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Watercolor Classes
Inscribe in my ongoing classes in watercolor painting: Building Blocks of Watercolors, Turbo I and Turbo II, at the Garrison Art Center in Garrison, NY, at the Cedar Lane Arts Center in Ossining, NY, and at the Greenwich Art Society in Greenwich, CT. https://garrison-art-center.coursestorm.com/course/watercolors-turbo https://garrison-art-center.coursestorm.com/course/the-building-blocks-of-watercolors https://register.capturepoint.com/reg/cat_program_class_detail.cfm?s=&t=&season_id=18796&program_id=2091034&family_mbr_str= www.GreenwichArtSociety.org
Ragtime Jazz Brunch Celebrates Doctorow’s New Rochelle
ArtsFest – the annual weekend celebration organized by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts – wrapped up Sunday with a very special fundraiser, a Ragtime Jazz Brunch toasting the new statue of E.L. Doctorow installed at Huguenot Park in New Rochelle. Guests of honor included Mrs. Helen Doctorow and members of the Doctorow family…
AXIAL THEATRE HONORS WESTCHESTER LOCALS LISA HERTZ AND BK FISCHER AT FALL FUNDRAISING GALA
AXIAL THEATRE HONORS WESTCHESTER LOCALS LISA HERTZ AND BK FISCHER AT FALL FUNDRAISING GALA 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11th Westchester, New York – Axial Theatre will host an evening honoring a pair of Westchester residents, Lisa Hertz of Hastings-on-Hudson and BK Fischer of Tarrytown (Westchester Poet Laureate), for their contributions to Axial Theatre and the Westchester…
November 18 Through December 30: The Art and Beauty of Dance at the Pound Ridge Library Gallery
Breathtaking images of some of the best dancers in the world captured in studio by professional photographer Steven Vandervelden Steven Vandervelden is a long-time Pound Ridge resident. He is an internationally recognized fine-art dance photographer. He has been privileged to work in a New York City studio and elsewhere with some of the best dancers in…
Presenting the RiverArts Studio Tour – Saturday, November 4th & Sunday, November 5th
OCTOBER 23, 2023 – ARDSLEY, DOBBS FERRY, HASTINGS ON HUDSON, IRVINGTON, SLEEPY HOLLOW, AND TARRYTOWN: This fall, RiverArts will present the 2023 Studio Tour. This two-day tour will be held on Saturday, November 4th from 11am-5pm, and Sunday, November 5th from 11am-3pm. The Studio Tour features artists who live or work in the Rivertowns, working…
Statue of E.L. Doctorow Dedicated in New Rochelle
Press Alert October 23, 2023 On Sunday, October 22nd a crowd gathered at Huguenot Park in New Rochelle to dedicate a new bronze statue of E.L. Doctorow, one of the most important authors of the 20th century. The author’s wife Helen Doctorow and members of their extended family joined sculptor Derek Chalfant, local dignitaries…
George Latimer and Andrea Stewart-Cousins Honored by ArtsWestchester, New York
ArtsWestchester to Honor New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins & Westchester County Executive George Latimer at Nov. 14 Arts Rock Gala WHITE PLAINS, NY (October 23, 2023) — ArtsWestchester will celebrate the economic impact of the arts and honor NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Westchester County Executive George Latimer at its…
A SINGLE THREAD: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Westchester History
Tutti Bravi Productions, Inc. P.O. Box 62, New Rochelle, NY 10804 Contact Billie Tucker, 914-316-6577 WESTCHESTER HISTORY COMES TO LIFE WITH PRODUCTION OF MEMORABLE MONOLOGUES Tutti Bravi Productions, Inc., in collaboration with The New Rochelle Public Library and the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, Inc., presents A SINGLE THREAD: Exploring the…
Statue of “Ragtime” Author E.L. Doctorow Arrives in New Rochelle
A new bronze statue of E.L. Doctorow was installed at Huguenot Park on Friday, echoing the bronze statue of Huguenot settler Jacob Leisler that has stood at the base of Broadview Avenue since 1913. Both that statue and Doctorow’s home on Broadview figure in his best-selling novel “Ragtime”, which became a film and an award-winning Broadway musical. The statue is the…
The Kids Guide to ArtsFest
ArtsFest is coming up October 19th to 22nd , and there are plenty of family-friendly events designed to appeal to children all weekend long. Among the child-friendly ArtsFest events: ALL WEEKEND: Thursday through Sunday families can take self-guided walks of public art, from Halloween window paintings created by students in New Rochelle High School ‘s…