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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…
Habitat For Humanity Celebrates Three Kings Day, Sets MLK Buildathon
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- A New Rochelle-based volunteer organization that builds housing for folks in need has set several events for January, says its CEO Jim Killoran.
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester will be celebrating the Christian feast day, Three Kings Day (Dios de Los 3 Reyes), aka Epiphany, with a community breakfast from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, Jan. 7, at its headquarters, 659 Main St.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Gifts will be given to children as part of the Three Kings Day tradition, Killoran said.
Habitat will also kick off its annual Martin Luther King Jr. buildath…
Kids Can Ring in 2017 With a Day of Fun Activities At New Rochelle Event
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- New Roc City in downtown New Rochelle will host its Seventh Annual "Ring in the New Year at Noon," event on Saturday, Dec. 31, in the atrium, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The festive family event is for kids ages 2 to 10, who can ring in the New Year with an afternoon full of fun activities.
While the highlight of the event is always the countdown to a 3,000-plus balloon drop at noon, this year’s program will also feature a meet and greet with New York Ranger alum Ron Greschner, as well as face painting, arts and crafts, kiddy rides, clowns, wheel of chanc…