Upgraded Website and Historical Archiving Project at the Scarsdale Library
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The Scarsdale Public Library has a new and improved website at Scarsdalelibrary.org. The site has been redesigned to make navigation quicker and user-friendly. The new site provides easier access to lists of new titles, programs and online services, such as databases and e-books. Information regarding the library's hours, access to the online catalog and library account information is more easily accessible.
The Scarsdale Library has been working to ramp up the repertoire of community programs so another focus of the upgrade is the addition of an enhanced calendar that can be sorted by type of event (i.e. kids, adults, Friends of the Library, etc.), with links to additional information.
"We understand the importance of keeping our website up to date," said Elizabeth Bermel, director of the Scarsdale Library. "So many of our patrons rely on looking up information on the go, and we hope that our new and improved website will keep our community members connected and in touch with all of us here at the library."
Preservation: The library has also joined forces with Scarsdale Historical Society to digitize back issues of The Scarsdale Inquirer. The project was kicked off with a $25,000 funding grant from the Scarsdale Historical Society in April 2011. Hudson Microimaging was selected to perform this digitization project and the grant will fund the digitization of the newspaper from 1901 to 1936. Only 18 months after the project began, significant progress has been made, with the years 1901-1928 already digitized and work on the year 1929 is nearing completion. To date, an estimated 10,000 pages have been digitized.
Digitized material can be accessed any time at news.hrvh.org, an online destination housing historical newspapers as part of the Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH) service. HRVH is coordinated and managed by the non-profit Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SNYLRC). The vision of HRVH is to provide access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. Each newspaper will have its own page with information about the publication, including the date range that is available online and information about the history of the newspaper.
In the past, the back issues of the Scarsdale Inquirer, which contain information not available anywhere else, have been made accessible at the library in both print and microfilm. However, many of the back issues are in fragile condition and need to be digitized. Many of these issues are the only known copies in existence and this project ensures they will be preserved for future generations. "Our older copies of the Inquirer are deteriorating, as are our older microfilm copies," said Elizabeth Bermel, director of the Scarsdale Library. "With this grant, we can make these important original source materials more readily available to members of the community in searchable format. In the future, we hope to expand the program and cover more issues of the Inquirer since it is such a valuable resource to our community."
James Traub to Speak in Scarsdale
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Author, journalist and foreign policy expert James Traub will speak on the impact of the election at the Scarsdale Forum's Sunday Speaker Series on Sunday December 16 at 3 pm at the Scarsdale Women's Club. Traub writes the weekly column, Terms of Endearment on foreignpolicy.com. He has written extensively about international affairs as well as national politics, urban affairs and education in the New York Times Magazine The New Yorker and elsewhere. In recent years he has reported from, among other places, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, Iran, Guinea Bissau, Congo, Sierra Leone, Angola, Georgia, Kosovo and Haiti. His most recent book is The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Spread Democracy (Just Not The Way George Bush Did). In 2006 he published The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power. He is currently writing a biography of John Quincy Adams. He teaches a class on American foreign policy as part of New York University's Sheikh Mohammad Scholarship Program in Abu Dhabi. He is a senior fellow of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, a fellow of the Center for International Cooperation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A graduate of Scarsdale High School, Traub returns home to engage Scarsdale for a lively discussion.
Scarsdale Woman's Club
37 Drake Road
Scarsdale, New York
The Sunday Speaker Series is underwritten in part by a generous grant from the Irving J. Sloan Education Fund made possible by the
Liz Claiborne - Arthur Ortenberg Foundation.
For more information, please call: (914) 723-2829 or e-mail: [email protected] or visit www.ScarsdaleForum.com
Karen Bergreen at Scarsdale Library Tuesday at 7:30 pm
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On Tuesday, December 4th at 7:30 pm, author and comedian Karen Bergreen will speak at the library to share her insight into her novel, Perfect is Overrated. Also the autor of Following Polly, Bergreen is a regular at the comedy clubs of Gotham and The Comic Strip in New York City. She lives with her husband, two kids, and a varying number of hermit crabs and fish.
Here's what her latest book is about:
What's the best cure for post-partum depression? After years of barely moving, Kate springs back to life when the mothers-you-love-to-hate in her daughter's preschool begin to turn up dead. Murder as a cure for sadness? Sounds evil, but it's not. In Perfect Is Overrated, stand-up comedian and author of Following Polly, Karen Bergreen presents a lovable heroine who is so at sea she's still not sure whether what she suffers from has to do with the birth of her little girl or with the fact that her handsome hunk of a detective husband doesn't live with her anymore. She might fall back in love, she might find a killer, but she sure won't be spending all day in bed anymore.
The Scarsdale Public Library is located at 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY, 10583. Phone: (914) 722-1300. Website: www.scarsdalelibrary.org
Grabel's "Suddenly Single" Debuts Sunday Night
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Former Scarsdale resident Patti Grabel will debut the first episode of her new show, Suddenly Single on TLC at 10 pm on Sunday night. The show takes a look at recently divorced women as they begin their new lives. Grabel worked for years to get the show off the ground – doing everything from script writing, to casting and producing ... and now you can see her first episode when it airs on Sunday.
Suddenly Single follows a group of fabulous, forty-something friends who bond together after their marriages fall apart. At 40 years-old they are pushing boundaries, dating younger men, attending sex toy parties and generally living it up. With girlfriends like Robyn, Lesley, Ellen, Tracey and Sheree it's easy to get back into the dating scene after a messy divorce. And when a new friend faces the same fate, they come to the rescue to help her navigate her new single life. The girls of "Suddenly Single" know how the makeover can complete change your attitude.
Watch it Sunday night December 2 at 10 pm on TLC and see a preview here.
Holiday Music
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The New Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. John T. King, opens it's 19th Season with two performances featuring Camille Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio and G.F. Händel's Messiah, Part I. These holiday favorites are paired for identical concerts on Friday, November 30 at 8 PM and Sunday, December 2 at 3 PM. Both performances take place in the acoustically acclaimed sanctuary of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, 6 Greenacres Avenue in Scarsdale, NY. Tickets are available in three categories: Preferred Seating - $25; General Admission - $20 and a discounted ticket for Seniors (65+) and Students - $15. Tickets may be purchased on the group's website at www.newchoralsocity.org or by phone at 914-725-1678.
This concert features both new and returning soloists including Katherine Whyte, soprano, Sandra Piques Eddy, mezzo-soprano, Matthew Plenk, tenor and Jonathan Beyer, baritone. The New Choral Society is a proud member of Chorus America and ArtsWestchester. For more information visit www.newchoralsociety.org or call the New Choral Society office at 914-725.1678.
At 6:00 pm on December 2, tenor Vinson Cole and pianist Brett Terry will perform at the Scarsdale Congregational Church at 1 Heathcote Road in Scarsdale. Mr. Cole is internationally acclaimed, and will perform at the Kennedy Center later in December. A reception follows the concert and all are welcome. For tickets, $20 each, please call 723-2111, or go to www.scc-ucc.org/music/concert-series.html.
The Hoff-Barthelson Music School is pleased to announce that internationally acclaimed bassoonist Kim Laskowski will be its guest soloist for the Festival Orchestra Winter Concert, Sunday, December 9, 2011, at 7 pm. The concert will be held at the Community Unitarian Church at 468 Rosedale Avenue, White Plains. Jun Nakabayashi, Music Director for the Festival Orchestra, will conduct.
The Hoff-Barthelson Music School Festival Orchestra is a full symphony orchestra reserved for high school students at the highest level of technical ability and musical artistry. The New York State Council on the Arts says that "it ranks among the top community music school orchestras in the country." The ensemble presents five full orchestra concerts annually and performs with guest soloists drawn among the finest professional musicians performing today.
The program for the winter concert will include Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin in the orchestral arrangement; von Weber's Bassoon Concerto in F Major, J. 127, Opus 75 with Ms. Laskowski; and Haydn's Symphony No.99 in E-Flat Major, Hob.1:99.
Tickets to the Festival Orchestra Winter Concert may be reserved in advance or purchased at the door. $13 general, $11 seniors, and free for Hoff-Barthelson students. 914-723-1169, [email protected], www.hbms.org
