The legacy of The Bedford Playhouse is a storied one. It spans 75 years, six million dollars of renovations and one incredibly supportive community. This three-quarters-of-a-century also includes the theater’s near-extinction, a community-driven fundraising effort, an international pandemic, and a complete restructuring of its programming. What stands today is a…
ArtsWestchester’s current Who Writes History? exhibition focuses on a more inclusive recounting of the past and present. Who “owns” history? What is the “truth”? Is there one truth, or many? Twenty exhibiting artists explore the ways in which images and language (together and independently) shape society’s collective memory and mainstream…
by MJ Territo Downtown Music at Grace has been entrancing noontime audiences for thirty-four years and counting. In 1988, as development in downtown White Plains was beginning to burgeon, the Trustees of Grace Church were on the lookout for an arts program to complement their active role in social services….
“There is a certain energy and excitement about having a work premiere for the first time – and witnessing as actors become the first ever to identify with the characters,” says Alan Lutwin, Executive Director of Ossining’s Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT). This is exactly what is happening through May 8,…
by Mary Alice Franklin, ArtsNews Editor Croton-Harmon High School student Isabel Lavery has been dancing since she was four, and has the costumes to prove it. In fact, she says she has piles of old costumes, each worn only a handful of times, just collecting dust. And she knows she’s…
by Judith Weber, Volunteer Coordinator of ArtsWestchester’s Arts Ambassador Program Spring is finally here and, after an extended isolation, many people are finding that there is a need to re-engage with life in the “outside world.” In Westchester, that re-engagement is being powerfully driven by the arts. It has been…
ArtsW.org is Westchester County’s guide for all-things-art. On its “Artist Opportunities” page, artists in all disciplines can find nearby working opportunities that will help to strengthen and further their careers. Below is a sampling of some upcoming opportunities. To get these opportunities sent directly to your mailbox, sign up here. …
by Jerry Spette, Membership Host at Color Camera Club of Westchester Spring is here, and beauty abounds. What a great time of year to get the photographic juices flowing. The crocus and tulip sprouts are reaching up from the cold barren earth to warm themselves in the long-awaited 60-degree temperature. …
MuralFest Coming to New Rochelle New Rochelle Council on the Arts, the City of New Rochelle and Street Art for Mankind have announced a new set of murals to be completed by May 1 for a MuralFest celebration. The day’s event will include a guided tour of the new murals…
An excerpt from an essay by Randy Williams, Co-Curator of ArtsWestchester’s Who Writes History? exhibition Who Writes History? is an exhibition that investigates four major themes in the fine arts. It helps to reshape historical objects, keep records, reinterpret monuments and make history…. As we refer to…
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