A Purchase Street stalwart may be going up in smoke. The Smoke Shop, a Rye institution for 38 years and purveyor of candy and various tobacco vices, has been put on a short leash, or a short lease, depending on how you look at it.
An unidentified buyer of the 53 Purchase Street building has given the shop a one year extension on its lease. Tony, the Rye Smoke Shop proprietor, would like to stay but does not know how things will turn out.
Rye's Christ Church is on NBC television. Well, it was on NBC television. In 1952.
Video blogger and Reverend Matthew Moretz of Christ Church has posted another installment of his video series on YouTube. Routing thru the churches archives (it looks a lot like a standard disorganized closet in the video), Moretz discovers some excellent historical photos from the 1950s.
The photos show church rector Dr. Wendell Phillips delivering a televised service over the NBC-TV airwaves on September 21, 1952 to a television congregation reported at 2.4 million.
2.4 million. Not bad. Moretz's video on YouTube only has 1,138 views as of this writing. Help him out and watch the vid. He has a lot of work to do to catch-up with Dr. Phillips:
The Journal News recently reported Rye corporation counsel Kevin J. Plunkett has a new day job. While many of us know Plunkett from viewing city council meetings on channel 75, he recently joined White Plains firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr as a partner.
(PHOTO: Rye's Plunkett on right, along with attorney David Boise in middle, famous for representing Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election and the Justice Department against Microsoft. Source: westchesterarc.org) Plunkett works in DelBello's commercial litigation and government relations practice groups. He was previously a partner at Thacher Proffitt and still serves as village attorney for Dobbs Ferry in addition to his work for Rye.
Rye's American Yacht Club will host the US Disabled Sailing Championships for the Independence Cup on June 6th - 9th. The Chicago Yacht Club hosted the first Independence Cup in 1990. This is the first time the event is being held in Rye.
(PHOTO: Marc LeBlanc (New Orleans, LA) wins the 2.4mR class of the 2007 Independence Cup. photo: C. Kirchner Source: ussailing.org) The International Paralympic Committee reports Cup Co-Chair Bill Sandberg saying: “Sailing is one of the only sports in the world where athletes with a disability can compete with able-bodied people as equal competitors.”
The Independence Cup is sponsored by UBS, The Carlyle Group, Dry Creek Vineyard and Heineken. Registration for the event is open to any sailor with a physical disability, in addition to meeting the eligibility requirements. More information:
U.S Disabled Sailing Championship Event Chairs
Bill Sandberg - 203-637-4989, bill_sandberg2003@yahoo.com
Ed Padin – 914-439-5476, ERPadin@aol.com
U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship National Committee Chair:
Kevin D’Aprile, 630-674-4257, kevin.daprile@gmail.com
US SAILING Championships Director:
Liz Walker, 401-683-0800 x651, Lizwalker@ussailing.org
Website: http://www.ussailing.org/championships/adult/usic
If you think your kids are good at Lego, go check out Nathan Sawaya. Nathan is not in your kids' pre-school class. He is a full time (adult) Lego artist. Really.
Thru August 17th, you can see Sawaya's show: "Nathan Sawaya: the Art of the Brick" at the Stamford Nature Center's Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries. There are numerous Lego sculptures, portraits, a massive dinosaur and a train city. Check out MyRye.com's complete photo album from the Sawaya Leo show. The nature center describes the show as:
"New York-based "brick artist" Nathan Sawaya has elevated LEGO® construction to an art form. Besides recreating objects and buildings - which he does, brilliantly - Sawaya uses the LEGO® brick as other artist's use canvas, stone, or clay: to express himself and to challenge viewers to interpret his creations. His amazing "Red, Yellow, and Blue" series explores emotion through the human form, reaching an artistic level not usually associated with a toy. Sawaya has been featured on some of the biggest talk shows around including The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman and The Colbert Report. His works are on display in major museums across the country."
Go to the Stamford Nature Center site from more information and visit Nathan Sawaya's site if you want a quote on a Lego family portrait.
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