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Schools

Bronxville Elementary School First-Graders Reenact Folktales and Fables BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- Bronxville Elementary School first-graders brought the folktales and fables they've been reading in class to life when they worked with Rachel Berger, programs director for the Play Group Theatre, to act out emotions and plots from the different stories. As part of the lesson, the students created their own puppets out of paper bags and gave each of their characters a name and defining traits. They learned how to get into character, act and sound like their characters, and speak clearly and confidently in front of an audience, according to a release from the Bronxville U…

01/27/2017

Events

Pelham's Picture House Presents Special Screening of Oscar-Nominated Doc PELHAM, N.Y. -- The Picture House Regional Film Center, in partnership with Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, will present a special screening of the 2016 Academy Award-nominated documentary "Life, Animated" followed by a Q&A with Ron, Cornelia, and Owen Suskind, the family featured in the film. Directed by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, "Life, Animated" is the inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man with autism who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing…

01/27/2017

Schools

White Plains High Students Win Awards Tied To Coca-Cola, Regeneron, MLK Jr. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Four White Plains High School students were commended for recent awards at the Board of Education's meeting on Monday, Jan. 9, announced the White Plains School District. Senior Shelley Zhu, a student in the school’s Science Research Program, was named a Semi-Finalist Scholar in the prestigious 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search. The honor was based upon her scientific paper, “Assessing Schwann Cell Biology in Vitro to Assess its Potential for Brain Hemorrhage Cell transplantation Therapy.” Zhu conducted her research this past summer at Burke Medical Research Ins…

01/26/2017

Events

Nrca Accepting Applications From Bands For Annual Concert Series NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Calling all musicians. The Emil Paolucci Summer Sounds Concert Series, created by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, will start its ninth season in July; and NRCA is currently reviewing applications from msuic groups interested in performing in the series.The popular concerts are free to the public and are performed every night from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Hudson Park band shell, located in Hudson Park along the Long Island Sound in New Rochelle. The weekly concerts draw hundreds of listeners, who can also buy snacks and drinks from food trucks. Performers use the ba…

01/26/2017

Politics

Jefferson Elementary In New Rochelle Hosts Sen. Latimer's Inauguration NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Jefferson Elementary School fifth-graders got the opportunity to witness an inauguration ceremony Wednesday when state Sen. George Latimer was sworn in during a morning assembly. Latimer was reelected to a third term with the New York State Senate in the fall election. New Rochelle City Judge Susan Kettner administered the oath. Principal Kimmerly Nieves started the ceremonies by explaining to the students how a state senator helps make laws that govern the state and a senator’s role in the community. She said Latimer has always been an advocate for the school and the…

01/26/2017

Lifestyle

Bronxville's OSilas Gallery Opens Exhibition for Muralist Richard Haas BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- OSilas Gallery at Concordia College in Bronxville will host an opening reception for renowned American muralist Richard Hass's exhibition, "Dreams & Reality: Visions of Urban Architecture," on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. The reception will feature a brief talk by Haas. The reception and the exhibition are both free and open to the public. Haas’s work focuses primarily on architecture, and he is best known for his trompe l'oeil murals on the exterior of buildings, according to a release from OSilas Gallery. While his murals can be found in cities across …

01/26/2017

Events

Eastchester B&N Plans Three-Month Celebration of 'The Lego Batman Movie' EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Barnes & Noble Eastchester, in partnership with Warner Bros. and The LEGO Group, recently announced the launch of a three-month-long celebration of the new animated adventure "The Lego Batman Movie," beginning with a special event on Saturday at 2 p.m. Young fans of DC Comics' beloved superhero, Batman, and Lego toys are invited to watch the movie trailer, sing along to a new song from the film and join in a group Lego build where they will have the opportunity to create their own version of the Batmobile and show it off in the store. There will also be s…

01/26/2017

Events

Picture House In Pelham Offers 'Sing'-Inspired Film Camp For Kids PELHAM, N.Y. -- The Picture House Regional Film Center in Pelham will give aspiring young filmmakers a chance to make short music films at its Mud Week camps, scheduled for Feb. 20-23. The camp will offer creative opportunities for kids, whether they like to belt it out in front of a camera or prefer to shine behind the scenes. Using the hit movie "Sing" as their inspiration, students will create a new music-themed video for each day of camp. After camp week has concluded, TPH’s panel of experts will choose a winning video from each age group, which will play on the main screen b…

01/25/2017

Politics

Assemblyman Abinanti Introduces Bill Banning Gun Shows On Public Property WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Greenburgh/Mt. Pleasant) announced that he has introduced legislation (A. 456) to ban weapon promotion and sale on public property in New York. “Governments should not be encouraging more guns in our communities,” said Abinanti in a release statement. “By hosting gun shows on public property, governments are putting their stamp of approval on bringing more guns into our communities. We should not be making it easier for gun sellers to display all types of weapons that might not otherwise be conveniently available in the average c…

01/25/2017

Lifestyle

Southeast Cultural Arts Coalition 'Concert for Peace' Welcomed New Year BREWSTER, N.Y. -- The Town of Southeast Cultural Arts Coalition presented its "Concert for Peace" at the Studio Around the Corner in Brewster to a sold-out audience on New Year's Day. The program opened with Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah" with Jeffrey Marano. "Peace Poem for World Day Against Racism" by Demetrios Trifiatis was read by Judith Marano. Award-winning author Gail Carson Levine read the Emily Dickinson poem "The Cricket Sang" followed by Nathan Brewster performing "A cricket sang, And the sun set" by Blake Tyson for solo marimba. The …

01/25/2017

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