Four Briarcliff High School seniors were selected for All-State ensembles with the New York State School Music Association, and will perform in a virtual concert this month. Harrison Beckler will sing bass in the All-State Mixed Chorus, Ari Mirsky will play percussion in the All-State […] Read more »
For most people, 2020 will be a year better forgotten. However, Emily Buchsbaum, an eighth-grader at Irvington Middle School, sees it differently. Last December, as the New Year approached, Emily decided that she “wanted […] Read more »
One day in Pleasantville in the 1970s, sisters Patricia and Catherine Cavalieri sat their youngest sibling Joseph down for an impromptu stained-glass class. Little did they know they were inspiring a career that would lead to […] Read more »
The Art Gallery at the Rockefeller Park Preserve presents, “Spacial Impressions”, a photography exhibition representing artistic selections from five exceptional multi-talented photographers. Co-curator Michael Garber, Walter LeCroy, Bobbi Lane, Lee […] Read more »
High school students in New York’s 17th Congressional District encouraged to submit original artwork for a chance to win annual congressional art competition Today, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY), announced that […] Read more »
Are you a poetic teen, living in Greenburgh? Would you like to be the town’s first “Youth Poet Laureate” or featured in their “Spoken Word” National Poetry Month event? Then check […] Read more »
WOVEN: SIX STORIES, ONE EPIC JOURNEY by Maureen Morrissey Published Independently Paperback, $10.99 ISBN: 9780578819167 Woven is my debut novel. I hope this book, written during the Covid-19 pandemic and begun the […] Read more »
When we profiled Briarcliff Manor resident and Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Shunzo Ohno in December 2019 (riverjournalonline.com/Shunzo), he was getting ready for one of his many live performances. Of course, that’s all changed due […] Read more »
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) announced its first annual White Rose Student Research Contest, open to 7th-12th grade students in the greater Westchester County NY area. The […] Read more »
This snowy winter has provided plenty of time to cozy up inside with a good book. We asked, Barbara Cohen, Bilingual Children’s Librarian at Warner Library in Tarrytown, for Women’s […] Read more »
