Greenacres Pancake Breakfast on October 12
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The Greenacres Neighborhood Association is hosting its first annual Fall Pancake Breakfast bright and early on Sunday, October 12 from 8:30-10:30 am at the Greenacres Elementary School field. Wake up and head over for some camaraderie, and bring your appetite for pancakes with maple syrup, doughnuts, fruit, coffee, and hot cocoa. The food is free, and plentiful. This event, open to Greenacres residents only will be held rain or shine, as the school gym is available, if needed. Please RSVP at [email protected] and indicate how many adults and children will attend.
Scarsdale Concours in the Village this Sunday October 5
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The Scarsdale Concours d'Elegance will hold their 11th annual event in Scarsdale Village on Sunday October 5 from 10:30 am to 4 pm. The Concours is the second longest event of its kind running in the Eastern United States and this year's show builds on the success of last years 10th Anniversary event.
In 2013 there were 132 participants (plus approximately 25 new vehicles from various sponsors, including BMW, Miller Motorcars, McLaren Greenwich, Pepe Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Cadillac and Infiniti. The event raised over $32,000 for charity for the White Plains Hospital, Scarsdale and Edgemont Family Counseling Service, The Wounded Warriors Family Assistance Fund and the Scarsdale Foundation. This was an increase of 30% over the prior year.
This years Concours is scheduled for Sunday, October 5, 2014, a bit earlier than usual, and they are hoping to enjoy some beautiful early fall weather. There will be live music, featuring the Del Bocas, prizes, food and drink and a great day for the whole family.
This panel of judges will be comprised of distinguished members of the automotive press from various media outlets, including Top Gear, Consumer Reports and Car & Driver.
Public viewing will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will feature over 130 American and European automobiles as well as some displays of new vehicles from various manufacturers and dealerships. Viewing ends at 4:00 p.m. with final judging and an awards ceremony, followed by a champagne toast to the winners.
Beneficiaries will include three very worthy local charities; Scarsdale and Edgemont Family Counseling Service, the Warrior and Family Assistance Fund and the Scarsdale Foundation.
This is Where I Leave You Hits Home in the Burbs
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Just in time for the High Holidays – it's a Shiva movie! The film version of Jonathan Tropper's bestselling novel, "This is Where I Leave You," is being released this week and the target audience is clearly you.
The story centers on the return of adult children to their childhood home to sit Shiva for their father. They're only home for a minute before reigniting petty jealousies, and re-enacting the fistfights of their youths. You'll recognize the all-star cast with Jane Fonda as an over-sexed widow, Tina Fey as Wendy Altman, a West Coast Jewish princess and her brother Judd played by Jason Bateman, a newly-betrayed husband who loses his wife, his job and his father all in one week.
Tropper places the family drama in his hometown of New Rochelle and includes all the familiar suburban stereotypes – friends who never left home, the rabbi who can't lose his obscene nickname, ex-beaus who pop up in unexpected places and mom's trusted best friend, who in this case turns out to be much more than a friend.
The movie embraces and mocks Jewish tradition and includes a wonderful send-up of a Saturday morning service where the three oversized brothers retreat to a nursery school classroom and end up doused by the sprinkler.
As the story develops, the characters reveal the disappointments of their adult lives. Jason Bateman, the guy who did everything right, is completely unmoored by his wife's infidelity and torn when he spots his high school girlfriend Penny (Rose Byrne) at his father's sporting good store. Tina Fey's husband is a money-hungry workaholic, Paul's wife, played by Kathryn Hahn (Parks and Rec) is struggling with infertility, the youngest brother Phillip (Adam Driver) has failed to grow up and returned home with his decades older girlfriend (Connie Britton of Nashville) who is also his therapist. The family is so dysfunctional that it will make anything that happens at your house this Rosh Hashanah seem tame.
Their stories are troubling but sometimes so funny that I found myself laughing and crying at the same time. After too many "home for the holidays" Christmas movies it was good to see yarmulkes, smoked salmon and a synagogue on the big screen. The rabbi is played by Ben Schwartz who grew up in Edgemont. Other local touches included WRT Cantor Mia Fram Davidson playing the cantor in the film (she taught Jane Fonda to sing Heneh Ma Tov), scenes shot in Portchester and Rye, and even a score that features a song called "Home" written and performed by the American Authors, a band that stars Dave Rublin who has lots of family in the 'Dale.
Chalking 2014
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Scarsdale High School seniors took a break to chalk the entry to SHS on Friday September 5th and the results were arty! The slate was covered in a wonderful pastiche of pastel colors. Here are just two of the results from this day which is a tradition at the school.
Pictured above are: Michaela Dwyer , Samantha Abbe, Madeline Ware, Michelle Segale, Luisa Esteves, Kimmy Rothberg, Sammy Silberberg, Annie Blum
Another group creation - "Can't Touch This" --Go class of 2015!
Boardwalk Empire Films Final Episode in Scarsdale
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The final scene of the final season of Boardwalk Empire was filmed at the Scarsdale Diving Pool on Wednesday August 27th. Crews set up on Tuesday for a scene that will made to look like it was filmed in the ocean off Atlantic City.
A production company who was looking for a pool that was 12 feet deep and could be closed to accommodate the filming approached Jason Marra, Superintendent for the Scarsdale Recreation Department, in April. The company paid Scarsdale $10,000 a day for 2 days to close the diving pool and also threw in $3,000 which will be used to replace the basketball hoops at the pool.
Marra said they were able to accommodate the crew without inconveniencing residents. During the last week of August day camp is over, some residents are on vacation, much of the pool staff goes back to college and the diving pool is often closed. Using it this week was a win-win for Scarsdale and the film crew.
Though Marra was not at liberty to divulge which actors were there, a major director who directed the last episode of the Sopranos was on the scene as well as a specialist in underwater filming who was flown in from California.
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