808 Bistro is now open 7 days a week.  Also stop by for Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, April 8- 14, 2024.

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.

Cathy Liu, a Scarsdale resident and professionally licensed stormwater engineer, is providing a free stormwater literacy talk on Friday, April 19, at 8PM via Zoom. Sign on to expand your understanding of stormwater drainage management and planning. This is especially important for any neighborhood facing stormwater issues.

Topic: Drainage Education Seminar (Stormwater Management and Planning)
Time: Apr 19, 2024 08: 00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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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.

“Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.” - James Baldwin.

Please join Nancy Zachary in the Scott Room  of Scarsdale Library on Wednesday April 24 at 2 pm to discuss The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt.

"An old man’s routines are interrupted by a woman in pink in this wistful fable. Bob Comet, a retired librarian, is 71 and has lived an unremarkable life in Portland, Oregon, in a mint-colored house that belonged to his late mother. “He had no friends, per se; his phone did not ring, and he had no family.” The year is 2005, and this dreary state of affairs stems partly from the fact that shortly after he married her in 1959, Bob’s wife ran off with his best friend. Things begin to change for the retiree when he encounters a woman about his age in a pink sweatsuit staring at the refrigerated beverages in a 7-Eleven. ... A quietly effective and moving character study." - Kirkus.

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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)

“Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.” - James Baldwin.

Please join Nancy Zachary in the Scott Room at Scarsdale Library on Wednesday May 22 at 2 pm to discuss Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See.

"The lives of women in 15th-century China are illuminated in this engrossing novel. Tan Yunxian was a real historical figure who published a book about her career as a physician, but little is known about her personal life. See creates a rich story about a girl born into an aristocratic family. That accident of birth should have written her fate: limited education, bound feet, arranged marriage, childbirth, and a life spent entirely behind the walls of family compounds. She doesn’t escape all of those things, but after the early death of her mother, she’s raised by her paternal grandparents, who are both doctors, and given an unusually advanced education, including in the healing arts they practice. ... Women’s friendships in a world where they have little freedom shape a quietly moving book." - Kirkus.

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