Sunday, February 5, 2012
Approximately 500 people gathered to welcome the year of the dragon at the Westchester Association of Chinese Americans' 23nd annual Chinese New Year program at New Rochelle High School on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Hui Huang of Croton-on-Hudson and Erqian Na of Yonkers hand-rolled, filled and steamed dumplings for an eager crowd of children in the cafeteria at New Rochelle High School on Saturday. "You like them, yes?" Huang asked Brian Chin, 5, of Mamaroneck as he and his brother Ethan, 8, took turns crimping the doughy edges of the dumplings. "Be careful, it's hot," she warned Katie Yacoub, 11, of Eastchester. Nearby, Eileen Wang of Valhalla played a modified game of peekaboo with her 3-year-old daughter Emma who was trying on an elaborate, child-sized lion mask at the dance workshop. Although the Westchester Association of Chinese Americans hosts the event, the gathering is a combined effort bringing together sponsors TD Bank and PepsiCo as well …
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
The latest Live-in-HD-Met-Opera is a tempestuous dream (Shakes.).
Catch the encore of this delightful Opera in HD on Feb. 8 at 6:30 PM at City Center 15 in White Plains and NewRoc 18 in New Rochelle. A delightfully entertaining surprise: the Movie World-Premiere of The Enchanted Island, the newest opera in the Live-at-the-Met-in-HD series that took place on Jan. 21 locally and in more than 1,600 movie houses around the globe. Surprising also in that there was quite a huge audience despite the debilitating snowstorm raging at matinee time. It proves again that we have a vast number of truly dedicated opera lovers in Westchester. The Enchanted Island is a pastiche of arias by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and several lesser-known Baroque composers. All are offered to us (in English,) via a clever libretto …
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
ArtsWestchester is to award 39 Arts Alive and Arts Partners Challenge Grants to Westchester-based arts organizations and artists.
The arts are alive and well in Westchester and, thanks to the Arts Alive awards, it’ll stay that way. According to a press release , on Friday, Feb. 3 members of the New York State Legislative delegation will gather with ArtsWestchester’s Board of Trustees to award more than $39,000 in ArtsWestchester’s Arts Alive Grants and $11,100 in Arts Partners Challenge Grants to more than 39 local arts organizations, artists and special projects. The variety of Arts Alive projects that will receive funding this year range from outdoor heritage festivals and concerts in parks, to painting workshops, to community theater productions and fully-staged operas, to a presentation of Gospel Choirs. For a complete list of the organizations and artists …
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Knickerbocker Ice Festival draws large crowds despite warmer temperatures.
Several large ice sculptures began to show the effects of the unseasonably mild temperatures Saturday afternoon at the annual Knickerbocker Ice Festival at Rockland Lake State Park. Still, people were amazed as they walked past the incredible works of art carved from blocks of ice which included a wolf, an octopus and a horse-drawn wagon. Many people took to hiking around the lake while learning some of the park's history from signs posted along the trail. Nearby, children climbed on large piles of snow in the event's Igloo Village while others formed blocks out of the snow and built their own. There were sponsor tents shaped like an ice cave, an art show and many games available for families during the event which also runs tomorrow …
Friday, January 20, 2012
Celtic rockers Black 47 play Emelin Theatre
"I don't know if we've ever played The Emelin Theatre before. Which would make it unique. There aren't many places we haven't played. But, in any case, I'm delighted about it." If you can imagine those words– enthusiastic, philosophical, a little bit punch-drunk– delivered with the faintest trace of an Irish accent, you'll understand the pleasure of talking to Larry Kirwan, leader of those mad Celtic rockers Black 47. The New York-based band will be at The Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, NY on Saturday at 8 p.m. And this writer can actually testify, that as pleasing as it is to talk to Kirwan, hearing him sing is even more of a rush. After all, most folks don't speak with bass, drums and uilleann pipes accompanying them. Still, Kirwan is a …
Artwork by three high school students from School of the Holy Child are featured at the OSilas Gallery on the campus of Concordia College
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Friday, January 20
Artwork by three School of the Holy Child high school students– Melanie Patapis of Scarsdale, Destini Beauregard of the Bronx and Danielle Riverso of West Harrison– is currently on display at the StArt ’12 Regional High School Art Exhibition in the OSilas Gallery at Concordia College. The annual exhibit showcases the work of talented area high school artists, and according to Amanda Newberg, art teacher at Holy Child, it “provides students with a forum for the community to see and appreciate their work. It also gives them a chance to show their art outside of a school setting,” she says. Awards of Excellence were presented to student artists at Friday’s opening reception. Patapis won for her work, “It’s all Greek to Me.” Works will be on …
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Broadway play- The Mountaintop -is a fitting way to celebrate Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s goals and dreams for equality. People from all over the United States have visited New York City to see the critically acclaimed production.
On January 16th, we recognize of one of the greatest men who led our nation. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of peace; a man who had dreams of equality. King has been celebrated through monuments, books, and plays and now in a Broadway production. People waited in line as early as 7 a.m. this past Saturday to purchase tickets. They shared their interest in the production and reflected on what Dr. King’s leadership meant to them. Khrehaan Ebah of Philadelphia said, “I heard really good reviews about it. He was someone who was willing to beat the odds.” “He was definitely one of my heroic figures and the more I learn about Dr. King the more I really appreciate him,” said Chicagoan Edward Rule. Katori Hall’s critcally …
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Harlem Fine Arts Show Westchester Preview will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Reckson Building, 360 Hamilton Ave. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased by calling (914) 422-1378 or visiting www.whiteplainsyouthbureau.org.
A great late-bloomer singer/songwriter Amy Speace plays Larchmont's Watercolor Cafe Thursday.
Anyone who has ever experienced heartbreak knows it can either shatter your confidence or make you as hard-boiled as a private detective in an old film noir. But it's rare that such emotional pain inspires you to change careers. That's exactly what it did for Amy Speace, one of the most talked-about new singer/songwriters in years. Want to witness the alchemy this woman performs? How she turns tormented feelings into sublime songs? Go to Larchmont's The Watercolor Cafe this Thursday where Speace will do her musical magic act. About that heartbreak? "When I was in college, in the mid-90s, I was dating this guy. It was really serious and I thought we were going to get married," said Speace recently. "And he broke up with me. I was devastated…
Monday, January 9, 2012
A new graphic novel about a Rye boy lost 73 years ago in Maine is featured on MyRye.com
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JOSEPH RUSSELL
9:24 am on Sunday, February 5, 2012
It sounds totally wonderful, and I can only regret not having seen it, but we prefer to see opera at the Met and view the entire stage all the time--andere Laender, usw--. However Marlies' fascinating articles make me wonder whether we may be mistaken. Joseph B. Russell more ›