By Ed Perratore She’s been a professional knitter, a beader and a caregiver for her own grandchildren and others. Now, at age 93, the former longtime Mount Kisco resident Rosemary “Romy” Brooks has added another passion to a life well-lived
Read MoreIn 1968, White Plains resident Ellen Holly debuted on ABC’s new soap opera, “One Life to Live.” An accomplished theater actress with Broadway roles under her belt, Holly portrayed Carla Benari, an Italian-American woman who had just moved to the
Read MoreArmonk’s Whippoorwill Theater will have a new professional company in residence starting this spring. Katonah Classic Stage is moving into the theater space that is part of the North Castle Public Library and has scheduled a spring production for its
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Rich Hanlon learned to draw as a small boy in Ohio, painting the flames on toy cars for orphans that he spent part of his childhood with. But if you’re expecting a Dickensian coming-of-age tale, Hanlon is
Read MoreAn earlier version of this piece stated how Yorktown Stage is the only municipal-owned theater in Westchester County. That is not correct. It’s one of the few. One of the others in Westchester is in The Examiner’s direct coverage area
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer and the Westchester County Board of Legislators recently joined with ArtsWestchester to announce that 102 Westchester arts organizations are the recipients of matching funds from the Art$WChallenge grant program. Participating arts organizations raised $786,541 in new private funds from 1,320 donors through the program which ended in
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe outstanding music and art could have been created out of the ashes of the Holocaust, by people who would be murdered in the death camps. Arguably, Austrian composer Viktor Ullmann’s most prolific period was his final
Read MoreIn 1908, the First Assembly District Colored Republicans Club held a rally in Yonkers to galvanize local Black voters into what would become a strong voting force in Westchester. Speakers at those rallies were local Black movers and shakers of the
Read MoreBy Michael Gold The scene is a well-furnished beige and white living room, with a chess set in the corner, a coffee table with a few art books arranged in a neat, restrained stack, colorful flowers in an expensive vase
Read MoreDid going crazy during the pandemic feed a fleeting urge to kill someone? Not surprising. We were isolated, stuck at home with the kids, fighting depression or some form of rage. So what did some folks actually do? For Taiwanese-born
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