Culture
News, history, and critiques of arts and culture from Yonkers.
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Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers Explores Community and Family at City’s Heart
From broadway to film, Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” follows a theme of community that lies at the heart of the city.
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MorDance Makes a Move to New Space in Yonkers
The trailblazing ballet company, MorDance, enters the arts scene in Yonkers with its recent move to a 12k sq/ft venue downtown.
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Unfinished Documentary, “Hanging Out Yonkers” Added to Criterion Box Set
The Criterion Collections adds the unfinished 1973 documentary, “Hanging Out Yonkers” to its recent box set on Chantel Akerman.
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Yonkers Public Library Receives $25,000 Grant Boost from New York State Council on the Arts
The Yonkers Public Library has proudly announced its reward of a $25,000 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
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A Community in Color | “Out in Yonkers” Exhibit Reception at the White Plains Library Celebrates the Yonkers LGBTQIA+ Community
Local artist Elizabeth de Bethune displays her paintings at the Museum Gallery featuring the LGBTQIA+ community in Yonkers.
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Yonkers Resident Phylisha Villanueva Named Westchester County’s Poet Laureate
Yonkers resident Phylisha Villanueva will be Westchester County’s new Poet Laureate.