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As County Executive, I am proud of Westchester’s thriving art and cultural scene. This month, there are plenty of holiday celebrations, art exhibits, performances and much more – there’s something Lifting Voices for everyone here in Westchester. Thanks to by Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester CEO ArtsWestchester, ArtsNews is the best way to stay on top of all the great art and cultural events that take place in Westchester each month. The December issue features:

• Holiday highlights throughout the County (page A4-5) • Photography by a group of veterans (page A6) • Artwork inspired by the Hudson Valley (page A7)

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Thank you, Sharisse Campbell at ArtsWestchester’s 2017 gala (photo credit: Leslye Smith) Robert P. Astorino, Westchester County Executive Seeing as this is the season for lifting voices, I started to think about my own voice. As the youngest in my family, a girl, I hardly had a voice – or The work of ArtsWestchester is made possible with support from at the very least, my voice was muffled by others who had more authority Westchester County Government. than me. My reflection on this topic was prompted at our gala this past Robert P. Astorino Michael Kaplowitz weekend, when a young woman talked to our guests about how the arts County Executive Chairman, Westchester Board of Legislators helped her find her voice. I saw myself in those words. Like many women, famous and not, it took me many years to find my voice. Melinda Gates WESTCHESTER BOARD OF LEGISLATORS had it right when she said: “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong Catherine Borgia Kenneth W. Jenkins MaryJane Shimsky woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” In Benjamin Boykin James Maisano John G. Testa my brief stint as a journalist, I had become adept at telling other people’s Gordon A. Burrows Sheila Marcotte David Tubiolo stories. Then, as an artist, I experienced the exhilaration of allowing Francis T. Corcoran Catherine Parker Alfreda A. Williams myself to put my ideas on canvas. My pivotal moment came when I realized Margaret A. Cunzio Virginia Perez Lyndon Williams that authenticity comes from the gut and that I needed to align my work life David B. Gelfarb with my passion – the arts. A voice is a beautiful thing. But it takes courage to find it and use it. Sherese Campbell, the choir teacher who sang Thanks to our generous supporters acapella at our gala got her training right here in Westchester with The Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation, Aetna Foundation, Anchin Block & Anchin, AvPorts, Bank of America, Revelators, a Mount Vernon theater group. She reminded me of something Bloomingdales, Benerofe Properties, The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation, CBRE, Clarfeld Financial Madeline Albright once said: “It took me a long time to develop a voice and Advisors, Con Edison, Curtis Instruments, Empire City Casino, Entergy, Ethan Allen Interiors, The Examiner, now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” Inspiria Media, Jacob Burns Foundation, JMC Consulting, P.C., The Journal News, The Liman Foundation, Macerich Co. Cross County Shopping Center, Macy's, MAXX Properties, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Peckham Industries, Inc., People’s United Bank. Pernod Ricard USA, Reckson, A Division of SL Green Realty, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Smart Family Foundation, VENU Magazine, Wells Fargo Foundation, Westchester Family, Westchester Magazine, Westchester Medical Center, Westfair Communications, White Plains Hospital and Wilson Elser

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ARTSWESTCHESTER | 31 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains | 914.428.4220 ArtsNews (artsw.org), your guide to arts news in brief and culture in Westchester County, NY, is published by ARTSWESTCHESTER, a program offers free clay classes private, not-for-profit organization established Show Your Support for to members of GCW and, since its in 1965. The largest of its kind in New York the Arts at the Upcoming State, it serves more than 150 cultural organizations, numerous school districts, inception in 2011, has served more hundreds of artists, and audiences numbering more than one million. The goal of Westchester County than 200 men and women who have ArtsWestchester is to ensure the availability, accessibility, and diversity of the arts Hearing been impacted by cancer. “Healing in Westchester. with Clay,” led by teaching artist Denis Licul, is a guided, hands-on Robert W. Roth Janet Langsam Debbie Scates Supporters of the arts in Westchester Board President Chief Executive Officer Director, Marketing & have been attending the County’s meditation with clay that focus on Communications budget hearings to demonstrate breathing and on releasing anxiety John R. Peckham Mary Alice Franklin support for arts funding. In and stress. The Tree of Life mosaic Board Chairman ArtsNews Editor & Erika Reinhart is made up of individual tiles by each Communications Manager Sr. Designer & Creative Manager Westchester, the nonprofit arts Froma Benerofe sector is an economic driver, student and addresses elements of Board President Emeritus Rocío De La Roca Alfredo Ponce contributing $172.3 million to the growth, nature, renewal and warmth. Contributor & Graphic Designer local economy and 5,179 jobs. Communications Associate Beyond its economic impact, the A Call for Westchester arts strengthen community life and ArtsNews Contents enhance Westchester’s reputation Photographers holiday highlights...... A4 as a desirable place to live and work. Join ArtsWestchester and its event highlights...... A6 member organizations at the final artsw briefs ...... A8 public hearing on December 6 at the Board of Legislators Chamber (Floor events calendar...... A11 8) at 148 Martine Avenue in White Plains. For info, visit: artsw.org/ exhibitions...... A16 speakupforthearts. workshops...... A17 Gilda’s Club Class Creates Last chance to have your gift doubled! Mosaic For Those Lost to Larry Salley

Cancer ArtsWestchester, in partnership ART$WCHALLENGE with the African American Men of Westchester, seeks nominations ArtsWestchester will match new gifts up to $5,000. for the inaugural Larry Salley Photography Award. The award was created to celebrate the life and artistic achievements of Lawrence “Larry” C. Salley, who was an active DONATE TODAY member of both organizations. This competition is open to Westchester- & DOUBLE based photographers, who have a significant body of work of YOUR IMPACT outstanding artistic merit. The ArtsWestchester will match* new gifts recipient will receive a $1,000 cash up to $5,000 through December 15 Tree of Life by members of Gilda’s Club of prize and the opportunity to have Westchester (photo courtesy of Clay Art Center) a three-month residency in one of For a list of eligible organizations, visit: ArtsWestchester’s artist studio Clay Art Center’s “Healing with Clay” artsw.org/artswchallenge spaces at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue class members from Gilda’s Club of in White Plains. The award will be Westchester (GCW) recently created presented at ArtsWestchester’s a commemorative mosaic mural to annual Arts Award Luncheon in April * Up to $5,000 per organization until all honor the life of their classmate Ilene available funds have been allocated. 2018. The deadline for nominations is Rose, who recently passed away, January 2, 2018. For more info, visit as well as those who passed away bit.ly/LarrySalleyPhoto. before her. Each spring and fall, this A4 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

December 1, 2 & 3 December 9 Handel’s Messiah Vienna Boys Choir Handel’s Messiah will resonate throughout Westchester County from Vienna Boys Choir will December 1-3 as several groups present the festive composition. perform on stage at the On December 1, The New Choral Society, accompanied by its historic landmark Tarrytown professional orchestra and soloists from the Metropolitan Opera, Music Hall with a program opens its season with Part I of Messiah and Durante’s Magnificat that features a selection of at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church in Scarsdale. On December 2, renowned classical pieces, Westchester Oratorio Society celebrates its twentieth anniversary popular hits and holiday with a performance of the renowned composition, accompanied by its favorites. The “Christmas in Festival Orchestra, at South Salem Presbyterian Church. The audience Vienna” performance will Vienna Boys Choir (photo courtesy of Tarrytown Music showcase the pure voices is the chorus during New Westchester Symphony Orchestra’s “Messiah Hall) Sing-Along” event the following afternoon, December 3, at Briarcliff of about 100 male choristers Congregational Church. newchoralsociety.org, westchesteroratorio.org between the ages of nine and fourteen. The choir dates back five-hundred and newsymphony.org years with its roots in the Middle Ages. Its singers, led by conductor Manolo Cagnin, represent eleven countries, including Cambodia, China, France, New Zealand and more, and were each admitted into the group by an audition process. tarrytownmusichall.org

December 10 through 30 December 14 through 24 Mr. Dickens Tells a Christmas Carol The Gift of the Magi M&M Performing Arts A production of The Gift of the Magi Company presents the classic will return to the Schoolhouse Christmas tale of Ebenezer Theater (SHT) stage this winter. Scrooge, a cranky and With little to no money to their greedy man who is visited names, a young married couple, by the Ghosts of Christmas Della and Jim, set out to buy each Past, Present and Future. other Christmas gifts. Della sells Actor Michael Muldoon will her long hair to buy Jim a fob chain recreate Charles Dickens’ for his family heirloom watch. Michael Muldoon portraying Charles Dickens own performances of his Meantime, Jim sells the watch to (photo courtesy of M&M Performing Arts Company) timeless novel The Christmas buy Della combs which she can no Carol in the historic period longer use for her long, beautiful setting of Lyndhurst Mansion, which will be specially decorated for the holiday hair. The famously ironic ending season. Guests will travel throughout the main floor of the Gothic Revival style Schoolhouse Theater’s production of The Gift leaves the couple with a lesson of the Magi (photo credit: Doug Abdelnour) building as they meet the spirits and characters from the story. Throughout about their priceless love. The the course of the play, the spirits transform his view of the world, making him family-friendly play has been adapted from a celebrated O. Henry story by a kinder man. Muldoon will give each character its own persona with different SHT’s Artistic Director Bram Lewis. schoolhousetheater.org voices and styles. lyndhurst.org DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS A5

HOLIDAY December 16 December 16 & 17 TENET The Nutcracker Dream Vocal ensemble TENET will fill Ballet des Amériques will Caramoor Center for Music and present The Nutcracker the Arts’ Rosen House with the Dream, a holiday production sounds of time-honored carols choreographed and coached HIGHLIGHTS from America and Europe by the organization’s Artistic during its “Candlelight Carols” Director Carole Alexis, in its event. The New York-based Port Chester studio. The ballet quintet of singers will be joined is an adaptation of the classic TENET (photo credit: Joanne Bouknight) by lutenist Hank Hejink for The Nutcracker, which also this night of intimate carols, both new and old. The program includes twenty takes excerpts restaged after songs, including the traditional French hymn Veni, Veni Emmanuel, Richard Rudolph Nureyev. The story Dering’s Ave Virgo Gloriosa, and Francis Cutting’s Greensleeves. Guests can follows Marie, who falls asleep tour the Rosen House, a 1930s Mediterranean-style structure that will be and dreams of a prince and of decorated for the holidays, before the performance begins. caramoor.org a fantastical world of sweet treats that is ruled by the Sugar December 17 The Nutcracker Dream (photo courtesy of Ballet Plum Fairy. The production des Amériques) will feature students of the Winter Pops Ballet des Amériques school, Westchester Philharmonic’s who will be supported by the professional dancers of the company. Four annual Winter Pops concert performances will be offered on two days. balletdesameriques.com will feature Broadway star Laura Michelle Kelly at at SUNY

Purchase Performing Arts Center. December 21 through 25 The vocalist created the role of It’s a Wonderful Life Mary Poppins on London’s West End before starring in South George Bailey will once again Pacific, Finding Neverland and gain an appreciation for his more. Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins life in Bedford Falls when will make a special appearance Jacob Burns Film Center Laura Michelle Kelly (photo courtesy of to perform her acclaimed solos displays this classic holiday Westchester Philharmonic) from Fiddler on the Roof. The hit on the big screen. In this program, to be led by conductor Ted Sperling, will include Broadway and 1946 black and white film, American Songbook hits (Shall We Dance, Get Happy, Almost Like Being George is visited by the angel in Love, Let It Go), holiday fare (Favorite Things, All I Want for Christmas is Clarence after experiencing You, Joy to the World) and classical favorites by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. a particularly bleak period westchesterphil.org in his life. Clarence puts life Screenshot from It’s a Wonderful Life into perspective for him by showing George what life December 17 would be like if he never existed. The film, which stars James Stewart and Concert of Peace Donna Reed and was directed Frank Capra, will screen during Christmas week. burnsfilmcenter.org For the 23rd year, Songcatchers will bring an evening of peace to Westchester County. The organization’s intergenerational concert choir and ensemble will present a program consisting of songs of peace, interfaith carols for Christmas and Hannukah and carols of different cultures, such as Spanish, African and For a full listing of December and January arts Scandinavian songs. Holiday songs will include Carol of the Bells and Go Tell events, see the events calendar beginning on It On the Mountain for audience participation. The concert will be held at the College of New Rochelle Chapel. songcatchers.org page A11. A6 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 event highlights

Artists Explore Varying Encaustic Painting Techniques at The Rye Arts Center

This winter, The Rye Arts Center will highlight the versatility of an artistic medium that has been explored since Ancient Greece. Encaustic painting is an adaptable technique in which the artist heats a mixture of beeswax, resin and pigments. In Some Like It Hot, on view from January 13 through February 17, the Center will exhibit more than 15 contemporary artists who explore this practice in different ways. For instance, Dietlind Vander Schaaf etches patterns into the surface of colored panels to create works that evoke calmness, centering the viewer in the present moment; Laura Moriarty creates “sculptural paintings” of layered wax, which she then slices to reveal intricate patterns of color; Leslie Guiliani cuts and machine-sews encaustic-dipped fabric that blend with her other textile practices; and Katherine Dufault, who also curated the exhibition, uses encaustic as paint with which she creates layered landscapes.

Visitors’ first opportunity to view this work will be during the Center’s Free Arts Day event on January 13. The event provides an afternoon of family-friendly arts activities such as ceramics, 3D printing and more. An opening reception will take place on January 20, at which visitors can explore the works and meet many of the exhibiting artists. For more info, visit ryeartscenter.org.

Detail of Swish by Lorraine Glessner (courtesy of KBFA and Rye Arts Center) Photography by Local Veterans On Display Hoff-Barthelson Music School Orchestra at Gallery9 in White Plains Joined by New York Philharmonic Cellist An exhibition, Veterans in Focus, will feature the photography of nine Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s veterans who participated in an Festival Orchestra will present its eight-week program by artists Joseph winter concert on December 9. Squillante and Karen Ann Sullivan, The program, under the direction both members of ArtsWestchester’s of Jun Nakabayashi, will include Teaching Artists roster. Squillante Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and and Sullivan collaborated with the Wagner’s Siegfried Idyl. In addition, nonprofit organization Josephine New York Philharmonic cellist Herrick Project (JHP) to create a Sumire Kudo, an award-winning free program that provided students graduate of Tokyo’s Toho School with the tools needed to express and New York’s The Juilliard School, themselves. During the program, will join the Orchestra as a guest which was initiated and financially soloist for Hadyn’s Cello Concerto supported by the JHP, veteran No. 2 in D Major, Op. 101. The participants from the Vet Center in Festival Orchestra is a full symphony Patriotism by John Murphy, 2017 White Plains were able to implement orchestra that is reserved for high a variety of photography techniques school students at the highest level through in-studio classes, field trips and on-location photography sessions. of technical ability. This Orchestra Sumire Kudo (photo credit: Neda Navaee) The twenty-seven works on view will reflect the wide range of the veterans’ was selected by the New York interests to include abstracts, street photography, nature, architecture and Philharmonic as a partner in its Philharmonic Academy Jr. program, which studio portraiture. Veterans in Focus will be on view from December 8 through provides coaching by Philharmonic members. This concert will take place at December 23 in Gallery9, ArtsWestchester’s 9th-floor gallery in White Plains. the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation in White Plains. For more An opening reception will take place on December 8. For more info, visit: info, visit hbms.org. artsw.org/jhproject. DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS A7 event highlights

A Walk Through the Hudson Valley With Hudson River Museum

Hudson River Museum (HRM)’s Walk With Artists exhibition uses prints, photographs and paintings in order to examine the way in which landscape art impacts how people view nature. The exhibition posits that, while many artists bring landscapes indoors – on display in galleries, studios and homes – this exposure inspires the way people view, interact with and treat nature when they go outdoors. This in turn asks the viewer to consider their own relationship with nature, in some cases spurring environmental activism. According to HRM’s Chief Curator Laura Vookles, “landscape art is always relevant… The path from contemplating the land to cultivating and exploiting it is a perilous continuum; looking at art can be a call to action.” The central theme of the show threads 19th century pieces by Hudson River School artists like Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand to modern works by Joseph DiGiorgio and Richard Haas.

Walk With Artists offers an array of related programming: a series of tours by professionals from a range of artistic fields, who each give their interpretations of the exhibited works through the perspective of their own creative practices, includes storyteller Labiba Abdur Rahman (12/9), sculptor Vinnie Bagwell (12/30) and fiddler Cleek Schrey (1/13). Lectures include a poetic portrait of the region by David Gonzalez (12/3), the musical landscape of the Hudson Valley with musician Dave Ruch (12/13) and scientist Dr. Allegra N. LeGrande’s research on how changes in water affect society (12/27). A curator’s tour, additional workshops and family programs and “drop in and draw” sessions offer a robust calendar of events for museum-goers. For more info, visit hrm.org. Artwork by Ellen Kozak (courtesy of Hudson River Museum)

Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation Presents Mahlstedt Gallery Explores Photography Curated Collection of Dance Works in the Digital Age

In celebration of the 80th anniversary During a time when carrying of Steffi Nossen School of Dance, Steffi a high-quality camera is Nossen Dance Foundation will present an as ubiquitous as owning a expanded program of works by emerging smartphone, Mahlstedt Gallery and established choreographers. This has taken a step back to look how annual “Choreography Showcase” on today’s professional photographers December 3 will take place at Emelin are growing and changing with Theatre in Mamaroneck. The program this ever-evolving technology. The includes Sabatino Verlezza, whose sharp, Gallery presents Contemporary crisp movements will be danced by Photography, an exhibition that members of Rioult Dance NY; DiMauro features works by five digital Dance, which will perform two works artists: Aitor Arana, Andrei Tallent, by its founder, Steffi Nossen’s Artistic Astro de Sagun, Lori Hutchinson Director Jessica DiMauro Marks; and the and Philip McKay. Each of these all-male company PROJECT 44, which photographers experiments Erin Dillon & Dancers (photo credit: Rachel will present the raw athleticism of Gierre All in the Past by Philip Mckay through new creative outlets like Neville) Godley’s work. The event also includes computer programs, which allows Tracie Stanfield’s SynthesisDANCE, Dani Cole, and Erin Dillon & Dancers. them to more properly express their artistic vision. Various and ever-changing Two pre-professional companies will perform as well: Steffi Nossen Dance digital advancements allow for these artists to convey their expressions through Company will showcase the work of Annie Doss and premiere a new work by a diverse range of innovative processes. This provides new possibilities for a Matthew James, and Paul Taylor Teen Ensemble will dance Taylor’s iconic more meaningful visual communication with its viewer as well. Contemporary Airs. The afternoon will conclude with a post-performance Q&A between the Photography is on view through January 4, 2018 in New Rochelle. For more info, choreographers, dancers and audience. For more info, visit: steffinossen.org. visit: jam415.com. A8 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 artsw briefs Commissioned Works in ArtsWestchester’s Give Us The Vote Address the Current State of Voting Rights ArtsWestchester’s Give Us The Vote exhibition is inspired by the hundredth anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State. In preparation, ArtsWestchester called for proposals of artworks that would discuss the state of voting rights in America. In the end, twenty-three of the thirty-three works in the exhibition were commissioned, mostly from artists who live in Westchester and its neighboring communities. The democratic process by which they were selected mirrors the subject matter that the works sought to address. These chosen works speak to the history of women’s suffrage and the contemporary barriers to the voting ballot still experienced today.

For instance, in Tom Fruin’s Perforated Double Flag (Voting Booth), two American flags hang in reference to the curtain that voters pull for privacy in some voting booths. The flags are perforated with grommets, thereby not allowing for such privacy, suggesting an inconsistent protection of voting rights. Ann Lewis calls attention to the manipulation of voter district boundaries in the practice of gerrymandering. Her series of large-scale paintings, which resemble Rorschach tests, depict actual court cases for congressional districts that have been deemed unconstitutional. Richard Tomasello’s voting booth, Cast, devises a literal barrier to the ballot box to represent the limitation of voting rights on underserved communities: barbed wire is haphazardly draped across and within the booth, blocking voters from their ability to cast a vote. Philippe Safire’s lenticular print, Profile, visualizes voter demographics, by race and gender, based on 2016 voter data. Safire translated this data into pixels that together represent America’s multicultural society. Groups of candidates were assigned colors that were then arranged to form a picture: the silhouette of a presidential candidate waving to the crowd.

Give Us The Vote is on view through January 27, 2018. For more info, visit artsw.org/giveusthevote. Profile by Philippe Safire (courtesy of the artist)

George Latimer Elected Westchester ArtsWestchester Invites Guests to “Get Over County Executive, New Faces on the the Hump” With Shop & Sip Event

County Board of Legislators ArtsWestchester As the designated countywide presents a happy arts organizations for hour pop-up shopping Westchester County, experience in its gallery ArtsWestchester has a on December 20 to help longstanding partnership visitors through the with Westchester County mid-week slump. As part Government. Working of its monthly “Get Over together with the County the Hump” Wednesday Executive and the Westchester series, guests are invited County Board of Legislators, to enjoy a glass of wine ArtsWestchester strives to and do some last-minute maintain vital public/private holiday shopping for George Latimer (photo source: nysenate.gov) support for the arts. Recently, Wrapped crystal necklaces by Tatjana Kunst (courtesy of the artist) one-of-a-kind gifts by George Latimer, a Rye State four local designers. Senator, was elected for a four-year term as Westchester County’s new Matt Gualco reinterprets well-known written works and lyrics onto posters. County Executive. Latimer replaces two-term incumbent Rob Astorino. Tatjana Kunst’s handmade utilitarian ceramic pieces, such as stoneware candles, The November Westchester County elections also brought new faces to the jewelry and planters, are often decorated with motifs and carvings inspired by County Board. Raised in Pound Ridge, currently living in Katonah, Kitley S. the natural world. Jody Lee will display glass homeware items, such as coasters, Covill joins the Board as the new County legislator for District 2, replacing ornaments and plates, which incorporate marine- and nature-inspired details. Francis T. Corcoran. Nancy E. Barr of Rye Brook will also join the Board as Elena Rosenberg’s hand-knit and crocheted accessories and clothing are original the new County legislator for District 6, replacing David B. Gelfarb. Damon R. designs made almost exclusively with natural materials. Guests can also view the Maher of New Rochelle, was recently elected County Legislator for District 10, contemporary artworks in ArtsWestchester’s Give Us The Vote exhibition, a timely replacing Sheila Marcotte. In District 16, Yonkers Councilman Christopher A. show about the state of voting rights in America today. For more info, visit artsw. Johnson becomes County Legislator replacing Kenneth W. Jenkins. org/giveusthevote. DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS A9 ARTSWESTCHESTER | GALA 2017

On November 18, at the Ritz-Carlton Westchester, ArtsWestchester celebrated the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge as a work of art at its annual gala. For more gala photos, visit: artsw.org/photogallery

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BRUCE MUSEUM Greenwich, CT | brucemuseum.org DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS A11 ARTSCALENDAR Victoria Redel will read from their recent Reception: Ossining Public Library works. 7:30pm. writerscenter.org presents Opening Reception: Scenic Lectures: Sarah Lawrence College Paintings. An exhibition of works by presents The Impossible Presidency. June Farnham. 2-4pm. ossininglibrary.org Celebrated historian Jeremy Suri will Music: The Capitol Theatre presents discuss the rise and fall of the American The Rock and Roll Playhouse: The presidency. 12:30-1:30pm at Heimbold Music of The Beatles. An interactive Visual Arts Center. sarahlawrence.edu concert for kids. 2:30-8pm at Garcia’s at Music: The New Choral Society The Capitol Theatre. thecapitoltheatre.com presents Handel’s Messiah and Music: Westchester Oratorio Durante’s Magnificat. The award- Society presents 20th Anniversary winning chorus will bring the best in Concert. Featuring a performance classical choral music to audiences in of Handel’s Messiah. 7-9:45pm at Westchester. 8-9:30pm at Hitchcock South Salem Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian Church. newchoralsociety.org westchesteroratorio.org 12/2 SATURDAY Music: Emelin Theatre presents Christopher O’Riley. O’Riley will Reception: Peekskill Arts Alliance perform a wide-ranging repertoire, presents Holiday Boutique. An opening from classical sonatas to his own reception for fine handmade items. 6pm arrangements of songs by Radiohead at Studio 4. peekskillartsalliance.org and The Smiths. 8pm. emelin.org Music: Caramoor Center for Music and Theater: Emelin Theatre presents The the Arts presents Richard Thompson. Cat In The Hat. Kids of all ages will An intimate solo acoustic concert with the delight in this fun-filled musical based British folk rock legend. 8pm. caramoor.org on the Dr. Seuss classic by the same Music: Hoff-Barthelson Music School name. 11am & 1:30pm. emelin.org presents Holiday Music Festival. Mile Twelve, Emelin Theatre, 12/8 (photo courtesy of Emelin Theatre) Featuring music performances, holiday 12/3 SUNDAY boutiques, raffles, international cuisines Music: Greenburgh Public Library lens of the family dynamic. Through 12/1 FRIDAY and more. Also 12/3. 10am-4pm. hbms.org presents A Charlie Brown Christmas. 12/9. 8-10pm. wctheater.org Music: New Westchester Music: Irvington Town Hall Theater Rocco Dapice will play the Vince Guraldi Symphony Orchestra presents Tours: Hudson River Museum presents presents Unforgettable Fire with 42. classic. 2-3:30pm. greenburghlibrary.org Holiday Decorations in Glenview. Open Rehearsal. Amateur musicians A holiday concert featuring a veteran Music: New Westchester Symphony Glenview, the Museum’s historic home, are welcome to practice orchestral U2 tribute band and Coldplay cover Orchestra presents Messiah Sing- will be decorated for the holidays. works in a supportive setting. Through band. 7-10pm. irvingtontheater.com Along. Guests will accompany the 12/31, 7-9:30pm at Memorial United Through January 2018. 12-5pm. hrm.org Reception: Mamaroneck Artists’ Orchestra by singing along with Methodist Church. newsymphony.org Theater: M&M Performing Arts Guild presents A Gift of Art: Annual the classic song. 3-5pm at Briarcliff Tours: Hudson River Museum presents The Adventure of the Blue Holiday Show. An opening reception Congregational Church. newsymphony.org Carbuncle. Guests will follow Sherlock presents Glenview Tours. Guests for handmade art and crafts. 5pm. Music: Ossining Public Library Holmes and Dr. Watson on the trail of a will tour the Museum’s historic home. mamaroneckartistsguild.org presents The Nadia Reisenberg Young classic mystery. Through 12/8. 7:30-9pm Wed-Sun: 1 & 3pm. hrm.org Artists Series. The final performance at Lyndhurst Mansion. lyndhurst.org Music: New Rochelle Public Theater: Westchester Collaborative Library presents Young Musicians in the series’ 10th anniversary season Theater presents Fractured Family Spoken Word: Hudson Valley Concert. Top student musicians will feature pianists Leann Osterkamp Tales. Four one-act plays tackle Writers’ Center presents Poetry (grades 7-12) will present a variety and Alan Yueh. 2-3:30pm at Budarz today’s trending topics through the Reading. Authors Marie Howe and of works. 2-3:30pm. nrpl.org Theater. ossininglibrary.org A12 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 visit artsw.org for more event information

Music: RiverArts presents Chamber Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company of pioneering choreographer Trisha 12/8 FRIDAY Music Concert. Peter Seidenberg & Farewell Tour. The Company reveals Brown. 2-3pm at Bessie Schonberg Lectures: Alliance Francaise de Friends, with bassist John Patitucci, unique insights into George Balanchine’s Dance Studio. sarahlawrence.edu Westchester presents Rodin at the will play Schubert’s Trout Quintet. works. 3-4:30pm. artscenter.org Lectures: Sarah Lawrence College Met with Jane Roos. The award- 3:30-5:30pm at TBA. riverarts.org 12/4 MONDAY presents Akhil Sharma Craft Talk. winning scholar has lectured widely Dance: Smart Arts presents Chicago Sharma’s stories have been anthologized on the sculptures of Auguste Rodin. Tours: Lyndhurst Mansion presents Tap Theatre’s Tidings of Tap. An upbeat, three times in Best American Short 2-3:30pm. afwestchesterny.org family-oriented entirely tap-danced holiday Classic Mansion Tours: A Very Stories. 2-3pm at Slonim House Spoken Word: Hudson Valley Writers’ show. 3-5pm. sunywcc.edu/smartarts Duchess Holiday. The mansion Stone Room. sarahlawrence.edu will be adorned with an over-the-top Center presents Memoir Reading. Dance: Steffi Nossen Dance display of holiday ornaments. Through Music: The Capitol Theatre presents Melissa Febos will read from her new Foundation presents A Choreography 12/30. 10am-4pm. lyndhurst.org Tracy Bonham w/ Talay, Dendro memoir, Abandon Me. Lidia Yuknavitch Showcase. Featuring the work and Julez. The Grammy Award- will read from her acclaimed novel The Tours: The Rye Arts Center presents of emerging and established nominated violinist will perform. 6:30- Book of Joan. 7:30pm. writerscenter.org choreographers. 4-5:30pm at Emelin Art Tour of Christie’s New York 11:30pm at Garcia’s at The Capitol Reception: Oak&Oil Gallery presents Theatre. steffinossen.org Auction House. The event will feature Theatre. thecapitoltheatre.com a jewel and handbag sale, a presentation “Meet the Artists” Holiday Party. Music: The Capitol Theatre by a Christie’s specialist and more. 12/6 WEDNESDAY Guests will meet the gallery’s artists. presents Youth Vocal Competition 10am-12pm. ryeartscenter.org 5:30-8:30pm. oakandoil.com & Performance: Tri-State Rocks. A Music: Downtown Music at Grace Music: The Capitol Theatre presents vocal competition and performance 12/5 TUESDAY presents Diana Brown, Suzanne Hot Tuna Electric ft. Steve Kimock. The for both aspiring artists. 4:45- Wagor, Nelly Rocha, Haodong Wu. Lectures: Sarah Lawrence College rock band and guitarist come together for 11:30pm. thecapitoltheatre.com This program will feature a Germanic presents Trisha Brown’s Choreography: repertoire. 12-1:15pm. dtmusic.org an evening of classic tunes and original Dance: The Performing Arts Center, Embodied Democracy. Art historian music. 7-11pm. thecapitoltheatre.com Purchase College presents The Susan Rosenberg will discuss the work Music: Harrison Public Library presents The Hanamizuki Choir. The Music: Emelin Theatre presents choir will perform live music accompanied Mile Twelve. The young band will by piano. 12-1pm. harrisonpl.org perform original and traditional December 2017 bluegrass. 8pm. emelin.org Music: Irvington Town Hall Theater 3 The Suzanne Farrell Ballet Farewell Tour presents An Evening with Kelli O’Hara. Reception: ArtsWestchester presents 9 Brentano Quartet The Broadway singer will provide an Veterans in Focus. An opening reception 12 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical intimate evening of song and celebration. for the photography of nine local 15 The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert (also 12/16) 7:30-9:30pm. irvingtontheater.com veterans. 5-7pm at Gallery9. artsw.org 17 Westchester Philharmonic Winter Pops! 19 National Theatre Live: Follies 12/7 THURSDAY 12/9 SATURDAY Film: Jacob Burns Film Center Reception: Harrison Public Library presents National Theatre Live: presents Divine Intervention. Guests Young Marx. A rebroadcast will meet photographer Kimberly of a play that follows the early life of Patino. 2pm. harrisonpl.org January 2018 Karl Marx. 2-5pm. burnsfilmcenter.org Music: Hoff-Barthelson Music 20 Kronos Quartet Theater: Hamm & Clov Stage School presents Winter Concert. 27 Chamber Music Society Company presents Noor. The true Featuring works by Beethoven, Haydn of Lincoln Center story of a young Sufi pacifist, and her and Wagner. Special guest New York Brahms & Dvorˇá k journey as a spy during WWII. 8pm at Philharmonic cellist Sumire Kudo. Suzanne Werner Wright Theatre, Sarah 7-8:30pm at Community Unitarian Lawrence College. hammandclov.org Universalist Congregation. hbms.org Film: Ossining Public Library Music: Irvington Town Hall Theater presents The Ossining Documentary presents Darlingside. The four- & Discussion Series. A screening person indie rock band will perform. of the film Dramatic Escape, directed 8-10pm. irvingtontheater.com by Nick Quested. 6:30-8pm at Budarz Lectures: Ossining Public Library Theater. ossininglibrary.org presents From Saint to Santa. Dr. Mike Norris will discuss historical Saint Nicholas FORTY YEARS 914.251.6200 www.artscenter.org DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS A13 visit artsw.org for more event information and the development of Christmas in New York. 12-1pm. ossininglibrary.org Music: The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College presents Brentano Quartet. The program will feature works by Mozart, Guillaume Lekeu and Brahms. 8-9:30pm. artscenter.org Reception: The Rye Arts Center presents Opening Reception: Members Exhibit. An opening reception for the Center’s exhibiting members. 1-3pm. ryeartscenter.org Music: Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse presents Garnet Rogers. Thia NYC singer-songwriter emerged in the late 1980s. 7:30- 10pm at Memorial United Methodist Church. walkaboutclearwater.org Music: Westchester Choral Society presents Concert. Featuring Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. Classic Mansion Tours: A Very Duchess Holiday, Lyndhurst Mansion, Through 12/30 (photo courtesy of Lyndhurst) 4-5:30pm at Manhattanville College. westchesterchoralsociety.org 12/17, 12/20. Times vary at Irvington members of the Association. 5:15- Music: Yonkers Philharmonic Music: Westchester Chordsmen Presbyterian Church. angelicavoices.org 6:30pm at New Rochelle Public presents Mozart Concert. Violinist Chorus presents Good Tidings We Sing. Music: Copland House presents Library. newrochelleart.com Quan Ge will join the Philharmonic in a A performance of holiday songs in a 4-part Celestial Harmonies. Featuring Lectures: New Rochelle Public performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto a-cappella style performance. 7:30-9:30pm Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the Library presents New Rochelle’s No. 4 K218. 3-5pm at Saunders Trade at French American School. chordsmen.org End of Time. 3-5pm at Copland House Role in the Great War. City historian High School. yonkersphilharmonic.org Music: Westchester Oratorio at Merestead. coplandhouse.org Barbara Davis will give an illustrated 12/12 TUESDAY Society presents “Scratch Messiah” Dance: Hudson Valley Center for presentation about New Rochelle’s roles in World War I. 2-3pm. nrpl.org Theater: The Performing Arts Center, Sing-Along. Featuring the choir and Contemporary Art presents Hip Purchase College presents Rudolph members of St. Luke’s Church in Somers, Hop Into The Holidays. Featuring Music: Ossining Public Library The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This TV NY. 7-9:30pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal performances by Giabella Rose presents Holiday Concert. Guests will classic will soar off the screen and onto Church. westchesteroratorio.org Taylor, the Studio of Mt. Kisco, celebrate the holidays with jazz by the the stage. 7-8:30pm. artscenter.org Music: Tarrytown Music Hall presents the Steffi Nossen School of Dance Chris Pasin Jazz Quintet. 2-3:30pm at Vienna Boys Choir. The performance will and more. 2-6pm. hvcca.org Budarz Theater. ossininglibrary.org 12/13 WEDNESDAY showcase the voices of about 100 young Music: Lagond Music School Music: PJS Jazz Society, Inc. presents Music: Downtown Music at Grace singers in a program featuring classical presents Lagond’s Adult Jam Matthew Whitaker. Whitaker’s love for presents Element Songs. A rare masterpieces, popular songs and holiday Session. Free weekly adult jam playing piano first began at the young opportunity to hear six new works favorites. 8pm. tarrytownmusichall.org sessions for musicians to congregate. age of three. 5:15-9pm. pjsjazz.org by six of today’s most engaging Also 12/17. 7-10pm at Lagond’s Live! composers. 12-1:15pm. dtmusic.org 12/10 SUNDAY Music: The Capitol Theatre presents from The Haven. lagondmusic.org Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Film: Jacob Burns Film Center presents Film: The Picture House presents Theater: M&M Performing Arts Sweats. The musicians will bring their Blast of Silence. A hitman is called in to The Nutcracker Magical Matinee. presents Mr. Dickens Tells A upbeat soul music to the stage. 7:30- rub out a mob boss. He meets an old flame The film will bring George Balanchine’s Christmas Carol. A recreation of 11:30pm. thecapitoltheatre.com and rethinks the killing until she rejects choreography to the big screen. Charles Dickens’ performances of his Music: The Westchester Chamber him. 1pm & 7:30pm. burnsfilmcenter.org Costumed ballerinas from Ballet Arts classic tale. Through 12/31. 5:30-7pm will perform. 3pm. thepicturehouse.org Music Society presents The Walsh- Theater: Ossining Public Library at Lyndhurst Mansion. lyndhurst.org Drucker-Cooper Trio. The Trio has presents Felicitas. An Austrian Music: Angelica Women’s Chamber Reception: New Rochelle Art been praised by critics as one of the baby nurse escapes the Third Reich Choir presents With Jubilant Song: Association presents NRAA Adolph world’s finest ensembles. 4-6pm at to nurture order in American society Welcoming Yuletide. The program Grant Award Show. An opening Congregation El-Emanuel of Westchester. one baby at a time. 7-8:30pm at features medieval, renaissance and reception for works by exhibiting westchesterchambermusicsociety.com Budarz Theater. ossininglibrary.org contemporary Yuletide selections. Also A14 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 visit artsw.org for more event information

12/14 THURSDAY 12/17 SUNDAY explore the organization’s Give Us The 12/23 SATURDAY Vote exhibition. 6-8:30pm. artsw.org Theater: Schoolhouse Theater & Family & Kids: Caramoor Center for Music: The Capitol Theatre presents Arts Center presents The Gift of the Music and the Arts presents Santa Music: Downtown Music at Matisyahu w/ Common Kings and Magi. This is an adaptation of the Visits the Rosen House. Jolly Saint Nick Grace presents Angelica. Featuring Orphan. Featuring rock, reggae and R&B short story by O.Henry. Through 12/24. comes to Caramoor to fill the Rosen House Yuletide pieces from the medieval music. 7pm. thecapitoltheatre.com 8-9:30pm. schoolhousetheater.org with holiday cheer. 2pm. caramoor.org and renaissance period, as well as contemporary works by Daniel Gawthrop 12/26 TUESDAY Music: New Rochelle Public Library 12/15 FRIDAY and Ola Gjeilo. 12-1:15pm. dtmusic.org presents Family Holiday Concert. Theater: Emelin Theatre presents The Spoken Word: Hudson Valley The “Sing Your Heart Out” chorus 12/21 THURSDAY Paper Bag Players. This show is packed Writers’ Center presents Open Mic will present a concert with music with stories, songs, freewheeling dances Film: Jacob Burns Film Center Night. Guests will share their words, of Christmas, Hanukkah and other and more. 11am & 1:30pm. emelin.org presents It’s a Wonderful Life. Bank music or comedy in a comfortable winter celebrations. 3-4pm. nrpl.org space. 7:30-9pm. writerscenter.org manager George Bailey, who is facing 12/28 THURSDAY Music: Songcatchers Inc. presents financial ruin and possible jail time, Family & Kids: Katonah Museum Film: New Rochelle Public Library 23rd Annual Concert for Peace. A contemplates jumping off a bridge of Art presents Stroller Tour. Guests presents Finding Dory. A forgetful concert filled with songs of peace, on Christmas Eve. Through 12/25. will connect with other new parents blue tang fish suddenly remembers interfaith carols and songs of the holiday Times vary. burnsfilmcenter.org who seek culturally enriching activities she has a family who may be looking season. 4:30-6pm at College of New for her. 10:30-12:15pm. nrpl.org to share with their babies. Also 1/26. Rochelle Chapel. songcatchers.org 12/22 FRIDAY 9:30-10:30pm. katonahmuseum.org Film: New Rochelle Public Library Theater: White Plains Performing Music: The Capitol Theatre presents presents How to Train Your Dragon. Tours: Katonah Museum of Art presents Arts Center presents The Hunchback The Nutcracker. The Central Park Dance Hiccup is a young Viking who Senior Socials. Seniors are invited every ensemble will bring the holiday classic of Notre Dame. A retelling of Victor defies tradition when he befriends 3rd Friday of the month for a tour and to life. 3-7pm. thecapitoltheatre.com Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance coffee social. 1-2pm. katonahmuseum.org and what it means to be a hero. a dragon. 1-2:45pm. nrpl.org Film: The Performing Arts Center, Through 1/14. 7-9:30pm. wppac.com 12/16 SATURDAY Purchase College presents National Music: The Performing Arts Theatre Live: Follies. Tracie Bennett, Center, Purchase College presents Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton star in this The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert. new production of Stephen Sondheim’s A high-energy evening of original legendary musical. 3-5pm. artscenter.org tunes and holiday classics. Also Music: The Sanctuary Series 12/16. 8-10pm. artscenter.org presents Holiday Fantasy with Dance: Ballet des Amériques presents Anthony Newman and the Westfair The Nutcracker Dream. The ballet is Singers. A varied holiday program, choreographed by Artistic Director Carole including works for organ and piano by Alexis, with some excerpts re-staged Bach, Handel, Rachmaninov and others. by Rudolph Nureyev. Also 12/17 at 3pm. 4-6pm at South Salem Presbyterian 5-7:30pm. balletdesameriques.com Church. thesanctuaryseries.org Alliance AD Music: Caramoor Center for Music Music: The Symphony of Westchester and the Arts presents TENET. presents All-Baroque Concert. Featuring The vocal ensemble will perform a Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. 3pm program of intimate carols to celebrate at Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium. the season. 5pm. caramoor.org thesymphonyofwestchester.org Reception: Greenburgh Public Library Music: Westchester Philharmonic presents Scapes. Guests will meet presents Winter Pops Concert. Featuring photographer Ron Carran during his solo Broadway’s Laura Michelle Kelly. exhibit. 2-4pm. greenburghlibrary.org 3-5:30pm at SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center. westchesterphil.org Music: The Capitol Theatre presents Ripe w/ Juice & Special Guests. 12/20 WEDNESDAY Audiences will experience the R&B of Reception: ArtsWestchester Ripe. 7:30pm. thecapitoltheatre.com presents Wednesday Shop & Sip Event. Guests will enjoy a glass of wine, shop for one-of-a-kind gifts and DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS A15 visit artsw.org for more event information

1/13 SATURDAY Film: Ossining Public Library presents The Ossining Documentary & Reception: Harrison Public Discussion Series. Room to Breathe is Library presents “Elements: Fire a film about the power of meditation in & Ice”. Visitors will meet exhibiting schools. 6:30-8pm. ossininglibrary.org photographers Heidi Fuhrman and Michael Washburn. 2pm. harrisonpl.org 1/20 SATURDAY Family & Kids: The Rye Arts Center Music: The Performing Arts Center, presents Free Arts Day. Visitors Purchase College presents Kronos will enjoy an afternoon of creativity Quartet. Since its founding in 1973, the with music, theater, visual art and San Francisco-based Quartet has become more. 12-3pm. ryeartscenter.org one of the most influential ensembles in Music: Walkabout Clearwater classical music. 8-9:30pm. artscenter.org Coffeehouse presents John Flynn Reception: Rye Arts Center presents & Reggie Harris. The musicians will Some Like It Hot. An opening perform original folk and spiritual music. reception for 15 contemporary artists 7:30pm at Memorial United Methodist who explore the practice of encaustic Church. walkaboutclearwater.org painting. 5-7pm. ryeartscenter.org 1/14 SUNDAY 1/21 SUNDAY Music: Ossining Public Library Music: Downtown Music at presents Manhattan Chamber Players. Grace presents Rebel Ensemble for The Manhattan Chamber Players will Baroque Music. Works by Telemann, return with a trio performance. 2-3:30pm Legrenzi, Stoelzel, Fux and Corelli will at Budarz Theater. ossininglibrary.org be featured. 12-1:15pm. dtmusic.org Music: PJS Jazz Society, Inc. presents Music: Greenburgh Public Library Wycliffe Gordon. The trombonist presents Robert Kogan & Barbara will perform hard-swinging, straight- Podgurski Concert. A performance ahead jazz. 5:15-9pm. pjsjazz.org Wycliffe Gordon, PJS Jazz Society, 1/14 (photo source: wycliffegordon.com) featuring works by Ravel, Debussy and 1/17 WEDNESDAY Stravinsky. 2-3pm. greenburghlibrary.org College Advisory. A round table Music: New Rochelle Public 12/29 FRIDAY Reception: ArtsWestchester presents discussion about the college selection Library presents Night in the Comedy: New Rochelle Public Get Over the Hump Wednesday process. 3:30-5pm. hbms.org Garden of Spain. Pianists Matthew Series. Guests will enjoy a drink Library presents Will Shaw. Featuring Harrison and Vlada Yaneva return with Dance: New Rochelle Public while viewing the Give Us the Vote juggling, unicycling, balance tricks, another compelling “Masterworks Library presents Three Kings Day exhibition, networking, shopping local music and more. 1-1:45pm. nrpl.org Conversation.” 3-4pm. nrpl.org Event. Families will enjoy a live artisan items and more. RSVP at 914- Music: The Capitol Theatre presents performance by the Calpulli Mexican 428-4220. 6:30-8pm artsw.org. Film: RiverArts presents En Garde The String Cheese Incident. Dance Company. 4-5:30pm. nrpl.org Arts’ Wilderness. A group of teens Music: Downtown Music at An American band from Colorado, combat existential crises through a Grace presents Westchester formed in 1993. Also 12/30, 12/31. 1/7 SUNDAY wilderness therapy program. 3-5pm at 7-11pm. thecapitoltheatre.com Phil. A concert featuring members Music: Ossining Public Library Irvington Town Hall Theater. riverarts.org and friends of the Westchester presents Acoustic Guitar. This event JANUARY Philharmonic. 12-1pm. dtmusic.org Music: Schoolhouse Theater & Arts will feature acoustic guitar virtuoso and Center presents Houston Person 30th Music: The Capitol Theatre presents composer Anton Del Forno. 2-3:30pm Annual Schoolhouse Concert. The Neko Case ft. Mt Joy. Neko Case 1/5 FRIDAY at Budarz Theater. ossininglibrary.org world-renowned saxophonist has recorded will perform her intimate indie rock Music: The Capitol Theatre presents more than 75 albums as a band leader. 1/10 WEDNESDAY vibes. 7pm. thecapitoltheatre.com Turn Back The Cap: 1980’s ft. Jessie’s 7-9:15pm. schoolhousetheater.org Girl. The ultimate 80’s cover band will Music: Downtown Music at Grace 1/18 THURSDAY perform live. 7pm. thecapitoltheatre.com presents Jun Hwi Cho. The pianist was 1/24 WEDNESDAY Film: Jacob Burns Film Center first prize winner of The Seventh New Music: Downtown Music at Grace presents Bolshoi Ballet’s The Taming 1/6 SATURDAY York International Piano Competition in presents The Memling Ensemble. Six of the Shrew. A screening of a Reception: Hoff-Barthelson June 2014. 1:15-1:15pm. dtmusic.org of New York’s finest players join forces comedy by William Shakespeare. Music School presents Annual to play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in 2-5pm. burnsfilmcenter.org E-flat Major. 12-1:15pm. dtmusic.org A16 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 exhibitions 1/26 FRIDAY Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center. Featuring the music of Brahms Tours: Katonah Museum of ArtsWestchester | artsw.org and Dvořák. 5-6:30pm. artscenter.org Art presents Senior Socials. • Give Us The Vote. Contemporary art examines the state of voting rights in Seniors are invited every 1/28 SUNDAY America today. Through 1/27. Tues-Fri: 12-5pm, Sat: 1-6pm. 3rd Friday of the month for a tour and Spoken Word: Read 650 • Veterans in Focus. Teaching artists Joseph Squillante and Karen Ann Sullivan coffee social. 1-2pm. katonahmuseum.org presents Immigration. A dozen instructed nine veterans at the Vet Center in White Plains on how to capture 1/27 SATURDAY regional writers will read their true creative photographs. 12/8-23. Tues-Fri: 12-5pm, Sat: 1-6pm at Gallery9. stories of immigrant struggles and Dance: Ballet des Amériques presents Blue Door Art Center | bluedoorartcenter.org success. 3-5pm. read650.com Evenings of Dance in Port Chester. • 2017 Holiday Show and Exhibit. A showcase of affordable artworks, from Featuring a performance, followed by a 1/29 MONDAY paintings to pottery and jewelry. Through 12/16, 3-6pm. dinner. 7-8pm. balletdesameriques.com Film: Jacob Burns Film Center presents Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill | sunywcc.edu/peekskill Music: Hudson Chorale presents Some Like It Hot. Two struggling • Jade Doskow’s World Fairs. Doskow’s photographs illustrate World Fair sites Concert. Featuring performances of musicians witnessed a Mafia massacre that run the gamut from iconic to abandoned. Through 12/22, 10am-5pm. Franz Joseph Haydn’s Die Schöpfung. Also and now are on the run from the mob. 1/28. 3-5:15pm at Queen of the Apostles 2 & 7:30pm. burnsfilmcenter.org Clay Art Center | clayartcenter.org Chapel at Maryknoll. hudsonchorale.org • Clay Holiday Annual Sale. Featuring functional pottery and ceramic sculpture by Family & Kids: Smart Arts presents 1/31 WEDNESDAY local and nationally recognized artists. Through 12/22, 10am-5pm. Skatetacular’s Dreams on Ice. This Music: Downtown Music at Grace Greenburgh Public Library | greenburghlibrary.org full-length musical on ice is a family- presents Violinist Anna Rabinova • SCAPES. A solo show by photographer Ron Carran. 12/16-1/14/2018. friendly show with an original narrative. & Pianist Svetlana Gorokovich. 8-10pm. sunywcc.edu/smartarts Featuring Beethoven’s Sonata, Opus Harrison Public Library | harrisonpl.org 47 and the Tchaikovsky’s Valse Music: The Performing Arts Center, • Divine Intervention. Kimberly Patino’s photography focuses on identity, body Scherzo. 12-1:15pm. dtmusic.org Purchase College presents The image and the relationship between immigration and Americanism. 12/3-1/5/2018. Times vary. • Elements: Fire & Ice. Featuring the abstract aerial images of Namibian dunes and close-up images of layered ice by Heidi Fuhrman and Michael Washburn. 1/7-2/2. Use Your Times vary. Hudson River Museum | hrm.org Words • Walks with Artists: The Hudson Valley and Beyond. The exhibition demonstrates the key role of landscape painting that led to environmental activism. & Rock Through 1/21, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm. • Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill. A 70-foot panorama the Vote! painting of the Hudson River and its banks. Through 1/14, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art | hvcca.org A Freestyle Poetry • Between I and Thou. Artists from around the globe explore interconnections Workshop with between the personal, cultural, religious and national. Through 12/17. Fri: Toni Blackman 11am-5pm, Sat-Sun: 12-6pm. • Illumination of the Sacred Forms. A multimedia installation of illuminated paintings by Peter Bynum with video projections. Through 12/17, Fri: 11am-5pm, Sat- Jan. 18, 2018 | 5pm Sun: 12-6pm. • Women Warriors. The exhibition honors the 100th anniversary of women’s GALLERY suffrage in America. Through 12/17. Fri: 11am-5pm, Sat-Sun: 12-6pm. Iona College Council on the Arts | bit.ly/IonaCollegeArts 31 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 • Black Culture, As Is: Ya Feel Me?. African American artists will explore themes that include spirituality, self-exploration and cultural identity. 1/22-2/22, 12-5pm at artsw.org/giveusthevote Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery. Katonah Museum of Art | katonahmuseum.org GIVE US THE • Object Out Loud: Arman and Nick Cave. Featuring two pioneering artists who This program is part of absorb, reassemble and spectacularize everyday objects. Through 1/7. Tues-Sat: OTE 10am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm. 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Alliance Francaise of Westchester | afwestchesterny.org • Open House. Visitors will meet with faculty and learn about the French classes offered. 1/6-8, 10am-1pm. ArtsWestchester | artsw.org • Use Your Words and Rock the Vote!. An afternoon of freestyle poetry writing with spoken work poet Toni Blackman. All day voter registration with “Rock the Vote!.” 1/18, 5-7pm. • Teen Tuesdays: What Matters Most To You. Students (ages 12-16) will work Stormy Remedy by Kimberly Patino (detail), Divine Intervention, Harrison Council on the Arts, 12/3-1/5 with professional artist Lana Yu and explore what is important to them. 12/12, Mahlstedt Gallery | jam415.com 4-5:30pm. • Contemporary Photography. Seven artists and their approaches to complex works For more ArtsWestchester workshops, visit artsw.org. in the digital realm. Through 1/4/2018. Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm. Blue Door Art Center | bluedoorartcenter.org Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild | mamaroneckartistsguild.org • Free Children’s Art Workshop. An engaging children’s workshop exploring a • A Gift of Art: Annual Holiday Show. A showcase featuring unique and handmade variety of media. Through 12/16, 10am-12pm. art and craft. Through 12/24, 12-5pm. Bott Shoppe | facebook.com/bottshoppe Neuberger Museum of Art | neuberger.org • Fashion Illustration Workshop. Students will learn the basics of fashion • Janet Biggs: A Step On the Sun. Janet Biggs’s video installation documents illustration. 1-3pm. Through 12/13, 1-3pm. sulfur workers as they extract minerals from inside a fiery volcano. Through 12/22, Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill | sunywcc.edu/peekskill Wed-Sun: 12-5pm. • Quick Start to Adobe InDesign CC in 24 Hours. Students will learn to use the • Romare Bearden: Abstraction. The exhibition will feature Bearden’s abstract latest version of InDesign. Through 12/2, 9am-3pm. works that preceded his well-known collages. Through 12/22, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm. • Game Design for Teens. Students will work with a game designer to develop • The Playful Universe of Ignacio Iturria. A retrospective of one of Uruguay’s most characters and interactive user experience. Through 12/2, 10am-2pm. accomplished artists. Through 2/25, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm. For more Center for the Digital Arts workshops, visit sunywcc.edu/peekskill. • Votes!. A set of wall panels depict the struggle for voting rights that women faced Clay Art Center | clayartcenter.org between 1848 and 1917. Through 5/13. Wed-Sun: 12-5pm. • Saturday Drop In Class. A fun introduction to clay for all ages. Through 12/16, New Castle Historical Society | newcastlehs.org 2-4pm. • Carrie Chapman Catt & The Women’s Suffrage Movement. The exhibition • Cladies Night for Adults. A single-session class for adults interested in learning explores this historic movement and the life of Catt, a leading suffragist and former how to use the potter’s wheel. B.Y.O.B. Through 12/15, 7-9pm. New Castle resident. Through 6/30, Tues-Thurs, Sat: 1-4pm. For more Clay Art Center workshops, visit clayartcenter.org. New Rochelle Public Library | nrpl.org Color Camera Club of Westchester | colorcameraclub.com • New Rochelle: Home for the Holidays. The exhibition will feature archival images of various buildings and scenes of New Rochelle from late 1800s to 1980s. • Home Sweet Home. Photographer Rick Gerrity will guide students on how to Through 12/2. Times vary. document their hometowns. 12/4, 7:30-9:30pm. • NRAA Adolph Grant Award Show. Featuring members of the Association with • New Photography Program. The program includes a new photography education a grand prize reserved for a New Rochelle resident working in oils, watercolors, season, image-making programs, competitions and more. 12/4-5, 7:30-9:30pm. acrylics or pastels. 12/3-1/4/2018. Times vary. Country Dancers of Westchester | cdwestchester.org Ossining Public Library | ossininglibrary.org • English Country Dancing. Participants will learn the basics of English country • Scenic Paintings. Featuring the paintings of June Farnham. 12/1-30, 2-4pm. dances. Thursdays, 7:30-10pm at The Church in the Highlands. 1/27, 8-11pm. Peekskill Arts Alliance | peekskillartsalliance.org CSP Music School | guavajamm.net • Holiday Boutique. The boutique will feature fine handmade items. 12/2-1/16/2018. • Private Lessons/Workshops. Pianists and educators Dennis Bell and Claudette Fri: 5-9pm, Sat: 11am-8pm, Sun: 11am-5pm at Studio 4. Washington-Bell conduct weekly, private lessons in beginner/intermediate piano, music theory and more. Fall through Spring 2017-2018, 10am-6pm. Rye Arts Center | ryeartscenter.org Hoff-Barthelson Music School | hbms.org • Members Exhibit. The exhibition will explore the works of the Center’s members. 12/9-1/6/2018. Mon & Sat: 9am-3pm, Tues-Fri: 9am-7pm. • Early Childhood Open House. Visitors will join a music and movement class and learn about the School’s offerings. 1/20, 12pm. Demo lesson begins at 12:30pm. • Some Like It Hot. Contemporary artists explore the practice of encaustic painting. 1/13-2/17. Mon & Sat: 9am-3pm, Tues-Fri: 9am-7pm. A18 Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSNEWS DEC. 2017 / JAN. 2018 workshops

Hudson River Museum | hrm.org Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild | mamaroneckartistsguild.org • Kids Explore the Landscape with Zafiro Acevedo. Participants will examine • Figure Drawing with Live Model. Participants must bring their own supplies. classical landscape elements and create works using natural elements. Through Model is fully clothed. Through 12/20, 6:30-8:30pm. 12/16, 2-3pm. • Children’s Art Class. Ages 5-12. 12/2 & 1/6/2018. 9:30-11am. Hudson Valley Writers’ Center | writerscenter.org Neuberger Museum of Art | neuberger.org • The Art & Craft of Poetry. NYU professor and poet Michael Patrick Collins will • Sip and Sketch. The event will provide a professional live nude model, supplies, a lead a six-week craft class focusing on all elements of craft. Through 12/8, 1-3pm. moderator and wine to help inspire creativity. 12/14, 5-7:30pm. • Writing New Fiction with Lynn Schmeidler. Various types of writing techniques, New England Fashion and Design Association | newenglandfashionanddesign.com prompts and suggestions will be offered. Through 12/13, 7-9pm. • Holiday Fashion Workshop. Students will construct handmade creations, including For more Hudson Valley Writers’ Center workshops, visit writerscenter.org. ornaments, felted stockings, winter gloves and more. Through 12/18, 1-3pm. Katonah Art Center | katonahartcenter.com New Rochelle Public Library | nrpl.org • New Fall Mini-Sessions. Classes offered include Pottery Wheel for Adults, • Sing Your Heart Out. Music aficionado Robert Puleo helps participants aged 55 Portraits for Beginners, Intro to Metal Smithing and more. Through 12/11, times and older to gain confidence in singing. Through 12/16, 10-11am. vary. • African Dance. Anthony Wooden, Director of Bokandeye African Dance and Drum • Fall Second Session Classes. Students will learn how to “see” and depict the Troupe, will teach native African dances. 1/20-2/24. 11am-12pm. shapes that make up the animal form. Through 12/11, 9:15am-12:15pm. For more New Rochelle Public Library workshops, visit nrpl.org. Katonah Museum of Art | katonahmuseum.org RiverArts | riverarts.org • Process Lab: Assemblage. Participants will use everyday objects and collected materials to create works of art. Through 1/13, 10am-5pm. • Drink & Draw. Participants will learn to draw in a relaxed setting. 12/7, 1/4. 7:30- 10pm at 145 Palisade Street. • Art Out Loud. Participants will work with artists to transform mixed-media materials into wearable works of art. 12/10, 12-4pm. Steffi Nossen School of Dance | steffinossen.org For more Katonah Museum of Art workshops, visit katonahmuseum.org. • Open House Free Week of Dance. Visitors are invited to sample all age and level appropriate classes at no cost. 1/8-13, times vary. Warner Library | warnerlibrary.org • Truth, Truthiness & Post-Truth. Students will learn how to read critically and use resources on the web for fact-checking. 12/14, 7-8:30pm. • Holiday Crafts. Participants will use a variety of colors and patterns of washi tape to make holiday cards, gift tags and ornaments. 12/18, 3:30-5pm. Westchester Community College Center for the Arts | sunywcc.edu/arts • Writing and Mindfulness Practices. Students will learn techniques to spark Westchester Community College creativity during the writing process. Through 12/17, 10am-12pm. PEEKSKILL EXTENSION CENTER • Experimental Drawing. This class provides a creative environment for adults with all levels of experience to explore varied approaches to drawing. 12/6, 6-9pm. Yonkers Pottery | yonkerspottery.com OFFERING CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT CLASSES • Clay Soirée Wheel Throwing. Participants will learn the basics of pottery-making AT THE PEEKSKILL EXTENSION CENTER in a relaxed atmosphere. 12/15, 1/19. 7-9pm. The Peekskill Extension is one of the Hudson Valley’s premier resources • Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding. Students create simple and complex ceramic located in downtown Peekskill at 27 North Division Street. This Center forms using clay techniques including pinch, slab, coil and modeling. Saturdays oers various 3-credit courses in areas such as the Digital Arts. The Center also oers a specialized non-credit certificate and related courses through 12/23, 10:30am-12:30pm. in User Experience (UX) Design as well as ESL and other student services. Yonkers Public Library | ypl.org Learn in a state-of-the-art facility equipped with a Maker Space outfitted • Singin’ & Swingin’. Participants (ages 50+) will learn jazz standards, explore scat with 3D printing. singing, create a blues tune and more. Through 12/19, Tues: 2-4pm. REGISTER NOW FOR SPRING. CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 20.

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