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Westchester County Business Journal • ARTSWNEWS
JANUARY 2011
2010 • Year in Pictures
Westco Productions--As part of its Gold Star Concert series, Westco Productions brought Tony Award winning Broadway star Sutton Foster to the Irvington Town Hall Theatre in yet another sold-out event for the White Plains-based theater company.
Hudson Valley Music Club held an after-concert reception on November 22 in Dobbs Ferry for their members and performers. Pictured from left to right are President Andrea Elkrief, Flutist Carol Wincenc, and Program Director Marge Hone. Carol Wincenc played an extraordinary program along with Guitarist Tali Roth.
The Axial Theatre Company during their Spring hit show, For the Love of Money. Pictured from left to right are Mark Gorham, Heather Nicol- son, Ann Gulian, Laura Credidio, Aisling Mulhern, Ryan Mallon, Rachel Jones, Howard Meyer, Gail Greenstein.
Hudson River Museum--On September 25, the renovated Joyce Greene Education Center at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, was unveiled. The Center, which serves over 25,000 students a year, now contains four modern, well-equipped workshop/classrooms and a multifunction room for meetings, seminars, and lectures. From left, Museum Director Michael Botwinick; Ken Jenkins, Chair, Westchester County Board of Legislators; Museum Board Chair Jan Adelson; Patricia McDow, Yonkers City Council Member District 1; Philip Amicone, Yonkers Mayor; Museum Trustee Joyce Greene; Chuck Lesnick, City Council President; Andrea Stewart Cousins, New York State Senator; and Wilson Terrero, Yonkers City Council Member - District 2. The project was funded by the City of Yonkers.
Choral Arts Society--In 2010, two of Westchester's oldest choruses - the Westchester Concert Singers and the Choral Arts Society - merged to form the 90-voice Hudson Chorale, the largest mixed-voice chorus in the County. Under the musical direction of Michael Conley, the larger group will explore an even wider range of the choral repertoire for the enjoyment of both singers and audience members alike. The inaugural concert of the new group, will feature the beloved Brahms German Requiem on Sunday, January 23, 2011, at 4pm at the Horace Greeley High School. www.
HudsonChorale.org
Jacob Burns Film Center--On January 8, Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges (right) and Academy Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllen- haal (left) joined New York Times critic Janet Maslin (center) at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville following a screening of the film Crazy Heart. Photo by Lynda Shenkman Curtis.
Rye Arts Center--RAC's annual free arts day, Festival@51, in September. More than 250 people attended free workshops and concerts, toured The Rye Arts Center, visited our Gallery exhibition, and enjoyed all that The Rye Arts Center has to offer. Photo by Luke Passannante
The Museum of Arts & Culture (New Rochelle)--The museum hosted a new, original exhibition entitled “Harlem? Harlem! Dance Theatre of Harlem 1969-2010.” which included a special benefit performance by the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble on June 19. Pictured from left to right are Lori Hall Armstrong and her husband Michael Armstrong, Senior Vice President of BET International and Vice Chairman of the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Board of Trustees, with DTH Board member (and opera superstar) Jessye Norman.
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