Park Hill

A friend writes:

Nortrud and Sherman Pincus have arranged a FREE classical music concert.

The Yonkers Public Library Foundation will present The Waterville Trio: Helene Jeanney, piano; Hanna Lachert (Ludlow Park Resident), violin; Qiang Tu, cello - Sunday, October 23, 4:00 PM, in the Pincus Auditorium of the Yonkers Library, Will Branch, Tuckahoe Rd.

This concert will be a prelude to a European Tour for the Trio. Admission is Free. Program will include Sergei Rachmaninov, Piotr Lachert, Ludwig Van Beethoven.

So get your Romantics on, baby, and check it out.

Continuing their century-long tradition of theater in Park Hill, The Racquet Club is pleased to sponsor Innovative Stages by offering our stage for the presentation of developing plays.

Tusk is the story of an elephant family’s quest for survival, and is a show that challenges the line between human and beast. An absorbing, thought provoking journey for the whole family.

This month’s production is the eighth the club has hosted, and the show is open to all. Suggested donations are $5.00 ($3.00 for students and seniors)

No word on whether Fleetwood Mac will actually be performing…

Innovative Stages will perform four one act plays at the Racquet Club this coming Friday night, May 6th, at 7:30. Suggested donation is $5.00. Here’s the link to the flyer with details of the plays.

Mark Miller Tuning his Bouzouki

Musicians Anonymous held their first Open Mic nite at the Park Hill Racquet Club Saturday night. Around 40 adults showed up to enjoy the cakes, gourmet coffee and music accompanied by uncountable numbers of small children (they appeared to be moving close to the speed of light.) The event also drew a few folks from neighboring Riverdale.

Dina Miller, daughter of event organizer Mark, opened the night with a charming set of traditional songs. Beth Kaufman then took the mic and covered several modern songs and an Irish traditional. Mark Miller and Kieran Michael closed out the night with two sets of originals and covers, and the audience brought Beth back for an encore.

From the children dancing in the hallway to the neighbors chatting at the bar over drinks, the evening had a festive air with one audience member commenting that the music enlivened the club, transforming it into a bohemian coffee house for a night. Watch this space for news of the next Open Mic Nite.

Tom Socol, Kieran Michael, Beth Kaufman and Mark Miller

This coming Saturday, April 30th and Sunday, May 1st, the Park Hill Residents’ Association will hold their annual tag sale. Let’s take the easy way out and block quote this:

Sat. 4/30 & Sun. 5/1 - Park Hill Tag Sale - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
RAIN or SHINE! Join your friends and neighbors for our community Tag Sale. This annual event has become known throughout Westchester as THE weekend for great bargains and deals. It’s also a fun way to meet your neighbors. Maps are available at participating homes on Rumsey Road. To get your house listed on the map, please contact Kathryn Buckley at 375-5125, by 3:00 pm Friday, April 29.

I picked up some great stuff last year, including a cool 1950s outdoor table and chair set.

Also on Saturday, come and enjoy an evening of acoustic music at the Racquet Club’s first Open Mic Nite: Musicians Anonymous.

A little further on the horizon is the Downtown and Waterfront’s Mayfair which will include lots of fun events and the opening of the farmers’ market.

The Park Hill Racquet Club will hold a Family Movie Night on this coming Friday, April 22, at 7:30PM. Bring a pot luck they’ll order pizza.

The film is The Thin Man one of a popular series of films casting a sophisticated, glamorous, leisure-seeking, and urbane husband-wife detective team (William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles).

For more info contact Robert Moment at:

1 914 376 0255 or rjmoment DOT applepromotions AT verizon DOT net

Don’t forget the Innovative Stages performance tonight.

And then there’s adult bowling Saturday at 8:00 (and no, “adult” is not a double-entendre in this context; get your head out of the gutter, will ya?).