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Throughout the month of September, the Alliance for the Arts (AFTA) presents a juried exhibition in conjunction with its Storm Stories oral history program abou

Throughout the month of September, the Alliance for the Arts (AFTA) presents a juried exhibition in conjunction with its Storm Stories oral history program abou

One of the artists participating in the Alliance for the Arts' Storm Stories exhibit in September is photojournalist Kinfay Moroti. Through 11 paired photographs, he presents "Hope: The Other Side of Hurricane Ian." He shares where his inspiration for the exhibition comes from.

The old adage that you don’t eat at a jazz club is being disproved on a regular basis by John Chambal at a haunt in Tarrytown devoted to America’s Great Musical Idiom. Here, the recipe for success includes a chef with a local following and fond memories of his Rivertown childhood. Chambal, a veteran caterer […]

Ellen Prior, Ryan Sands, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura, and Mark Morganelli © Kevin R. Mason On the weekend of June 11-12, 2021, the Jazz Forum nightclub in Tarrytown, New York presented the Christian Sands Trio. This was the third weekend since the grand re-opening of the club, after more than a year-long closure due to the pandemic. For jazz lovers in the Westchester County and New York tri-state area, this re-opening has been like a gushing spring after a long drought. Since the club re...

      The Helio Alves Quartet © Kevin R. Mason After over a year of being closed due to the pandemic, the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY, Westchester County’s only dedicated jazz nightclub, re-opened on the weekend of May 28-29, 2021. The nightclub had hosted numerous live streams during the past year. The streams were quite a healing balm during the worst of the pandemic crisis, keeping the music going while clubs were closed, and festivals were shut down or went online. During this time, j...