See the trailer in “Read more…”
February 3, 2012
by Barbara Kornreich

Saturday February 11, 2012 has been declared “World Happy Day,” when screenings of HAPPY, the latest film from Academy ward nominated director Roko Belic, will be held around the globe—including here in Chappaqua at the New Castle Community Media Center.

Monday, January 30, 2012
by Ellen Davis

The show is cast, rehearsals have started and the excitement builds. On February 10-12, the Seven Bridges Theatre Company will present Seussical Jr., a show that is perfect entertainment for the whole family “no matter how small.”

December 23, 2011
by Joseph Enzweiler

Because we wanted much that year
and had little. Because the winter phone
for days stayed silent that would call
our father back to work, and he
kept silent too with our mother,
fearfully proud before us.

fills the whole room now, that whole year
out across the snowy lawn. Because
a drop of shame burned quietly
in the province of love. Because
we had little that year
and were given much.

From “The Man Who Ordered Perch.” © Iris Press, 2004. Reprinted with permission.

December 9, 2011
by Aoi Senju

You’re all invited to another great program tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the Greeley auditorium, carefully crafted for an audience of all ages! Come support the Horace Greeley Symphony Orchestra with your entire family and hear the wonderful music we’ve prepared for you!  See our rich program of Mendelssohn, Offenbach, Rodgers and Hammerstein—and others—below:

December 9, 2011

Empire City, Gotham, The Big Apple — whatever you call it, there’s no doubt that New York City has impacted millions of hearts, minds, and imaginations throughout history.  On view through December 31 at the Katonah Museum of Art are works of art inspired by New York City in New York, New York! The 20th Century and Storied City: New York in Picture Book Art —and on Thursday, December 15, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., New Castle resident and NYC historian Kenneth Jackson chats with New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt in the museum’s “CrossTalk” series.

See program of songs in “Read more…”
Monday, November 28, 2011
by Marjorie Perlin

Time to get ready for the New Castle Community Sing!  The Chappaqua Orchestra invites you to spend the day browsing the local shops for holiday delights, then head over to the Bell Middle School Auditorium for a short concert of sing-a-long holiday favorites, followed by the New Castle Historical Society’s Holiday Tree Lighting. Goodies will be provided by the New Castle Teen Alliance, Santa will be available to hear holiday wishes,  and the weather will be beautiful (with maybe just a little bit of light snow to set the mood).

November 18, 2011
by C.J. Ehrlich

“THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” opens as an agoraphobic musical-theater fan settles down to play his favorite cast album on his turntable. Suddenly, the musical bursts to life in his living room, spilling out the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet struggling with a host of 1920s archetypes to find, and keep, her true love.

November 18, 2011
by Margo Rudman Gold

The Friends of Greeley Theatre invites the community to its second annual fundraiser, a pre-theatre dinner at Crabtree’s Kittle House Saturday, November 19, followed, we hope, by your attendance at the Greeley Theatre Company’s fall musical, The Drowsy Chaperone.

Classes begin Thursday, Oct. 6 @ Community Center on Senter St.
Monday, October 3, 2011

Michael C. Williams, an actor who played one of three student filmmakers in “The Blair Witch Project,” a film that grossed over $250 million worldwide, brings his acting chops to New Castle to lead “Drama—Acting Through Exercises,” classes for grades 3 through 5, and 6 through 8.  Williams will focus on the basics of acting through the use of games and exercises, and small-scene work with improv as well as scripted material. 

July 29, 2011
by Alex Friedland

Come to the Chappaqua Library tonight, Friday, July 29, at 7:00 p.m. or Saturday, July 30, at 2:00 p.m. to see the Little Village Playhouse (LVP) performance of two shows, “Sleep Away!” and “How to Eat Like a Child.”  These are great and fun shows.  You won’t be disappointed.

July 22, 2011
by Susie Pender

Bring your lawn chairs, bring your picnics, bring your children and grandchildren, and hunker down for a good time this summer on the Rec Field as you enjoy the summer sounds wafting from the new gazebo. Next Wednesday, July 27, the music from the gazebo will reach out and pull you up to dance to the New York Minute band’s Motown, Pop and R&B.  So be sure a tuck in your dancing shoes along with your picnic, or better yet, sandals you can slip off to dance and prance in the grass!

July 8, 2011
by Susie Pender

You’ve heard them at the Chappaqua Farmer’s Market, or maybe at one of the six local clubs where they play regularly. But if you haven’t, don’t miss them tomorrow, Saturday, July 9, when Chappaqua’s own Chris Fox and his band Mojo Monde open the 7th Annual Pleasantville Music Festival at 12:15 p.m. on the Pleasantville Village Stage.

Wednesdays in July, concerts from the gazebo; see “Read more…” for flyer; visit Photo Gallery for more pics
Monday, July 11, 2011
by Susie Pender

Bring your lawn chairs, bring your picnics, bring your children and grandchildren, and hunker down for a good time this summer on the Rec Field as you enjoy the summer sounds wafting from the new gazebo. Did I write “wafting”?  Well, this Wednesday, July 13, is “Elvis, a Night with the King.”  So how about “pulsing”?  Sponsored each Wednesday in July by the Town of New Castle Recreation and Parks Department and Allstate Insurance-Stephen Greenberg, last week’s concert of Beethoven’s Fifth drew a crowd of 300.

July 1, 2011
by Christine Yeres

For each of its exhibitions, the Katonah Museum of Art chooses one local town as “The Town of the Show,” allowing its residents free admission—yes, for everyone in the family—for the length of the exhibition.  And New Castle is that town!  Running now through September 5, 2011, you’re admitted free to “Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy.” On Saturdays and Sundays the museum conducts “See-and-Do Art Activities” for kids.

Monday, June 27, 2011
by Michael Shapiro

The Chappaqua Orchestra under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Michael Shapiro will open the new gazebo in downtown Chappaqua with a celebratory concert on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. The concert will open with Beethoven’s “Consecration of the House (Gazebo)” Overture, then Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony and conclude with that outdoor Victorian era favorite, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Philip Sousa.