If you like juicy whodunits — and the idea of supporting our local authors — you’ll want to visit Bronx River Books in Scarsdale Village Sunda…
In his acclaimed book, “Land of Hope — An Invitation to the Great American Story,” Professor Wilfred McClay doesn’t try to rewrite history. Instead, he sets out to bring America’s pivotal moments into sharper focus and explore a more complete narrative that, he says, has been routinely overl…
With frigid winds whipping through the village, it’s understandable that one might long for summer. Luckily, you can easily satisfy your yearning for the sultry season’s pleasures: “The Lilac House,” a new novel by Scarsdale writer and teacher Barbara Solomon Josselsohn, is available for pre…
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Emily Driscoll hopes to inspire the next generation of women in science and show how researchers’ challenges actually can lead to motivation.
French artist Sandrine Kern will share insights about her recent paintings at an opening tonight, Friday, Jan. 24, for her first solo exhibition with Madelyn Jordon Fine Art gallery in Scarsdale, where her work will be on exhibit through March 7.
Editor's note: The second performance was cancelled due to snow. The rescheduled date is Friday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. See below for ticket details.
Sea serpents crushing ships. Seven-foot-tall giants. Visitors will see these and other oddities when they explore the Bruce Museum’s new exhibition, “Collecting Reimagined: A 2D Curiosity Cabinet,” which is open in the Bantle Lecture Gallery of the museum through March 29.
Pamela Sklar always knew she would be a musician. Hailing from a family of professional musicians, she never decided she was going to become one — it was something she always just “knew.” A flutist and composer, Sklar has collaborated with ensembles playing all types of music from classic, r…
It may not always be easy growing up in a competitive place like Scarsdale but, on the other hand, the struggles and the magic of a sheltered youth can be great fodder for creative art.
Scarsdale resident Caleb Reece Paul, fresh from his tour with Broadway’s “Finding Neverland,” wasted no time getting back onto the stage.
Cuisine is defined as a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes associated with a culture, country or geographic region. In his new book, “American Cuisine — And How It Got This Way,” author Paul Freedman serves up a full course of gastronomic facts, …
Scarsdale High School 2012 graduate Rachelle Gage thinks the art education offered in her hometown was what allowed her to become an artist full time in her adulthood. Also a Skidmore College graduate with a B.S. in Communication Design and now a full-time graphic designer at a Manhattan fas…
The New Choral Society of Scarsdale just keeps getting better and better and better.
On the title track of her new album, “Believe,” Neshama Carlebach sings of building a better world and creating joy from sorrow, with maybe a nod to the joyous Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, which, as she reminds us, “happens at the darkest time of the year.”
On Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., in the cozy atmosphere of Greenville Community Church, Shelly Burch will perform “Incurably Romantic.” It’s a one-woman concert of show tunes — some sentimental, some well remembered, all memorable. If the music sounds exceptionally beautiful, it’s because Burch, a one-t…
Reviewers for publications from Good Reads and BookList to The Washington Post and The Seattle Times have all said the same thing about Susan Isaacs: she writes female characters like no one else. Known as a writer of witty, snarky novels that turn stereotypes of women’s fiction on their hea…
Founded in 1969 with a promised gift of 300 works by Roy R. Neuberger — considered one of the greatest private collectors, philanthropists and arts advocates of the 20th century — the collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art has grown to more than 6,000 objects by artists including Milton A…
“The Wolves,” Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer-nominated play, has caught fire since its off-Broadway premiere in 2016. Though not collecting “Hamilton”-style accolades, the all-female show has been picked up at a rapid pace by theaters across the country, with requests for the rights piling in not …
A classic is defined by its staying power, the artful depiction of enduring human truths. Comedies, by skewering the social customs of a particular time and place, are more likely to seem dated than tragedies and so are more vulnerable to the updating impulse.
Mary Dell Harrington and Lisa Heffernan of Larchmont formed a fast friendship some 15 years ago. They bonded in the same way many Westchester moms do — while volunteering at their children’s schools. “We had a lot of time to chat while we were working our various shifts,” Harrington recalled.
Scarsdale resident of 21 years Michael Heffner knows that Westchester is a place that loves music. With countless local ensembles, theaters and churches constantly presenting new concerts, it’s easy to forget that sometimes a little bit of free or low cost music can be an asset to the community.
Who says mental health can’t be funny? Headliner comedian Joe Matarese of “America’s Got Talent,” Letterman and Comedy Central fame thinks comedy and mental health can not only go hand in hand, but they can help each other out.
Scarsdale resident Brian T. Brown isn’t new to producing content people want to read or watch. A 15-time Emmy winner, Brown has written and produced for 12 Olympic broadcasts as well as appearing in The New York Times, San Diego Union, and on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS, ESPN, HBO and others.
In the most famous exit in the history of modern drama, Nora Helmer walks out on her husband Torvald and their three children in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.”
Ann Cefola has been writing poetry since she was a young child growing up in Scarsdale. She moved through the Scarsdale school system and went on to receive an MFA in poetry writing from Sarah Lawrence before becoming well-versed in French by working with several French companies after gradu…
As both a classical musician and an Italian-born woman, Cristiana Pegoraro takes pride in her heritage. A world-traveled pianist who has played everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Royal College of Music, Pegoraro is recognized around the globe as a leading musician of her time, winning a go…
Twenty-something years in the making, the Scarsdale-inspired band PartyBox Raiders is finally making its world premier at HudCo After Dark on Saturday, Oct. 19. Inspired by its predecessor, Shoe, an alt-country band headed by guitarist Adam C. Dell and drummer Doug Schneider in the late ’90s…
When Owen Elliott moved from Sydney, Australia to Scarsdale in November of 2018, he had of course never heard of the Yonkers Film Festival, also known as YoFiFest. He was in the middle of editing and polishing a movie that had been shot in Sydney during the move, however, and continued editi…
In 1951, a group of artists in New York City organized an exhibition simply titled “the 9th St. show” in what would be a pivotal moment for the emergence of abstract expressionism. Of the more than 60 artists who participated in the show, only 11 were women. Later referred to as “Sparkling A…
As a young girl growing up in Scarsdale, Kate Stempel loved to play sports. “My dad was my coach for travel soccer, and we were undefeated for like eight years,” she shared. “I played on the Raiderettes.”
The Hoff-Barthelson Music School begins its Great Composers Lecture Series Friday, Oct. 11 with guest lecturer Michael Boriskin. Described by the director of special events, Terri Joshi, as a musician with a wealth of knowledge on music history and education, Boriskin is the artistic and exe…
Back by popular demand, a local youth theater group is bringing its show with a message to Westchester schools.
With expanding audiences and a lineup that continues to go from strength to strength in the summer, Caramoor also remains a hub for music and artistic exploration year-round. Not surprisingly, the upcoming 2019-20 fall and spring seasons offer a wealth of diverse and imaginative programming …
“Me, The ‘Other’” is a film that doesn’t mince words. The documentary, produced by Scarsdale residents Sherry and Saeid Mirafzali and co-produced and directed by Shidan Majidi, is described as being about “hate.” More specifically, it sets 12 people in front of the camera and invites them to…
Who says household objects can’t be exciting? Moreover, who says they can’t be works of art? More than 50 Westchester artists have taken the monotony of day-to-day objects and created unique pieces of art out of them in ArtsWestchester’s upcoming exhibition, “The Chair Show,” running through…
The art on display at a reception hosted by Scarsdale Adult School Sept. 16 ranged from soft watercolors of landscapes and flowers to depictions of the Eastchester Public Library where the SAS student-teacher exhibition continues through Oct. 4.
Even the most happily married couples have rare occasions on which they don’t work well together. Miriam and Ronald Schulman are no exception: “When I’m driving we don’t do well, because you’re telling me what to do the whole time,” Miriam joked. Ronald agreed. “Not my finest moment,” he said.
World-famous pianist Alon Goldstein is set to headline The Symphony of Westchester’s 23rd concert season which will premiere in November. The season features Beethoven, Bach and Brahms-centered performances, as well as other renowned selections from the classical repertoire.
The story of “The Bridge in Scarsdale” has not been published, and it’s only been seen by an audience a handful of times. It ran off-Broadway at the Phil Bosakowski Theatre at 354 West 45th St. for a short time in early 2002, a fact documented only by a New York Times review posted in Februa…
JazzFest White Plains is entering its eighth year and boasting a headlining act of a never-before-done collaboration between three renowned artists. The Emmet Cohen Quartet, featuring “prodigy” jazz artist Emmet Cohen, will play alongside George Coleman and Jimmy Cobb at the main event on Se…
Growing up in Scarsdale, Shaun Eli Breidbart didn’t think the observations he made as a middle class kid in a rich town were all that noteworthy. As the son of a civil servant surrounded by high-cost properties, Breidbart said he developed a sort of insight that allowed him to make fun of li…
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the premiere of “The Wizard of Oz.”
The Bruce Museum is launching its fall season by presenting a new series of monthly public programs featuring leaders in the field of the arts and sciences. The series, titled “Bruce Museum Presents: Thought Leaders in Art and Science,” will feature artists who often collaborate with the mus…
Scarsdale native and 2016 SHS grad Alexa Kishner is making her way across the country and into the big-time music scene. Currently a senior at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Kishner is a songwriting major also working on a minor in music business, and she hopes to pursue music p…
When consumers watch a new movie in theaters or stream one at home, it’s not often they do so just to hear the music. More often than not, the music played in the background of a movie might not even be noticed by an audience.
New York City artist Michelle Sakhai is bringing her abstract art to Scarsdale in a never before seen way. Her yearlong painting project, “The Arcana Series: Interpretations of Tarot” will be assembled into one comprehensive exhibition for the first time at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art from Sept.…
John Jay had many public roles. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress; principal negotiator of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War; United States secretary for foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation; and first chief justice of the United St…
A good story can be told a thousand times and successfully withstand each new version. Such a tale is “Cyrano de Bergerac” and its latest rendition, “Cyrano,” is now being performed at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
Those who admire — or binge watched — the award-winning “Shtisel” series, available on Netflix, won’t want to miss this.
Like many authors, Lisa Tognola couldn’t help but see a reflection of herself in the characters of her first book. Tognola’s debut novel “As Long As It’s Perfect,” to be released Oct. 15, follows a stay-at-home mom — like the author — as she takes on the role of assistant contractor in nearb…
Works by four singular American photographers — Margaret Bourke-White, Carl Mydans, Patrick Nagatani and Brett Weston — are on view through Sept. 1 at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.
