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Westchester County Media Dining • Fun • Sports • Wellness • Lifestyle

Westchester County Media Dining • Fun • Sports • Wellness • LifestyleWestchester County Media Dining • Fun • Sports • Wellness • Lifestyle

A Different kind of taste of westchester

Celebrating CPW for 71 years of Service

This year may go down in the books as "The Year of CoViD-19," but we can make other great memories that we choose to remember instead.


Normally, Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW) holds a gala in the form of "A Taste of Westchester," which was supported by dozens of food establishments over the past fifteen years. 

Donating samples from their menu, chefs and owners joined the effort to raise funds together with an auction and raffles amidst social mixing in close quarters.

 

Last year, the event would not have been described quite that way, but the "close quarters" part is why it isn't happening this year.

Instead, CPW has decided to ask the community to support the restaurants. 

Order for delivery or take-out, or dine in -- if you can get a seat!


Live Entertainment at Three Locations


Thanks to the sponsorship of Kiamie East 32nd Street, there is live jazz at three locations during this Taste of Westchester Week. With restaurants permitted to be open at only 50% capacity, seating is carefully managed when there is live entertainment, and wearing masks away from the table is required.


You are encouraged to book your table at these restaurants ASAP on the following days: 


Gina Marie's Trattoria

Upstairs: live jazz

Wednesday the 11th (Veterans Day)

5 - 8 PM 


Alvin and Friends 

Private room in the back offers live jazz dinner seatings 

 Friday the 13th

6 PM and 8 PM 


Toscana Ristorante

Indoors: live jazz

Sunday the 15th

1:30 - 4:00 PM  


To participate more in the spirit of this event, please visit HERE.

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Learn more about CPW

Mission: "To advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people with all developmental disabilities...."

Support Live Music Venues and Artists in the Time of CoViD-19

Monica and Elliott Glick opened an artist's haven on City Island in May, 1997. It featured hand crafted jewelry and other beautiful art pieces. Since then, this location has evolved into a live music venue that creates a community of truly appreciative audiences and artists.


Now they are temporarily closed due to CoViD-19, but are offering a way to enjoy the artists who have performed there over the last few years. It just so happens that I am the featured artist this week! Check out the great musicians who have joined me: Marc Daine, Rob Thomas, Dmitri Kolesnik, and others. 


Please join me in supporting The Artist, its owners, and the artists that make it the musical retreat that we have collectively nurtured it to be over the years.



Buy tickets to THE ARTIST HERE!

Support The Artist on City Island

march 8 was SECOND SUNDAY JAZZ SERIES AT PJS JAZZ SOCIETY



In February 2020, The Sounds of A & R opened for SAGE.


Join us in Mount Vernon, NY, every second Sunday of the season for the best jazz for miles around. 

Cover is $25 (cash or check). Bring cash for tips for the band, and don't miss out on the fantastic home cooked food available for a song (and a little cash). 


March 8, don't miss jazz master Reggie Workman as he brings his bands, Deeper Dreamers and New Stars to the stage.


Visit PJSJazz.org for more information.

Second Sunday Jazz series at PJS jazz society

In January 2020, The Lagond Music School jazz students opened for the Ray Blue Quartet.


Join us in Mount Vernon, NY, every second Sunday of the season for the best jazz for miles around. Cover is $25 (cash or check). Bring cash for tips for the band, and don't miss out on the fantastic home cooked food available for a song (and a little cash). 


Visit PJSJazz.org for more information.

What’s Behind the Racial Uproar at WGBO?

WBGO seems to be distancing itself from the community that built it. There have been repercussions.

By Tammy La Gorce

  • Published Jan. 29, 2020Updated Jan. 30, 2020

For almost 40 years, Dorthaan Kirk, the widow of the great jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was a fixture at WBGO, Newark’s public jazz station.

Considered the city’s “first lady of jazz,” Ms. Kirk organized jazz brunches and persuaded famous musicians like Regina Carter to perform at children’s concerts. Her parties at the station celebrating the art exhibitions she curated, like one featuring vintage boomboxes, were always open to the public.

In 2018, Ms. Kirk retired, just shy of her 80th birthday.

Things at WBGO quickly changed after that. The station ended the exhibitions and the parties. Then management stopped allowing the public into the building, citing security concerns. The community, it seemed, was no longer welcome at the station it helped to create. 





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Tony's at the J House in Greenwich has patio dining

Long view of the patio

Live music 4 nights weekly

Long view of the patio

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This patio is a beautiful place, bringing the summery outside in on a cold winter's night. Lush with greenery and accented with patio-style swinging benches suspended by chains, it is a cozy, quieter alternative to the main dining room, especially when the live band is on.

Ready for a close-up

Live music 4 nights weekly

Long view of the patio

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The bar wraps around three sides of the service island, where skilled bartenders pour wine from an excellent list and create cocktails that are either Tony's specialties or classic -- like this Old Fashioned. 

Live music 4 nights weekly

Live music 4 nights weekly

Live music 4 nights weekly

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Wednesday through Saturday, from 7-10 PM, a variety of live music happens in the lobby area, where a grand piano stands proudly by the modern glassed-in fireplace. Rock, country, pop, jazz -- it just depends on the night. (Above is a view from the bar. Not a bad seat in the house!)

Gene DiNapoli as Elvis at Empire City Casino at MGM Resorts

Gene DiNapoli as Elvis at Empire City Casino at MGM Resorts

Jazz Lounge @ DSM • Tuckahoe

John H. Smith • Guitar

John H. Smith • Guitar

John H. Smith • Guitar

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John's style is influenced by many great guitar players, but especially George Benson and Joe Pass. You can also find him at Red Rooster every Sunday evening.

Find more Jazz @ DSM here

Janelle • Vocals

John H. Smith • Guitar

John H. Smith • Guitar

Summertime by Janelle on vocals and John H. Smith on guitar at DiNapoli's Stone Mill in Tuckahoe

John and Janelle create a space for jazz artists and enthusiasts to hear the classic jazz standards. Musicians are welcome to sit in -- and receive a 50% discount on food and drinks.

enjoy Tracks from Janelle's jazz cd here

Classic Cartoons Created a Culturally Literate Generation

Think about it: did you realize, when you were little, just how much classical music education you were absorbing?


Even though this author started studying violin at age 7, I didn't realize how rich my classical and literary education was, thanks in part to cartoons like this. 


--Janelle Allbritton, MPH

Publisher

WestchesterCountyPost.com


https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/secret-behind-baby-boomers-cultural-literacy

The Philip James Band at Juliano's in New Rochelle, NY

American Legion Post #50 Veterans Day Dinner and Dance


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