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    16 May 2012 | 5:53 am
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  • Broadway’s “Molly” is Scarsdale’s Emily Rosenfeld

    In the Wings
    Peter D. Kramer
    15 May 2012 | 10:31 am
    When the curtain rises on “Annie” in the fall — at a yet-to-be-named Nederlander theater on Broadway — the young actress playing the coveted role of Molly, the little orphan who Annie takes a shine to — will be Scarsdale’s Emily Rosenfeld. Emily, who is 8, is a veteran of Random Farms Kids’ Theater — where she played Gretl in “The Sound of Music,” Dickon Sowerby in “The Secret Garden,” and, in what must have been a bit of trick casting, Big Jule in “Guys and Dolls.” “That was a lot of fun because they…

  • Rock legend Levon Helm dead at 71

    Listening Room Blog
    Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    19 Apr 2012 | 2:57 pm
    It seems we’ve been doing a lot of these obituary posts lately. But the truth is we’ve lost some great music legends recently, from Davy Jones and Earl Scruggs, to Ronnie Montrose and Dick Clark. Now comes word that Levon Helm died at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after a long bout with the disease. [...] Click the headline to the full post ...

  • Editorial Board survey: President Obama’s same-sex marriage announcement

    Opinion Exchange
    Christopher Vaughan
    15 May 2012 | 3:38 pm
    President Barack Obama told the nation in a May 9 interview with ABC News that he supports same-sex marriage. How will Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage affect his re-election campaign?

  • Mixed Case: LoHud Wine of the Week — Chateau Bouchaine Carneros Pinot Noir 2008

    Small Bites
    Liz Johnson
    15 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence during his or her tenure. (So should we need recommendations for a holiday, for example. we’ll ask.) We’ll get a new expert for each case. Right now, we’re working on our Mixed Case from Aries Wine & Spirits in White Plains. Chateau Bouchaine Carneros Pinot Noir 2008 is bottle 7 in our…
 
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    In the Wings

  • Broadway’s “Molly” is Scarsdale’s Emily Rosenfeld

    Peter D. Kramer
    15 May 2012 | 10:31 am
    When the curtain rises on “Annie” in the fall — at a yet-to-be-named Nederlander theater on Broadway — the young actress playing the coveted role of Molly, the little orphan who Annie takes a shine to — will be Scarsdale’s Emily Rosenfeld. Emily, who is 8, is a veteran of Random Farms Kids’ Theater — where she played Gretl in “The Sound of Music,” Dickon Sowerby in “The Secret Garden,” and, in what must have been a bit of trick casting, Big Jule in “Guys and Dolls.” “That was a lot of fun because they…

  • A prank for next year’s “Running Lines”….

    Peter D. Kramer
    15 May 2012 | 9:43 am
    This was too funny. Have to try to find some teachers who’d be up for it. I think John Gwardyak at Eastchester could be a contender….

  • Westchester Sandbox teams with Emelin

    Peter D. Kramer
    14 May 2012 | 3:06 pm
    One of the happiest local-theater developments in recent years has been the breathtaking rise of the Westchester Sandbox Theatre in Mamaroneck, which this spring hosted the New York regional premiere of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s “Next to Normal.” Next week, the tiny storefront theater will host another New York regional premiere of a cutting-edge (and edgy) musical, “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.” It’s not a WST production; it comes from Little Radical Theatrics, the group that scratches the theatrical niche of kids in college and just beyond.

  • Strange Bedfellows stage a groovy “Midsummer”

    Peter D. Kramer
    11 May 2012 | 9:59 am
    Had a nice visit at Children’s Shakespeare Theatre earlier in the week, watching the unsinkable Diana Green putting her cast through its paces. The actors were not children, but adults, members of The Strange Bedfellows, a group that formed a few years ago from the ranks of parents who had kids in the program and were bitten (or re-bitten) by the acting bug. As I sat watching Chris Carroll as Puck (part bad-ass, part “The Dude” from “The Big Lebowski” above, at right, with Andrew Greenway as Oberon) being surrounded by a half-dozen slinky ladies dressed as…

  • Put on your bobbysocks for ACT’s “Home Front”

    Peter D. Kramer
    11 May 2012 | 7:09 am
    Actors Conservatory Theatre—Arlene Wendt’s first-rate community theater in Yonkers—presents “Songs From the Home Front,” billed as “a nostalgic trip back, in words and music, to the World War II era.” Directed by Mauro Cantrastano, with musical direction by MaryAnn Ivan, the cast includes Miguel Acevedo, Ruth Chismulera, Contrastano, Jeannine Padula Goche, Anthony Maltese, Michael Quigley, Carmela Sirico, Russell Sirico and Rebecca Westall. Performances at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, at Bryn Mawr Hall, 20 Buckingham Road, Yonkers. $20, $15 for…
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    Listening Room Blog

  • Rock legend Levon Helm dead at 71

    Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    19 Apr 2012 | 2:57 pm
    It seems we’ve been doing a lot of these obituary posts lately. But the truth is we’ve lost some great music legends recently, from Davy Jones and Earl Scruggs, to Ronnie Montrose and Dick Clark. Now comes word that Levon Helm died at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after a long bout with the disease. [...] Click the headline to the full post ...

  • Remembering Dick Clark: The iron fence and the jukebox at “Itchum’s”

    Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    18 Apr 2012 | 3:55 pm
    Dick Clark once told me that one of his fondest musical memories growing up was listening to the jukebox at “Itchum’s,” a corner hangout in his hometown of Mount Vernon, where kids – including a young Clark – would flock after school to hear the latest tunes. That was 1992, when I spoke to Clark [...] Click the headline to the full post ...

  • Listening Room’s Great Covers: Oh Pretty Woman

    Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    14 Apr 2012 | 11:00 am
    It’s not as if “Oh Pretty Woman” needed to be covered. I mean, the song had some legs on its own after the late, great Roy Orbison released it in 1964 – a tune he co-wrote. But give pop rockers Van Halen credit for not only doing it justice, but turning it into a hit [...] Click the headline to the full post ...

  • RIP Jim Marshall

    Ned P. Rauch
    5 Apr 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Another big loss for the music world: Jim Marshall, amp-man extraordinaire,  died today. He was 88. Marshall’s name is, literally, on the sound of innumerable rock legends, his cursive signature looping across the faces of amplifiers stacked behind Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Slash and lots and lots of others. The “Marshall stack” is now shorthand [...] Click the headline to the full post ...

  • Terrible song alert

    Ned P. Rauch
    4 Apr 2012 | 1:32 pm
    The Listening Room is generally a positive place. When there’s so much amazing music out there to write about, we figure, why waste ink (or pixels, I suppose) picking apart a dippy ditty? Sometimes, though, we make an exception. Now is one of those times. On my drive to work this morning I had the [...] Click the headline to the full post ...
 
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    Opinion Exchange

  • Editorial Board survey: President Obama’s same-sex marriage announcement

    Christopher Vaughan
    15 May 2012 | 3:38 pm
    President Barack Obama told the nation in a May 9 interview with ABC News that he supports same-sex marriage. How will Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage affect his re-election campaign?

  • Morning conversation: Minimum wage, upset parents and #ArtsBash

    Anjanette Delgado
    15 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    Commentary on today’s news and opinion, from readers and newsmakers. A Rockland County Girl Scout is in Albany today to urge lawmakers to raise the state’s minimum wage. Hannah Buckler, 12, of New City, decided while volunteering at a local soup kitchen that raising the wage would help the poor. What LoHud.com readers said: Raising the minimum wage? Good opportunity to teach the child that minimum wage is not something to strive for. Increasing minimum wage will make New York state that much more unattractive to future potential employers, making it less likely her father will get…

  • Morning conversation: Bad bridges, a vet and her dog, #Barnard2012

    Christopher Vaughan
    14 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    Commentary on today’s news and opinion, from readers and newsmakers. The Journal News found in state inspection reports that the Lower Hudson Valley is home to 18 bridges, which are in serious need of repair or replacement. Here’s what our readers say: It seems to take a tragedy before anything gets done about our roadways.” —William Rocke Bridges are worse than you can imagine. Maintenance is non-existent. Designs, when they are done, are based on whatever records are available — right or wrong, because there is no budget for field investigations.”…

  • Morning conversation: Rockland’s finances, Jamie Dimon’s admission and … Today is Friday

    Anjanette Delgado
    11 May 2012 | 11:56 am
    Commentary on today’s news and opinion, from readers and newsmakers. Rockland County’s image took a hit Thursday when Moody’s Investors Service lowered its credit rating because it’s short $40 million. What LoHud.com readers had to say: News of Moody’s lowering Rockland’s credit rating confirms what virtually every Rockland County resident has known for many years: Rockland is poorly run; there is a duplication of services (how many separate police forces, highway and other departments etc. do we have for 300,000 residents?); county government is bloated…

  • Morning conversation: Ramapo, school administrators and Time

    Anjanette Delgado
    10 May 2012 | 11:34 am
    Commentary on today’s news and opinion, from readers and newsmakers. Two Ramapo Town Board members say they want to transfer authority of the town’s local development corporation to the Town Board to improve transparency. How LoHud.com readers responded: ‘The Town Board has guaranteed many (RLDC) loans and it is my responsibility to make sure that the money is in place,’ to repay them, [Withers] said.” Um … wouldn’t the time to do that have been BEFORE you voted to guarantee the loans? What are you planning to do now, if you find out the money’s…
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  • Mixed Case: LoHud Wine of the Week — Chateau Bouchaine Carneros Pinot Noir 2008

    Liz Johnson
    15 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    For 12 weeks, we feature a wine, and include tasting notes and suggestions for pairings. At the end of the 12 weeks, we’ll review our Mixed Case, and recap the choices. Each mixed case will be chosen by a local wine shop owner, who will also become our wine expert-in-residence during his or her tenure. (So should we need recommendations for a holiday, for example. we’ll ask.) We’ll get a new expert for each case. Right now, we’re working on our Mixed Case from Aries Wine & Spirits in White Plains. Chateau Bouchaine Carneros Pinot Noir 2008 is bottle 7 in our…

  • Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room, Vol. 11

    mmalone
    14 May 2012 | 2:47 pm
    Hale Males Ride Rail Trail For Pale Ale I’m waiting for three men. They set out from the World Trade Center around 10:45 Friday morning, on bikes, with a stop at the Bronx Ale House and another at the beer wonderland DeCicco’s in Ardsley, before arriving at their ultimate destination: Captain Lawrence Brewing in Elmsford. They’re running a little late, as tends to happen when enjoying a leisurely bike ride with a few stops for a beer along the way. It’s 5:30 and the tasting room is filling up. The post-work crowd. The Clash’s “Magnificent Seven”…

  • Twitter Chat at 12:30 Tuesday: Get a Taste of Friday’s ArtsBash and Win Tickets and Prizes!

    Liz Johnson
    11 May 2012 | 4:40 pm
    At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, I will lead a Twitter chat with ArtsWestchester about the restaurants participating in ArtsBash, the ArtsWestchester fundraiser Friday night in downtown White Plains, where you can taste food from 30 of the area’s top restaurants. Best part? You can win free tickets and free food! Four chat participants will be chosen at random to win a pair of tickets to ArtsBash and gift cards at the following restaurants: Cafe of Love; Myong Gourmet; Buffalo Wild Wings and Sams of Gedney Way. Follow me @small_bites and follow ArtsWestchester @ArtsWestchester. Use the hashtag…

  • Latin Twist: Chimichurri (a.k.a. Argentine Pesto)

    arleng
    11 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Like many of its condiment cousins, this one — chimichurri — is versatile! Not unlike pesto, this basil and herb-based sauce can be a marinade, dipping sauce, and more. I first tried chimichurri years ago, on my first visit to  Buenos Aires, Argentina. Luckily my friend Maria Rosa (who, in addition to being an educator, tango dancer and amazing sculptor, also cooks!) shared the ingredients she usually uses. After my next visit (and my tango lessons!) I started taking more notes, and playing around with ingredients. The result was this version, though I may vary it depending on…

  • I Eat Plants: Gingered Asparagus & Leeks

    jlfields
    10 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    Spring has sprung! I want to share one of my favorite recipes featuring two spring vegetable superstars:  asparagus and leeks. Both vegetables are versatile, so I decided to take it a step further and develop one recipe that can be prepared two ways! Gingered Asparagus & Leeks, Roasted or Grilled Serves 4 Ingredients 1 bunch of asparagus (about 16 spears) 1 leek, thinly sliced Juice of half a lemon 1 tablespoon olive oil (optional) 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce (for a wheat-free alternative, try tamari sauce) 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated Instructions Snap the wood ends off the…
 
 
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