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At the Jacob Burns Film Center: November and December Screenings

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Adapted: Page to Screen

Sometimes a Great Notion

Nov. 13

 

Brokeback Mountain

Dec. 11

 

Caramoor at the Burns: Movies Musicians Love

Presented in partnership with Caramoor

Alexander Nevsky

Nov. 5

 

The Triplets of Belleville

Dec. 3

 

JBFC Kids

The community partner of JBFC Kids is the Westchester Library System

Mary Poppins

Nov. 16

 

Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema

Our annual series returns.

Dates and titles TBD

 

Remix: The Black Experience in Film, Media, and Art

Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts

The Learning Tree

Nov. 14

Retro Revival

Sponsored by Wine Enthusiast

My Little Chickadee

Nov. 20

 

Senior Afternoon Cinema

Defending Your Life

Nov. 5

 

They Came to Play

Dec. 10

 

World Stage on Screen

Sponsored by The Knolls—A Bethel Community

NT Live: Hansard

Nov. 7—Live Broadcast

 

NT Live: Present Laughter

Dec. 5

The Annual Armonk Outdoor Art Show

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Ranked #2 in the Nation
Saturday & Sunday, September 21 & September 22
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rain or Shine.
205 Business Park Drive, Armonk, NY

“Come for the Art, Stay for the Fun!”

The 58th Annual Armonk Outdoor Art Show features 185 juried artists from 26 states, Canada, and Israel, including 34 new artists. The show is ranked the #2 Fine Art and Design Show in the Nation based on sales reported by exhibitors to Sunshine Artist, a premiere art and craft show publication. A broad range of art in every medium and price point will be on display, including painting, printmaking, drawing, pastels, mixed mediums, sculpture, photography & digital art, wearable art, and fine crafts. Free personal consultants, trained in fine art and interior design, are available to assist visitors in selecting art that best fits their taste and decor.

“The Armonk Outdoor Art Show is a must-see event every fall for thousands of discerning art lovers from the Hudson Valley and NYC metro area” said Anne Curran, AOAS Executive. Highlights include free activities for kids, collaborative art projects, great food vendors, and beer and wine. So, come for the art and stay for the fun.” Proceeds benefit the North Castle Public Library and its Whippoorwill Hall theater.

General $14, Seniors $12, 18 and under: Free

Facebook /armonkoutdoorartshow

Instagram @armonkoutdoorartshow

Twitter @armonkartshow

Broadway Sensation ‘A Doll’s House’ At the Whippoorwill Theatre

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This fall Hudson Stage presents the critically acclaimed Broadway sensation: Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, directed by Margarett Perry, and featuring Denise Bessette, Kurt Rhoads and Mary Stout. This is Hnath’s (Broadway’s Hillary and Clinton) inspired comedic modern imagining of Nora Helmer’s return 15 years after her shocking decision to leave her husband and children in Ibsen’s world of 1879. Now she’s back… but why? And what will that mean for those she left behind? Performances are scheduled from October 18-November 2.

Whippoorwill Theatre
North Castle Public Library
Kent Place in Armonk

For tickets and further info: hudsonstage.com.

Battle of the Bands at ChappPac

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On September 21, the Friends of Chappaqua Performing Arts Center (ChappPAC) will be presenting The Battle of the Bands at ChappPAC, featuring three local bands. A meet and greet cocktail party with the bands will be held prior to the event at 6 p.m. for those who purchase tickets at that level and those who are part of the Founding Members Circle. General admission tickets are $50/ticket and priority seating including the pre-party, is $150/ticket.

The three bands taking part in this event are Red Grenadine with The Horn Dogs, Ripchord and The Station Agents. Each band will play for half an hour and there will be a 15 minute intermission between each set. Wine, beer and other beverages will be available for sale at the event.

“Having local bands who are comprised of Northern Westchester residents really speaks well for the talent we have in the Northern part of our county,” said Michele Gregson, Friends of ChappPAC Chair.

The idea for the Battle of the Bands was the brainchild of event Chair and Friends of ChappPAC Board member Sena Baron. “We were lucky that we were able to put together three great local bands to take part in this event.”

The Friends of ChappPAC is the non-profit organization sanctioned by the Town of New Castle, which owns the theater, to fundraise to enhance the facility, provide programming and help run the theater on an ongoing basis. The Friends are currently undergoing a major fundraising campaign for their Founding Members Circle, which includes various financial levels of donations. For more information about supporting Friends of ChappPAC, contact friendsofchapppac@gmail.com. To purchase tickets, visit brownpapertickets.com

ripchord
Red Grenadine
The Station Agents

The Wait Room to be Performed Outside Sing Sing

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OSSINING, NY- The Sing Sing Prison Museum and Bethany Arts Community proudly present the East Coast premiere of The Wait Room, an outdoor dance program honoring the lives of women whose loved ones are incarcerated.

Commissioned by San Francisco’s Flyaway Productions, four performances will be presented Friday, September 20 at 8 pm; Saturday, September 21 at 3 pm and 8 pm; and Sunday, September 22 at 3 pm at Louis Engel Park on the Hudson River waterfront, just outside the walls of Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining.

Choreographer Jo Kreiter, recipient of a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship who has had a loved one incarcerated, says, “The Wait Room is the most personal work I’ve undertaken since founding Flyaway Productions in 1996. The dance is performed on a motorized set piece that invokes the instability experienced by wives, mothers and daughters when their loved ones are imprisoned.”

The setting in Ossining’s Louis Engel Park is near a decommissioned prison guard tower and a children’s play area, which is a comment on the theme of the dance relating to how families and children are affected by incarceration.

The first presentation of The Wait Room on the East Coast has been made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Tickets to see The Wait Room are $25 each and are available online at

The Wait Room All proceeds will benefit the Sing Sing Prison Museum and are tax-deductible. Donations beyond the purchase price will be used to give free tickets to the families of incarcerated individuals. For more information, contact the Sing Sing Prison Museum at 914-236-5407 or at info@singsingprisonmuseum.org.

ABOUT FLYAWAY PRODUCTIONS

Founded in 1996 by Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions is an apparatus-based dance company that explores the range and power of female physicality and advances social issues in the public realm. The company uses the artistry of spinning, flying and suspension to engage political issues. Flyaway creates dances on both architectural and fabricated steel objects, with dancers suspended anywhere from two to 100 feet off the ground. Flyaway has a long history of transforming oral history into public art, articulating the experiences of unseen women. www.flyawayproductions.com

ABOUT SING SING PRISON MUSEUM

Sing Sing Prison Museum, slated to open in 2025, will be the extraordinary location where the complex and compelling stories of two hundred years of incarceration will be shared with the public on the grounds of America’s most historic active prison, Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, NY.  Through its exhibitions, collections and programs, Sing Sing Prison Museum will provide a forum for the examination of historic and contemporary issues in the criminal justice system, and their social, political and cultural impact.  www.singsingprisonmuseum.org

ABOUT BETHANY ARTS COMMUNITY

The mission of Bethany Arts Community is to create a space and environment where the many forms of art can be learned, produced and flourish. Artists of all ages and levels of experience are welcome to explore and create art that the community can experience and be engaged in while enhancing their perception and perspective of the world. BAC aims to inspire sharing, connection and collaboration in a culture designed for the benefit of the local community and beyond. www.bethanyarts.org.

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News courtesy of Sing Sing Prison Museum and Bethany Arts Community