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Happy Birthday To Cold Spring's Dar Williams
POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Happy birthday to Cold Spring's Dar Williams.Williams turns 49 on Tuesday.
Singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk, Dar Williams (Dorothy Snowden Williams) was born April 19, 1967.
She is a frequent performer at folk festivals and has toured with such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, The Nields, Shawn Colvin, Girlyman, Joan Baez, and Catie Curtis.
Willliams was born in Mount Kisco, and grew up with two older sisters, Meredith and Julie in Chappaqua.
Her nickname "Dar" originated due to a mispronunciation of "Dorothy"…
'Great White American Teeth' Takes Stage In Stony Point Theater
STONY POINT, N.Y. -- The Penguin Rep Theatre in Stonry Point will kick off its 2016 season with a special event, "Great White American Teeth," written and performed by Fiona Walsh, directed by George Hesling, April 30 and May 1 at Penguin Rep Theatre, Stony Point, N.Y.Walsh is an Irish-born actress, comic, writer and producer. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin under Joe Dowling.
She first came to the United States in 1991, after having the biggest crush ever on Warren Beatty.
"I used to carry a bag of his photos around everywhere, even on vacation," …
New Rochelle Opera Gala Honors Met Soprano, Maestro
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- New Rochelle Opera will honor Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias and Maestro Eve Queler at its Annual Spring Gala Thursday, May 12.The annual event is the company's largest fundraiser.
About the honorees:
Rosalind Elias has performed more than 50 roles with leading opera companies throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Hamburg State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Santa Fe Opera, the Liceo in Barcelona, and the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon.
She has also perfo…
Happy Birthday To Yorktown's Robert Hanssen
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Happy birthday to Yorktown's Robert Hanssen.
Robert Hanssen turns 72 on April 18.
Born on April 18, 1944, in Chicago, Robert Philip Hanssen is a former FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001. He is currently serving 15 consecutive life sentences at ADX Florence, a federal supermax prison near Florence, Colo.
Hanssen was arrested Feb. 18, 2001, at Foxstone Park near his home in Vienna, Va., and was charged with selling U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and subsequently the Russian Federation …
