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On Wednesday April 17, 2024, SFCS and the Scarsdale Safe Coalition: Children, Families and Community encourages you to Wear Jeans With Purpose. Although Denim Day will be acknowledged internationally on April 24, 2024, we will acknowledge Denim Day in Scarsdale on April 17th because of the Scarsdale Spring Recess.

Denim Day has become a symbol of protest opposing erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. In this rape prevention education campaign, we ask community members, elected officials, businesses, and students to make a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protesting the misconceptions that surround sexual assault.

The campaign was originally triggered by a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a rape conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Peace Over Violence developed the Denim Day campaign in response to this case and the activism surrounding it.

SFCS and the Safe Coalition asks that you take a picture(s) of yourself wearing jeans with your family, friends and of course colleagues. Please post these pictures to your social media sites with #denimday and tag the Safe Coalition’s Facebook page. SFCS has stickers that say “Ask Me About Denim Day” so that others will understand why you are wearing denim. Stickers are available at the office. I hope that you will support the agency’s efforts to raise awareness and bring an end to sexual assault.

For more information about Denim Day go to www.peaceoverviolence.org/denim-day/

Violin Concert: Dance Music
Scarsdale Woman’s Club
Music Club Day Thursday, April 18, 2 pm

The Music Section of the Scarsdale Woman’s Club will present a concert by violinists. David Rudge and Essena Setaro on Thursday, 2 pm, April 18, 2024. Their duo violin performance will feature dance music from the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries, including Hungarian folk music, ragtime, swing, bebop, tango and more. Dr. David Rudge teaches classes in conducting and violin. Dr. Essena Setaro is an orchestral musician, chamber musician, and educator. She performs with Buffalo Philharmonic.

The concert is free and open to the public and all club members. The Scarsdale Woman’s Club is located at 37 Drake Road and the parking lot is located behind the club house. A reception will follow the concert. For additional information, please contact 914 220-2387.

On April 21 at 5:00 pm, the Erehwon Ensemble will perform at the the Scarsdale Congregational Church. The program will include works by Arthur Foote, Jessie Montgomery (Musical America's 2023 "Composer of the Year" and GRAMMY-winner), and Tchaikovsky's beloved Serenade for Strings.

The concert will also feature pianist Sandro Russo, in Franz Liszt's highly dramatic Malédiction for piano and string orchestra. There will be a Meet-the-Artist reception following the concert, in which Mr. Russo will be signing copies of his latest album dedicated to Franz Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes. The album will be officially released on the Steinway & Sons label on May 3rd.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by clicking HERE or at the door.

Música Y Mole invites local Mexican restaurants to compete in a mole competition for two ‘cazuela’ trophies that champion 1. Judges Choice: Best Mole in Westchester and 2. People’s Choice: Best Mole in Westchester. The event-goers that buy tickets will be able to vote for the mole of their choice.

Música Y Mole is also inviting local mariachi and Mexican dance groups to perform for the general public. There is a tentative set-list of 7 - 8 performances that will be announced on the WPHS Mariachi's instagram (@wphsmariachi) shortly, alongside the restaurants that will be joining the festival that day.

Location: Student Parking Lot, White Plains High School
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 12:00-5:00PM
Cost: Free for all, ticket pricing for mole samples + voting will cost under $15 - 20 (official pricing coming soon)

On Saturday May 11 at 3 pm at Scarsdale Library, Alison Cupp Relyea will share the journey behind the publication of her first essay collection, Soundtrack: Liner Notes from a Pandemic Mixtape, which came out in early November. In her essays, Alison weaves together music and literature in a way that gives the collection shape and creates common themes. The essays also draw on history, reaching into the past to inform her first-person version of the present. Lastly, the collection is evidence of the importance of writing groups and the arts in general. Alison has been in the same writing group for about six years now, and the community of writers gave her the feedback and support she needed to turn her weekly writing and passion for music into an essay collection. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Alison Cupp Relyea is an educator and a writer. She recently published her first essay collection, Soundtrack: Liner Notes from a Pandemic Mixtape. She helped found a literary festival called Watershed. Alison lives in Rye with her husband, Rich, and their three children, Rob, Eliza, and Ian. Alison began her teaching career in New York City, where she earned a Master's in Museum Education from Bank Street College. After teaching elementary school in Manhattan for a decade, she moved to Rye in 2014 and has worked for the past six years at the Rye Historical Society. Alison is a founding member of the pRYEde Community Group, a nonprofit in Rye that collaborates with other LGBTQ+ organizations to support and raise awareness for LGBTQ+ youth and families. As a result of her work in the community, she was awarded the NAACP's Freedom History Champion Award in October 2023.

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