THEATER
Helen Hayes Youth Theater presents a
‘kids for kids’ production of
RUGRATS
May 17, 12 PM, 3 PM, 7 PM
May 18, 5 PM

After an extremely successful workshop production of Nickelodeon’s BLUE’S CLUES LIVE! THE MOST SPECTACULAR PLACE in 2007, the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre will now take on a new premiere for Nickelodeon and Theatrical Rights Worldwide. HHYT will produce the first workshop production of RUGRATS, A LIVE ADVENTURE!

Tickets: $15/$12 children under 11

PLAY READING
Real Words
4 Short Plays by and about Teens
Sunday, May 18, 2PM

Want to know what is teen life really like?
Come see staged readings of the four winners of the Real Words Playwriting Contest and vote for your favorite. The “Favorite Playwright” will win the Grand Prize.

Contest Sponsors:
Dim Light, Turned Bright, Real Life. Real Talk®,
and Riverspace.

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This is a free event.

FILM
The Taktser Foundation presents
TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION
Monday, May 19, 7:00PM

Hosted by Jonathan Demme and
featuring a post-film discussion
with Majora Carter.

An epic and definitive exploration of Chinese occupied Tibet, told with personal stories and undercover and archival images. Directed by Tom Peosay, narrated by Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Ed Harris. Following the film, Majora Carter will speak on the cultural and spiritual genocide in Tibet and the world.

Tickets: $10 Adult Tickets
FREE for High School & College Students with ID
Preferred Seating $50

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS
Tuesday Nights 7:30PM-10:30PM
Riverspace continues the long tradition
of weekly jazz jam sessions in Nyack.
Tuesday, May 20, 7:30PM

Featuring:
Tommy Goodman Sextet
with Fran Friedman, vocals

*With members of the Riverspace Jazz House Band:: Richard Sussman, piano; Mike Holober, piano; Cameron Brown, bass Mike McGuirk, bass; Steve Johns, drums; Ron Vincent, drums

Riverspace Jazz Series Sponsor:
Rockland County Jazz & Blues Society

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Tickets: $9/$5 participating musicians

FILM
Rivertown Film and Riverspace Present
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Wednesday, May 21, 8PM

An unsentimental look at a university student, Otilia, who, without judgment, helps her friend Gabita secure an illegal abortion in 1987 Communist Romania. Their harrowing journey takes them through a labyrinth of bleak hotels and darkness of both streets and human behavior that will test the limits of their friendship. A tale of human will and the
struggle for freedom in the face of state oppression.

Directed by Cristian Mungiu. With Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasilu.

Romania, 2007,113 Minutes, in Romanian with English subtitles, unrated.

Tickets: $9/$7 students and seniors

MUSIC
David Yazbek In Concert
with special guests
Nellie Mckay And Norbert Leo Butz
Thursday, May 22, 8PM

David Yazbek, Broadway composer and lyricist of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty will bring the house down in a benefit concert for Riverspace and Riverkeeper.

When Yazbek presented at Lincoln Center a few weeks ago, The New York Times called the show "A Woozy Thrill Ride on a Volcano’s Edge," and raved: "The songwriter David Yazbek is a daredevil juggler catching spiked pins in the traveling carnival of his imagination."

Joining David Yazbek will be his long-time band, His Warmest Regards; special guests singer-songwriter Nellie McKay; Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz, star of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked and Rent; and Metropolitan Opera Star Lauren Flanigan plus other surprises.

Websites:
David Yazbek - www.davidyazbek.com
Nellie McKay - www.nelliemckay.com
Norbert Leo Butz - www.norbertleobutzonline.com

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Tickets: $50 VIP (includes premium seating and special gift) / $25

SOUND BITES
Erin McKeown
Saturday, May 24, 8PM

ERIN MCKEOWN has packed a ton of music into her young career. From elegant pop to blown-out rock, sweet electronica to witty swing, the breadth of her repertoire appeals to audiences of all ages. She has toured extensively in the US and abroad, with such artists as Ani DiFranco, Martin Sexton, and the Indigo Girls, and in support of GLBT awareness.

This evening, she shares her songbook in intimate solo performance, in support of her new live album, “Lafayette”.

Websites:
www.erinmckeown.com
www.myspace.com/erinmckeown

Local artists Angelina & Ashleigh,
of the band The Damsels, open the show.

Series Sponsored by Reality Bites Café

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Tickets: $15

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS
Tuesday Nights 7:30PM-10:30PM
Riverspace continues the long tradition
of weekly jazz jam sessions in Nyack.
Tuesday, May 27, 7:30PM

Featuring:
Scott Wendholt, trumpet*

*With members of the Riverspace Jazz House Band: Richard Sussman, piano; Mike Holober, piano; Cameron Brown, bass Mike McGuirk, bass; Steve Johns, drums; Ron Vincent, drums

Riverspace Jazz Series Sponsor:
Rockland County Jazz & Blues Society

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Tickets: $9/$5 participating musicians

FILM
Rivertown Film and Riverspace Present
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Taxi to the Dark Side
Wednesday, May 28, 8PM

In this frank documentary by Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), the story of a young taxi driver in Afghanistan provides the framework for an examination of unprecedented US government policies that include a rejection of the Geneva Conventions. Interviews include former Justice Department official John Yoo and clips of Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales responding to their critics.

Directed by Alex Gibney. USA, 2007, 106 minutes, documentary, rated R.

Tickets: $9/$7 students and seniors

THEATER – FIRST LOOK SERIES
Dahlia – A Staged Reading
Friday, May 30, 8PM

An edge-of-your-seat, coming-of-age story of a
young man grappling with the possibility that
his beloved grandfather may have committed
the Black Dahlia murder, a notoriously grisly
unsolved case from 1947.

Written by Seth Bauer, directed by Darrell
Larson, starring Joshua Spafford.

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Tickets: $25/$15 students and seniors

THEATER
Helen Hayes Youth Theater presents
The Fantasticks
May 31, 12 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM
June 1, 12 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM

The longest-running musical in the world, and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time. Its moving tale of young lovers who become disillusioned, only to discover a more mature, meaningful love is punctuated by a bountiful series of catchy, memorable songs, many of which have become standards.

Tickets: $15