Loss is always sad. It is especially so when the loss is someone who was an inspiration to others. Brenda Connor-Bey was that kind of someone. Brenda wrote poetry. She taught poetry. She read poetry, both to herself and aloud to others. Robert Frost noted that “a poem begins with a lump in the throat.” […]
On a Sunday afternoon, in between intermittent rain, I set out for Merestead Estate in Mount Kisco. It was the culminating event for Cultivate, the Copland House residency program for young composers. For the uninitiated, American composer Aaron Copland lived and wrote music here in Westchester, specifically in Cortland Manor where he spent the last thirty […]
This year’s summer Olympics has raised sports to an art form. Gymnast Gabby Douglas might have been a ballerina for all her grace and flexibility. Swimmer Michael Phelps might have been a sculptor for all his power. Glued as I was to the TV, watching what to me, was performance art at its finest, I […]
Larchmont Attorney Claire Meadow and her husband Mike have been friends of ArtsWestchester for many years. They come to our events. They volunteer at our gala. They are generous to our organization. Recently, Claire wrote to me raving about our “Fish Tales” exhibit and I talked her into letting me post her words as my […]
Yes. It’s another blog about “the economy.” And why not? We talk about it, read about it, obsess about it. It makes us feel good or bad, up or down. It is our barometer – if it’s good for the economy, then it is good. That is why more than 30 years ago, the first (I […]
My guest blogger this week is Alvin H. “Skip” Reiss, a long time friend and colleague, whose nationally recognized newsletter Arts Management celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Skip is the author of eight books on the arts and taught arts management for over 40 years. The thing about Skip is that he is a […]
Think of the smooth sensual shape of a Henry Moore sculpture, the cushiness of a soft Kid Robot designer toy and a cartoonish playfulness and you might want to tickle your way to the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts(HVCCA). There you’ll chuckle, and, at the same time, thoughtfully ponder, as I did, the funky […]
At last the secret is out. Some call it a Carla Bruni lyric. We call it a new refrain for Westchester. At a recent press conference, County Executive Robert Astorino let the cat out of the bag. He revealed what some know intuitively, others just hint at, but most are unaware of – “Westchester is […]
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