Photographer Wyatt Gallery to Speak on The Jews and Synagogues of the Caribbean
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Wyatt Gallery will be speaking on Tuesday evening , March 19th about his new project, "The Jews and Synagogues of the Caribbean: A 520 Year History." The event begins at 7:00 pm at Platinum Drive Realty's office at 1082 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale in the Golden Horseshoe Shopping Center. Wyatt Gallery has received numerous awards for his photography, including the Fulbright Fellowship. His photographs have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and are in major private and public collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the George Eastman House, and American Express.
Gallery was an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has been 
published in The New York Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Geo Saison, and Mother Jones, amongst other international publications. Mr. Gallery will be signing copies of his book Tent Life: Haiti, after the talk and Q&A. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to the public.
Register now for Tenth of December: An Evening with George Saunders
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New York Times best selling author George Saunders and his editor Andy Ward will visit Scarsdale on Tuesday April 9 at 7:30 pm. The event is sponsored by the Scarsdale Adult School in celebration of their 75th year. Tickets to the conversation are $25 and can be purchased at www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org.
Unsettling, insightful, and hilarious, Saunders tackles subjects of class, sex, love, loss, work, despair and war, delving into questions of morality and exploring what makes us human. According to author Zadie Smith, "[n]ot since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny." Joel Lovell, deputy editor of the New York Times Magazine, called Tenth of December "the best book you'll read this year." In the New York Times Sunday Book Review earlier this month, Gregory Cowles judged Saunders to be "one of the most gifted, wickedly entertaining story writers around." The Chicago Tribune has dubbed Saunders "the best short story writer in America." Come to see and hear the author that has all the critics raving.
Advance registration is highly recommended as there is no guaranteed admission for walk-ins. Register now at 
www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org to secure your spot.
More from Scarsdale Adult School:
Knit One, Give Too
Scarsdale Adult School has teamed up with My Sister's Place for 6 sessions of fun, good company, skill development, and community service. Instructors Mary Beth Gose and Susan Pankow will help beginning knitters or those needing a refresher learn to make a hat, scarf, or similar project of your choice. My Sister's Place has donated the wool for the course and one of the finished projects from the course will be donated back. The $140 course meets Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. for six weeks at the Scarsdale High School, starting March 7. Register at www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org.
Shakespeare's Leading Ladies
Have you seen or are you planning to go to Tina Packer's Shakespearean tour-de-force Women of Will, currently running in Washington Square? If so, don't miss your chance to catch "Her Infinite Variety: Studying Shakespeare's Leading Ladies," a brand new course offered at the Scarsdale Adult School. Instructor Estha Weiner, adjunct professor at CUNY, will compare and contrast Kate and Beatrice, Juliet and Miranda, Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra, to name just a few. The course meets Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. for six weeks at the Scarsdale High School, starting March 12. Register at www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org.
Scarsdale Residents to Perform in The Vagina Monologues to Support Domestic Violence Programs
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Scarsdale residents will join a renowned group of women, including a comedian, a leader in the fashion industry as well as soap opera and other notable actresses in a special production of The Vagina Monologues to benefit FEGS Health and Human Services' Center for Women and Families. The performance will take place on Monday, March 11 at 7:30 pm at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Haft Auditorium. A reception with the performers will follow.
One in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. The FEGS Center for Women and Families provides counseling services, intensive case management, legal support and job readiness training so adult and child survivors can move from crisis to self-sufficiency.
From Scarsdale, the cast includes:
- Marnie Gelfman
- Lois Kohn-Claar
- Karen Kasner
- Tara Stein
- Susan K. Stern
- Samara Solan Weinberg (formerly from Scarsdale)
In 1996, playwright, performer, activist and Scarsdale native Eve Ensler created The Vagina Monologues to shatter taboos and raise awareness to stop violence against women. It sparked the creation of a charitable foundation and movement called V-Day with the goal of using performances of The Vagina Monologues to raise money for organizations that provide support to female victims of violence and sexual abuse.
"Eve Ensler has transformed women's voices into an enduring worldwide message, which we are honored to resonate once again," said Gail Magaliff, CEO of FEGS Health and Human Services. "We are enormously grateful for the support, dedication and generosity of the incredible cast of women whose performance of The Vagina Monologues will strengthen our capacity to help women at their most vulnerable points to rebuild their lives."
For tickets please click here or call 212-366-8034.
This Vagina Monologues is generously supported, in part, by The FEGS Center for Women and Families who is supported, in part, by the Robin Hood Foundation, NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA), TD Bank and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
FEGS, one of the nation's largest and most diversified health and human services organizations, brings together the best resources and people to help individuals achieve greater personal and economic independence. A beneficiary of UJA-Federation of New York, the FEGS network of compassionate and innovative programs in health, disabilities, housing, homecare, employment, education, youth and family services, coordinates care and assistance to more than 10,000 people each day, over 100,000 people a year – inspiring individuals and families and strengthening communities. Visit FEGS at http://www.fegs.org/.
The FEGS Center for Women and Families provides crisis intervention; counseling; help with navigating systems and accessing benefits; employment services; financial literacy; education and training; advocacy and linkage to legal assistance around immigration, safety, divorce and child support.
The Last Waltz at Irvington Town Hall Theatre
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Music in Common and the Rev Tor Band will put on a special live performance of The Band's classic 1978 concert film, "The Last Waltz" on Sunday March 3rd at 7PM at the Irvington Town Hall Theater in Irvington, NY. The concert features renditions of all the hits by The Band featured in the film such as "The Weight", "Up On Cripple Creek", and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" as well as songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and many more. Musicians from the local music scene perform the songs of the film's original special guests. The full line up of artists includes The Grand Slambovians, Gill Parris, Roxy Perry, Marc Black, Curtis Winchester, Anthony Giaccio, Fred Gillen, Jr., Frankie Munz, The THE BAND Band, Todd Mack, Tom Dudley aka Blues Buddha, Scott Sherman, Matt Turk, KJ Denhert, Gary Solomon, Beth & Mark from Spuyten Duyvil, Jen McCormick Jensen, Mark Salore from Tramps Like Us, and Montgomery Delaney. Tickets are on sale now at www.irvingtontheater.com.
Since 1996 The Rev Tor Band has maintained a powerful presence on the east coast club and festival circuit, performing in venues from Maine to Key West, Florida. In their home stomping grounds of New England, they keep a heavy performance schedule enthusiastically supported by a large following of dedicated fans.
The Last Waltz LIVE is a benefit for Music In Common, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen, empower, and educate communities through the universal language of music. Music in Common (MiC) produces free, publicly accessible concerts, school programs, and multimedia productions with an interest in underserved areas and communities where there is a history of conflict, providing a platform for the exchange of ideas and collaborations that can lead to positive social change. Based in Sheffield, MiC has toured to more than 100 communities across the US, Middle East, and Far East and operates multiple programs locally, nationally, and internationally.
This show is a bit of a homecoming for MiC founder Todd Mack and Rev Tor Band front man Tor Krautter who grew up in Ardsley and Edgemont respectively. Years later both ended up in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts where they met through their involvement in the local scene. Krautter's family owned Sprainbrook Nurseries, recently closed after decades in Scarsdale.
Scarsdale's Linda Wolk-Simon Curates Degas Show at the Morgan Library and Museum
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Scarsdale's Linda Wolk-Simon, head of the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library and Museum, has a new show opening at the museum this week. Titled, "Degas, Miss La La, and the Cirque Fernando," the show tells the story behind Degas' painting Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, that immortalizes the famous aerialist known as Miss La La.
The painting has a rich history. For successive evenings in January 1879 Edgar Degas attended performances at the Cirque Fernando and was riveted by Miss La La's breathtaking act where she was hoisted to the circus's seventy-foot ceiling by a rope clenched between her teeth. The show brings together Degas' painting, on loan from the National Gallery in London, with preparatory drawings, pastels, an oil sketch and a print by the artist. Also included in the show are works by other artists of the Cirque Fernando and books, lithographs, photos, prints and circus programs to provide a more complete picture of Miss La La and her troupe.
"Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando remains as arresting today as it was when the artist created it over a hundred years ago," said William M. Griswold, director of The Morgan Library & Museum. "The subject is unique among Degas's paintings. This exhibition tells the story of the genesis of the work and its captivating theme with a fascinating display of drawings and prints, as well as literary, historical, and 
photographic material of the period."
The show is on from February 15 through May 12, 2013 at the The Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street, New York, N.Y. Learn more at: www.themorgan.org.
Wolk-Simon will also give a class about Degas and the aerialist at the Scarsdale Adult School on Monday March 11 from 7:30 – 9:00 pm. She'll share what she has learned about Miss La La, the circus and its patrons and the secrets hidden in this enigmatic work. To sign up, visit www.scarsdaleadultschool.org.
