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Saturday, Mar. 17 @ 8pm NewUrbanJazz: The John Patitucci TrioRivertowns jazz master, Grammy award winning bassist extraordinaire for Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter performs with his trio featuring Jon Cowherd (piano) Adam Cruz (drums)

$20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

Friday & Saturday, Mar. 9 & 10 @ 8pm a Festival of One act Plays Red Monkey Theater Group and Axial Theatre will showcase some of Westchester’s most exciting actors and directors and an acclaimed local playwright. Audiences will sample short productions such as, Feathers Sometimes Sour on the Breath of God by Ward James Reily.

$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Mar. 3 @ 8pm NewUrbanJazz: Tony Jefferson Quartet Acclaimed singer, multi-instrumentalist leads his own quartet on vocals withJames Weidman (Piano) Richie Goods (Bass) Alvester Garnett (Drums) special guest Jay Hoggard (vibraphone) $20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

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Folk arts Presents: Mid-Winter Dance - Milonga del Arte - an Evening of Tango Raul Jaurena, bandoneon and Maurizio Najt, piano perform for Tango lovers, back by popular demand. Presented in association with Josie’s School of International Dance.$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Jan. 28 @ 7pm Folk arts Presents: Mid-Winter Dance - cajun Acclaimed accordion master Jesse Lege and his New York band, Bayou Brew cook up a Cajun gumbo for dancers of all levels.$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

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NewUrbanJazz: Hiroshi Yamazaki Quartet Yamazaki leads his quartet in an evening of original compositions and interpretations of the jazz repertoire, with Steve LaSpina (bass)Tony Jefferson (drums)Peter Furlan (Tenor Sax)$20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Feb. 18 @ 8pm NewUrbanJazz: Vaneese Thomas One of the great voices of our time and soul sister of the first rank. Daughter of R&B pioneer Rufus Thomas, Vaneese has brought her virtuoso vocal styling to hundreds of recordings. She will perform with her full band.

$20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Feb. 11 @ 7pm Folk arts Presents: Mid-Winter Dance – Mambo with Mayra Casales y CocomamaCocomama is an international group of women who are natives of such diverse places as Cuba, Israel, France, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and the US. They play hard-hitting, original Latin music deeply rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Instruction by Addie Diaz of Addie-tude Dance.$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

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Saturday, Dec. 10 @ 7pm Folk arts Presents: Mid-Winter Dance - bulgaria & Macedonia Acclaimed Balkan and eastern European dance mas-ter and musician Michael Ginsberg brings the sounds of Bulgaria and Macedonia with Cherven Traktor.$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

Friday, Dec. 9 @ 8pm Global Fusion: Music of North India Indrajit Roy Chowdhury (sitar) Naren Budakhar (tabla) Sraboni Roy Chowdhury (tanpura) with special guest Steve Gorn (bansuri flute)$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Dec. 17 @ 8pm Global Fusion: Trio Shalva Part III of the Nigunim festival 2011 - Israeli Folk and Jazz with Yonkers own acclaimed Israeli folk and jazz ensemble featuring Assaf Gleizner (Piano, Melodica) Koby Hayon (Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Oud) Nadav Snir-Zelniker (Drums, Percussion)

$15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

Live@artsWestchester highlights the talents of local performing artists and the work of community based cultural organizations in Westchester County. The 2011-12 winter season presents a mix of international music, Folk dance with live music and instruction for the whole family, theater and Jazz to ArtsWestchester’s own Grand Banking Room gallery.

The Global Fusion series highlights the musical mix of traditional and contemporary styles of North India, featuring Indrajit Roy Chowdhury and Trio Shalva with Israeli folk music and contemporary jazz both made possible with support from the NYSCA Presenting Program.

Our Folk Arts Program presents the Mid-Winter Folk Dance Series, a cross-cultural program of live music for participatory dance, spanning genres from Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Louisiana and Argentina, all performed by local artists. These events bring world class live music for dance with free instruction by seasoned teachers for beginner

to advanced dancers. Refreshments will be served. Made possible with support from the NYSCA Folk Arts Program.

Live@ArtsWestchester continues the NewUrbanJazz program, highlighting the talents of four Westchester based artists, featuring Music Conservatory of Westchester jazz faculty member and pianist Hiroshi Yamazaki, soul singer Vaneese Thomas, multi-talented Tony Jefferson as vocalist with his quartet and a season finale with the John Patitucci trio.

The theater selection offers a festival of one act plays by Westchester resident theater companies, the Red Monkey Theater and the Axial Theater companies in a showcase of new short works.

Please join us as we celebrate the vitality and variety of performing arts in Westchester County.-Tom van Buren, Director of Folk Arts and Performance Programs