New Calendar Features The Pets of Rye
The idea struck Michelle Gershwin all of a sudden. She was driving through Rye and kept noticing adorable dogs walking down the street with their fawning owners. “We have the cutest dogs and the most loving dog owners in this community. They are just in love with their pets,” Gershwin thought. And then she thought […]
Artists Discuss Telling Black Stories Through Art
Before a packed house, six artists discussed their painting, collage, sculpture and multimedia work, elevating Black stories through art and focusing on themes of joy, rejuvenation, social justice, and history at the Rye Arts Center on Feb. 10. “Black Artists in the Spotlight: Currents of Creativity,” was part of Rye Arts Center’s Black History […]
Jay Center Talk Addresses Legacy of Japanese Internment Camps
Grant Ujifusa’s family lived near the Heart Mount Relocation Center in Wyoming when he was a child, giving him a unique perspective on the injustices faced by Japanese Americans during World War II. Ujifusa, a noted author and historian, shared that perspective with a packed house at the Jay Heritage Center recently, in a discussion […]
Winter Wonderland
Last week’s powerful fast-moving nor’easter closed the schools and blanketed Rye in heavy snow. In Rye Town Park, kids and their parents made the most of the opportunity. – Photos by Alison Rodilosso
Recreating Rye’s Historic Landmarks – With LEGO
Creative minds were hard at work recently at the Rye Historical Society’s first annual LEGO Family Event, “Building Rye Landmarks.” The interactive program, run by architect Stephen Schwartz, brought families together to recreate iconic Rye landmarks using 60,000 LEGO building blocks. Thirty-nine teams filled the Rye Middle School’s multipurpose room and each selected one of […]
Good Reads
Dangerous Territories These thought-provoking literary reads delve into the shadows of dangers lurking in contemporary life. C Pam Zhang, acclaimed for her debut novel, “How Much of These Hills Is Gold,” flipped the classic western genre on its head. With her latest work, “Land of Milk and Honey,” she ventures into sci-fi territory, and again […]
Culture Clock
A guide to arts and culture in the region. 23 Anila Quayyum Agha: Dualities, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, ongoing through April 21 From Your Collection: Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Voices, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, ongoing through March 24 Home Sweet Home, Finn Gallery, Art Exhibition, Ongoing through Feb. 28 The Execution of Helen Ray Fowler: an […]
Unusual Sculptural Installation at the Bruce
In a new exhibit at Greenwich’s Bruce Museum, “Anila Quayyum Agha: Dualities,” the artist uses light and sculpture to transform gallery space into a surrounding visual experience with dramatic shadows and patterns on the ceiling, wall, and floor that visitors are unlikely to have seen in a museum before. The exhibit features three of Agha’s […]
Mali White is January’s Athlete of the Month
Last fall, Mali White was a starting forward/midfielder on Rye High School’s state champion girls soccer team. In the spring, she’ll be a starter on the Garnets’ varsity lacrosse team. But right now, she’s January’s Lions Club’s Athlete of the Month because of her winning ways on the school’s winter indoor track team. “We nominated […]
New Girls Hockey Team Takes the Ice
There’s a new girls varsity ice hockey team in town. Well, not in our town, exactly. In Mamaroneck. But nine players from Rye – seven who go to Rye High School and two who attend Rye Neck – are on the squad. And their families are soooo glad they no longer have to commute to […]