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MARCH 2013 ARTSWNEWS www.artsw.org/artswnews photo credit: Luca Mascarello Jamie Adkins in Circus Incognitus, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College Romeo and Juliet Madeleine Peyroux National Players, SmartArts Tarrytown Music Hall ED st So much to see and do in Westchester CE REQUE I ERV S GE This issue is N CHA Arts Award sponsored by Luncheon Tickets venue Fl3 A on Sale Now rtsWestchester A 31 Mamaroneck White Plains, NY 10601-3328 A2 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS MARCH 2013 contents thisandthatbyjl.com news in brief Page A3 RAINMAKER arts award Page A4 Last week, ArtsWestchester lost a dear friend. advocating for the arts Page A8 Bill McNamee, our board member for nearly ten years passed away all too soon. As a busy senior calendar Page A10 executive, he travelled the world for Citigroup, yet exhibitions Page A15 always found ways to help ArtsWestchester, and in doing so, helped thousands. More often than not, he’d return our calls from some remote location around the world. Our staff would call out: “It’s Bill ArtsWNews (www.artsw.org/artswnews), your guide to McNamee, calling from India!” OMG. I’d ask myself: “How can I possibly arts and culture in Westchester County, NY, is published by talk to him about the gala menu when he is half way around the world solv- ARTSWESTCHESTER, a private, not-for-profit organization ing some global crisis?” I’d pick up the phone and it’s a meat and potatoes established in 1965. The largest of its kind in New York State, conversation, but not about the gala menu. “How many tables have we it serves more than 150 cultural organizations, 43 school got?” he’d ask. “Is Aramark in? What about Flight Safety?“ Bill was more districts, hundreds of artists, and audiences numbering than our board member; he was our “impresario” and “rainmaker,” hosting more than one million. Our goal is to ensure the availability, our gala for seven years, advising us on construction matters at our historic accessibility, and diversity of the arts in Westchester. bank building and, yes, even donating the equipment for our state-of-the-art catering kitchen, which he designed. Janet Langsam, Chief Executive Officer Bill first came into our lives in 2000 when we needed a space to hold a Salina Le Bris, Director of Communications crowd of 700 for our growing gala...a Citigroup airport hanger might do. Mary Alice Franklin, ArtsWNews Editor An expert on food and wine, he had attended our gala for years as a guest of our architect, John Sullivan. So when Bill got the okay from Senior VP Vanessa Reitz & Clare Maker, Designers George C. Ross (also an exceptional supporter of ArtsWestchester), he did Lisa DiCarlucci, Calendar Editor what Bill always did. He pulled out all the stops, bringing his five-star culi- Alison Kattleman, News in Brief Editor nary team to cater our gala. For more information about ArtsWestchester, please call 914.428.4220. Bill McNamee was an extraordinary board member. I Googled to find a Our work is made possible with support from Westchester County Government. way to describe him. According to Board Source, “It takes more than just Robert P. Astorino, County Executive a commitment to an organization’s mission to become an exceptional board Kenneth W. Jenkins, Chair, Westchester County Board of Legislators member. You need to be so passionate about the mission that you are eager to use your connections, resources, and professional skills to enrich the Westchester County Board of Legislators organization.” That was Bill. Catherine Borgia James Maisano MaryJane Shimsky Ask any not-for-profit CEO or Gordon A. Burrows Sheila Marcotte Michael J. Smith Executive Director. They will David B. Gelfarb Judith A. Myers Bernice Spreckman tell you that scant resources… Peter Harckham Virginia Perez John G. Testa never enough staff… tight budgets…all make for a feeling Michael Kaplowitz William J. Ryan Alfreda A. Williams that the job is never done. But Lyndon Williams Thanks to our generous sponsors: then, there are those excep- A&A Maintenance, Anchin Block & Anchin, Benerofe Properties, Con Edison, Entergy, Ethan tional board members, like Bill Allen Interiors, First Niagara, IBM, Jacob Burns Foundation, John Meyer Consulting PC, Joseph McNamee, who with their ener- & Sophia Abeles Foundation, Journal News, JP Morgan Chase, Key Bank, The Liman Foundation, gy and passion, make us feel Macy's, The Margaret Cargill Foundation, MAXX Properties, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, proud of the work we do. New York Power Authority, Nordstrom, Peckham Industries, Inc., Pepe Auto Group, PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard, Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., Reckson, A Division of SL Green Realty, Ronald Bill and Claudia McNamee at an ArtsWestchester gala McDonald House Charities, RPW Group, Swiss Re, TD Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, Westchester Community Foundation, Westchester Magazine, White Plains Hospital. Don't miss Janet's weekly blog posts at D OF L AR EG O I B S Y L T A UNT T N CO Y O U R O S C 1683 W O . D Y R . E G E S A I Z N www.thisandthatbyjl.com T N , Y C T HE N STER COU Read a digital version of ArtsWNews every month: /ArtsWestchester @ArtsWestchester /ArtsWestchester www.artsw.org/artsnews MARCH 2013 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS A3 news in brief Howard Zar Joins and photography by Lisa Sorensen, Director James Sadewhite will Schoolhouse Theater Lyndhurst as Executive this exhibition is a powerful discus- precede the 3pm concert at the Returns With Ten sion of human rights and the ideals Performing Arts Center at Purchase Director of liberty and justice. College. For more info on YPO, visit: Unknowns www.yonkersphilharmonic.org. Block’s paintings draw a personal connection to particular moments of Axial Theatre Pays Tribute strife, as a biography of the subject to Journalist and Arts in each painting accompanies the work, giving the exhibition a richer Advocate Robert Heisler context. Sorenson’s photographs portray the Statue of Liberty, an interna- tional symbol of freedom. Images Ten Unknowns Portrait, Schoolhouse Theater Howard Zar, Lyndhurst Executive Director from varying perspectives give light After undergoing renovations, The The National Trust for Historic to how this symbol is viewed, both Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls Preservation has appointed Howard by those struggling for justice and will take the stage again this spring Zar as the next Executive Director those who are champions for it. with a production of the drama of Lyndhurst in Tarrytown. Zar For more information, please visit: Ten Unknowns, written by Tony- brings a strong understanding of www.osilasgallery.org. nominated playwright Jon Robin historic preservation and longtime Rob Heisler Baitz. Baitz has written for the involvement in contemporary art. Yonkers Philharmonic television series "The West Wing" On Saturday, March 23, at 7 pm, “Lyndhurst is arguably one of the Presents Free Anniversary and "Alias" and was the Executive Axial Theatre will present “An most significant American houses Producer of the ABC-TV hit drama Concert Evening of Note,” a benefit high- of the 19th century and I value "Brothers and Sisters." lighting a filmed memorial tribute the opportunity to reawaken this to theatre critic and arts advocate beloved, local sleeping beauty,” "We are excited to be opening our Robert Heisler. The film will fea- said Zar. He began his career newly renovated theater with this ture interviews by newscaster and as an art expert and auctioneer masterful play by one of America's Axial board member Roslyn Abrams for Sotheby’s and most recently most talented playwrights," said and ArtsWestchester CEO Janet served as Director of Marketing director Pamela Moller Kareman. Langsam; Peter Kramer, Senior Arts and Communications at the Anti- "Ten Unknowns explores the ten- & Entertainment Editor, Journal Defamation League. sions that exist between art and Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra News; Axial Theatre Artistic commerce, causing fame and Director Howard Meyer; Content integrity to collide in a battle of OSilas Gallery Presents In celebration of its 50th anniver- Creator Bruce Apar; and Gayle wills. This is theater at its best and Journey of Justice sary, the Yonkers Philharmonic Williams, Editor, Consumer Reports. a perfect project for our talented Orchestra (YPO) will perform a free The event will feature pianist Dan Schoolhouse team." concert on March 10, featuring Forman, and a live auction includ- Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture ing international vacations as well Ten Unknowns will run March 7-30, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. as hors d’oeuvres and desserts. For with show times on Thursdays, The Orchestra will be joined by the information, visit: www.axialthe- Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Central Presbyterian Church of New atre.org or call 914-286-7680. Sundays at 3 pm. For tickets, visit York Chorus and the Westchester www.schoolhousetheater.org. Choral Society. For five decades, (continued on page A7) YPO has been performing free clas- sical music concerts for residents February ArtsWNews of Yonkers and its surrounding com- Correction: Missing Photograph Credit munities and was also a 2012 Arts In last month's issue, we featured an image Albanian Refugee by Tom Block Award recipient in the Community on our cover to represent RiverArts, one of OSilas Gallery at Concordia category. Their anniversary con- ArtsWestchester's 2013 Arts Award winners. College’s “Journey” series comes cert is sponsored by the Rudyard For this image, we neglected to include a cap- to an end with the final installment and Emanuella Reimss Foundation tion. The photograph, pictured to the left, of of Journey of Justice: Looking for under the aegis of the Westchester Maxine Sherman in Pascal Rioult's No Exit, Liberty, on view through April 13.