Local Westchester Groups Celebrate Black History Month

Local Westchester Groups Celebrate Black History Month

Throughout the month of February, several local groups will offer fun and diverse programs in celebration of Black History Month. New Rochelle Public Library (NRPL), in collaboration with New Rochelle Council on the Arts, will present Notable African Americans of New Rochelle, an exhibition that celebrates the remarkable lives of…

“Our Path” : A Film about the Life of Returning Veterans

“Our Path” : A Film about the Life of Returning Veterans

“Remembering is easy… it’s forgetting that is hard…” – Ron Whitehead, Desert Storm Veteran and Art Teacher in Ossining What is life like for a veteran who returns home from war? This is an important question that is often neglected, according to John Rizzo, a photojournalist who created Our Path….

Take a Noonday Getaway with Pianist Anna Vinnitsky at Downtown Music at Grace

On January 25, pianist Anna Vinnitsky returns to Downtown Music at Grace (DTM) for a “Noonday Getaway” concert.  The event’s program includes a sonata of Mozart, the virtuosic Faschingsschwank aus Wien from Robert Schumann and a piano transcription of a traditional Klezmer melody. Vinnitsky, whom DTM calls “a Downtown Music…

Inciting Emotion Through an Unexpected Medium

InCiteful Clay, an exhibition that explores a movement in contemporary ceramics that addressed social commentaries, completed its U.S. tour this past month. In the exhibition, 27 artists used the age-old medium of clay, which traditionally serves functional or decorative purposes, to offer provocative critiques of social and political injustices. The…

Local Artist Brings ArtsWestchester’s Windows to Life in “Half Nature”

  ArtsWestchester’s building transforms this year with the intention to bring environmental issues to light. ArtsWestchester presents Half Nature, a site-specific installation created by New York visual artist Susan Rowe Harrison who is inspired by the endangered species in Westchester County. The historic building’s windows are enlivened with Rowe Harrison’s…

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