What’s in a name? Plenty if the name is Henry Moore. He’s the famous sculptor that greets you at the entrance to our own SUNY Purchase campus. I never thought we’d be so lucky to have one of his drawings in our ArtsWestchester gallery. But we do courtesy of the Bank of New York Mellon […]
There was love in the room. Hannah Shmerler was being honored for her voice by the Taconic Opera. Though operatically, she had sung Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La Traviata, and Michaela in Carmen, it was another voice for which she was being honored this week. For years, Hannah has been the voice for the Conservatory […]
Going global. That’s the plan for the fall season at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) (www.artscenter.org) at SUNY Purchase. I have this from a reliable source… Wiley Hausam, PAC Executive Director. “Our season is more robust than last year with 35 performances and more international programs, including those from Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Australia […]
Today’s post is by guest blogger Joseph House. Joseph is an Art History and American studies major at Manhattanville College. He is currently a Junior, but has always had a passion for contemporary art. He frequently visits galleries and museums and thinks one can never spend too much time in an art museum. Black Tears […]
I first met the Tony award-winning actress LaChanze in her hometown of Mt. Vernon. I was taken in that this star of the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” had chosen Westchester as her home and that she was so devoted to this community. It was 2007, the year of the Triple Hill Music Festival in […]
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