By Rick Pezzullo— As Village of Sleepy Hollow Mayor Martin Rutyna said, “Few places on the planet celebrate Halloween like Sleepy Hollow.” Of course, the most spooktacular season is also celebrated beyond Sleepy Hollow’s haunted border, proving ample opportun... More »
BEE’S KNEES: At the joint between etymology and entomology By Krista Madsen– In the interest of being open to what the universe offers, credits go to my daughter who gave me this week’s topic: write about the “bee’s knees” she suggested, as we giggled on a roa... More »
FOR THE LOVE OF FREAKS: Because it takes one to know one By Krista Madsen– My favorite class in grad school at the New School, where I went to get my MFA in Creative Writing, was a sociology excursion called “Freaks”—almost literally a sideshow, where the prof... More »
By W.B. King– Illustrating the twists and turns of a road less travelled, Eliot King Smith’s forthcoming album, Short Life, Small Planet, is an introspective look into his own past that included 12 years teaching American History at The Hackley School. “I firs... More »
By W.B. King— “Play what you want to hear,” B.B. King often said. Whether or not Billy Gibbons heard the blues legend say the phrase when he first encountered him as a young boy, those six words have continually informed Gibbon’s approach to creating indelible... More »
The Town of Greenburgh’s Arts and Culture Committee has announced the appointment of 16-year-old Asa Miller of Hartsdale to a two-year, non-paying position as Greenburgh’s first Youth Poet Laureate. His term of office will run from September 2023 until Septemb... More »
BARBIE RORSCHACH: The plastic doll means whatever you want it to By Krista Madsen– Arguably there’s nothing that hasn’t already been said about Barbie the movie, as every publication is churning out thought-pieces while every girl, guy and other dons pink and ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— It’s a trek from the rivertowns—45 minutes by car, but if you like your Shakespeare contemporized and al fresco, served up with hilltop picnics looking out over the Hudson Highlands, then one or more trips to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fe... More »
LET’S TESSELLATE: Your writing (or your life) is just a lump of clay, so shape it By Krista Madsen– For a person who has the tendency to skew living 75% in my brain and 25% in my body, I’m surprisingly very visual. I like translating intangible feelings to Ven... More »
By Brad Ogden– Irvington Theater and its Arts Partner River’s Edge Theatre Company have teamed up once again in a co-production of Adam Szymkowicz’s patriarchy-smashing comedy, Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood, coming to Irvington in mid-July. What Time ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Earning good grades has come easily to Naomi Vladeck. Translating academic success into a purposeful life, however, has not come quite so easily. After years of schooling and itinerant jobs in and around the arts, however, Vladeck finally fi... More »
As the strike by the Writers’ Guild and other entertainment-related unions approaches two months of duration, the long reach of solidarity has found its way to Irvington, where the local Irvington Shakespeare Company has decided to postpone its summer producti... More »
THE (DEAD) SKIN PROJECT: When you become a word and your author orphans you By Krista Madsen– I love tattoos because of the stories and commitment they carry, the catalogue of what matters most etched on actual skin. Every inch of ink offers the chance at conn... More »
By W.B. King– Colin Quinn’s rapid-fire, free-association style of distilled sociopolitical comedy can be attributed, in part, to his fellow Irishman, author James Joyce. The author of Ulysses, among other celebrated literary works, “actually hindered my career... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– Bulldogs have long been the mascot of the Village of Irvington school district, signifying strength and courage, particularly among its sports teams. A new art installation pays tribute to the beloved symbol in the form of the Bulldog Walking... More »
Join us this summer for one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed masterpieces, the remarkable Pericles, Prince of Tyre. A tale of epic, and ancient, proportions weaves the consequences of a man’s quest for love with a daughter’s fight for self determination. Thre... More »
By Shana Liebman– Just in time for warm weather, The Sailhouse, a Tarrytown waterfront restaurant and bar, has opened for riverview dining. Formerly the Washington Irving Boat Club Restaurant and Bar (and Sunset Cove before that), the restaurant, which borders... More »
By W.B. King– Rarely are art enthusiasts provided a portal into the often solitary journey of an artiste — gleaning the soul-searching process that eventually yields innovative creations designed to invoke spirited emotions. “Any introduction to art throughout... More »
By Barrett Seaman— As one of the few movie theaters in the area that screens both top international “art” films and commercial box office blockbusters, the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC, known familiarly as “the Burns”)) draws its audiences from all over Westc... More »
CAVE PAINTINGS: The creativity that fills space and solitude By Krista Madsen– A woman just willingly spent 500 days in a Spanish cave, beating the world record for voluntary cave-dwelling, playing lab rat to science studies about mental health in isolation a... More »
