JANUARY 2011


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Each session will offer an antique spe- cialist who will lead a discussion on their area of expertise, and offer verbal appraisals to audience members (two items per person.) 1/11-2/1, 10am-12pm. 914-238-4666 or www.newcastlehistori- calsociety.org


12/ WEDNESDAY


Film: Jacob Burns Film Center / Media Arts Lab presents FrameWorks: Art on Film series. JBFC’s annual series of films about art and conversation about art and artists. 1/12-2/23, 7:15pm. 914- 773-7663 or www.burnsfilmcenter.org


Music: Downtown Music at Grace presents Noonday Concert: Young Artist Series. Jun Sun, prize winner of the New York International Piano Competition, makes his Downtown Music debut with a program of virtuoso works. 1/12, 12:10-12:40pm. 914-949-0384 or www.dtmusic.org


13/ THURSDAY


Theater: Jacob Burns Film Center / Media Arts Lab presents FELA! - Part of NT Live. LIVE from the National Theatre, London: No need to go to England to see live theater! Come to the JBFC for the live satellite broadcasts of current productions! 1/13, 2pm. 914-773- 7663 or www.burnsfilmcenter.org


14/ FRIDAY


Theater: ArtsWestchester pres- ents Twelfth Night by Red Monkey Theater. Welcome the New Year with


an abridged production of Twelfth Night, directed by Tal Aviezer. 1/14, 8pm. 914- 428-4220 or www.artswestchester.org


Theater: White Plains Performing Arts Center, Inc. presents Rocky Horror Picture Show. A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. 1/14- 1/16, Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. 914-328-1600 or www.wppac.com


15/ SATURDAY


Film: Paramount Center for the Arts presents "Big Stakes" w/ live music by Devil Music Ensemble. Experience Big Stakes, one of a series of Westerns directed by Clifford S. Elfelt accompanied by Devil Music Ensemble. 1/15, 8pm. 914-739-2333 or www.paramountcenter. org


Music: Emelin Theatre presents Christine Lavin. A classic modern trou- badour, Lavin makes our ordinary lives extraordinary and extraordinarily funny. 1/151/15, 8pm. 914-698-0098 or www. emelin.org


Theater: Emelin Theatre presents If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books. Theatreworks USA pres- ents eight fantastic mini-musicals based on popular kids’ books. 1/15, 11am and 1:30pm. 914-698-0098 or www.emelin. org


16/ SUNDAY


Music: The Schoolhouse Theater presents 23rd Annual Winter Jazz


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Concert with Houston Person. Featuring the legendary Houston Person Quartet. 1/16, 7:30pm. 914-277-8477 or www.schoolhousetheater.org


17/ MONDAY


Spoken Word: Westchester Library System presents 13th Annual African American Writers & Readers Literary Tea. The Westchester Library System welcomes authors Dr. Yvonne Thornton, Dolan Perkins-Valdez, and Tanya Wright for a celebration of African American literature and culture. 1/17, 3:30- 6pm. 914-231-3226 or www.wls. org


18/ TUESDAY


Lecture: New Castle Historical Society Museum presents Antiques Lecture and Appraisal Series. Mimi Sherman is a curatorial consultant in pri- vate practice. She lectures on costume history and textiles in America. 1/18, 10am-12pm. 914-238-4779 or www.new- castlehistoricalsociety.org


19/ WEDNESDAY


Music: Downtown Music at Grace presents Noonday Concert: Downtown Music Debut. Cellist Peter Seidenberg and pianist Hui-Mei Lin perform music of Bach, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff. 1/19, 12:10pm. 914-949-0384 or www. dtmusic.org


22/ SATURDAY


Film: Jacob Burns Film Center / Media Arts Lab presents The Pirate. Monthly series of movies for kids & their families. In celebration of our 10th anni- versary, kid’s tickets to weekend family films will be $1 all year long, thanks to Club Fit. 1/22-1/30, 12pm. 914-773-7663 or www.burnsfilmcenter.org


Music: ArtsWestchester presents NewUrbanJazz: Lynette Washington / Dennis Bell Jazz NY. A return after a sold out engagement last season. 1/22, 8pm. 914-428-4220 or www. artswestchester.org


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Music: Concordia Conservatory presents The Emerson String Quartet. Eugene Drucker, violin Philip Setzer, violin Lawrence Dutton, viola David


If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 1/15, Emelin Theatre


Finckel, cello. 1/22, 6pm. 914-395-4507 or www.concordiaconservatory.org


Music: Emelin Theatre presents John Treacy Egan’s Great Big Broadway Valentine. Westchester’s own and Broadway funny man, John Treacy Egan shares stories and sings beautiful stan- dards and songs from The Great White Way. 1/22, 8pm. 914-698-0098 or www. emelin.org


Music: Friends of the Warner Library presents Jazz Concert @ Warner Library. Mike Holober and John Patitucci. The music director/pianist of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra and the bassist for Chick Corea will perform. In Tarrytown. 1/22, 2:30pm. 914-631-7734 or www.warnerlibrary.org


Theater: Play Group Theater presents My Son Pinocchio. A charming and thought-provoking twist on the classic tale of Pinocchio, told from Geppetto’s point of view, through 1/30. Saturdays 8pm, Sundays, 2pm, White Plains. (914) 946-4433 or www.playgroup.org


Workshop: Center for the Digital Arts at Westchester Community College presents Open Studio Access Package at Peekskill. The Center for the Digital Arts at Peekskill is an art- ist’s space and a friendly environment in which to work. 1/22-5/8, Various times. 914-606-7300 or www.sunywcc.edu/ peekskill


23/ SUNDAY


Music: Hudson Chorale presents Inaugural Concert - “Heaven’s


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