Croton Community Calendar: April 19th Edition
A list of upcoming events in Croton-on-Hudson
Posted on: April 19, 2023 - 3:43pm
Spring Outdoor Artfest
Saturday, April 22 - 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
1392 Albany Post Rd. Croton on Hudson
Local artists in Croton-on-Hudson are hosting a Spring Outdoor Artfest, offering ceramics, jewelry, fiber arts, wood work, soap, lotions, salves, candles, photography, painting, mandala art, baked goods. Plenty of parking. Raindate: Sunday 4/23 11-4.
Community Blood Drive @ Croton Free Library
Saturday, April 22 - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Croton Free Library
The April Community Blood Drive will take place at Croton Free Library at 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520.
To sign up call 800-933-2566 visit nybc.org/donate. Appointments are preferred however walk-ins will be welcomed if space permits. Please remember to eat, drink, and bring your donor ID card or ID with name and photo.
C.L.E.A.N Croton-Harmon Parking Lot "I" Clean Up
Saturday, April 22 - 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Croton-Harmon Train Station Parking Lot - Lot I
Join C.L.E.A.N for our first clean-up of the year at the Train Station Parking Lot! We'll be focusing on "Lot I" which is adjacent to the wetlands, where there's a ton of plastic waste accumulating. Please bring work gloves and sturdy shoes/boots (waterproof if you have them) and wear a bright colored jacket if you have it. Also, if you happen to have a long net to fish trash out of the water that'd be a huge help! C.L.E.A.N. will provide trash bags, latex gloves, hi-vis vests, and a couple of trash grabbers.For questions, please contact: John Ealer at john@johnealer.com.
National Drug Take Back Day
Saturday, April 22 - 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Croton Commons, 171 South Riverside Avenue
Croton Police Department is co-sponsoring a Prescription Drug Take Back Day Event to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Turn in your unused or expired prescriptions for safe disposal on Saturday, April 22 from 10 AM to 2 PM at Croton Commons, 175 S. Riverside Drive
Croton Free Library Tiny Art Show Opening Reception
Sunday, April 23rd, 2:00 PM
Croton Free Library
The whole community is invited to the opening reception of the Tiny Art Show on Sunday, April 23 at 2pm, and the canvases will be on display throughout the Library from April 23 to May 23. After the display, all canvases will be donated to the Croton Historical Society.
ADULT 60+: Healthy & Fun Cooking with Alyssa
Friday, April 28th, 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM
Municipal Building Community Room (1 Van Wyck Street)
Join us for free cooking demonstrations and nutrition tips. Sample delicious recipes & enjoy fun giveaways. Come to one session or all! Register online here or call Croton Recreation at 914-271-3006 for more information.
Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 29th, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Senasqua Park
The Village of Croton-on-Hudson and the Croton Conservation Advisory Council invite you to celebrate planet Earth with your neighbors, local and regional experts. The event will have live music, hands-on activities for children and adults, and much more. Featuring:
- Croton environmental committees, organizations and businesses
- Electric vehicle displays and demonstrations • Hudson River groups
- Information on birds and pollinators, native plants, invasive plants & tree care
- Local food vendors
This is A ZERO WASTE EVENT - Bring your reusable water bottles and tote bags!
Sound the Alarm. Save a Life - American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign
April 12th - May 17th
This Spring, the American Red Cross is teaming up with communities across New York to install free smoke alarms in resident's homes. Residents of Croton-on-Hudson can register to have a FREE smoke alarm installed in their homes by registering online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMf3CbaDDgSNUxpEESfUQGKRO7BeeljVTQQicgmCedi8ciNQ/viewform
49th Annual Croton Girls Relays
Saturday, April 29th, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Spencer Field
On Saturday, April 29th the 49th annual Croton Girls Relays will be taking place on Spencer Field from 10:00 am through 3:00 pm. Community members are invited to attend as schools from across our region will send their teams to participate in Track and Field events. At 9:00 am there will be youth relay events taking place on the track at Spencer Field. Please contact the Croton Tigers Booster Club for more information about the youth races.
Call for Artists: Village Voices, Croton's 125th Anniversary Art Show
Deadline for submission: May 1st, 2023
The 125th Anniversary Committee, in partnership with the Croton Council on the Arts and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley, invites artists to submit work to the upcoming "Village Voices" Art Show, celebrating people and places from the Village of Croton-on-Hudson through photographs, paintings, sculpture, pottery, and more. The show will take place Sat. May 20 thru Sat. June 17 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley (UUCHV), 2021 Albany Post Road, Croton, 10520. A reception will be held on Saturday, May 20, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. The reception is free and all are welcome. Artists may submit up to three images of work to the exhibit. There is no charge to submit work, and you need not live in Croton. If your work is selected for the show, you can register online and pay a small fee to exhibit ($10 if you're willing to gallery sit, $15 for seniors, and $20 for all others). Please send all submissions via email (with images attached) before May 1 to: 125@crotonarts.org. For more information, visit https://125.crotonarts.org/.
Turn of the Century Croton
Municipal Building
Thursday, May 4th 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Village Historian Marc Cheshire will take us on a tour of Croton at the dawn of the 20th century. See familiar streets and buildings as they looked more than 100 years ago and discover long-lost treasures like Croton’s first train station, the barn at Van Cortlandt Manor, the Gardiner Estate. Registration is free - sign up online here or call Croton Recreation at 914-271-3006 for more information.
125th Anniversary Ping Pong Tournament
Holy Name of Mary Gymnasium, 110 Grand Street
Saturday, May 6th, 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
The first-ever ping pong tournament in Croton on Hudson to be held by the Croton 125 committee in conjunction with the USA Table Tennis Association, Westchester Table Tennis, and Ping Pong Parkinson. The event will take place on May 6, 2023 at Holy Name of Mary Gymnasium, 110 Grand Street, Croton on Hudson NY 10520. There is a $10 advance entry fee ($20 at the door). Click here to register online.
I Love My Park Days on the Old Croton Aqueduct
Quaker Bridge Road
Saturday, May 6th, starting at 10:00 AM (Rain Date Sunday, May 7)
Learn from expert crew leaders to identify INVASIVE plants; lop, pull and dig them up; remove tree-strangling vines; restore crumbling stone walls; plant NATIVE species, and paint fences. Register at https://aqueduct.org/ILMPD
The Big Easy on the Hudson
Upper Village
Saturday, May 6th, 12:00 to 6:00 PM
Live Jazz & Blues on Grand St. Over 50 Food and beverage vendors, retail and family fun. Free admission. Sponsored by the Croton Business Council.
The Croton Chorale Spring Concert
Asbury United Methodist Church, 17 Old Post Road South
Saturday, May 6th, 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Performing six centuries of joyful music. Suggested contributions to benefit the Croton Caring Committee. Adults $20; Seniors/Students $10; Under 12 free. Simulcast on Zoom: 9202 633 6984
Voices of Spring: Works by Brahms, Corigliano, and more
Holy Name of Mary Church, 114 Grand Street
Saturday, May 6th, 8:00 PM and
Sunday, May 7th, 4:00 PM
A celebration of love a nature, including Johannes Brahms' romatic Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52, John Corigliano’s rarely performed Fern Hill, shorter works by Daniel Elder and Morten Lauridsen, and opera choruses by Mozart, Leoncavallo, Handel and Donizetti. Join us for an evening of inspiring music from The Taghkanic Chorale, one of Westchester’s premier choral ensembles.
Upcoming Village Meetings
Please note that all board meetings are being held in-person at the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building, unless stated otherwise:
- Wednesday, April 19 | 7:30pm – Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee Meeting
- Thursday, April 20 | 6:00pm – Police Advisory Committee Meeting
- Monday, April 24 | 7:00pm – Board of Trustees Meeting & Budget Adoption
- Thursday, April 27 | 6:00pm – 125th Anniversary Committee Meeting
- Tuesday, May 2 | 7:00pm – Arts & Humanities Advisory Council Meeting
- Tuesday, May 2 | 8:00pm – Planning Board Meeting
- Wednesday, May 3 | 7:30pm – Conservation Advisory Council Meeting
- Thursday, May 4 | 6:00pm – Police Advisory Committee Meeting
Recordings of the statuary board meetings (Board of Trustees, Planning & Zoning) are available under the Village’s live stream channel.
Do you have an item you wish to submit to the Village for inclusion in this e-blast? Please fill out the event submission form located on our website.