Andrew McMurray of Zachys On Shark Tank, Friday, December 5th at 9:00PM
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Not one, but two Scarsdalians will appear on Shark Tank in December. Tune in Friday, December 5th from 9:00 – 10:00 PM to watch Zachys' Vice President Andrew McMurray face "The Sharks" Mark Cuban, Daymond John, Lori Greiner, Kevin O'Leary and Robert Herjavec, as he pitches ZIPZ, the single-serve recyclable wine glass.
Zipz is revolutionizing the single-serve wine category with a new solution that takes premium wine indoors, outdoors and on the go. Zipz produces wines in an elegant, portable wine glass made from high-quality PET plastic that looks and feels like traditional stemware. Each Zipz glass is covered with patented Clean Wrap that keeps the wine fresh and the glass clean, making Zipz ideal for public venues.
As an integral consultant on this unique wine project, McMurray has been helping from 
inception all the way through to its inclusion in major concert venues, convention centers, sports arenas, baseball stadiums and retail applications. He assisted in guiding the project to high quality wine for ZIPZ, in their alliance with Fetzer Wines of Mendocino California. Though there are many other single serve wine options, according to McMurray, none that have the proven shelf life of this product. Given his 20 plus years of work in the wine business, he believes this package will re-invent the single serve category for years to come.
Scarsdale's Howard Adler will appear on the show the following week, December 12th for a follow-up meeting on the Hanukkah Tree Topper, a product that made its debut on Shark Tank in December, 2013.
Heathcote Leads Players Cup Challenge
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The Scarsdale Players Cup sponsored by Scarsdale Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department is well underway and with the fall recreation youth programs completed, the race to first place is a close one.
Winter is rapidly approaching, so sign up today for the Scarsdale Youth Basketball League for 3rd-8th grade and get rewarded for registration points. Registration is currently open, with a registration deadline of November 23rd. Anyone that registers after the deadline will not be guaranteed a spot in the league. Register online here.
Points for the Players Cup are awarded by registration, participation, and bonus points for those that may come in first, second, or third place in standings. It could be anyone's race in claiming the trophy for your neighborhood school.
The Recreation Department encourages all children in grades K-5th participate and more importantly have fun!
Current Standings as of 11/17/14
- 1st Place – Heathcote (672 Points)
- 2nd Place – Fox Meadow (650 Points)
- 3rd Place – Edgewood (631 Points)
- 4th Place – Greenacres (627 Points)
- 5th Place – Quaker Ridge (585 Points)
Standings can be found on the main page of the Scarsdale recreation website.
Nicole Eisenman Visits Scarsdale
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I have been an admirer of Nicole Eisenman's work ever since her mother, former Village Trustee Kay Eisenman introduced me to her famed daughter at a Greenacres carnival of all places. When her series of 45 portraits appeared at the Whitney Biennial we paid a visit and were instantly drawn to her approachable and colorful paintings which are as much social commentary as they are art. Unlike many current abstract modern artists, Eisenman's works clearly have a subject and express a point of view. She covers the gamut from politics, to gender, technology and the ironies of modern life. You don't' need to be trained in art history to enjoy her very accessible works.
Eisenman's fame has spiraled in the last few years and she currently has a show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, was featured in a show at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, won the Carnegie Prize -- Carnegie International's top award -- and had a solo show at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis.
That's why I was surprised to hear that Eisenman would be appearing at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale with MOMA curator Laura Hoptman. I quickly cancelled my theatre tickets so that I could be there.
It turns out that Eisenman has quite a few admirers. Among them are collectors Marty and Rebecca Eisenberg, who are Scarsdale residents and members of Westchester Reform Temple. They arranged for an exhibition of Eisenman's prints at WRT and the discussion with Hoptman on November 9.
Rabbi Blake introduced Eisenman and told the audience that she had distinguished herself early on in Scarsdale
– winning the Halloween window painting contest, contributing memorable illustrations to the SHS Yearbook and even painting a mural on the walls of the school that was subsequently painted over. Eisenman looked sharp in a sleek black pants and a blazer – adding a touch of humor to her appearance by wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt underneath.
Asked about the forces that shaped her development as an artist she mentioned her art classes with teacher Joan Busing, trips to museums, and cartoons in The New Yorker. Hoptman asked where Eisenman gets the ideas for the stories behind her work and Eisenman said, "I believe in story-telling. My father is a psychiatrist and listens to stories, my grandfather was a rabbi and told stories. I believe in narrative." She continued by saying, "I work from an interior place. The takeoff is my own emotional response." And she later added, "My sense of the world comes from what I was taught by my family."
Discussing the creative process, Eisenman said she often sketches first, reads poetry and sits and thinks. For inspiration she visits the studios of other artists, museums and sometimes galleries. About painting, Eisenman said, "When I paint I go into the zone ... into deep right brain mode."
A selection of Eisenman's prints are on display at Westchester Reform Temple until early January. Stop by and take a look.
Halloween Photo Gallery
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Scarsdale was abuzz with activity on Halloween. The day began with Halloween parades at the elementary schools, where parents flocked to take photos of their children and classmates.
The entire staff of the Heathcote school led by Principal Maria Styles dressed as "minions" from Despicable Me. See the teachers above as well as the thrilled students at the Heathcote Halloween Parade below.
We noticed that the fashion item of the day for moms was skull wear – see below.
Fox Meadow School:
The Fox Meadow School parade included a team of Jamaican bobsledders – see their photo here:
Fox Meadow Tennis Club:
Onto Fox Meadow Tennis Club where the womens' paddle committee hosted a Halloween round robin. Couldn't resist sharing these photos.
Trick or Treat in Heathcote:
Later that night, the Kroll's haunted house on Vanderbilt Road in Heathcote was visited by an estimated 240 kids and 100 adults. The house was bedecked with Halloween paraphernalia and Bud, dressed up as Dracula, distributed glasses of blood red wine to anyone over 21. The family has been decorating the house and greeting guests for over 20 years and has become a destination for trick or treater's and their parents.
Crane's Pond Pooch Parade
And in Edgemont the Jr./Senior High School PTA sponsored a Pooch Parade at Cranes Pond the previous Sunday. These photos are just too cute!
Renowned Artist Nicole Eisenman at WRT on November 9
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Internationally-renowned painter, sculptor and printmaker Nicole Eisenman -- who grew up in Scarsdale -- will discuss her work at Westchester Reform Temple on Sunday, November 9. The discussion will be moderated by Laura Hoptman, Curator of contemporary art in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art. The discussion and reception are open to the public and begin at 4:00pm; there is no charge and reservations are not necessary. A selection of Eisenman's work is on display at the temple until early January.
Eisenman's work ranges from the absurd and irreverent to the abject and meditative. Drawing on sources as divergent as classical mythology and the visual conventions of the art historical canon, her imagery offers a forthright, at times comedic and critical, and invariably probing meditation on contemporary life. Eisenman's uncanny capacity for capturing human joy, pain, embarrassment and ecstasy unites the disparate subject matter.
Nicole Eisenman is currently the subject of the mid-career survey exhibition Dear Nemesis: Nicole Eisenman 1993-2014, at the Institute of Contemporary Art 
Philadelphia. Her work is also featured in Manifesta 10, curated by Kasper König, at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Eisenman was awarded the 2014 Anonymous Was a Woman Award and the Carnegie Prize for the 2013 Carnegie International in Pittsburgh. The artist lives and works in New York.
Laura Hoptman has been a Curator of contemporary art in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art since 2010, where she has organized Isa Genzken: Retrospective, the first American survey of this artist's work; Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language, a group exhibition of contemporary art dealing with language; Carol Bove: The Equinox; and Artist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly.
