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LIVING IN WESTCHESTER AND THE HUDSON VALLEY | RELOCATION & MOVING GUIDE
ART, CULTURE & RECREATION
You don’t need to head to New York City for arts, culture, and recre- ation that will inspire and entertain you and every member of your family. There are plenty of wonderful things to see, do, and experience
here, including such popular events as the Clearwater Music Festival in Croton-on-Hudson, the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo Park and the biannual Hudson Valley Restaurant Week — but those are just three of many. The bottom line is, Westchester County and the Hudson Valley are fun, 365.
The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill has become a hotspot for contemporary-art lovers in Westchester and beyond.
scenic landscape, displaying more than 100 unique sculptures on its rolling grounds.
EVENTS
The Westchester County Center, Ken- sico Dam, Bear Mountain Park, West Point — wherever you go, events are at the ready. Whether you are interested in concerts, car shows, festivals, cultural celebrations, or per- formances with Broadway veterans, you can find it all right in the Hudson Valley. The Car- amoor Summer Festival brings beautiful music to Katonah at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts all summer long. Mu- sic permeates its Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Rosen House Music Room, and Caramoor gardens.
Firemen’s parades are traditions in many of the towns and villages. Salute your local scouts; check out the fire trucks of today and yesteryear; and enjoy music from local bands.
Fall foliage here brings visitors from around the world, beginning each year in mid-September. Walk the Appalachian Trail or drive along one of the popular roadways, including Orange County’s Inter- state 84 West from Middletown; Route 6 in Port Jervis; and Seven Lakes Drive, which leads to amazing views in both Bear Moun- tain and Harriman State Parks. Holidays bring their own traditions. For example, on Thanksgiving Day, the Rockland Road Runners have hosted a five-mile Turkey Trot for nearly a quarter of a century. Catch the traditional Nutcracker at the Westches- ter County Center in December, and find an Easter egg hunt in nearly every community.
NATURAL BEAUTY
Right in the city of Yonkers, stroll through Untermyer Park & Gardens. It includes
The Storm King Art Center in New Windsor.
ART MUSEUMS
Westchester is home to a number of muse- ums appealing to a variety of tastes. Peekskill is where you’ll find the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, which often hosts new artists’ work for long-term installments. In Purchase, the Neuberger Museum of Art focuses on contemporary and African art and changes its exhibits regularly.
Yonkers has become an arts mecca in re- cent decades, especially with the 170,000 sq. ft. carpet-weaving building on Nepper- han Avenue, which serves as the epicen- ter of an artists’ district in Yonkers. The eclectic collection of creative tenants in this building includes artists, antiques deal- ers, vintage-clothing companies, costume companies, set designers, staging/home- furnishing companies, sculptors, piano re- storers, Hollywood motion-picture compa- nies, and TV studios. Originally the idea of Randolph Rose, an artist in his own right, the artists’ district is now referred to as the Carpet Mills Arts District (CMAD). With more than 1.5 million sq. ft. available from a coalition of 11 landlords in the Nepperhan
Valley section of Yonkers, this revitalization project has become a reality.
Also in Yonkers is the exciting Hudson River Museum’s planetarium, where art literally reaches for the skies. Appreciat- ing the Hudson and its valley through art is a tradition that goes back centuries, and the Hudson River Museum is a cynosure of such beauty.
Don’t miss out on some of the smaller museums with truly unique offerings, such as the Katonah Museum of Art, which has exhibitions that explore ideas about art, culture, and society, both past and present. North Salem, meanwhile, blends man-made art with natural beauty at the Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
In Rockland County’s Nyack, is known for its visual and performing art. Attracting nearly 5,000 visitors, the Center’s annual Arts Festival includes exhibitions, a singer- songwriter showcase, a crafts bazaar, chil- dren’s workshops, and more. The Storm King Art Center in New Windsor (Orange County) takes advantage of its 500-acre