Art Smart
Weary of those four blank walls? A look at the country’s top art galleries.
By Laura Joesph Mogil
The Westchester Philharmonic’s subscription concerts on November 4 at 8 pm and November 5 at 3 pm at The Performing Arts Center at
Julian Lempert of Bronxville is a
The viola, traditionally the butt of jokes, is now the “in” instrument, according to George Drapeau, a violist with the St. Thomas Orchestra, a four-year-old group of 55 professional and avocational players based in
You may have spotted her in the concertmaster’s chair of the St. Luke’s or Orpheus chamber orchestras, her dark hair swinging in time with her violin. Eriko Sato is a seasoned member of the
The Chappaqua Orchestra, a 48-year-old group of professional and volunteer players, has selected its first artist-in-residence: the violin soloist Timothy Fain. He will perform the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto in The Barber of Mount Kisco on November 19 at 3 pm at the Seven Bridges Middle School Auditorium in Chappaqua, with Michael Shapiro conducting the orchestra. Barber lived in
Other concerts of note are by the Brentano String Quartet and pianist Mitsuko Uchida at Caramoor on November 5 at 4 pm, and the Sound Shore Chorale’s performance of the Faure Requiem at the Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle, also on November 5 at 4 pm. Richard Slade will conduct (914-636-1583).
The Global Watch Documentary Film Festival is an annual curated series of films focusing on social justice, politics, and history. Directors and other guest speakers chosen to complement the 20-film program will visit the
Historically, they cavort on screen in utter silence, but the films of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd are also often seen in the company of contemporary live music. Ben Model, who composes for silent films, will play his music on the organ at a screening of works by the silent comedians in the Laurel and Hardy and Friends film series on November 18 at 7:30 pm at Grace Church in
Carol Berkin, author of Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for
The Royal and Shirley Durst Chair Lecture Series at
Blueberry Pond Theatre Ensemble in
Box Office Central
The
www.aldrich.org
Blueberry Pond Theatre Ensemble
www.blueberrypond.org
Katonah (914) 232-1252
www.caramoor.org
Castle Gallery
www.cnr.edu/cg.htm
The Chappaqua Orchestra
Chappaqua (914) 921-4642
www.chappaquaorchestra.org
www.clayartcenter.org
Congregation Anshe Sholom
www.anshesholomnewrochelle.org
Downtown Music at Grace
Grace Church
www.gracechurchwhiteplains.org
Greenburgh Arts & Culture Committee
Greenburgh (914) 682-1574
www.greenburghny.com
www.hammondmuseum.org
Historic
All locations (914) 631-8200
www.hudsonvalley.org
www.hbms.org
The
www.hrm.org
Hudson Stage Company
Croton-on-Hudson
(914) 271-2811
www.hudsonstage.com
for Contemporary Art
www.hvcca.com
Sleepy Hollow (914) 332-5953
www.writerscenter.org
Pleasantville (914) 747-5555
www.burnsfilmcenter.org
Katonah (914) 232-9555
www.katonahmuseum.org
Purchase (914) 251-6100
www.neuberger.org
www.paramountcenter.org
The
Pelham (914) 738-2525
The Performing Arts Center
Purchase (914) 251-6200
www.artscenter.org
(845) 758-7950
www.fishercenter.bard.edu
www.rocklandartcenter.org
www.ryeartscenter.org
The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art
Armonk (914) 273-1452
www.thestudiony-alternative.com
www.tarrytownmusichall.org
The
www.westarts.com
The
www.westchesterchamber
orchestra.org
Vallhalla (914) 606-6600
www.sunywcc.edu
The
www.westchesterphil.org
