Headlines 10/7/11
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WHERE ARE THOSE JOBS? Protesters Keep Asking?
10 YEAR WAR. 1800 Americans Killed in Afghanistan.
PROSTATE CANCER. Tests Not recommended.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Feds Bust Dispensers.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. Shared By Three Women.
TIGERS MAKE YANKEES CHOKE. Do High Salaries Pay?
THE PICTURE HOUSE
WESTCHESTER ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL :: JOHN LANDIS WEEK ::
THE GUARD :: TABLOID :: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ::
BLACK ORPHEUS :: HERMAN & SHELLY :: COMING SOON ::
EDUCATION AND MEMBERSHIP
The Picture House calendar is overflowing with great events over the next few weeks, but before we even talk about that, there's a very exciting new development we want to share with you: TICKETS ARE NOW CHEAPER!
Occupy Wall Street Movement Grows
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Since it started on September 17th, there have been arrests, the use of pepper spray by police, but the national and international demonstrations continue, as Occupy Wall Street activists keep growing in numbers and their chants are heard louder. Wall Street ways must STOP NOW!
These appear to be folks from different walks of life, who are also frustrated protesters speaking out against many wrongs. Economic inequality, corrupt government, greed, student debt, along with the obvious benefit of being at the media center of the universe, which is right here in New York City.
Happy Hundred
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NY Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, (D-Bronx/ Westchester), (left) honored Amelia Romano McCann on her 100th Birthday. McCann, a former second grade teacher at Holy Rosary Catholic School, was presented with a proclamation thanking her for her years of service to the greater Allerton Community. Also pictured: City Councilman James Vacca and members of the Allerton Avenue Homeowners Association.
Vacca Celebrates Hispanic Heritage
NYC Council member Jimmy Vacca will be on hand to celebrate Hispanic Heritage at Throggs Neck Senior Center tomorrow.
LIU Dean - School of Visual and Performing Arts
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LIU's new Dean spoke before a packed house of talented visual arts staff and faculty members for the first time this week. Dr. Noel Zahler, a highly respected composer, researcher and administrator, who has led departments, schools of music and interdisciplinary programs at universities across the nation, started his hew job as LIU Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at the C.W. Post Campus.
Death of An Icon
Apple computer founder Steve Jobs has died at 56: His peers and followers fondly remember legendary inventor.
Fellow high-tech peers and even Jobs' competitors lamented his death, hailing him as a genius and a genuine innovator. Here is Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address:
Headlines 10/6/11
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THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN ICON. Jobs Was Apple Visionary.
PALLIN SAYS SHE'S NOT RUNNING. GOP VP Wont Go Away.
OCCUPY WALL STREET. Protesters in Their Third Week.
BLOOMBERG FEELS THE HEAT. FDNY Discrinination.
10 YEARS LATER. Life is Bleak in Afghanistan.
CHAMBER MUSIC SCHEDULE 2011-2012
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 3 pm | $25
Home of David Lewis and Anne Ackerley
407 West 246th Street | $25
KELLY HALL-TOMPKINS, Violin
JAY LEE, Piano*
Beethoven - Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No.2 - First movement
Chopin - Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Ysaÿe - Ballade (Sonata No. 3 for solo violin, "George Enescu")
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
Hofmann - Octet
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 at 3 pm
Home of Geoffrey and Sarah Gund
690 West 247th Street | $25
CHRISTINE DOOKIE, Flute*
IRINA MOROZOVA, Piano
A Concert Dedicated to Johannes Somary
Piazzolla - Tango Etude for flute