Sleepy Hollow Mural Makes ArtsNews, and Other News about the Wall

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The mural was featured on the cover of ArtsNews March 2021 edition, and the Village of Sleepy Hollow is mentioned on page 9 for winning this year's Community Award. Thanks to all involved in realizing the Wishing Wall, including some Kendal on Hudson residents.

SAVE THE DATE + CELEBRATE

On Wednesday, April 7, at 6 pm a virtual celebration can be viewed at artsw.org/artsaward

Every year, leaders from Westchester’s arts and business community gather to celebrate the stellar accomplishments of ArtsWestchester’s Arts Award Honorees at an event that recognizes artists, cultural organizations, educators and civic leaders who enrich the cultural life of the County, its communities and its citizens. 

HAPPY TO SHARE

Edge-on-Hudson confirmed that the Wishing Wall will now remain up at least through mid 2022. We are excited to announce this extension.  When we undertook the project we knew it would only be temporary since the wall will be removed eventually to make way for an amazing riverfront public park.  Nevertheless, we are happy to have the mural around longer than originally anticipated for all to keep enjoying.

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Tim Grajek edited a wonderful four-minute video, summarizing and showcasing the Wishing Wall. One scene from his film is shown above. The film can be viewed here. If you haven't seen it already, please check it out and share!

If you would like to share with someone "How to Visit the Wishing Wall - Riverwalk Community Mural" we've created a pdf that can be viewed on issuu. It includes aerial views, a map, instructions and estimated distances for how to arrive by foot, bike, train, bus or car. 

Programs about Cognitive Issues and Caregivers

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Click here for six online Phelps workshops on building better caregivers.

Click here for three programs from the Alzheimer’s Association on dealing with dementia in loved ones.

Click here for information about a Virtual Research Forum on Alzheimer’s May 11.

Click here for information on a bimonthly Early-Stage Support Group from the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter.

Four Nations Ensemble Online Concert from Pleasantville Chamber Music Society

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To members and friends of the Pleasantville Chamber Music Society:
Amid the trials of this year, we are pleased to provide a series of online concerts. We hope to see you all in person soon, but we send these virtual events until we can gather again. Check our website for details on this second concert in our series—and our next two concerts.
Four Nations Ensemble
Click HERE to watch the online concert (available starting at 8 pm on 2/14 -- and for two weeks to follow)

Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Andrew Fouts, violin
Loretta O’Sullivan, cello
Scott Pauley, lute
Andrew Appel, harpsichord and director

A Baroque Valentine’s Day Celebration: “When Love Goes Wrong”

François Couperin: 
L'art de toucher le clavecin, Prelude No. 5
François Couperin: Le Dodo ou l’amour au berceau
Barbara Strozzi: Amor Dormiglione
François Couperin: L'art de toucher le clavecin, Prelude No. 2
George Frideric Handel: Credete al mio dolo
Michael Haydn: Andante, from Divertimento in C major
Jean-Paul Egide Martini: Plaisir d’Amour
Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata X, Op. 1 for violin and continuo, “Didone Abbandonata” (Dido Abandoned)
Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata IV in B-flat major, RV 45
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault: Medeé, a cantata for soprano and instruments

For over four decades, The Four Nations Ensemble has brought together leading soloists and generational front-runners of period vocal and instrumental performance. The Ensemble presents a special Valentine’s Day celebration with a different take on the usual holiday fare, featuring love songs from the Baroque on the theme of “Love Gone Wrong.”

Through its innovative programming, Four Nations has become a leading presence on the early music scene, performing at such major houses and festivals as the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, the Boston Early Music Festival, and New York's Mostly Mozart Festival, among many others.

Four Nations Ensemble is led by harpsichordist and artistic director Andrew Appel, who studied at Duke University, the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and the Juilliard School.  He has performed as recitalist at Carnegie Recital Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Music Academy of the West, the Smithsonian Institution, Italy’s Spoleto Festival and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, among others.

We hope you will join us for this free concert! Mark your calendar:
March 7: Manhattan String Quartet
March 28: Vent Nouveau

Modern Measurements

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Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi

2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton

Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon

1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope

365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 Lite year

1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton

8 nickels = 2 paradigms

And my favorite, one many seniors can relate with:

1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz

Thanks to Sally Kellock for sending this.