"Character is the fingerprint of your soul" - Frank Sonnenberg.

Please join Nancy Zachary in the Scott Room to discuss The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict on Wednesday April 9 at 2 pm at Scarsdale Library.

"In December 1926, mystery writer Agatha Christie really did disappear for 11 days. Was it a hoax? Or did her husband resort to foul play?

"When Agatha meets Archie on a dance floor in 1912, the obscure yet handsome pilot quickly sweeps her off her feet with his daring. ... Although the war keeps them apart, straining their early marriage, Agatha finds meaningful work as a nurse and dispensary assistant, jobs that teach her a lot about poisons, knowledge that helps shape her early short stories and novels. While Agatha’s career flourishes after the war, Archie suffers setback after setback. Determined to keep her man happy, Agatha finds herself cooking elaborate meals, squelching her natural affections for their daughter (after all, Archie must always feel like the most important person in her life), and downplaying her own troubles, including her grief over her mother's death. Nonetheless, Archie grows increasingly morose. In fact, he is away from home the day Agatha disappears. ... Benedict concocts a worthy mystery of her own, as chapters alternate between Archie’s negotiation of the investigation and Agatha’s recounting of their relationship. She keeps the reader guessing: Which narrator is reliable? Who is the real villain?

"A compelling portrait of a marriage gone desperately sour" - Kirkus.

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The Marguerite Manley Lenten Organ Recital Series concludes Thursday, April 10th with Isaac Lee

Please join us in the Sanctuary this Thursday, April 10 at noon, as Isaac Lee presents a 30 minute organ recital program with works by Buxtehude, Bohm, West and Eben. Lunch will follow in the Lower Children's House. These programs and lunch are FREE with donations gratefully accepted.

Isaac Lee is currently a second year C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School, studying with Paul Jacobs. He graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree, with honors, and then obtained a Master of Music from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and recently graduated from Yale University School of Music with a Master of Musical Arts degree, all in organ performance. While at Yale, he received the 2022 Robert Baker Prize for performance excellence, and the 2023 Director’s Prize for research excellence. He was one of the 2024 winners of the American Guild of Organists Commissioning project, where he collaborated with Singaporean composer, Cheng Jin Koh, to premiere a new organ work. While at Yale, he served as the Wilson Family Sacred Music Intern at NYC’s Brick Presbyterian Church. He is currently organ scholar at Church of the Heavenly Rest and teaches organ literature at The Juilliard School.

PROGRAM

Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137 Dietrich Buxtehude
Vater unser im Himmelreich Georg Böhm
Mozart Changes (1995) Zsolt Gárdonyi
Passacaglia in b minor John West
Hommage à Buxtehude (1987) Petr Eben

Sunday Morning Adult Softball

Players are invited to join an adult softball game which has been played for decades. Players 16 and older, male or female, are asked to arrive at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings at Crossway Field #2 in Scarsdale for games which start shortly thereafter following a brief warm up and determination of our “pick-up” teams. We finish no later than noon, which is when our field permit expires. Games are friendly but competitive. Season runs from Sunday, April 20 through October. Interested players should contact Jeff Rejan at jrejan@optonline.net or show up at the field.

Spring cleaning just became a breeze thanks to the JLCW! We're on the lookout for your gently used items for our upcoming Tag Sale to be held on April 26 & 27. Whether it's jewelry, baby items, household goods, clothing, sports equipment, or anything in between - we'll take it off your hands! Donations are being accepted now, so feel free to drop off your items on our front porch at Wayside Cottage 1039 White Plains Road, Scarsdale, NY. Thanks for your support! And we will see you at our Tag Sale!!!!! To learn more about the JLCW, click here: https://centralwestchester.jl.org/

Sunday Morning Adult Softball

Players are invited to join an adult softball game which has been played for decades. Players 16 and older, male or female, are asked to arrive at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings at Crossway Field #2 in Scarsdale for games which start shortly thereafter following a brief warm up and determination of our “pick-up” teams. We finish no later than noon, which is when our field permit expires. Games are friendly but competitive. Season runs from Sunday, April 20 through October. Interested players should contact Jeff Rejan at jrejan@optonline.net or show up at the field.

Sunday Morning Adult Softball

Players are invited to join an adult softball game which has been played for decades. Players 16 and older, male or female, are asked to arrive at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings at Crossway Field #2 in Scarsdale for games which start shortly thereafter following a brief warm up and determination of our “pick-up” teams. We finish no later than noon, which is when our field permit expires. Games are friendly but competitive. Season runs from Sunday, April 20 through October. Interested players should contact Jeff Rejan at jrejan@optonline.net or show up at the field.