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GenerationsForward of the HHREC: Open Meeting Planned on March 21

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The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center is having a GenerationsForward Open Meeting on March 21 at 7 p.m. Westchester Location To Be Determined.

GenerationsForward, a second-and-third generation Holocaust Survivor group, is run by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center.  The group meets monthly and provides training for  members to help educate and continue the legacy.  Jill Sarkozi’s group, Safekeeping Stories, has helped GenerationsForward members write their parents’ or own experiences, for example.

 

Members of GenerationsForward who have completed an 18-week workshop on learning how to tell their family’s Holocaust stories. Most of the women have now become members of the HHREC Speakers Bureau.

For more information and location, please contact Millie Jasper at (914)696-0738 or mjasper@hhrecny.org  New members are always welcome.

Horace Greeley High School Presents “The Laramie Project,” A Modern Classic

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Reserve your Tickets for the following performances: March 8th, 9th and 10th at 7 p.m. and March 11th at 8 p.m.

On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence outside of Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepherd’s death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of the town, the event was deeply personal. In the aftermath, Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its citizens. From transcripts, the playwrights constructed an extraordinary chronicle of life in the town after the murder. Since its premiere, The Laramie Project has become a modern classic and one of the most-performed theater pieces in America.

This docu-drama brings to light startling realities about the society we live in and causes audience members to question their own morals and beliefs and those of their fellow Americans.

Due to the subject matter, this production is not recommended for children under 13. ​  

Tickets:

http://greeleytheater.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=5064&framed=true 

Cast and Crew credits, below.

 

CAST & CREW

Cast:

Sarah Bogner: Allison Mears, Tiffany Edwards, E-mail
Writer, Conrad Miller, Jury Foreperson, Cal Rerucha, Shadow

Oliver Bradley: Jonas Slonaker, Matt Galloway, Newsperson, Russell Henderson

Fiona Dubrosa: Andy Paris, Baptist Mininster, Governer Jim Gerringer, Aaron McKinney, Reporter, April Silva

Jackson Gautreau: Doc O’Connor, Harry Woods,
Dr. Cantaway, Shannon

Violet Gautreau: Leigh Fondakowsk, Marge Murray,
Baptist Minister’s Wife, Matt Mickelson, Lucy Thomson, Newsperson

Tova Greene: Barbara Pitts, Romaine Paterson, Reporter

Sam Harasimowicz: Gil Engen, Jedidiah Schultz, Dennis Shepard, Doug Laws

Amanda McHugh: Catherine Connolly, Sherry Aanenson, Jen

Laurel Kastner: Amanda Gronich, Eileen Engen, Sherry Johnson, Rob Debree

David Katz: Greg Pierotti, Jon Peacock, Aaron Kreifels,
Bailiff

Jacob Kaufman-Shalett: Sargeant Hing, Stephen Belbr,
Father Roger Schmidt, Murdock Cooper

Samantha Phillips: Zackie Salmon, Moisés Kaufman,
Newsperson, Phil Labrie, Anonymous, Kerry Drake, Gene Pratt

Gillian Shenkman: Rebecca Hilliker, Zubaida Ula, Judge

Lindsay Shiner: Reggie Fluty, Trish Steger

Kaylee Sparro: Phillip Dubois, Priest at Funeral, Debbie, Bill McKinney, Jeffrey Lockwood

Izzy Thomasses: Stephen Mead Johnson. Kristen Price, Rulon Stacey, Andrew Gomez, Reverend Fred Phelps
 

Crew:

Student Producer/Technical Director/Sound Assistant JAKE O’DONOVAN
Stage Manager/Light board operator COLLIN DAMMANN
Projection  Assistant  GABE EHRLICH​
Camera Operator/ Program Designer VIVIAN ZYMECK
Costume Assistant ASHKA JHAVERI
Makeup KENNY NOHAVICKA

                     
Construction Crew:

MAX AUERBACHER
ASHKA JHAVERI
ISABELLA JOHNSTONE
BEN KAUFMAN-SHALETT
ASHKAY  KRISHNAN
HOJIN LEE
JAKE O’DONOVAN
ETHAN RICH
MOIRA SEMEL
LUKE SMITH
VIVIAN ZYMECK
 

 

Political Activist Group “Left of Main Street” to Host March 3 Forum on Role of the Media in Trump’s America

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Chappaqua, New York–The Chappaqua-based group, Left of Main Street, will host a round table panel discussion “Separating Fact From Fiction in Trump’s America” on March 3, 2017 from 7-9 p.m. The discussion will be held in the Assembly Room at Chappaqua’s Town Hall located at: 200 S. Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua.

Participating in the discussion are journalists from television and print media, including: Kristen Prata Browde former anchor at CBS News, Helen Jonsen former TV journalist at Fox 5 and WPIX 11, Peter Katz former producer, editor and Washington Bureau Chief at ABC News, and Kate Stone Lombardi a regular contributor to the NY Times.  Chappaqua’s own, Grace Bennett, Publisher and Editor of The Inside Press, will moderate the discussion.

The influence of politically biased news on the outcome of the election will be examined as well as the role consumers play in the media. “A free and fact based press is essential for an informed and free society” said Cynthia Ware Metcalf, Co-Founder of Left of Main Street. “As consumers of news, it’s important to understand that we must hold the media accountable to report fact based news.”

Founded by Chappaqua residents Ann Styles Brochstein and Cynthia Ware Metcalf, Left of Main Street advocates for progressive issues and candidates nationwide. You can follow their activities on Facebook, Twitter @LeftOfMainSt, Instagram, and at www.LeftOfMainStreet.com.

 

Chance to Hear ‘Songs for a Cause’ Singer-Songwriter Elizabeth Erin Kemler

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Performing this Friday at Chappaqua Station

Local singer-songwriter and social artist Elizabeth Erin Kemler performs at Chappaqua Station on Friday February 24 at 7 p.m.

Elizabeth will showcase songs from her new album, The Weight of Mortal Skin, joined by Dave Hart on guitar and Jay Militscher on bass. 

The songs, a luscious blend of country, folk and blues, will take you on an intrepid​ journey through the rocky terrain of the human heart. With a rich, chocolaty voice and unwavering emotional intensity, Kemler shares stories of anguish and elation, revelation and deliverance–songs that feel at once deeply familiar and wholly new. Learn more about Kemler at elizabetherinkemler.com

Elizabeth also co-produces, together with Beth Blatt, the benefit concert series ‘Songs for a Cause’ on behalf of Hope Sings, an organization which celebrates the social justice work of not-for-profits advocating for women and children such as Hour Children and Girls Inc, Westchester. Please visit hopesings.net

120 Support “Food Chains” at the Burns

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Carola, Catalina Cruz from the Governor’s office, and Mary Weiss, Board member, Chappaqua
Carola, Catalina Cruz from the Governor’s office, and Mary Weiss, Board member, Chappaqua

More than 120 supporters and Friends of Neighbors Link, gathered recently to view the film “Food Chains,” at the Jacob Burns Film Center. Members of Latin Links hold this annual event that uses film to inform and educate the public around issues that impacts our daily lives as told through the immigrant experience. “Food Chains” is the award-winning documentary film exposé about an intrepid group of Florida farm workers and their battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through the ingenious Fair Food program, to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the United States.

Taylored Menus, based in Pleasantville, prepared Latin-themed appetizers – empanadas, popusas, and tiny tacos, and Neighbors Link’s client leaders prepared Latin-themed desserts, including the ever popular flan, for the post screening reception.

For more information visit www.neighborslink.org

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Judy Murphy, Sleepy Hollow (co-chair, Latin Links), Carola Bracco, Kathy Colby (co-chair, Latin Links), Chappaqua
Judy Murphy, Sleepy Hollow (co-chair, Latin Links), Carola Bracco, Kathy Colby (co-chair, Latin Links), Chappaqua
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Luisa Granda, NL Director of Programs, Pleasantville and Sindy Fedida, Armonk
Wendy Seraphin, Bedford and Nancy Strong, Armonk (Friends)
Wendy Seraphin, Bedford and Nancy Strong, Armonk (Friends)

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