Tag Archives: White Plains

Cats and Dogs

I am a dog person. I am not a cat person. The idea of spending an evening with a bunch of cats of all stripes and varieties never quite appealed to me. I state this to explain why, despite being the second longest running Broadway show, I never saw Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats”…that is until […]

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Westchester Fish Tales

Although 2012 is the year of the dragon in the Chinese calendar, for ArtsWestchester it is the year of the Fish.  There are two reasons for this.  The first is that the Chinese believe that the fish brings in wealth, and we at ArtsWestchester hope they are right. We need an infusion of arts funding […]

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From the eARTh: a review

This week, my guest blogger is Judith Weber, a ceramic artist and President of the New Rochelle Council on the Arts.  In 1983, Weber co-founded  Media Loft,  the first Loft established for artists in Westchester County. At my request, Judith reviewed the eARTh exhibition on view at ArtsWestchester’s Peckham Gallery through November 23.  Sixty-eight ceramic […]

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Westchester’s Antique Roadshow

I admit it. I am addicted to tag sales. In my rational moments, I sometimes ask myself, “What is it about other people’s junk that I find so alluring?” I have long ago given up the hope of finding an original Currier and Ives print in someone’s attic. Yet I still can’t pass up a sale that […]

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A Tree Grows for Sarah Haviland

Some years ago, artist Sarah Haviland constructed a steel replica of the old beech tree, a historic symbol in the city of white plains.  The sculpture project was supported by an NEA grant to the then Westchester Arts Council, now ArtsWestchester.  Recently Sarah was involved with another tree project, this one with a team of […]

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The Bank & Trust Show

Some people have obsessions about money.  I have an obsession about old  buildings,  especially banks.  I love the history, the architecture and the especially the  stories,, some inspirational – about inheritance, building a dream home, starting a business; others challenging – about hardship and debt.  The  Chase Manhattan Bank in Far Rockaway where I grew […]

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Theater in Westchester

I first met the Tony award-winning actress LaChanze in her hometown of Mt. Vernon.  I was taken in that this star of the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” had chosen Westchester as her home and that she was so devoted to this community.  It was 2007, the year of the Triple Hill Music Festival in […]

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