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Twyla Tharp, Danny Meyer Join Conversations At Manhattanville
PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Dancer, choreographer and author Twyla Tharp restaurateur Danny Meyer will be featured in upcoming Castle Conversations at Manhattanville College.Twyla Tharp graduated from Barnard College in 1963. Since then, she's choreographed 129 dances, 12 TV specials, six movies, four ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines.
Tharp received a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor.
In 1965, she founde…
Port Chester's Capitol Theatre Owner Replays Mixtape On 90th Anniversary
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Janis Joplin wrote "Mercedez Benz" in Vahsen's, a bar in Port Chester where the Capitol Theatre celebrated its 90th anniversary on Aug. 18, according to TheBluegrassSituation.com.To celebrate the opening of the Capitol Theatre on Aug. 18, 1926, owner Peter Shapiro created a playlist that includes Joplin's a cappella recording, said the report.
Jerry Garcia reportedly said, "See, there's only two theaters, man, that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting, and all that -- the Fillmore and the Capitol Theatr…
Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Monty Hall
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Happy birthday New Rochelle's Monty Hall.
The popular game show host turns 94 today.
The Canadian-American emcee, producer, singer and sportscaster, best known as the host of the television game show "Let's Make a Deal." He was born Monte Halparin on Aug. 25, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He was raised in Winnipeg's north end, where he attended Lord Selkirk School and later St. John's High School. Hall graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba, where he majored in chemistry and zoology.
Hall started his career in Wi…
