Thomas Paine Cottage Museum events
20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle,
914-633-1776, thomaspainecottage.org
Exhibit opening: “Political Cartoons”
Friday, April 11, 5 p.m.
In April, the Westchester Human Rights Commission and New Rochelle High School are co-sponsoring Human Rights Week under the direction of Mark Fang.
As a part of the week, Thomas Paine Cottage Museum director, John Wright, will lead a class at the high school and teach the art students about political cartoons from the 18th century to present day. The students will be invited to create their own political cartoons about human rights issues of our times in an art session.
After they do sketching, the students will hang their work informally for general comment and discussion. The students will be challenged to create political cartoons and submit them to a jury who will award five winners.
This exhibit at Thomas Paine Cottage will feature the winning political cartoons.
Light refreshments will be served.
Media is invited to publish the winning entries in their publications. Call for more details.
Suggested donation: $5 adults, $3 children
Living history: One room schoolhouse
Sunday, May 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sophia Brewster Schoolhouse on the grounds of Thomas Paine Cottage.
Miss Keating, a teacher in early American garb, will lead a lesson. Typical text books, slates and chalk will be available.
Children will receive a certificate for completing a spelling lesson.
This is a not-to-be-missed experience. All are invited.
The New Rochelle chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution restored the schoolhouse in 1957. Six old desks, including the teacher’s desk and stools were found for it by the women and add to the overall ambience.
Cost: $5 adults, $3 children
New Rochelle native returns to close out concert season
Pianist Adam Kent, a New Rochelle native, will conclude the Symphony of Westchester’s concert season by performing an all-Gershwin program on Saturday, May 3, at 8 p.m., in Iona College’s Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium.
Kent, who performs periodically with the Symphony of Westchester, will play “Piano Concerto in F major,” “Rhapsody in Blue” and “I’ve Got Rhythm” variations. An award-winning specialist in Spanish music, he has performed and lectured extensively throughout the United States, as well as internationally. He is a member of the Damocles Trio and teaches at the Manhattan School of Music and the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music.
The Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium is located at 715 North Ave., New Rochelle.
Individual concert tickets are $50 for general admission, $35 for seniors and $15 for students.
New this season is online ticketing at the symphony’s website: thesymphonyofwestchester.org. Tickets can still be purchased by phone at 914-654-4926.
More information is available on the website or by emailing info@thesymphonyofwestchester.org.
This concert series is sponsored in part by the Iona College Council on the Arts through the generosity of JoAnn and Joseph M. Murphy and the Baron Lambert Fund.
Spring blood drive
The Resurrection Church and White Plains Hospital are holding a blood drive.
Date: Sunday, April 13
Time: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Place: Resurrection Middle School’s Doty Gym
Contact: Greg Faughnan, 914-329-6581
Every donor must have valid identification such as a driver’s license, passport or photo ID. Donors must be at least 17 years old or 16 years old with written parental or guardian consent. Donors age 76 and older must present a physician’s letter allowing them to donate. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health on the day of donation. A donation can only be made as long as the donor’s last blood donation was at least 56 days prior.
This is one of the truly unselfish gifts a person can give. One pint can save up to three lives. Every blood donor and his or her guest will receive a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
New Rochelle Public Library events
The main New Rochelle Public Library and the Huguenot Children’s Library will be closed on Sunday, April 20, for Easter.
Programs for school vacation week
Children in pre-k through grade five are invited to participate in a variety of free programs being held at the main New Rochelle Public Library and the Huguenot Children’s Library during spring vacation week. These programs are made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library and the Partnership for the Huguenot Children’s Library, both 501(c)(3) non-profit
organizations.
On Monday, April 14, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Huguenot Children’s Library, Bricks4Kidz LEGO master will help participants ages four through eight unleash their imagination as they build a cool loop-d-loop model.
Pre-registration required: 914-632-8954, as the workshop is limited to 25 children.
On Monday, April 14, from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., a Farmers Market Entrepreneurs Boot Camp will take place in the main library meeting room, 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Budding farmers and entrepreneurs in grades three through eight have an opportunity to learn the ropes from a pro. Bo Kemp, president of Urban Fresh Food Markets—who started his entrepreneurial career at the age of eight—will engage participants in the basics of hatching an idea, bringing it to fruition and making money from it.
Graduates will become part of the Young Tycoons program at the BID Saturday Farmers Market to sell and manage kid businesses during the June to November season.
Registration required: 914-813-3706
or communityrelations@nrpl.org.
Two workshops of “Hatching Fun—Stories, Crafts and Science” will be held at the Huguenot Children’s Library on Tuesday, April 15.
Children ages three through eight years old may drop-in for either workshop: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. or 2 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., and participants will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
Egg-cellent adventures will involve good stories, crafts and egg-periments. Everyone goes home with an egg-head to grow and a hardboiled egg boat to eat.
On Wednesday, April 16, at 2 p.m., the library’s favorite silent vaudevillian, Chip Bryant, returns to the stage of the main library’s Ossie Davis Theater. Bryant will perform another fabulous, magical show that engages and delights all ages. His hilarious variety arts shows have been presented nationally at all kinds of events since 1986 and always receives rave reviews.
First-come, first-served to the 138-seat capacity of the Ossie Davis Theater.
Spring films from picture books
Thursday, April 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Huguenot Children’s Library. Children ages 6 and under will enjoy favorite spring stories from award-winning children’s books.
Spring has sprung
gardening adventure
Thursday, April 17, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the main library.
Children in second through fifth grade can help get the library’s adventure garden ready for planting and plant their own seeds to grow at home. Jeanne Marie Healy will guide participants in this wonderful budding project.
Participants should wear clothes that can get dirty and meet in the meeting room.
First-come, first-served, beginning at 12:45 p.m.
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