PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID WHITE PLAINS, NY PERMIT 5121 September 2015 -- Volume 11 -- Issue 9 Complimentary REVIEW Visit newrochellereview.com for community news and event information! LARCHMONT BROKERAGE 1946 PALMER AVENUE Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. juliabfee.com Lisa Sangster 914.484.4342 [email protected]16 Pondview Lane, New Rochelle $939,000 SOLD Beth El Synagogue Center Welcomes Rabbi David Schuck Volunteer Position in Mumbai, India Leads to Rabbinical Career Rabbi David Schuck BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN The profound experi- ence as an American Jewish Joint Distribution Commiee (AJDC) Service Corps Educa- tor Volunteer in Kalwa, India, a suburb of Mumbai, ultimately led new Beth El Synagogue Center New Rochelle Senior Rabbi David Schuck on the path toward the rabbinate. “I graduated Rutgers Uni- versity with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Middle East History in May 1995 and in August went to India. I served Council Hears RDRXR Presentation to Revitalize City BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN Sean McLean and Seth Pinsky from RDRXR appeared before a special New Rochelle City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 18 to present their Rec- ommended Action Plan (RAP) for a diverse mixed-use downtown and transit center. “You are dealing with 300 acres, virtually all of downtown New Rochelle,” McLean stated. “We want to create a new Downtown Overlay Zone with pedestrian connectivity. To get a robust economic development we had to look at Density. Density allows for 12 million square feet of development; the Downtown Density Bonus (DDB), 16 ½ mil- lion square feet. “Looking at the Form-Based Zoning Code (FBZC), we wanted to put parking in the right places, for a proper vehicular experience as well as pedestrians. Density will reflect the character and na- ture of each District. The option- al overlay will replace the DDB, respectful of store front doors and windows, a street wall no higher than five feet, with stories stepped back from the road. “’As of Right’ will invite in- stitutional and non-institutional investors to build out in a mean- ingful way. The FBZC should be flexible and not overregulate or trump existing regulations…” McLean remarked. McLean then outlined the six Districts and their impacts, especially District Four and its impact on Single Family Hous- ing. He proposed 20% bonuses for builders providing open space and public plazas to live, work and play. Council confirmed Lead Agency for review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) for RDRXR Project with adoption of a new Down- town Overlay Zone; confirming classification of the project as Type 1 Action under SEQRA; is- suing a Positive Declaration of Environmental Significance, with preparation of a Draſt Environ- mental Impact Statement (DEIS). Other legislation from Pub- lic Hearings included an Ordi- nance accepting the New York Dormitory Community Capital Assistance Grant to construct a temporary salt shed; Amend- ment to Zoning Code defining a “Carry-Out Restaurant;” DDB Floating Overlay Zone for Vib Hotel, 43 Church Street; chang- ing zoning classification of 63-77 Maple Avenue from R1-10A to RMF-0.5; Nomination of 157 Dav- enport Avenue (“Sans Souci”) as a Local Landmark and using 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Halcyon Park Drainage Project. Sean McLean as a Jewish educator, building the educational infrastructure of their Jewish community. Living in a place where people were thirsty for knowledge had a significant impact on me.” Aſter another year of teaching and studying in yeshi- va in Israel, Schuck enrolled in the Jewish Theological Semi- nary (JTS) and upon ordina- tion, began his service as Rabbi of the Pelham Jewish Center, stating that his 11 years in Pel- ham were deeply enriching and shaped his rabbinate in profound ways. He also began teaching in the JTS Rabbinical School about four years ago. About his vision for Beth El, Rabbi Schuck said, “It is important to me to honor the 43 years of service that Rabbi Melvin Sirner dedicated to this community. My immedi- ate goal is to continue his leg- acy by building relationships and trust through listening. I want to meet as many people as possible and learn about their fears and dreams for this sacred community. Even- tually, common themes will emerge to help guide us in rei- magining our future. “Synagogues need to be places of refuge in which we can find deep spiritual connections to one another, our past and to the great Mystery of being alive. A synagogue can be an oasis at which our ‘energy-sapping-ob- session’ with productivity can simply melt away and we can connect to our beer selves. “I also believe that syna- gogue boundaries must be supple, making space for all who want to enter. Synagogues must also be open to the larger community. I hope that Beth El will contribute a great deal to the larger civic New Ro- chelle community. “Central to my vision is the primary importance of Is- rael. I don’t feel compelled to influence political opinions, but hope to help people explore the significance of the state of Israel to their lives and to our future. “The fate of the American Jewish community is tied to the fate of Israel, so we have to bring as many people to Israel as possible in order to experi- ence our homeland first hand,” Schuck concluded.
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Beth El Synagogue Center Welcomes Rabbi David SchuckVolunteer Position in Mumbai, India Leads to Rabbinical Career
Rabbi David Schuck
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
The profound experi-ence as an American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Service Corps Educa-tor Volunteer in Kalwa, India, a suburb of Mumbai, ultimately led new Beth El Synagogue Center New Rochelle Senior Rabbi David Schuck on the path toward the rabbinate.
“I graduated Rutgers Uni-versity with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Middle East History in May 1995 and in August went to India. I served
Council Hears RDRXR Presentation to Revitalize CityBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
Sean McLean and Seth Pinsky from RDRXR appeared before a special New Rochelle City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 18 to present their Rec-ommended Action Plan (RAP) for a diverse mixed-use downtown and transit center.
“You are dealing with 300 acres, virtually all of downtown New Rochelle,” McLean stated.
“We want to create a new Downtown Overlay Zone with
pedestrian connectivity. To get a robust economic development we had to look at Density. Density allows for 12 million square feet of development; the Downtown Density Bonus (DDB), 16 ½ mil-lion square feet.
“Looking at the Form-Based Zoning Code (FBZC), we wanted to put parking in the right places, for a proper vehicular experience as well as pedestrians. Density will reflect the character and na-ture of each District. The option-al overlay will replace the DDB,
respectful of store front doors and windows, a street wall no higher than five feet, with stories
stepped back from the road.“’As of Right’ will invite in-
stitutional and non-institutional investors to build out in a mean-ingful way. The FBZC should be flexible and not overregulate or trump existing regulations…” McLean remarked.
McLean then outlined the six Districts and their impacts, especially District Four and its impact on Single Family Hous-ing. He proposed 20% bonuses for builders providing open space and public plazas to live, work and play.
Council confirmed Lead Agency for review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) for RDRXR Project with adoption of a new Down-town Overlay Zone; confirming classification of the project as Type 1 Action under SEQRA; is-suing a Positive Declaration of Environmental Significance, with preparation of a Draft Environ-mental Impact Statement (DEIS).
Other legislation from Pub-lic Hearings included an Ordi-nance accepting the New York
Dormitory Community Capital Assistance Grant to construct a temporary salt shed; Amend-ment to Zoning Code defining a “Carry-Out Restaurant;” DDB Floating Overlay Zone for Vib Hotel, 43 Church Street; chang-ing zoning classification of 63-77 Maple Avenue from R1-10A to RMF-0.5; Nomination of 157 Dav-enport Avenue (“Sans Souci”) as a Local Landmark and using 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Halcyon Park Drainage Project.
Sean McLean
as a Jewish educator, building the educational infrastructure of their Jewish community. Living in a place where people were thirsty for knowledge had a significant impact on me.”
After another year of teaching and studying in yeshi-va in Israel, Schuck enrolled in the Jewish Theological Semi-nary (JTS) and upon ordina-tion, began his service as Rabbi of the Pelham Jewish Center, stating that his 11 years in Pel-ham were deeply enriching and shaped his rabbinate in profound ways. He also began
teaching in the JTS Rabbinical School about four years ago.
About his vision for Beth El, Rabbi Schuck said, “It is important to me to honor the 43 years of service that Rabbi Melvin Sirner dedicated to this community. My immedi-ate goal is to continue his leg-acy by building relationships and trust through listening. I want to meet as many people as possible and learn about their fears and dreams for this sacred community. Even-tually, common themes will emerge to help guide us in rei-
magining our future.“Synagogues need to be
places of refuge in which we can find deep spiritual connections to one another, our past and to the great Mystery of being alive. A synagogue can be an oasis at which our ‘energy-sapping-ob-session’ with productivity can simply melt away and we can connect to our better selves.
“I also believe that syna-gogue boundaries must be supple, making space for all who want to enter. Synagogues must also be open to the larger community. I hope that Beth
El will contribute a great deal to the larger civic New Ro-chelle community.
“Central to my vision is the primary importance of Is-rael. I don’t feel compelled to influence political opinions, but hope to help people explore the significance of the state of Israel to their lives and to our future.
“The fate of the American Jewish community is tied to the fate of Israel, so we have to bring as many people to Israel as possible in order to experi-ence our homeland first hand,” Schuck concluded.
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Registration Open to Volunteer For 9/11 Day of ServiceRegistration is now open to volunteer in honor
of those whose lives were lost or forever changed by the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, County Executive Robert P. Astorino will join Volunteer New York! and Robison Oil to host “9/11: Serve + Remember” at the Westchester County Cen-ter on Friday, Sept. 11, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Special focus will be giv-en this year to the everyday he-roes who save lives by donating blood, bone marrow and stem cells, as well as those who vol-unteer as first responders in their communities.
“Each year I am humbled by how the people of West-chester County come together and give back in memory of September 11, 2001,” Astorino said. “This year we are paying special tribute to those volun-teers who save lives every day. My deepest thanks goes out to them, and I hope through our efforts at the County Center that we will be able to recruit even more heroes this year.”
Westchester County’s formal 9/11 memorial ceremony will take place Sept. 11 beginning at 7 p.m. at “The Rising” at the Kensico Dam. The public is in-vited to attend both events.
Alisa H. Kesten, executive director of Vol-unteer New York! said, “Each year, 911 brings our
community and hundreds of volunteers closer together through the spirit of unity and com-passion – similar to what we all shared after the events of September 11th. This year many of our service projects will be supportive of first re-
sponders or give families and individuals a chance to take a life-saving action. Families, individuals and business groups are urged to register as soon as possible.”
Register online at www.volunteernewyork.org/service (early registration is encour-aged) for opportunities that take place September 11th through September 13th in Westchester and Rockland. Many events are family-friend-ly and all provide meaningful ways to support local nonprof-its and causes. To sign up for the blood drive, contact Janet Lokay at [email protected] or (914) 995-2127.
David Singer, president of Robison, said, “Our company, Robison, was built on service – service to our customers and our community. That is why Robison is honored to be able to support this im-portant day for families and individuals of all back-grounds to join together and volunteer. This is an important day in our community to serve and take action.”
Alisa H. Kesten
New Exhibit at Thomas Paine Cottage Museum in New Rochelle Showcases Jews in Colonial New York
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
A new time line exhibit and reception called Jews in Colonial New York, created by Stamford, CT resident and mu-seum volunteer Sara Zimmer-man, 22 was held at the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum, 20 Si-card Avenue, New Rochelle on Sunday, August 9.
“I have been re-enacting since I was 8 at the Paine Cottage,” Ms. Zimmerman stated. “One of the things I noticed was that there were Jews who would stop and attend our events after walk-ing home from synagogues on a Saturday.
“As I grew up Jewish, I was interested in Jewish history and thought it would be interesting to provide an exhibit that those people could relate to…Although I started in high school, I really didn’t have the resources to do anything about it until college when I went to the University of Pennsylvania. “I was part of Re-search Honors, called University Scholars and was provided fund-ing for this exhibit, giving me mentors to pull it together…”
Jewish presence in New
York began 1654 when 23 Jews arrived in New Amsterdam from Recife, expelled when Portugal regained Eastern Brazil. In 1656 Dutch West India Company pub-lished a document specifying that Jews in New Netherland would have the same civil and political rights as other residents.
David Hays was the first Jew to settle in New Rochelle. During the Revolutionary War, the Hays family was a combination of Loy-alists and patriots. Originally a Loyalist, Hays changed allegiance to supply the Continental Army
with cattle. Retaliating, Loyalist raiders burned his Bedford home.
The time line culminates with financial broker Haym Solo-mon who used his wealth to fund the Continental Army, dying pen-niless in 1785.
Supported by the Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical As-sociation, the Cottage sits on land given to Paine by New York State in 1784 in gratitude for his inspir-ing Revolutionary pamphlets.
The Thomas Paine Cottage is located at 20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle.
Sara Zimmerman in front of her “Jews in Colonial New York” timeline
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Bernard A. Krooks Recognized as Leading Elder Law and Trusts & Estates Attorney
Bernard A. Krooks, JD, CPA, LLM, CELA, AEP® (Distin-guished) has been recognized for excellence in Elder Law and Trusts & Estates.
Best Lawyers in America® has included him in its defini-tive guide to legal excellence in the U.S. in the field of Elder Law and Trusts and Estates for the ninth consecutive year. A listing in Best Lawyers is wide-ly regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a signifi-cant honor conferred on a law-yer by his or her peers.
Also, the Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) has appointed him as Liaison to the Commission on Law and Aging, to the Senior Lawyers Division and to the National Guardianship Net-work. In addition, the Section has named him Group Vice-Chair of the Elder Law Dis-ability Planning and Bioethics Group.
Krooks is a founding part-ner of Littman Krooks LLP,
with offices in New York City, White Plains and Fishkill and is the Chair of its Elder Law and Special Needs Depart-ment. He is a nationally promi-nent expert in all aspects of elder law, estate planning and special needs planning.
He is a member of the Es-tate Planning Hall of Fame of the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) and is the recipient of an Ac-credited Estate Planner® Dis-tinguished designation. Krooks
serves as Chair of the Elder Law Committee of the Ameri-can College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Additionally, Trusts & Estates magazine ap-pointed him Chair of the Elder Care Committee of their Edito-rial Advisory Board. Krooks is past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attor-neys (NAELA), and past Chair of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA).
He is President of the Board of Directors of The Arc of Westchester, the largest agency in Westchester County serving people with intellectu-al and developmental disabili-ties and their families.
Krooks is a sought-after expert on elder law, estate planning and special needs planning matters and has been quoted in leading publications such as The Wall Street Jour-nal, The New York Times and Forbes, among others.
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League of Women Voters Coffee & Conversation to Feature Discussion about Presidential ElectionOn Friday, September
16th, from 9:30 am – 11:00 am, the New Rochelle League of Women Voters’ first Coffee and Conversation program for the 2015-2016 series will fea-ture Professor Jeanne Zaino, who will speak about the up-coming presidential election and how the polarization of the parties is
affecting it. The public is welcome to attend the free program.
Jeanne Zaino is Chair and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Inter-
national Studies at Iona Col-lege, New Rochelle, New York where she teaches all aspects of American government, including institutions (con-gress, executive branch, fed-eral judiciary), voting, politi-cal parties, elections, research methods, and public law. Her primary research interests in-clude: public opinion, voting, and elections. Her most re-cent publications focus on the implications of the increase in electoral litigation since 2000, the import of poll work-ers, and the use of metaphors
in the classroom to go beyond transference. She is currently working on a text book for Prentice Hall and is co-author of “Adventures in Social Re-search: Data Analysis Using SPSS and the GSS” with Earl Babbie and Fred Halley. She is a resident of New Rochelle, where she lives with her hus-band and two sons.
A Question and Answer session will follow Professor Zaino’s informal presenta-tion. Complimentary coffee and light breakfast fare will be served.
Jeanne Zaino
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New Rochelle Street Fair Re-turns September 13
Mark your calendars! The Third Annual New Rochelle Street Fair and Music Festival will be held on Sunday, September 13 from 11AM to 5 PM on Main Street between Centre Av-enue and North Avenue in the heart of downtown New Rochelle. Admission is free. The festival is pre-sented by the City of New Rochelle Parks and Recre-ation along with New Ro-chelle’s Chamber of Com-merce, Downtown BID, and Council on the Arts.
Over 100 crafters, artists, vendors and mer-chants will line both sides of Main Street which will be closed to vehicles. The fair will feature inflatable rides and attractions, games, international foods, and for the first time, the “People’s Choice” motorcycle show and NR Future’s “Open Streets” with family-friendly activities. Sound stages will showcase local and regional talent at both Memorial Plaza and Centre Avenue, coordinated by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts.
This year’s fair is supported through the generosity of the following donors: The City of New Rochelle & New Rochelle Parks and Recreation, The New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce, the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, the BID, NR Future, United Water, NoMa Social, the Radisson, Minute-man Press, the New Rochelle Police Foundation, the New Rochelle Police Benevolent Association, Porsche of Larchmont, Fun Fuzion, and media sponsors News 12, WFAS and WVOX.
For more information, visit www.newrochelleny.com/streetfair
On September 27 from 10am to 3pm, the New Rochelle Humane Society and Pet Rescue will hold their Annual Hounds on the Sound at Harbor Island Park, Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck. For complete details visit houndonthesound.org or email [email protected]
To find out about more what’s happening in your area, visit newrochellereview.com
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New Rochelle Council on the Arts Presents Weekend Celebration of the Visual and Performing Arts “ArtsFest” kicks off on
Friday, September 25th and continues on Saturday, Sep-
tember 26th and Sunday, Sep-tember 27th,with a full menu of art events and activities,
from behind-the-scenes tours of artists’ studios -- includ-ing world renowned 3-D artist
Charles Fazzi-no’s Museum Editions stu-dio – to a clas-sic car show, LEGO ® Day at the Hugue-not Children’s Library, a performance by the Ajkun Ballet, and the 4th annual Lincoln Av-enue Festival (sponsored by grow! Lincoln Park) with KidzArtz ac-tivities, dem-os, food and music. Also on the menu are art exhib-
its at the Rotunda Gallery and New Rochelle Public Library, a book signing and lecture on a
fascinating new book, Hitler’s Art Thief, an exhibit on the life of composer Billy Strayhorn at the Museum of Arts & Cul-ture, and interactive activities at the Pelham Arts Center. A free hop on/hop off trolley will link the venues, running con-tinuously both days through New Rochelle and Pelham. The weekend concludes with a free swing dance party on Library Green on Sunday af-ternoon featuring live music by Glen Krytzer’s New Yorkers and dancers from the Rhythm Stompers who will offer les-sons in classic couples dancing from 2:30 to 5 pm.
Organized by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts, ArtsFest highlights the variety of arts and arts venues in New Rochelle and Pelham, with art exhibits, programs and family-friendly activities at 34 venues that give both visitors and resi-dents alike a window into the city’s rich cultural and artistic diversity. The celebration will include live music, great food, exciting performances, and eclectic shopping.
“This is NRCA’s 40th anni-versary, so we’re really excited to offer a variety of arts experi-ences this year,” says Theresa Kump Leghorn, President of
the New Rochelle Council on the Arts. “And since our 40th anniversary Gala on Novem-ber 5th, Lush Life, pays tribute to the centennial of composer Billy Strayhorn , some of our ArtsFest events are tied to that as well, including a screening of the award-winning docu-mentary Lush Life, an original exhibit based on the new book Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life, and a Swing Dance Party on Library Green Sunday after-noon.” The free dance party will feature live music by Glenn Krytzer’s New Yorkers, a vin-tage style swing band that has been featured at the Lincoln
Center Midsummer Night’s Swing, and dance demos by the Rhythm Stompers.
Sponsors making Arts-Fest possible this year are Charles Fazzino (Museum Edi-tions Ltd.) , ArtsWestchester, an anonymous donor, Nissan of New Rochelle, Alvin & Friends Restaurant, the Cherry Family Foundation, the College of New Rochelle, Iona College, the New Rochelle Fund for Educational Excellence, Gallery Roc, and AJ’s Burgers. For a complete calendar of venues and events visit www.newrochellearts.org.
Revival by Cara Lynch
Revival is a site-specific public art installation locat-ed in the Pelham Art Center Courtyard by New York based artist Cara Lynch. Inspired by the historic neighborhood of Pelham, Lynch uses stencil and chalk spray to create pat-terned mandalas of Tudor- style revival architecture on the stone beneath the feet of visitors. Referencing the ex-terior of many Pelham homes and businesses, the lace-like installation sweeps across the courtyard space, eventually fading from natural, open-air elements into our memories.
By embracing the ephemeral quality of the medium, Lynch considers both history and the present simultaneously, con-necting delicate details from the past to the regenerated space. An opening reception for this public art project will be held on September 11, 2015 from 6:30-8PM in conjunction with the only home we have ex-hibition opening.
More info: pelhamartcen-ter.org/public_programs
Pelham Art Center 155 Fifth Avenue Pelham, NY 10803 914-738-2525 [email protected]
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Picnic in the Park – An Evening to ReconnectCome say good-bye to
summer and hello to friends and neighbors you haven’t seen all season at The Pic-ture House’s fourth annual, much-anticipated Picnic in the Park event on Saturday, September 19th from 6:00 to 11:00 pm. This highly-popular, casual event - which was sold-out last year - will once again take place at The Picture House’s renovated, historic theater, 175 Wolfs Lane in Pelham, and across the street in a beautifully-designed tent. The night will kick- off with cocktails, pop-corn, and an advance screen-ing of Ryan Reynolds’ lat-est film, Mississippi Grind, which opens nationwide on September 25th. After the film, guests will head to the park directly across the street where they will enjoy a gourmet picnic dinner pro-vided by Alvin & Friends, fea-turing the restaurant’s signa-ture fried chicken, recently named “Best in Westchester” by Westchester Magazine,
followed by dancing under the stars and an exciting raffle and live auction. Bronx Brewery and Captain Law-rence Brewing Company are once again the Picnic in the Park beer sponsors.
“We are thrilled that Pic-nic in the Park has become a hallmark event that so many from Pelham and the sur-rounding communities look forward to as they usher in the start of the school year and a new season,” said Laura deBuys, Executive Director of The Picture House. “We’re ex-tremely grateful to everyone the Committee and all of our guests for their commitment to a wonderful evening sup-porting one of Westchester’s true cultural treasures.”
This year’s raffle and live auction will include op-portunities to win compli-mentary family movie pass-es for one year (includes The Picture House’s renowned popcorn!), two passes for the fall Picture House Film Club with Marshall Fine, tick-
ets to Bravo’s popular show Watch What Happens Live, naming opportunities in the theater, and more. While 50% of Picture House op-erations are funded through earned income from conces-sions, ticket sales, tuition, and theater rentals, the bal-
ance of fund-ing depends on grants, m e m b e r -ship, and s p e c i a l events like Picnic in the Park. All the p r o c e e d s from the fourth annu-al Picnic in the Park will help to fur-ther The Pic-ture House’s mission and ensure the c o n t i n u i n g growth as an i m p o r t a n t cultural re-
source in Southern West-chester.
The 2015 Picnic in the Park event committee is co-chaired by Picture House
Board member Kelly Brown and Renee Gallagher and includes Jennifer Ander-son, Kristin Austin, Jessica DeDomenico, Ashley Dolan, Mary Hefner, Zoe Hen-riquez, Ashley Matts, and Janine Yorio.
‘Picnic in the Park’ tick-ets start at $125/person un-til September 1st when the base ticket price increases to $150/person. Tickets are available to purchase at www.thepicturehouse.org or by calling (914) 738-3161. Various sponsorship lev-els are available and there is still time for businesses and individuals to support the event by purchasing an ad in the ‘Picnic in the Park’ virtual journal which will be shown on-screen prior to the film and featured on The Picture House website.
Since 1921, The Picture House has served as a cul-
tural center and community hub and is the oldest, con-tinuously running movie the-ater in Westchester County. Today, after an extensive renovation and the addition of state of the art technology, The Picture House shows the best in new, independent and classic cinema and provides students of all ages with the opportunity to learn about the art, science and business of film. In a world where you can carry a movie screen in your pocket, The Picture House preserves the sense of community, wonder and engagement that has existed since the formation of the first theaters. The Picture House is located at 175 Wolfs Lane, www.thepicturehouse.org, [email protected], (914) 738-3161. The Pic-ture House is a community-based, mission-driven, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Pelham Civic Association Gala to Honor Anthony & Jeanette Senerchia and Ken Shirreffs as “Persons of the Year” on October 30th
The date is Friday October 30, 2015. mark it down on your calendar … enter it into your i-phone … put it on your refrig-erator… and wear your dancing shoes because the Pelham Civic Association will be hosting their 76th Annual Dinner Dance Gala and Las Vegas Night!
The place: The Fountain-head, in New Rochelle. A fabu-lous venue for a terrific, fun and exciting time that is set out to be Pelham’s “social highlight of the year!”
It’s when the Pelham Civic Association - one of Westchester County’s most active, volunteer charitable organizations, assisting the youth, the elderly, the finan-cially needy and the physically and mentally challenged - will proudly honor its 2015 Persons of the Year Jeanette & Anthony Senerchia and Kenneth Shirreffs.
Jeanette & Anthony Sener-chia have worked tirelessly to raise awareness of ALS and were directly responsible for the world-renowned “Ice Bucket Challenge”, which to date, has raised over $220 million for ALS Research. In addi-tion, they established The Antho-ny Senerchia Jr. Charitable Foun-dation - a non-profit foundation dedicated to assisting underprivi-leged families suffering from ALS.
Ken Shirreffs is a long-time member of the Pelham Civic As-
sociation, a Pelham Civics Board of Director, and one of the most successful Chairmen of the Civics’ Needy Cases/Good Neighbor Pro-gram. In addition to his active volun-teerism nationally and globally, Ken has elevated our local fundraising to a record-break-ing level - particu-larly through the Pelham Civics’ Benefit Golf Out-ing. Ken’s exem-plary efforts have enabled these significant programs to expand and help countless individuals and families in need. He is also a mem-ber of the Village of Pelham Zoning Board of Appeals.
In addition to the heartfelt evening of honoring such re-markable people, the evening will include hours of fun and excite-
ment, with a Las Vegas Night com-ponent added on! It’s where you can play exciting games, including blackjack, three-card poker, rou-lette and craps…Dance the night away to both a DJ and a live band, The Stellar Wolfs… Participate in both live & silent auctions… Win fabulous raffle prizes, including a $10,000 Grand Prize… Enjoy a cocktail hour, three-course din-ner and top-shelf open bar… and more!!!
Joe Nunziata, longtime of-fice of the Pelham Civics, added,
“The Senerchias and the Shirreffs are remarkable families. They are selfless, gra-cious, and always willing to roll up their sleeves and contribute when-ever and wherever there is someone in need. They are truly exemplary of what the com-munity of Pelham and the Pelham
Civics stand for. We are profound-ly proud to present them with our most prestigious award.”
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Pelham Civic Dinner Dance Chairman Ste-ven Shekane at 212-249-2745, or [email protected] You can also visit us at www.pelhamcivics.org.
Jeanette, Anthony & Taya Senerchia (Photo by Deborah Karson)
Kenneth & Donna Shirreffs, and Jon & Shanna Shirreffs (Photo by Domenica Comfort Photographs)
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DeCicco & Sons Hosts Yogis Daycare Kids for Healthy Eating
On Thursday August 13th, Luisa DeCicco of De-Cicco & Sons in Pelham (and founder of the Pelham Business Club), welcomed Sunestra Mitra of Yogis Day-care and her class of seven children, treating them to fruits and home made smoothies as part of Sunes-tra’s “Neighborhood Week: Teaching Children to Eat Healthy”
As Sunestra ex-plained, “Since we are an holistic approach to day-care, we want our children to learn from the very start how to make wise and healthy food choices. It’s never too early. We also want to support our lo-cal businesses, so we visit stores right here in Pelham throughout this special week. Luisa DeCicco was so gracious in having delicious fruit smoothies and a wide selection of other scrumptious fruits available for our kids in her Pelham store.”
Luisa continued, “We support Sunestra’s Yogis Daycare and all of our local Pelham businesses whenever we can. This is all part of the mission of the Pelham Business Club - to help bring together our businesses and residents for the good of ALL of Pelham. And seeing the children learn about healthy eating is extremely gratifying!“
To learn more about the Pelham Business Club, visit its Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/pel-hambusinessclub
Sunestra Mitra of Yogis Daycare (far left) and Luisa DeCicco (center) are surrounded by the visiting children, and Francesca Sgamatto (DeCicco Event Planner) and Erika Rosell (DeCicco Marketing Intern, holding kids’ sign)
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NYBG Announces Extended Saturday Hours and Fall Program-ming for Frida Kahlo Exhibition
In response to popular demand, The New York Bo-tanical Garden is expanding its Saturday evening hours to 8 p.m., starting on Septem-ber 12, and adding additional Frida al Fresco evenings to its schedule of public pro-gramming and special events to enrich visitors’ experi-ence of the Garden- ‐ wide art and horticultural exhibition FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life. Programs include music and dance performances, a Mexican film series, concerts, lectures, and festivities, pro-viding visitors with additional insights into Frida Kahlo’s life and work and offering a view of Kahlo’s Mexico from a wide variety of cultural perspec-tives.
FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Gar-den, Life is the first exhibition to examine the artist’s keen ap-preciation for the beauty and variety of the natural world, as evidenced by her home and garden as well as the com-plex use of plant imagery in her artwork. Featuring a rare
display of more than a dozen original Kahlo paintings and works on paper, this limited six- ‐month engagement also reimagines the iconic artist’s famed garden and studio at the Casa Azul, her lifelong home in Mexico City.
Regularly scheduled pro-gramming includes weekend music and dance performanc-es ranging in genre from folk to mariachi to contemporary for the duration of the exhibition. The Garden is enlivened by re-nowned New York City organi-zations such as The Villalobos Brothers and Humberto Flores and Calpulli Danza Mexicana. The ¡Camára, Acción! Mexi-can Film Series screens Frida (2002), Julie Taymor’s Acad-emy Award- ‐winning biopic starring Salma Hayek, on Sat-urdays and presents a revolv-ing series of current Mexican films and documentaries on Sundays.
Special events and holi-day weekend celebrations include ¡Viva México! An In-dependence Day Celebration
(September 19–20) and Día de los Muer-tos (October 24–25 and October 31–No-vember 1). These weekend events in-clude additional live performances, craft workshops, and oth-er programs themed to holidays and cel-ebrations. On select Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, Frida al Fresco Evenings in-vite guests to unwind after hours with a margarita at the Te-quila Bar and fare from Stephen STARR Events such as tacos and other snacks inspired by Kahlo’s kitchen, while shop-ping, enjoying live music, strolling to and through the Art Gallery, and visiting the exhibition in the Conservatory.
Visit nybg.org for complete details.
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“Elsie” puts the pizzazz in new showtune FestBY ALYSSA HOLCOMB
Remember Elsie, Sally Bowles’ liquored-up roommate lauded in the titular song from “Cabaret”? Now she’s got her own namesake event that in-vites people to “come hear the music play” – this time, outside of a midtown theatre.
“Elsie Fest” is an outdoor festival celebrating the mu-sic of both stage and screen, bringing together the likes of Broadway stars, YouTube sensations, and more to sing the staples that made them fa-mous – and the tunes they’ve always wanted to perform. A laundry list of notable acts are set to appear, including Tony Award-winner Lea Sa-longa (“Miss Saigon,” Disney’s “Aladdin”) Tony Award-nom-inee Laura Osnes (“Bonnie & Clyde,” “Cinderella”), Aaron Tveit (“Next to Normal,” USA Network’s “Graceland”), Les-lie Odom Jr. (“Hamilton,” NBC’s “Smash”), theatre group Team StarKid (“A Very Potter Musical,” “Starship”), and SiriusXM On Broadway host Seth Rudetsky, among others.
The one-day concert ex-perience, which is being held on Sunday, September 27 at
JBL LIVE at Pier 97 in NYC, was created by stage and screen performer Darren Criss (last seen on “Glee” and on Broad-way in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”), talent manager Ricky Rollins, and Jujamcyn Theaters president Jordan Roth. Criss will also perform a set at the event.
“[Darren] is an avid concertgoer, especially of the fes-tival circuit, strad-dling both worlds of rock shows and festivals and also having his foot in the Broadway com-munity,” said Roll-ins. “I think it was just a very natural thing. It was just one of those “ta-da!” moments of ‘Wow, this should exist for showtunes!’”
During Criss’ recent “Hedwig” run, he and Rollins set out with the initial plans to make “Elsie” come to life, including touring a new out-door venue at Pier 97 and ar-ranging details with sponsors including LiveNation and iHeartRadio.
“It was important for us to try to find a venue that was close to Broadway that still felt like it would be a festi-val experience,” said Rollins. “…[while] Darren was doing ‘Hedwig’ was our first chance to go see the venue in action and it was perfect. It was ex-actly what we wanted where it felt like a festival, but it was close enough to Broadway to hopefully get the Broad-way community out to the
show. But at the same time in the scale of ‘festival,’ this is a rather small event. It fits 5,000 people, so we wanted to start it small and hopefully build out a great show that ev-eryone has fun with and then hope to scale it up in the years to come.”
From the beginning, “El-sie” was meant to highlight the performers and the pa-trons themselves rather than shows as a whole.
“What we wanted ‘Elsie Fest’ to be was more about putting a spotlight on the tal-ent and the songs that they’ve been known for or have al-ways wanted to sing,” said Rollins.
In addition to solo per-formances, ideas for duets among the acts have been part of the discussions be-tween organizers and fans alike; on Twitter, “Elsie” asked their followers to share their ideal song choices and duet partners for the show, resulting in some interesting pairings.
“I hope that some of these ideas that the fans have submitted actually happen because that would be so great [for] this event,” said Rollins.
In addition to the perfor-mances, “Elsie” boasts meet-and-greets, food trucks, and a beer garden/sing-along sta-tion from West Village piano bar hotspot Marie’s Crisis. The event will run from 2PM – 9PM with a portion of the proceeds going to Broadway-Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
From the sounds of it, maybe this time, a yearly “El-sie” event is gonna happen. For more information and tickets, visit ElsieFest.com.
Shoreline Entertainment Editor Alyssa Holcomb, is a recent graduate of the Univer-sity of Florida, where she ma-jored in Telecommunication Management and minored in Theatre. She is a Baltimore, Maryland native raised in Sarasota, Florida. Her pro-fessional credits in entertain-ment journalism stem back to high school and include The Independent Florida Alliga-tor (the nation’s largest stu-dent-run newspaper), College Magazine, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. To reach Ms. Holcomb, email: [email protected] Salonga
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protection to ensure that your home ends up in the hands of the people you want, when you want.
Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner of Lit-tman Krooks LLP and has been honored as one of the “Best Lawyers” in America for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Academy of El-der Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has been selected as a “New York Su-per Lawyer” since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be reached at (914-684-2100) or by visiting the firm’s website at www.el-derlawnewyork.com.
a little extra effort in selecting them. And, just maybe, when it snows, they’ll even let you go sleigh riding with them!
Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of DreamWork Kitchens, Inc. located in Ma-maroneck, New York. A Master of Design (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Remodeling Magazine. A mem-ber of the National Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a contrib-utor to Do It Yourself magazine. He can be reached for ques-tions at 914-777-0437 or www.dreamworkkitchens.com.
The presidential elections are here again and we have to make some tough decisions regarding who will restore our country to its former promi-nence and glory and speed-up our slow recovery, or end our steady decline, (depending on whom you speak with). Hillary is leading the Blue poles and Donald the Red ones. What a choice! (My oldest brother was best friends with Donald’s old-er (late) brother Fred, and boy, he’s sorry now that they didn’t let little “Donnie” go sleigh rid-ing with them.) Nevertheless, some believe that choosing the new leader of the free world is simple compared with se-lecting a good contractor. But choosing the right people for a remodeling project is not as hard as choosing a president. All you have to do is follow a few fundamental rules.
Prior to calling prospec-
tive contractors, ask people who have done similar work for referrals. Check with pro-fessional organizations, (like the National Kitchen and Bath Association), for members in your area. Call the local de-partment of consumer affairs to find out what type of license is required for the work that you’re considering and make sure that the company you hire is properly licensed. Also, check to see that they have liability insurance and that their workers are covered by both Worker’s Compensation and disability insurance. Many small firms and one-man op-erations can legally waive this insurance, but if they get hurt on your property it becomes your financial responsibility if they are not covered.
When you have compiled a “short-list” of possible con-tractors, leave yourself enough time so that you don’t have to rush into a decision. Since
you can’t watch them debate on national television, set up a meeting with them to get esti-mates and, more importantly, see if you feel comfortable with them. Let common sense, one of your most valuable senses, be your guide. The relation-ship between you and your contractor is the key to a suc-cessful job. If you start with someone who doesn’t return calls, shows up late and has no patience for your questions before you hire them, don’t ex-pect much more after you’ve given them a deposit.
When you’ve narrowed it down to a couple of choices, its time to check references. Ask the contractor to supply you with the names of people that they have worked for. Of course, just getting the names won’t help you much if you don’t call them.
Lastly, beware of the low bidders. Every time I’ve suc-cumbed to the “best price” for
a job at my house I’ve regret-ted it. As attractive as low bids are, they can be a warning sign that the contractor may be in financial difficulty. He may be desperate to get your deposit in order to pay off bills from a job he has already started. If this is the case he will no doubt run into the same difficulty when he does your job and may have to abandon it due to lack of funds.
Once you have selected a firm, insist on a written con-tract that specifies exactly what’s going to be done at your home. If you have any doubts…put it in writing. The more ex-plicit the contract and work orders are, the less chance of misunderstandings after the work commences. Repu-table firms also use “Change Orders” for any deviations to the original contract which require both you and the con-tractor to sign. Don’t be afraid of the paperwork, its purpose
is to protect both you and the legitimate contractor. Keep in mind that once you sign a contract you have three busi-ness days to change your mind. This law was passed so that you don’t fall prey to high-pressure salespeople. You must no-tify the contractor in writing, within the three days that you wish to cancel, and have proof that you have done so.
If you do your homework, and select a reputable contrac-tor, your project will be a suc-cessful one. However, even with a great contractor, don’t expect that any job will go without some glitches. Anyone who promises a major renova-tion with no problems at all is not being entirely honest, there are just too many vari-ables. But, when you’re deal-ing with a legitimate contrac-tor any problems that do arise will be dealt with quickly and efficiently, and in the end you will be thankful that you put
I Just Want to Put My Daughter’s Name On My DeedBY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED
ELDER LAW ATTORNEY
We hear that request all the time. “I want to make it easy for her when I die -- just put my daughter’s name on the deed,” client after cli-ent insists. When we resist, they think we are acting too much like lawyers.
There are no statistics out there, but we think that most of the time this ar-rangement works out just fine. But most of the time isn’t a very comfortable place to be. In addition, there will almost certainly always be tax considerations that need to be taken into account prior to making any deed transfer. We coun-sel clients about the risks of putting their children’s names on the title to their property -- any property, but especially real estate and most especially the home -- while the client is still alive. Let us try to explain ourselves, and offer up some alternatives.
First, what do clients mean when they say some-thing like “put my three sons’ names on the deed”?
Do they mean that they want to put the property in joint tenancy, with the cli-ent and three children as co-owners? Or do they mean that they want to continue to own the property them-selves, but have it pass au-tomatically to the three sons on the client’s death? Be-cause if they get us to put the property in joint tenancy, that is a completed gift now, not a contingent gift that be-comes completed at death. If the client decides in two years to remove one of her sons, or to sell the house, or to leave one son’s share to his kids rather than his wife -- it’s too late. The deed has been done, as the saying appropriately suggests. Any later change will require the agreement -- and signatures -- of all three sons.
In fact, there was a case on point several years ago. Cindi (not her real name) asked her lawyers (not our firm) to put her daughter’s name on her deed, and they had prepared a deed trans-ferring her beach-front summer home into joint ten-ancy between her and her daughter. A decade later,
she figured out that she had made a mistake -- she had meant, she said, to sign a life estate deed so that her daughter would receive the property easily at her death. She hadn’t meant to give her daughter a present interest in the home.
Cindi asked her daugh-ter to sign over the interest that Cindi had inadvertently given to her, but the daugh-ter refused. Cindi filed a law-suit to compel her daughter to return the gifted interest, but the court threw out her lawsuit. The appellate court agreed, ruling that unless Cindi could show that the deed she had signed was ac-tually invalid (e.g.: not prop-erly signed, not notarized correctly, or the product of duress or fraud) the lawsuit was properly dismissed. Cindi’s misunderstanding of the legal effect of the deed is not a legitimate basis on which to invalidate the deed, said the court.
Note that Cindi was ar-guing that she had signed a deed different from the one she intended to sign. Her claim would have been even weaker if she had argued
“yes, I meant to sign a deed when I did -- but things have changed and I no longer want my daughter’s name on the title to my house.”
It is not clear what had changed between Cindi and her daughter to make her want to change the title to the house. We can only re-port that we see similar con-cerns raised from time to time -- often because family relationships change, or a parent decides a child’s in-heritance should be protect-ed from spouses, children, or creditors.
So, why not do a life es-tate deed where you transfer your interest in your home to you kids when you die, but you reserve a legal life estate in the property while you are alive? While this may be an appropriate solution in many cases, it is not the best way to leave property to children who cannot handle money, or who receive pub-lic benefits. It can create more trouble than benefit in larger families (eight sib-lings owning equal interests in a property can be a for-mula for gridlock that even a Congressperson could ad-
mire). It may not deal very well with the possibility that a child dies before you do (would you want his share to go to his wife, his kids or back to your other children? What if he remarries first? What if he is in the process of getting a divorce?). But for Cindi, who apparently had only one child and who intended her daughter to receive everything outright, it might well have been the easiest and best answer.
What’s another choice? A trust. Trusts aren’t the an-swer to all problems, either, but they can allow you to maintain a certain amount of control over your prop-erty. They work quite well in many instances, includ-ing if you have more than one child, or a desire to benefit children and others unequally, or a child with special needs, creditors, an unhappy marriage or other reasons not to leave prop-erty to him or her outright -- in all of those cases a trust is more likely to be the right answer for you. While trusts may involve a bit more le-gal work, they will give you much more flexibility and
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Scavello’s Premiers on City IslandPaul Scavello, a dynam-
ic food, dining and hospital-ity entrepreneur, has opened Scavello’s On The Island, a free-standing restaurant and banquet facility located on City Island Ave., City Is-land in the Bronx. The multi-level building, formerly Lido Caterers, has been totally renovated and refurbished offering patrons two afford-able a la carte restaurants and state of the art catering rooms that can accommo-date up to 400 guests for all types of functions.
Scavello also owns Scav-ello’s City Island, a long run-ning IGA catering and food market also on City Island. He is joined by general man-ager Mike DeFalco, who had managed the popular fam-ily style Frankie & Johnny’s
Pine Tavern Restaurant in the Bronx.
Scavello’s Restaurant on the street level can seat up to 45 and serves a menu wrapped around a wood burning brick oven that produces tasty thin crusted pizzas with a variety of top-pings. Brick oven pizzas in-clude: classic Margherita, tomato sauce, house made fresh mozzarella, Parmi-giano Reggiano, ev olive oil and basil; Pizza Bianca, with fresh ricotta, mozzarella and fresh basil; and a favor-ite Prosciutto & Arugula pie with tomato sauce, Parmi-giano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma, baby arugula, bal-samic glaze and ev olive oil. Additional options include a variety of appetizers, fresh soups and salads, and sand-
wiches. Specialties include: Clams Casino, Oysters Rock-efeller, Salmon BLT, Cobb Salad or Caesar Salad with supplementary choice of grilled chicken, shrimp or avocado. You can also order off the regular menu.
Scavello’s Restaurant on the second level is a pleas-ant, airy more formal dining room that can seat up to 80 guests. Picture windows sur-round the tablecloth setting. The robust Italian-American fare is served in generous portions by a friendly staff. Great starters include: Hot Antipasto a delectable sam-pler of shrimp, clams, stuffed mushrooms and eggplant rollatini; Maryland Lump Crab Cakes served over a bed of arugula with house made tartar sauce; and Fried Egg-
plant Stacks, fried eggplant, house made mozzarella, and a touch of balsamic glaze.
Move on to such pasta favorites as: classic Linguini alla Vongole, choice of red or white sauce; Pappardella ai Funghi Porcini, with mush-rooms and truffle; or Ca-vatelli with Broccoli Rabe. There is a daily gluten free pasta served as well.
Hearty meat, seafood and poultry main courses in-clude: popular Chicken, Veal or Shrimp Parmigiana; a rustic platter of Sausage and Peppers, sweet or hot home-made Italian sausage sau-téed with peppers, onions and touch of white wine; Chicken Capricciosa, breast of chicken topped with diced red onion, tomatoes, arugula and radicchio; tender Veal Marsala with mushrooms; Fried Seafood Combo, with calamari, shrimp, scallops, fillet of sole, served with dip-ping sauce; Chicken Scarpa-riello, breast of chicken off the bone with sweet or hot cherry peppers; a trawler size Zuppa Di Pesce for two, served over linguine with clams, lobster, mussels, cal-amari, scallops and shrimp; Tilapia Florentine, served with spinach in a butter lem-on sauce topped with moz-zarella. Surf & Turf is served two ways here: Filet Mignon and Broiled Lobster Tail, or Jumbo Shrimp.
Carnivores will enjoy such cuts as: Veal Chop Vald-estana, stuffed with pro-sciutto and mozzarella in a mushrooms sauce; Grilled
16 oz. Rib Steak served with seasonal vegetables; Fresh Rack of Lamb, with broc-coli rabe in a garlic-rosemary sauce; Pork Scarpariello, with sweet and hot cherry peppers; Broiled Filet Mi-gnon, or Grilled Skirt Steak.
Special Hint: There is a 4-course Family Style Lunch served daily from 1 pm to 4 pm that includes: fresh salad, choice of entrée, side of pasta, dessert and coffee. Cost is: $25 per person.
The two grand catering rooms at Scavello’s will make you feel comfortable for any type of social or business function. There are a variety of plans to suit any occasion on or off premise. Manage-ment would also be pleased to customize your special event by appointment.
Scavello’s On The Is-land is located at 101 City Island Ave., City Island, The Bronx. The restaurants are open Tuesday thru Sunday for lunch and dinner. Main courses range from: $12 for a pizza to $36.95 for the Surf & Turf. Cocktails. Catering facilities for up to 400. Major credit cards. Proper casual dress. Ample parking. Phone: 718-885-2105. www.scavel-locityisland.com
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members to share in that experi-ence with us.”
Audiences can expect to leave the theatre not only having seen a great show, but gaining an experience that they can carry with them into their daily lives.
“I hope that audiences leave the theater with the tools to begin a conversation with someone they might not have been able to sev-eral hours prior,” said Arden. “If that can occur, we have done our work.”
“Spring Awakening” will touch audiences again at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with previews starting on September 8 and running for a limited 18 weeks through January 9, 2016. For more information and tickets, visit www.springawakeningthemusi-cal.com.
Shoreline En-tertainment Editor Alyssa Holcomb, is a recent graduate of the University of Florida, where she majored in
Telecommunication Manage-ment and minored in Theatre. To reach Ms. Holcomb, email: [email protected]
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“Spring” awakens multiple communities with intimate Broadway revivalBY ALYSSA HOLCOMB
In 2006, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s “Spring Awaken-ing” mixed teenage curiosity with rock n’ roll to create a charged, in-novative new musical about the tu-multuous nature (and concurrent sexual – you guessed it – awaken-ing) of adolescence. Eight Tony Awards, numerous national tours and worldwide productions, and the enamored attention of thou-sands of young thespians later, the show is being brought back to the Broadway stage with an all-new intimacy.
The new production from Deaf West Theatre is performed by a mix of Deaf and hearing actors in both American Sign Language and American English simultane-ously. Directed by Michael Arden, the show is transferring to NYC this month from its acclaimed West Coast production in Califor-nia to share its raw, real emotions with a new coast of audiences.
“When I was approached to direct something for Deaf West I was inspired to look at this piece because of its themes of the perils of miscommunication and mar-ginalization,” said Arden, who has
worked closely with the theater group for some time. “I wanted to bring together a group of art-ists to tell this story in a new and unique way.”
“I went through the workshop and real-ized that working with music was such a unique challenge for me since I am absolutely Deaf, with not even a hint of residual hearing,” said actor Daniel Durant, who plays the character of Moritz. “I was never one to really show a vested interest in mu-sic until I realized how ASL and music could really bring forth such beautiful artistry when executed as thoughtfully as it is in this production.”
The “unique challenges” this production presented cre-ated an opportunity to combine two communities and form an equally representative (and mov-ing) performance. Arden, along with choreographer Spencer Liff, collaborated with the cast, musi-cians, and other creatives on sing-ing, signing, and staging the musi-
cal’s notoriously high-power songs that has ultimately left West Coast audiences (and excited East Coast fans) breathless.
“The incorporation of the beautiful choreography takes the ASL translation to new heights and it has been extremely reward-ing to explore the fact that human communication is only bound to the limits we place on it,” contin-ued Durant.
The heightened sense of preparing for a show on Broadway
also adds its own challenges.“Each time we have begun
work on this production, there has been a bit of a learning curve,” said Arden. “Every person involved, on-stage or off, is being asked to step outside of their normal routine. On a Broadway scale, it requires much more personnel than a conventional musical. There are interpreters, ASL teams, video monitoring to dressing rooms. It’s a large show and even larger with our particular treatment.”
In addition to the cast of “children,” which includes Durant’s Mori-tz, the adults of the show (known simply as Adult Men and Adult Women) are bringing several no-table names to this new ‘Awakening.’ Academy Award-winner Marlee Matlin and Emmy-award winner Camryn Man-heim (ABC’s “The Prac-tice”) will be playing the Women, while Patrick Page (“Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark,” “Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame”) and Russell Har-vard (“Tribes”) will por-
tray the Men. “I think that any opportunity
to bring different communities together is a chance to learn and grow together,” said Durant. “If we tear the walls down and foster more opportunities to share space together then it can impact our future dealings with one another. We will never be able to hear each other if we don’t create opportuni-ties to listen. As cast members, we all get to live that out each day in rehearsal, and we invite audience
