Nyack Center Screens Beethoven Documentary

Each day, Patch provides the nuts and bolts of local happenings with our five-bullet local dispatch. 

Wednesday's highlights include a screening of a local filmmaker's documentary at the Nyack Center and a battle of local basketball rivals. 

1. There will be a showing of the documentary "Following the 9th: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony" 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Nyack Center. The event includes a Meet the Filmmaker portion, with WQXR's Elliott Forrest interviewing co-producer Greg Mitchell, a Nyack resident. Pianist Yashar Yaslowitz will perform Beethoven's music before and after the screening. Tickets cost $11, $9 for seniors, studnts and Rivertown Film members. Find out more or purchase tickets here. 
2. Tuesday's extreme cold is gone, but Wednesday will still be cold with a projected high temperature of 24 degrees. Skies will be mostly sunny with a low around 16 degrees. 
   
3. Two of the top boys basketball teams in Section 1 Class A, local rivals Pearl River and Tappan Zee, will play 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Tappan Zee. The two schools' girls teams will also play at 4:30 p.m., but that game is at Pearl River. 
4. Michael N. Hull wrote about the prospect of Rockland County cutting more positions after County Executive Ed Day eliminated the position of Tourism Coordinator last week in this blog. 
5. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo will give his State of the State Address 1:30 p.m. at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. Watch it live here.