This Week: Thursday-Friday

Part 2 of this week's events round-up:

Revelations in Paint David Dunlop lectures on Renaissance paintings. Lunch is provided in The House Museum Music Room. Thursday, 1:00 pm. Caramoor

African Drumming Ensemble Thursday, 8:00 pm. Call 251-6700. Purchase College Peforming Arts Center

Nueberger: Lectures, Panels, and Dialogues A series of special performances and lectures. On Thursday, at 7:00 pm there is a symposium on performance art and social change. On Friday, The Big Read features a discussion of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and a tour of the Roy R. Neuberger Collection. Neuberger Museum of Art

Checkov Shorts The Paramount's new theater-company-in-residence, the Mighty Theater Company, performs comic plays about Checkov's real-life dramas. Friday, 8:00 pm. Paramount Center for the Arts

Poetry Reading The Veteran's Day reading features Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr. and other community poets and writers. Friday, 7:30 pm. Hudson Valley Writers’ Center

Paula Cole The Grammy-winning musician Paula Cole performs songs from her recent albums. Friday, 8:00 p.m., 877-840-0457. Tarrytown Music Hall