Haverstraw's International Street Fair
Vendors, Food, Farmer's Market, Entertainment Presented by the Greater Haverstraw Chamber of Commerce

Rockland Rhythms: 2008 Rockland Folklife Festival
Presented by the Rockland Historical Society

- Traditional arts, dance, and music that are part of the cultural landscape of Rockland County.

- Latin, Irish and Indian music and dance

- Master folk artists will demonstrate and display their work

At The Waterfront:
Calling all Kids!  Calling all Boy Scouts!
Its everyone's favorite - The Pine Derby Presented by the Hudson Valley Council Boy Scouts of America

Food by Arts Alliance of Haverstraw
* Calabria -- Pizza-On-The-Go Truck
* Harbors Cafe -- serving ice cream and desserts

Visit Haverstraw's Historic Main Street
This village which was once the commercial center of Rockland is undergoing a renaissance.

The Brick Museum
The River Stone Antique Center
Union Restaurant
The Stone Soup Cafe

In The Downtown

Cartoon Marathon
12pm - 4pm at the Paramount Center for the Arts
1008 Brown Street
(914) 739-2333, extension 21

More information at www.paramountcenter.org

A Taste of Peekskill
A BID Event (Second Year)
Coordinator: John Payne + BID Event '08 Committee
This event is coordinated with the GDC Ferry-Go-Round

FREE ENTERTAINMENT in the downtown area

FREE Art Studio Tours

Discounts and Free give-aways at Restaurants and Shops

ORIGINS:
The artists in ORIGINS approach the use of primal materials such as clay, fiber, wood, aluminum, stone and soil as mediums that have arrived in the present day with a tremendous amount of tradition attached to them.  Handcrafted qualities and personal sensibilities are emphasized as well as work that addresses the value and beauty of our diverse ecology and its fragility.  There is a reverential simplicity to the use of some materials as with artists such as Andre, Bourgeois, Heizer, Long, Laib and Schneider, where there is little or no embellishment of stone, wood, etc.  There is also a focus on the human figure as a locus of expressive possibilities: Bhabha, Landau, Mendieta, Silver, Smith and others.  Whether metaphorically presented or disfigured, shrouded or animated, the body is offered as a spiritual totem, a monumental corporeal identity.

Participating: 30 Artists from 14 Countries

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Carl Andre, Huma Bhabha, Ashley Bickerton, Bruce Bickford, Louise Bourgeois, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Nathalie Djurberg, Ann Hamilton, Michael Heizer, Zhang Huan, Anselm Kiefer, Brian Knep, Danielle Kraay, Wolfgang Laib, Sigalit Landau, Richard Long, Ana Mendieta, Cady Noland, Giuseppe Penone, Rona Pondick, Martin Puryear, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Gregor Schneider, Daniel Silver, Kiki Smith, Mierle Landerman Ukeles, Rebecca Warren, Franz West and Daisy Youngblood.

PEEKSKILL PROJECT:
The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art will launch the 4th annual Peekskill Project, a citywide site-specific exhibition of cutting-edge contemporary art, beginning the weekend of September 13 - 14, 2008, from 12 - 6pm.  Selected works will be on display weekends until November 23, 2008.  The public arts festival presents a wide variety of painting, sculpture, photography, installations, video and performance art by national and international artists selected by a committee of renowned curators.

This year's edition will feature fifty-five artists who concentrate on the dualistic nature of our relationship to the earth.  This exhibition will focus on indoor and outdoor site-specific works which use environmental and organic based materials in order to communicate this tumultuous marriage between humans and their habitat.  Using Peekskill as a stage, artwork will be sited throughout the city.  The project utilizes Peekskill's train station and waterfronts, Annsville Park, St. Mary's Cathedral, Maxwell Fine Arts, the Hat Factory, and Peekskill's historic commercial district, as well as the HVCCA.

Participating curators include:

Ombretta Agro'Andruff, Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox from Gallery Aferro, Michael Foley from Foley Gallery, Priska Juschka from Priska C.Juschka Fine Art, Kelly Lindner from George Adams Gallery, Michael Natiello from Collaborative Concepts, Joyce Manalo of ArtForward, Thomas Werner from Parson The New School of Design, and Livia Straus from the HVCCA.

Richard Dupont's sculptural installation "Between Stations" will open on HVCCA's upper mezzanine.

Grimanesa Amoros's multimedia installation "Rootless Algas" will open in the video room.

There will be an artist reception on Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 4 - 6 pm.

Palina Jonsdottir: special performance by Icelandic actress at 4:30 pm.

HOURS:
September 13 & 14 from noon until 6PM

All events are free and open to the public

Maxwell Fine Arts Gallery and Sculpture Garden
INside/OUTside:
Six sculptors/installation artists show indoor and outdoor work that plays on that environmental theme.  The artists are Jodi Carlson, Ruth Hardinger, C.Michael Norton, Simon Draper, Jim Lloyd and Lori Nozick.  This show will be featured in ROLL Magazine: Creative Living in the Hudson Valley in the Near Future.  Also, there will be a video project by Gene Panczenko that includes a video projection on a weather balloon in the sculpture garden from 9 until 10 pm.

OSSINING ART & Architecture on Main
A multi-media arts festival featuring painting, sculpture, photography, and other fine arts; handmade crafts; student work; and children's interactive arts projects.  Visit historic Ossining churches, the beautiful new LEEDs-certified Ossining Public Library, the Old Croton Aqueduct, the historic Weir Chamber, and the Sing Sing Exhibit at the Ossining Community Center.  Enjoy self-guided tours of other historic architecture represented in Ossining.

More information at www.villageofossining.org

Live Music...
...will be performed from 11am - 5pm, and showcases of other dance, martial arts and various community groups will be occur throughout the day in Market Square.  Sample the diverse and delicious food of Ossining's restaurants.

A day of fun, food, art, music, architecture and learning in beautiful, historic Downtown Ossining.

Groups performing are:

12:15pm  - 1:15pm ** Mike and Miriam Risko
1:30pm  - 2:15pm ** Marc von Em
2:45pm - 3:45pm ** Elisa Peimer
4pm - 5pm ** Ceiling Unlimited

Downtown Attractions:

Beekman Avenue Street Fair 10am to 5pm
Upper Beekman Avenue will have an International Street Fair running from Broadway/Rt. 9 to Cortlandt Street with music, entertainment and food, craft and retail vendors representing the many cultures that make up Sleepy Hollow.  Special attrractions will include a BBQ at the Firehouse, a full-scale backyard roast at J.P.Doyles, Bouncy Castle (nominal charge), and Sidewalk Chalk throughout town for kids to enjoy.

10am - 4pm: The New York Rangers Road Tour will be on location at the street fair, including many games and prizes, an air castle and lots of give-away's.

12 noon - 4pm: Members of the New York Red Bulls team will be doing a soccer skills demonstration

All day: Dunk tank, face painting & cotton candy

All day: Finger printing of children by the police department

In the Municipal Lot:
Demonstrations and Dance Performances by Yoo's Martial Arts, The Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Center, Evolve Dance (YMCA at Tarrytown), and the Tappan Zee Dance Group.

There will also be a DJ at the street fair and Tramps Like Us, a Springsteen cover bank, at JP Doyle's Pub.

Attractions At Ichabod's Landing

Music
11am - 11:15pm  Fred Gillen, Jr., and Anthony da Costa
Enjoy the upbeat and unique sounds of these two local singer-songwriters whose music and lyrics are sure to get you moving!  More information at www.fredgillenjr.com and www.anthonydacosta.com

1:30pm - 3:30pm  Mighty Girl
The inspiring music of Mighty Girl features the songs and voice of Lena Fahringer.  Best known for their work with Ghostvilla, Lena and Bill Fahringer have performed at such festivals as Woodstock '94.  More information at www.myspace.com/mightygirlmusic

3:45pm - 6:00pm Steel Passion Band
Island-style music of the Caribbean played on steel drums, including calypso, pop, jazz and classical.

Juggler and Entertainer Renzo the Magician
will entertain crowds along the river's edge as they await the ferries.  Known for his mind-reading and slight of hand, Renzo is sure to keep you on your toes.  More information at www.renzomagic.com

Food Vendor The Flavor Vault
Stop by at the Flavor Vault in Horan's Landing Park near the music for a variety of fresh and healthy lunch items, sides and desserts, including salads, wraps, fruit, grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken and veggie burgers, homemade treats, and made-to-order mini donuts.

Rivertown Painter Ronnie Levine
Area artist Ronnie Levine will be painting along the water's edge.  Prints of her work will be for sale.  More information at www.rivertownpainter.com

Joy K. Designs
Beautifully hand-crafted one-of-a-kind Swarovski crystal jewelry·

Explore 400 -- Quadricentennial Tent
Find out about the forthcoming 2009 Quadricentennial Celebration scheduled for July-October of 2009, the 400th anniversary of Hudson and Champlain's voyages along the river and lake that bear their names -- and the 200th anniversary of Fulton's successful steamboat voyage and establishment of steam commerce on the Hudson River.  From the Canadian border to New York Harbor, a wealth of exciting events and activities is planned for you.  We invite you to join this spectacular extravaganza that will draw people from all over the world.  More information at www.exploreny400.com

Jazz Forum Arts presents:
Hudson River Music Fest

2pm to 5pm - Jazz Forum Arts All-Stars on board the Sleepy Hollow-Haverstraw Ferry

Bus Routes:

Downtown Sleepy Hollow Circuit/Street Fair
Shuttles from 11am until 6pm
Bus will travel from Horan's Landing up to lower Beekman Avenue to drop passengers at the Street Fair.  Route should take 15 minutes round trip.  More information at www.sleepyhollowchamber.com

Historic Attractions Circuit/Old Dutch Church & Burial Ground and Philipsburg Manor
Shuttles from 11am until 4:30pm
Last Burial Tour starts at 4pm
Bus will travel first to Philipsburg Manor, a 1750 working farm originally owned by the Philips, a family of Anglo-Dutch merchants.  Take a tour of the farm, mill and grounds, or simply walk a portion of the site, visit the shop, and have lunch at Mint Cafe (cash only).  Tour prices: Adults $12/Seniors 62+ $10/Children 5-7 $6

The second stop of the Historic Shuttle will be at The Old Dutch Church & Sleepy Hollow Burial Grounds, where tour guide Bill Lent will take you on a guided tour of the Old Dutch Church and the Burial Yard.  The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and its burial ground are the setting for Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  Irving himself is buried in the south end of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, overlooking the grounds of the Old Dutch Church.

Driving route should take 30 minutes round trip.  More information at www.olddutchburyingground.org and www.historichudsonvalley.org