LOL at Ivy League Comedy Night
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Chase away the winter blues with a professional night of laughter brought to you by the Ivy League of Comedy. The stand up comedians will be appearing at Scarsdale Synagogue on Saturday night February 28th at 8 pm. Regularly appearing on late night television and Comedy Central these clever comics are now bringing their stand-up act to Scarsdale. Tickets are $54 per person if you reserve before February 25 and $60 at the door. Dessert and wine is included and 50% of the net proceeds will be donated to the United Interfaith Food Bank.
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Here is information about the troupe:
Scarsdale native Shaun Eli Breidbart has rightfully been called one of America's 
smartest comics. Whether it's a story about dining with a vegetarian or successfully fighting a parking ticket, master storyteller Shaun Eli proves that there's hilarity in the ordinary if you approach life with a comedic warp. Job interviews? Serving on a NYC criminal jury? How about the Ten Commandments? For just about anything he has experienced Shaun has a hilarious story at the ready.
Joe DeVito has the power to start fires using his mind, and he also does standup comedy. Whether taking on relationships, his Italian-American family, or current events, Joe's dead-on timing, unexpected twists and sheer flights of lunacy make him a favorite at clubs and colleges across the USA, and at the top 
venues in New York City.
After spending a decade as a journalist and advertising writer, Joe gave into his coworker's demands to try performing so he could find fame, while they finally got some work done. In 2006, he was invited to the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Canada, where the Montreal Gazette rated his performance "9.5 out of 10."
Joe's TV appearances include The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, and a semi-finalist turn on season five of NBC's Last Comic Standing. His savage wit has also made him an in-demand panelist on shows like Chelsea Lately, CNN's Headline News, Animal Planet's Wild 100, and a regular guest on FOX News Channel's Red Eye. As a writer, Joe has contributed to Maxim Magazine, MTV, and the award-winning film Super Size Me.
Jon Fisch has been featured on Celebrity Apprentice and in Maxim Magazine. He was the host of the widely popular podcast, In the Tank, and last year he made his late night television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman.
His appearances on Last Comic Standing 4, where he was the New York City Capital 
One Audience Favorite, gained him wide recognition and a new legion of fans. He has also been seen on Comedy Central, VH1 and was invited to be perform at the TBS Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Chicago and the Great American Comedy Festival at the Johnny Carson Theatre in Norfolk, Nebraska.
A staple in the NYC scene Jon performs regularly at Gotham Comedy Club, The World Famous Comic Strip Live, Comedy Cellar, and Broadway Comedy Club. Of his numerous credits, people seem most impressed with Jon being hand picked to open for Jerry Seinfeld at Gotham Comedy Club.
The Ivy League of Comedy
Scarsdale Synagogue Tremont Temple Emanuel
2 Ogden Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
914-725-5175
Saturday night Febrary 28 - doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm
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Find My iPhone .... PLEASE Find My iPhone
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Nobody said it would be easy. It takes a lot more than the "find my iPhone" app. It takes persistence, determination -- and a willingness to be quite disagreeable.
My son, age 13, dropped his iPhone during a dance at a bat mitzvah in Manhattan last Saturday. The GPS didn't pick it up on Saturday or on Sunday. Then on Monday, there it was, right there on the app's map. In Newark. We sounded the phone's alarm. We put a number in for the finder to call. We begged him/her to call.
Nothing. Then the signal went dead.
Find my iPhone worked, but only to a point.
Of course we called the mother who gave the party. She contacted the party venue and the event coordinator who hired the tummeler (although they don't call emcees that any more unless they're in the Catskills). No phone. Anywhere. But after a long snow day and a return to school on Tuesday my kid learned that one of his pals said he had found a phone and given it to the emcee on the night of the party. Which emcee had already said he did not have any phone.
But there was still that location in Newark. That had gone dead. I was interested to learn, however, that said emcee LIVES IN NEWARK and, since we're all connected, I was able to find him on Facebook. (Names are being withheld to protect the guilty -- or innocent.)
I was even more interested to see on said Facebook page that this very same emcee had written the following on January 31st, the actual night of the bat mitzvah:
"Greetings All. My phone is gone until Wensday and I'll by a new one." (His spelling, not mine.) Having found his page, I was able to email him and beg him to call me. And offer a reward. And beg. And beg again. Nothing.
Still, I figured we'd found our man. Hoping to appeal to his conscience, we texted that the kid was in serious trouble. We reminded him that he had picked out my son at the party.
"What's your name?" he'd rapped.
"Tyrone," my son jived, using his favorite alias.
Still, no reply.
I was told to report the missing phone and by some unlikely miracle found a sympathetic information officer in the Newark police. He listened to my tale of woe and said that although he couldn't help me with the report, he was getting off work in an hour or so and would stop by the last location of the phone to see what's what. And here, dear reader, I can't deny that the idea of a uniformed policeman making inquiries about a missing phone gave me the first pleasurable thrill I had through this entire ordeal. Believe me, Officer Gonzalez deserves a medal even though he didn't find the phone.
So, back to the events company whose president was at a loss, shall we say, to explain how this phone, handed to his emcee on Saturday night, and later located in Newark -- and to repeat myself, handed to the emcee who LIVES IN NEWARK -- had disappeared.
The events president then called a meeting with the emcee, who still maintained that he did not have the phone. Maybe the caterer has it, he offered helpfully.
"Go home with your wife," the events chief suggested, "and retrace your steps of Saturday night after the party and think about this."
An hour later, our emcee called to say he "just remembered" that he and his wife had stopped at a bar on the way home. They went to the bar (it is now Wednesday, in other words, Wensday) and asked if a phone had been found. Imagine. There it was.
Lucky me. I got to pick it up Saturday, a week after it was lost, when the emcee made his way from Newark to Manhattan to motivate another crowd at another party. He was very jovial as he handed it to me and said, with not a small amount of pride, "I found your phone."
And still there, on the phone, the number to call if found. I managed to say nothing.
If my son hadn't drowned a previous phone two weeks before, and if the phone weren't so new and expensive, and if I weren't completely furious, I would have given up long before.
So as I said: Persistence. Sheer determination. And yes, I was very disagreeable.
This story first appeared in the Huffington Post and was reprinted with the author's permission.
Urinetown the Musical at Edgemont High School
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Urinetown the Musical: Don't let the title fool you! This musical is one of the funniest, laugh-out-loud musical comedies known to musical theatre. The show tells the story of a world plagued by draught that has caused a worldwide water shortage, thereby making private plumbing completely unthinkable! Citizens must now pay to use public bathrooms, and if they don't, they're taken away to a mysterious place called "Urinetown." This musical satirizes corruption, the legal system, police brutality, and ironically, several other musicals. While the subject matter may be inappropriate for younger elementary school students, everyone else is encouraged to come out and see what is sure to be one of the funniest musicals ever on the Edgemont stage.
Danny Bernstein, EHS class of 2010, is Director and Choreographer. Howard Kilik is Musical & Orchestra Director.
Urinetown will be performed at Edgemont High School (presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International) on March 5-7, 2015. Shows begin each night at 7:00pm, and the matinee performance on March 7 starts at 1:00pm. Tickets are $15, except for the opening night performance, which is $20 (half of which benefits the Edgemont Scholarship Council). Email [email protected] for information on purchasing advance tickets.
What: Urinetown, the Musical
When: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 5th, 6th and 7th with performances at 7pm in the evenings with matinee performance on Saturday the 7th at 1pm.
Where: Edgemont High School auditorium, 200 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale, NY
Ticket prices: $15 for all performances except for opening night performance at $20.
Ticket information: [email protected].
Greenacres Students Spend a Night at the Alamo with Ben Stiller
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When Greenacres Elementary students had the day off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19 the Greenacres PTA took the opportunity to plan a special event. Students were invited to attend a private screening of Night at the Museum at The Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers who donated the theatre for this unique community building event. The screening drew 150 parents and children who enjoyed the film as well as dinner or snacks which were served to guests in the theatre.
PTA president Isabel Finegold was thrilled with the results. "It was great having this event on a holiday! We had several entire families attend as both parents had the day off, so it was truly a family truly a family and Greenacres community event. And there were no lines for popcorn!"
Photo Credit: Midori Im
Scarsdale Forum Winterfest 2015 on Feburary 7
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The Scarsdale Forum will host its seventh annual membership party, Winterfest 2015, on Saturday, February 7th at the Scarsdale Woman's Club, 37 Drake Road from 7 to 11 PM. The snow date is Sunday, February 8th from 4 to 7 PM.
Members of the Forum and their guests can look forward to an evening of lively conversation and friendship to chase away the winter weather blues. A delicious buffet dinner prepared by Jensina Olson and the home-brewed beers of resident brew meister, Bruce Wells are some of the evening's highlights. Several member and guest pianists will set the mood in the music room. Guests may stroll throughout the beautifully appointed Scarsdale Woman's Club. Dessert will feature the home baked goods of member bakers and the donations of local vendors.
The Scarsdale Forum is a civic organization dedicated to improving life in Scarsdale. The Forum studies many issues affecting the Village and frequently provides input to governing bodies and elected officials on the local, county and state level via reports and statements prepared by its committees. Village of Scarsdale residents are encouraged to join the Forum and come to the best party in town! All profits from the event will be used for the digitization of the Forum's historical records and to support the public programs offered by the Forum throughout the year.
Admission is $30 per person and limited to members and their guests. Due to the popularity of this event, advance reservations are encouraged. Please RSVP by Monday, February 2nd.
Advanced reservations, membership renewal and joining the Forum for the first time can be done online at: www.scarsdaleforum.com or by mailing a check to Scarsdale Forum Inc., 24 East Parkway, P.O. Box 86, Scarsdale, NY 10583. For additional information regarding the event, please contact the Forum office by phone at 914-723-2829 or by email at: [email protected].
