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. 

August 5, 2011
by Christine Yeres

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Chris Fox comes back to the Chappaqua Farmers Market Saturday, August 6, with his unique fusion of folk, blues, 60’s and 70’s rock, especially the Beatles, as well as music from more current, alternative bands.  Force Fox Five gets rolling around 10:30 a.m.  The market runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the train station in downtown Chappaqua.

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.

See Market photos from last Saturday in “Read more…”
Monday, June 13, 2011
by Christine Yeres

Saturday, June 18, the King Street Quartet, a jazz group consisting of four Horace Greeley High School musicians, Noah Hyams, Michael Martinez, Jon Nankof and Grant Steinhauer, will perform on the Chappaqua Train Station green at the Chappaqua Farmers Market.

WITH an UPDATE of tonight’s plays

Friday, June 10, 2011
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.

May 27, 2011
by Susie Pender

The high school actors of the Little Village Playhouse in Pleasantville will perform Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures” this weekend at the Irvington Town Hall Theatre. The play will be presented on Saturday, May 28, at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. All tickets are $15 and can be reserved by calling 914-591-6602.

May 27, 2011
by Susie Pender

Shelby, a young woman with diabetes who has been cautioned about the dangers of bearing a child because of her illness, pursues this life philosophy with a vengance throughout “Steel Magnolias,” the six-character play presented this weekend by Little Village Playhouse at the Irvington Town Hall Theatre.

May 20, 2011
by Pam Wright

This past November, a group of us from the First Congregational Church were fortunate to hear Westchester’s own Vaneese Thomas perform the mezzo-soprano role in “Too Hot to Handel” at Carnegie Hall. Her singing was mesmerizing. Most recently, Ms. Thomas performed to a packed house during a torrential rainstorm at the Town Crier in Pawling.