Wednesday, August 25: Glazier Arboretum

Last week’s walk at Whippoorwill Park
August 20, 2010
by Stetson Hundgen

Memory and perception are peculiar things.  Using our five senses, we absorb the world around us and unconsciously reformat and record everything in the blink of an eye.  And while everyone has the same five senses, we all remember and perceive things a little differently. 

Bachmann appears tomorrow night, Sat., Aug. 14 at the Towne Crier, in Pawling, N.Y.
August 13, 2010
by Bill Bachmann

I first played at the Towne Crier back in the late Seventies. I was, of course, only two at the time! The location then was in Beekman, New York in an old general store.  After all these years, it is still owned by Phil Ciganer, but is now located in Pawling, New York. The cafe is extremely charming and cozy, the food is always amazing . . . and the desserts are unparalleled. 

Harvey S on bass—photo by Seth Glassman
July 16, 2010
by Emily Tabin

The Westchester Jazz Orchestra will begin their 2010-11 performance season on Saturday, September 25 with a tribute to multi-Grammy-winning saxophone giant Michael Brecker, with the legendary trumpeter Randy Brecker as a guest.  But if you can’t wait, you can catch this spectacular group in two free concerts over the summer.

Berger comes to the Chappaqua Library this Wednesday, July 14
July 12, 2010
by Christine Yeres

Glimmer: How design can transform your life, and maybe even the world by Warren Berger, featuring the ideas and wisdom of design visionary Bruce Mau, has been out for six months now. It took local author and journalist Warren Berger two years to write the book, interviewing great designers from around the world while he watched them work. He will speak about Glimmer on Wednesday, July 14, at the Chappaqua Library at 7:30 p.m. 

July 9, 2010
by Susie Pender

The New Castle Recreation and Parks Department is offering six sessions of skateboarding lessons on Saturday mornings this summer, starting this Saturday, July 10 and running through August 14. The classes are limited to 10 students each; the fee is $100 for residents of New Castle, $120 for non-residents. Register in person at the Rec Department in town hall.

July 2, 2010

Chappaqua resident Norbert (aka Norberto) Goldberg will be one of the featured local artists performing in the upcoming Pleasantville Music Festival on July 10.  The festival includes many top-name groups such as Jakob Dylan (Bob’s son), The Bacon Brothers, and Rusted Root as well as many other Westchester-based bands playing a wide range of music on three different stages. 

June 18, 2010

Saturday and Sunday, Fathers Day weekend, June 19 and 20, from 10:00 a.m. to dusk, the biggest and oldest festival of its kind, Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival—an environmental celebration with music, dance, storytelling, education and activism—will draw thousands of people to Croton Point Park on the Hudson River.

Springfest poster artwork by Elissa Harvey
by Susie Pender

Every spring, the Greeley stage bustles with the sights and sounds of new, sometimes raw, talent. For four evenings, student playwrights, like great puppet masters, get their fellow students to strut their stuff and bring their visions alive before the masses. The week is always filled with laughter (a LOT of laughter), some intrigue, romance (but, of course, this IS high school), tragedy and despair (but, of course, this is HIGH SCHOOL!), a few missed lines, Some Serious Subjects and absurdity. 

Says Tribou, “We get to see what these guys can do!”
June 4, 2010
by Jim Nottingham
STRONGMAN: Varsity Football’s Ultimate Competition

Looking for something to do this Saturday, June 5, at 2:00 p.m. that will be entertaining, amazing and fun? Then get to the upper field at Horace Greeley High School and watch the varsity football hopefuls go through the torturous and demanding events that comprise the Strongman Competition. It is the first official event of the 2010 Horace Greeley Football Team.

May 21, 2010
by Maureen Callan

Next Thursday, May 27, the Horace Greeley High School Chorus will present their annual Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program will feature an eclectic mix of songs, including “Summer is Icumen In,” a thirteenth century motet performed by the Madrigal Choir, and an a cappella arrangement of Irving Berlin’s wistful classic, “What’ll I Do?” sung by the women of the chorus.

May 7, 2010
by Susie Pender

Is parenthood funny? Is childhood funny?  Christopher Durang’s “Baby with the Bathwater” is a dark comedy about how difficult it is to be a parent, and how scary it is to be a baby and a child. The play is written in an absurdist, playful style and, for all its dark topic, has a hopeful ending.

April 16, 2010
by Susie Pender

Do the “Monster Mash” to the Greeley auditorium and get groovin’ on those “Good Vibrations” wafting from the stage! The senior musical, “Return to the Forbidden Plant,” with those 60’s favorites as well as “Gloria,” “Great Balls of Fire,” and “Wipeout,” opened last night to rave reviews! There are still limited seats for Friday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m. There are plenty of choice seats available for the Saturday matinee at 2:00 p.m.

April 9, 2010
by Susie Pender

Do the “Monster Mash” to the Greeley auditorium and get groovin’ on those “Good Vibrations” wafting from the stage! The senior musical, “Return to the Forbidden Plant,” with those 60’s favorites as well as “Gloria,” “Great Balls of Fire,” and “Wipeout,” opens next Thursday for only four performances: Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, April 17 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

March 26, 2010
by C.J. Ehrlich

Maybe you last read Dante’s Divina Commedia in college, or maybe you got as far as “Abandon all hope ye who enter here,” and did. Perhaps you’ve spent a few hours hooked on the gory new video game, Dante’s Inferno. Well it’s time to get out of the den and take a fresh look at the master and his works. What better way than an evening in the West Village of hot-off-the-presses-original theatre, a night of short plays created by the energetic Brooklyn Playwrights Collective.

Left to right back row: Mitch Rubin; Sophia Kraushaar; Nathan Becker, and left to right front row, Juliana Sheff and Marly Levine at rehearsal for Return to the Forbidden Planet the Horace Greeley High School senior musical.
March 26, 2010
by Jean Sheff

The energy in the auditorium is palpable. Standing side-by-side in jeans, sweatpants, Uggs and sneakers more than 150 members of the class of 2010 are sandwiched on the school auditorium stage. They’re learning the choreography to one of the popular songs in this year’s senior musical, Return to the Forbidden Planet. As they shake and shimmy their hearts out the 50s tune “Great Balls of Fire” roars to life.