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Arts and Culture
Jazz (and more) at Alvin and Friends
Alvin and Friends frequently invites respected solo musicians and combos to play in the evenings, and their Sunday jazz brunch is a local favorite. Beyond jazz, tango nights, paint parties, and acoustic coffee house events with “unplugged” musicians also frequently appear on this local businesses’ calendar.
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Open Mic & Book Discussions at R Cafe
Open Mic & Book Discussions at R Cafe & Tea Boutique:Two evenings a month, R Cafe becomes a literary oasis, with the For the Love of Words open mic night and the Long and the Short of It Book Club. The open mic evenings, on the fourth Wednesday of the month, draw writers to read
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Downtown Galleries and Artist Studios
New Rochelle boasts several ground floor galleries and upper-floor artist studios, including Lord and Andra Gallery, Backstreet Gallery, Kathy Gray Studio. Some of these businesses are open to the public year-round with regular business hours; others open to the public for special showings, open studio days or alongside special events like New Rochelle Arts Fest.
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Events on Library Green (Ruby Dee Park)
Many family-friendly events, live music series, and cultural festivals, ranging from the New Rochelle Grand Market to the Mexican La Guelaguetza to the BID’s own French Bastille Day take place on Library Green, the grassy lawn in front of the downtown library. Please visit our events page here, and subscribe to our e-newsletter, check our
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Ossie Davis Theater
An intimate, 138-seat venue attached to the Downtown New Rochelle Public Library. Each month the library presents a number of live public performances drawing from the outstanding artists living and working in the New York Metropolitan area and the local community of New Rochelle. Performances include concerts of classical, jazz, folk, popular, and world music,
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New Rochelle Public Library
Westchester’s busiest library, NRPL offers its patrons an extensive array of books, services, classes and entertainment, including, but not limited to: school vacation week programs, film screenings, lectures and concerts at adjoining Ossie Davis Theater, a cookbook club, ESL instruction, craft workshops, brown-bag book discussions, lunchtime yoga and more. Not to be missed: the variety
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IDEA Presents
A public programming and outreach initiative of the NRBID and IDEA New Rochelle, IDEA Presents brings thoughtful, creative programming to downtown New Rochelle venues over the course of the year. Film screenings, lectures and more introduce those in IDEA’s creative technology to the public. Please visit our events page here, and subscribe to our e-newsletter,