🌱 Patch AM: Which Nyack stages are lighting up as summer winds down?

Hello Nyack! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Nyack stages are lighting up as summer winds down?
• How a Nyack-printed column helped resurrect one woman's forgotten story

Also on today's calendar: Music Across the Hudson and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid with periods of rain, temps: high: 75, low: 65.
• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• August 2026: On Stage and Screen in Rockland (nyacknewsandviews.com) — If you're craving live performance close to home, Nyack is on the calendar with Children's Shakespeare Theatre at Marydell and October's Phoenix Festival bringing theater, dance, and music to multiple village venues. The roundup also flags a Stony Point world-premiere musical and Rivertown Film's October Inspired! event, so you can start planning late-summer and fall outings now.
   

• Unearthing the past: Fanny Leiper's sketchbook (pcusa.org) — Nyack readers get a glimpse of local history through an 1896 Rockland County Journal column, printed in Nyack, that lovingly described the funeral of artist and missionary Fanny Leiper. Drawing on family papers and her rediscovered sketchbook, the article reconstructs her life, work, and ties to nearby Blauvelt and the Presbyterian community.
   

📸 Around Nyack

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Nyack

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Music Across the Hudson →
  Village of Nyack Memorial Park, 4 Depew Ave, Nyack
  4:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Cropsey Community Farm's Annual Twilight Dinner →
  Cropsey Community Farm, 220 S Little Tor Rd, New City
  5:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 21
• Peter Furlan Project @ Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack
  The Arts Council of Rockland Garnerville, NY 10960
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Printing on Clay Workshop Series
  The Arts Council of Rockland Clay Studio,485 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA
  10:00 am
• Paradise Delight 1st Annual Tea Party →
  The MARAJ Restaurant and Lounge, 173 Main St, Nyack
  12:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Yoga with Gisele →
  Nyack Library, 59 S Broadway, Nyack
  6:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Big Changes For Beth Am Bingo This Wednesday →
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River, NY, 10965
  7:30 pm
Friday September 4
• Beth Am Temple Plans Summer Fahrbrengen Gathering →
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River, NY, 10965
  5:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Open Beading with Celia →
  Nyack Library, 59 S Broadway, Nyack
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Jim Glaser on Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding →
  Nyack Library, 59 S Broadway, Nyack
  6:30 pm
• Silent Book Club →
  Nyack Library, 59 S Broadway, Nyack
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Eric Jaslow - State Farm Agent posted a job opening for Account Associate - State Farm Agent Team Member in Nyack. Apply here.
• Northern Manor Center posted a job opening for Business Office Manager/Medicaid Coordinator in Nanuet. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nyack here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Nyack

• Who We Are (salvationarmyusa.org)

Orangetown

• Pearl River Bar License Suspended Over Underage Drinking (rocklandnews.com)

Orangeburg

• Mega Millions winning numbers for August 18 $100 million jackpot (ithacajournal.com)

Ok Nyack! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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