Family Fun Day on November 25
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The Scarsdale Business Alliance in Partnership with Scarsdale Moms Announces its Second Family Fun Event, Townsgiving, and its Line-Up of Activities & Sponsors.
On Friday, November 25th, 2022, the Scarsdale Business Alliance (SBA) in partnership with Scarsdale Moms, will host its second family fun event, Townsgiving, presented by The Randi Culang Team and Wonder. The event will take place in the Dine the ‘Dale Tent in Scarsdale Village from 2-5pm. Join us for a festive afternoon full of music, family fun activities, food and drinks.
While this is a free community event, wristbands will be required for participation in kids’ crafts and activities ($35 in advance - $45 day of). Wristbands are available for purchase here. Wristband activities include multiple arts & crafts stations, chocolate turkey decorating, glitter tattoos, face paint, hair braiding and extensions, photo booth and frame decorating and more! Kids can also enjoy Dancing and DJ by Pizzazzles, and fire truck tours and fire safety tips by Scarsdale firefighters (no wristband required).
In addition to attending Townsgiving in the Dine the 'Dale Tent, don't forget to Shop the 'Dale and take advantage of Black Friday promotions and deals at merchants in the Village center and Scarsdale's other retail hubs.
Townsgiving will be donating a portion of proceeds to GrassRoots Grocery, formerly known as Mott Haven. This donation will help fund their mission to expand dignified access to healthy food to reach all neighbors in need. Join GrassRoots Grocery’s community action project to spread holiday cheer by creating holiday food boxes for children in need.
All food and beverages are pay-as-you-go. Pizzarellis will be selling Pizza by the slice, garlic knots and pasta bowls as well as beverages. Guests 21+ can enjoy cider sangria from Popojito, and great brews from Yeomiji. In order to purchase and consume alcohol, you must show ID to prove that you are over 21.
The SBA and Scarsdale Moms are thankful to all of the Townsgiving event sponsors for their generous support. Presenting Sponsors: The Randi Culang Team and Wonder; Supporting Sponsors: ever/body, Central Park Dance, Eye Gallery, Fenom Fitness, Yellow Acorn Montessori, Village Kids Pediatric Dentistry; Junior Sponsors: Camp Hillard, Great Stuff, I Am More Scarsdale, Hi Five Metro, ScentFluence, Songs for Seeds, Sparklicious; In-Kind Activity Sponsors: Chocolate Works, Faces by Wells, Hair Saloon & Cafe, Shake it Off, and Pizzazzles.
FREE PARKING is available in the lower two levels of the Christie Place Garage (64 East Parkway) as well as the Freightway Garage and adjacent outdoor parking lot (72 Freightway).
The SBA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Village of Scarsdale and its local businesses. For more information about the SBA: www.scarsdalebusinessalliance.com; Instagram @scarsdalebusiness.
The mission of Scarsdale Moms is to create a community around moms in Scarsdale, and to curate helpful resources and references that would be relevant to this community. Scarsdale Moms is an affiliate of The Local Moms Network. For more information about Scarsdale Moms: www.scarsdalemoms.com; Instagram @scarsdalemoms.
A Busy Week in Fox Meadow
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The Fox Meadow Neighborhood Association, headed by Janice Starr and Randi Culang had a busy week, hosting an Halloween event for children at Willow Park on Saturday October 29, trick or treating in Fox Meadow on Monday night October 31 followed by a neighborhood cocktail party on Wednesday November 2 at the Starr’s home.
Willow Park Playground, on Harcourt Road behind the Girl Scout House was developed by the neighborhood association almost 20 years ago and is a beautiful shaded playground for kids of all ages.
On Halloween, the neighborhood association set up a table on Shawnee Road and recruited new members, greeted neighbors and handed out hundreds of pieces of candy.
On Wednesday night November 2, Fox Meadow residents met Mayor Jane Veron, a resident of Fox Meadow herself, and enjoyed cocktails and company.
Photo credit Ira Starr.
SAS to Host Conversation with Author Letty Pogrebin
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Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founding editor of Ms. magazine and author of twelve books, will discuss her newly published memoir in conversation with cultural historian Lori Rotskoff. The event will be held at the JCC of Mid-Westchester at 11 am on Thursday October 20, 2022.
Yiddish for shame, Shanda presents a wise yet funny self-examination of the author's numerous family secrets across three generations. With candor, Pogrebin reveals family traumas, unhappy marriages, abandoned children, religious transgressions, repressed sexual identities, and radical political beliefs. Through unmasking, Pogrebin also paints a touching portrait of a family that, like many others, has a talent for reinvention and survival.
Ms. Pogrebin is co-founder of Ms. magazine, is a nationally acclaimed writer, activist, and public speaker. The author of twelve books, she has also published articles and essays in numerous print and online periodicals, including The New York Times, the Nation, and Huffington Post. She is a co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus and the Ms. Foundation for Women, a past president of the Authors Guild and Americans for Peace Now, and has served on the boards of the Harvard Divinity School Women in Religion Program and the Brandeis University Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Among her many honors is a Yale University Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, a Matrix Award for excellence in communication and the arts, and an Emmy Award for her work as consulting editor on the TV version of Marlo Thomas’s "Free to Be...You and Me."
Books will be available for pick up and author signature at the event. Time will be reserved for Q&A.
Listen to the Soulful Music Of Noah Aronson at Scarsdale Synagogue
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Noah Aronson Musician in Residence Weekend at Scarsdale Synagogue
Scarsdale Synagogue will host a special weekend of music with recording artist, composer and performer Noah Aronson from Friday November 4 to Sunday November 6, 2022. Aronson creates music and interactive experiences at the intersection of wellness, spirituality and creativity and has been creating and inspiring audiences with his heartfelt and soulful music for the last 20 years. His music is sung in communities and summer camps around the world and he tours year-round giving concerts and leading music-driven prayer experiences.
Join Scarsdale Synagogue for these events:
Friday, November 4
4 - 6:00 p.m. - Playground Playdate & Tot Shabbat includes a pizza dinner at 5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. - Musical Shabbat Service
Sunday, November 6
10:15 a.m. - Community Concert. Everyone is welcome to attend!
About Noah Aronson
Noah graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston with a degree in Piano and Jazz Composition. While studying, Noah simultaneously held the position of Artist in Residence at Temple Beth Elohim where he continues to serve in this capacity. He moved to NYC in 2008 and interned at Pulse Music and Headroom Studios. He also served as Conductor of the Manhattan HaZamir choir from 2008-2010. Noah completed the prestigious Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Writing Program in 2011 while attending night classes at DubSpot Electronic Music School.
Noah has released 10 albums of original music including his debut solo album ‘Am I Awake’ in 2011 (see discography below). His groundbreaking album entitled ‘The Left Side of the Page’ revolutionized the way contemporary Jewish communities engage with their liturgy.
Noah attended Rabbinical school at Hebrew College in 2013 and completed the Mechon Hadar yearlong fellowship in 2015. In 2017, Noah released his album More Love, featuring his band of Israeli Berklee musicians, Noam Israeli, Tali Rubenstein, Tamir Shmerling and Eitan Kenner. In 2018, Noah partnered with 18 congregations throughout the US to complete The Chai Project; 18 songs for 18 communities in 2018.
Through the years, Noah has served on the faculty of Hebrew Union College of Sacred Music, Hava Nashira, Shabbat Shira, Shirei Chagigah and the Wexner Heritage Foundation and has partnered with countless communities around the world to help people feel more connected in mind and body and spirit through music.
Listen to his music here. http://www.noaharonson.com/music-video
Scarsdale Synagogue is a reform Jewish congregation located at 2 Ogden Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. www.sstte.org. 914-725-5175
Picturing the Faces of Scarsdale
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On September 30 we happened in on the celebration of a unique art show by Scarsdale High School Danielle Barro, titled “Scarsdale Through the Ages,” now on display at Scarsdale Library. The exhibit features photo portraits of 100 residents of Scarsdale, ages one to one hundred, and offers a wonderful display of the many faces of the community.
Below Barro explains they how and why of the project which you can see at the library, but also view online here. Either way, you must take a look at her engaging work.
Barro explains:
What is the genesis of the idea to take these portraits?
This project was part of the Digital Photography II class I took last spring at Scarsdale High School with teacher Dina Hofstetter. The assignment was called “100 Ways.” For this project, we had to take 100 photos of the same category, such as 100 flowers or 100 mailboxes. I decided to take 100 photos of 100 residents of Scarsdale, one of every age from 1 to 100. I called my project “Scarsdale through the Ages.” The final project can be found here:
I chose to take these photos because I wanted to do a project that was meaningful to me. I thought this would be a great opportunity for me to get to know more about my hometown, which is also the town where both my mother and my grandfather grew up (like me, they both also went to SHS). Scarsdale is often known for being very homogenous, and I wanted my project to show that there is actually a lot of diversity in Scarsdale of all types – not only diversity of age, but also of race, cultural upbringing, spoken language at home, and interests and hobbies, among others.
How did you find the subjects - one at each age?
Barro and mom Allison Weinberg
I created a Google document for people to sign up for their age via a link, and my mom posted the link on Scarsdale Buzz, which is the Facebook group for people living in Scarsdale. Many people signed up immediately. I was really shocked at how many people wanted to be in my project. Word of mouth also really helped, as people would reach out to me and my mom to ask if they could sign up to be in my project. As you might expect, some ages were really challenging to find. The hardest ages to find were people in their 20s and the 90s. For the most challenging ages, we kept asking around, and my mom kept posting the ages I still needed on Scarsdale Buzz. People in the community were really supportive and extremely helpful in suggesting people of certain ages who might want to be in my project. People would suggest a friend, a relative, a friend of a friend, or just about anyone, who might be the specific age(s) I was still looking for. At one point, someone suggested using Google to find the missing ages. If you google, “age 98 Scarsdale NY,” for example, you will get a list of people of that age with their home phone number. We did not know that until I had one person left, but that information would have been very helpful if I had known it sooner!
What are the challenges of taking a good portrait?
For this project, I decided not to take what some might call a traditional portrait. Initially, I was going to take a photo of everyone just smiling at the camera. But I quickly decided that I would rather show each person’s character, a glimpse into what makes them unique. So, I wound up deciding to take a photo of each person doing something they love, like a passion or hobby, or something they do every day, like cuddle their dog or read the newspaper. This allowed me to get to know each person in a more genuine way and to present each person’s authenticity and uniqueness to the viewer.
I took these photos between February and June of 2022, a time when many people were much more worried about COVID than they are now. So, I took many of the photos outside, some on very cold days. But, the benefit of being outside was that the natural lighting added a brighter and more special quality to each portrait.
Dani BarroTell us about yourself - what grade you are in, your interests etc.
I am a junior at Scarsdale High School. My favorite hobby is photography, a passion I have been pursuing since I was little. I have been taking art classes since I was two years old, and I love creating art of all types. In my free time, I enjoy tutoring younger kids in different subjects, particularly math. I have also been a student teacher at my temple for several years. In addition, I recently started a support group for children of divorced parents (my parents divorced when I was 7 years old). I live with my mom and my sister Julia (who is a freshman at The Masters School).
