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Focus on Film Director Jonathan Demme Produces a New Documentary ARTSWNEWS A Monthly Publication of ArtsWestchester FebruaryJanuary 20112010 Focus on Film Director Jonathan Demme Produces A New Documentary Daniel Patin at HVCCA EXHIBITIONS A7 WJO Teaches Kids Jazz CALENDAR A8 Evolve Dance & 35+ Others 2010 IN PHOTOS A12 This issue is sponsored by White Plains, NY 10601-3328 NY Plains, White 31 Mamaroneck Avenue Fl3 Avenue Mamaroneck 31 GE SERVICE REQUESTED SERVICE GE an CH ArtsWestchester A2 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS JANUARY 2011 See and Hear It For Yourselves! contents News in Brief Page A3 On the Cover: Film in Westchester Page A4-5 Spring Semester Exhibitions Page A7 Enrollment Open Now! Arts Calendar Page A8-10 Learn or Reignite Your Love of Music ArtsNews, your guide to the arts and culture All Ages, All Stages in Westchester County, NY is published by ARTSWESTCHESTER, a private, not-for-profit organization established in 1965. 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Held annually on Martin Luther King, Jr. elected to ArtsWestchester’s Board of Day, this year’s literary tea features a trio of celebrated African-American women including Trustees. novelist Dolen Perkins-Valdez, obstetrician and author Dr. Yvonne Thornton, and actress and director (HBO’s True Blood) turned author Tanya Wright. This year’s honorary chair is Sena- Karen Greenspan tor Ruth Hassell-Thompson. For more info visit www.westchesterlibraries.org. Karen Greenspan earned a dual Red Monkey Theatre Group to present "Twelfth Night" degree in Arts Red Monkey Theater Group will welcome the New Year in January with an abridged pro- History and Studio Tanya Wright. Actress and director (HBO’s duction of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, directed by Tal Aviezer. The play, which True Blood) turned author Art from Tulane revolves around a humorous case of mistaken identity, will feature original live music University. For 20 composed and performed by Lauren Anker. The production will be presented as part of years, she was ArtsWestchester's "Arts at the X" series on Friday, January 14th at 8 pm, at The Arts Ex- a retail buyer change, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains. For tickets call (914) 428-4220 x 223 or visit for both Bloom- www.artswestchester.org ingdale’s and Henri Bendel’s. Karen and her husband Andrew, a partner in New Play Reading Series for 2011 at Hudson Valley Writers’ Center GHP Realty, and their three children, The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center invites playwrights to submit to their inaugural New reside in Chappaqua. Play Reading Series starting in 2011. The series will consist of three new works presented Karen has been actively involved with at the Center in Sleepy Hollow, which will be selected through a nation-wide blind search the arts in the Chappaqua schools. process. Tony Award-winning producer, Jane Dubin, and Artistic Director of the Axial The- She taught art history classes at the atre, Howard Meyer, will act as curators of the series. The purpose of the series is to help elementary school and was a volun- develop new plays, and to help producers develop the skills needed to produce new works. teer photographer as well. Her most Each reading will be followed by a panel discussion with the artists involved in the produc- recent project is a video montage of Jane Dubin. Two-time Tony Award-winning tion. Full submission guidelines and deadlines are available online at www.writerscenter. producer the Horace Greeley High School class org or by calling 914-332-5953. of 2011. Greenspan has also been a long-time supporter of the Steffi Nos- Lynn Honeysett Selected as New Executive Director at Pelham Art sen School of Dance. Center Barbara Carden and Anna Riehl, Pelham Art Center’s Board Chair and President, are Frank A. Schettino pleased to announce that New Rochelle resident Lynn Honeysett will succeed Lisa Robb A graduate of Ford- as the new Executive Director of Pelham Art Center in January. Ms. Honeysett is currently ham University, Frank Senior Vice President for Marketing and Communications at United Way of Westchester Schettino is the and Putman, a position she has held for 5 years. Previously, she worked in marketing and managing partner branding for 15 years and in the 1980s was a TV producer and journalist. and a member of the "Pelham Art Center is a well cared for treasure, thanks to its excellent boards, staff and the executive commit- leadership of Lisa Robb,” said Ms. Honeysett. Ms. Robb had been the Director for 11 years tee at Anchin, a full and is credited with building several new partnerships to expand the Center's cultural service accounting and advisory firm. programming in many settings including, k-12 level, after-school programming, special He has worked for more than 25 years Lynn Honeysett. Photo by Domenica Comfort needs, senior centers, and other agencies. Robb also initiated a successful capital cam- fulfilling the accounting, business, paign that resulted in a new media lab and rennovated galleries. and financial needs of closely held companies. His clients range from aggressive growth to well-established entrepreneurs. Happy New Year from Frank is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accoun- tants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accoun- tants (NYSSCPA). He is also on the Ex- of Mount Kisco ecutive Committee of the Westchester County Association and serves on the www.lexusofmtkisco.com board of the Hudson Valley Hospital Foundation. A4 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS JANUARY 2011 cover story Jonathan Demme Produces New Documentary Producer Jill Peters Presents Art Through Time: A Global View on New Orleans Tragedy with JBFC Media Lab for PBS By Jim Ormond At the end of a movie or television Leaning forward on a couch at the Jacob Burns My Favorite American tells the story of Carolyn program, numerous Film Center (JBFC) in Pleasantville, Academy Award Parker, a resident of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward credits scroll to list winning Director Jonathan Demme makes a somewhat neighborhood who has been struggling for five years all of the people surprising statement. “I would be happy spending to refurbish her home and return to it in the aftermath involved with the the rest of my life making of Hurricane Katrina. My production. The documentaries about New "The most under-reported story Favorite American will be Executive Producer Orleans,” he says. “This is a broadcast on POV, a PBS is typically the first gigantic American story.” of the New Orleans tragedy is program that presents (or last) person to be the heroic struggles that people independent films, and will mentioned. And dur- Jill Peters, Producer from Croton Demme is at the JBFC playing like Carolyn Parker are going later be presented at film ing the Oscars or Emmy Awards, when a television a new role: resident artist/ festivals.
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