Saturday, May 2, 2009

2009 Yonkers Arts Fest Happening ... Now!


I just found out about the 2009 Yonkers Arts Fest by perusing the Lohud News...

Now considering that I run an arts blog about Yonkers, (and that my show on May 17 is part of it), that you'd think I'd have heard about this before-- but alas and alack.

Not sure if it's a failure on my part to find out stuff, or an advertising shortfall on the festival's part, or some mixture of the two. Anyway-- there's a new event going on called the 2009 Yonkers Arts Fest, with lot of events going on in the next few weeks. And they are all free, courtesy of the folks at http://www.yonkersarts.org
(actually, my understanding is that with my performance, you do have to pay admission to the Philipse Manor House-- a very reasonable $5.)

The calendar is below-- but check out their website for photos, maps, and additional info, including the sponsors of all of the events.


You can also download a PDF of all of the events here:
http://yonkersarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/calendar-of-events.pdf

Calendar of Events

Performances and Lectures
Fridays, May 1 and May 8

Tours of exhibit: Whitfield Lovell: All Things In Time
6-7 pm followed by a free star show at 7 pm at the Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue
Information: (914) 563 4550 or www.hrm.org

Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2

Sarah Lawrence College Spring Dance Concerts
8 pm at the Bessie Schonberg Dance Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2412 or www.slc.edu/events

Saturday, May 2

The Yonkers Male Glee Club Spring Concert 2009
3 pm at the Yonkers Public Library, Grinton I. Will Branch, , 1500 Central Park Avenue

Sunday, May 3

Untermyer Performing Arts Council presents A Soul of Mexico: A Celebration of Cinco de Mayo
1 - 4 pm at Untermyer Park, 945 North Broadway
Information: (914) 375 3435 or www.untermyer.com

Sunday, May 3

Sarah Lawrence College Spring Dance Concerts
2 pm at the Bessie Schonberg Dance Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2412 or www.slc.edu/events

Sunday, May 3

Yonkers Male Glee Club
3 pm at Saunders High School, 183 Palmer Road

Sunday, May 3

SLC Jazz Festival
7 pm - midnight in The Blue Room, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2412 or www.slc.edu/events

Wednesday, May 6

Music Workshop (Student performers)
8 pm in the Marshall Field Music Building - Room 1, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2407

Wednesday, May 6 & May 13

Class Observations: Youth Theatre Interactions, Inc.
4 pm - 6 pm at 164 Ashburton Avenue-2nd floor
Information: www.youth-theatre.org

Thursday, May 7

Recital: Carina Zabrodsky, soprano with Martin Goldray, piano; Chet Biscardi, piano
7:30 pm in the Reisinger Concert Hall,
Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2407

Saturday, May 9

Public Art Walking Tour with the Artists

Boaz Vaadia Installation
City Hall Sculpture Park

  • 10:30 am: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles with Haifa Bint-Kadi. (meet at the Corner of Nepperhan Ave. and Broadway)
  • 11 am: City Hall Sculpture Garden with Luis Perelman (meet at City Hall, corner of Broadway and Nepperhan)
  • 12noon: Gateway to the Hudson with Richard Haas (meet at corner of Riverdale and Main Streets)
  • 1 pm: Muhheakantuck/River that Flows Two Ways and Yonkers Sculpture Meadow on the Hudson with Barbara Segal (meet at Metro North Viaduct Main and Buena Vista)
  • 2 pm: First Lady of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald with Vinnie Bagwell (meet in front of sculpture on grounds of RR station)
Saturday, May 9

YONKERS ARTS FEST 2009 SHOWCASE
Performing Arts Showcase - Professional and Student Musicians, Dancers, Poets and Actors
7 pm in the Riverfront Public Library Auditorium

MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Westchester News 12 Anchor Brian Conybeare

  • Lincoln High School Gospel and Concert Choirs
  • Yonkers High School Drama Club, Scenes from Hamlet
  • Megg Farrell Songs featuring Oliver Hensel-Brown and Jesse Brenneman
  • Tamara Jaton, Violin solo with Courtney Manning, piano
  • Bobby LaVell, Jazz solo
  • Antony Yeager, Poetry
  • Michael Ingram, Broadway melodies
  • Axara, Hip Hop Dancers from The Loft
  • Abby Welhouse, flute, Chelsea Wright, piano
  • Treble in Paradise, Sarah Lawrence College Women’s Acappella Group
  • Vocal Minority, Sarah Lawrence College Men’s Acappella Group
  • Romel Brumley, Baritone
  • Adazeke Lynn Beville, “Call to the Wilderness”
  • Patrick Gallagher, Piano solo
  • Bob Bisaccia and The Kenny Lee Quartet
Sunday, May 10

Groupo Folklorico
2 pm or 3:30 pm at Iglesia San Andres, 22 Post Street
Information: (914) 963 9523.

Sunday, May 10

“Bach to the Future”: Bach, Mozart, Whitacre, Purcell, Handel, Bizet and Verdi with the Sarah Lawrence College Chamber Choir and Women’s Ensemble; Patrick Romano, director
5 pm in the Reisinger Concert Hall,
Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2412 or www.slc.edu/events

Sunday, May 10

Recital: Works by Mozart, Bach, Chaminade, Kennan. Abigail Wellhouse, flute; Chelsea Wright, piano and harpsichord; Suna Chung, piano
8 pm in the Bessie Schönberg Dance Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2407

Tuesday, May 12

Cygnus Ensemble
1:30 pm in the Reisinger Concert Hall, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2412 or www.slc.edu/events

Tuesday, May 12

Sarah Lawrence College Orchestra; Jonathan Yates, conductor
8 pm in the Reisinger Concert Hall, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2412 or www.slc.edu/events

Thursday, May 14

Be the Change Evening of Jazz -Latin and Contemporary Jazz
7 pm at Lincoln High School Arts Academy, 375 Kneeland Avenue
Information: (914) 376 8400

Thursday, May 14

Recital: Shakira Croce, flute; Madison Davis, voice
7:30 pm in the Marshall Field Music Building, Sarah Lawrence College
Information: (914) 395 2407

Saturday, May 16*

Youth Theatre Interactions

Youth Theatre Interaction’s Outdoor Cultural Experience: Dance, Drama, Music and Vocals
4 pm at Andrus Park, Central Park Avenue & Arlington Street
Information: www.youth-theatre.org

Sunday, May 17

Youth Theatre Interactions’ Outdoor Cultural Experience: Dance, Drama, Music and Vocals
4 pm at Cerrato Park, Riverdale & Vark Avenues
Information: www.youth-theatre.org

Sunday, May 17

“Exploring With Henry Hudson” A theater performance by Adam Gertsacov
3 pm at Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Avenue
Information: www.philipsemanorfriends.org

http://www.henryhudson.info



Saturday, May 30

Lecture: The Cochran Collection of American Portraiture by Kimberly Flook Adams
3 pm at Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Avenue
Information: www.philipsemanorfriends.org

Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday, May 31

Concerto Time at the Philharmonic Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra Featuring winners of the Concerto Competition for high school students
3 pm at Saunders High School, 183 Palmer Road
Information: (914) 476 3711 or (914) 631 6674 www.yonkersphilharmonic.org

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EXHIBITS
Windows on Main Street

May through June
Displays of artwork in storefronts and lobbies on Main Street and other streets in Downtown Yonkers

City Haul: Trash2Treasure

Through May
Curated by Barbara Segal; Sponsored by DPW at Yonkers City Hall

Saturday, May 9 – Thursday, May 28

Yonkers Artists Showcase - Artwork in all media by artists working or living in Yonkers
Curated by Luis Perelman at Yonkers Riverfront Library

Artrucks

Saturday, May 9

“Artrucks” will be on view in front of the Riverfront Library

Saturday, May 9

Closing reception - Blue Door Takes Off
12 noon - 5 pm at the Blue Door Gallery,
2 pm Artists Walk and Talk
13 Riverdale Avenue
Information: www.bluedoorgallery.org

Through Friday, May 15

Judith Oskner : “Town and Country”
Sarah Lawrence College Library Gallery
Information: (914) 395 2472

Saturday, May 16

Opening Reception - Show and Tell
Artists’ demonstrations of techniques each Saturday
Exhibit runs through Saturday, June 27
Blue Door Gallery, 13 Riverdale Avenue
Information: www.bluedoorgallery.org

Sunday, May 17

Evolution Arts
Yonkers Downtown Waterfront BID
1 - 4 pm at Plaza Park just south of RR station
Information: www.yonkersdowntown.com

Wednesday, June 3

Passport to Yonkers: Intergenerational Visual Arts Exhibit – Yonkers Public School Students Community Senior Citizens
6:30 pm at the Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center
Information: (914) 376 8265

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