine” is a solo sequence of footwork and body movement performed in partner dances like salsa, mambo, and cha-cha-…
Friday, December 6 2024
6:30 PM
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7:30 PM