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Leslie Hayes in The Glass Menagerie
Palisades resident Leslie Hayes starred in Elmwood Playhouseʼs September production of The Glass Menagerie playing the iconic role of the mother, Amanda Wingfield. Leslie tried out for the role in May and was one of two finalists but lost out. Two and a half weeks before the opening she was asked to take on the complex role. “I worked all day to memorize 50 pages of dialogue and spent each night in rehearsal. I couldnʼt have done it without Mary Ann Brueckner and my husband Dennis who spent hours helping me practice my lines.” Leslie has appeared in several other Elmwood Playhouse productions including The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Frannie Breer Profiled in "Hook"
Long time resident Frannie Breer garnered the spotlight in the recent fall issue of The Hook magazine. Frannie recalls her time in Paris in the 40ʼs and 50ʼs with her artist husband and their return to New York in 1960. “It was a wonderful time, it was one big party; every weekend was a new show and you went because you wanted to see what other artists were doing.” Frannie is a talented artist in her own right, but she declares her four daughters to be her finest creations.

Attention Pottery Lovers
The Art School at Old Church in Demarest, N.J. is holding its 35th Anniversary juried Pottery Show and Sale on December 4th to 6th featuring work from twenty-seven leading potters around the country. Over 2,000 handmade and one-ofa- kind pieces that range from functional to sculptural will be featured. The Pottery Show & Sale serves as the chief fundraiser of the Art School at Old Church, a not-forprofit arts and cultural resource center.

The show kicks off with a festive champagne reception with desserts provided by Haroldʼs of Edison, N.J. on Friday, December 4th, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. A donation of $20 is suggested. It continues on Saturday, December 5th from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm and on Sunday, December 6th, from 12:00 to 5:00 pm with a suggested donation of $10.

GraceMusic’s 40th Anniversary Messiah Sing
GraceMusic began 40 years ago with its first Messiah Sing and has presented concert programs every fall and spring season since then. Grace Musicʼs Messiah Sing, the only one in Rockland, has become a holiday tradition where professional soloists perform the arias of Handelʼs masterpiece and the audience sings the choruses, especially the rousing “Hallelujah.” Sunday, Dec. 6, 4:00 pm, Grace Church (130 First Avenue) in Nyack. Admission to Messiah Sing is $10.

SLTA Tennis Tournament FINALS
On Sunday, November 1st, the SLTA Tennis Tournament FINALS 2009 were played after a number of rain delays. The winners are:
Women's Singles - Marianne Brown
Men's Singles - Mark Cohen
Mixed Doubles - Jane Bernick and Nick Ludington

Featured Designer
The interior design and architectural firm of Palisades resident Ernest de la Torre was featured on the cover of the November issue of Elle Décor, the number one shelter magazine in the United States. The featured project was the restoration of an historic 17 bedroom Tuxedo Park mansion originally owned by the Cooper family associated with the Cooper Hewitt museum in New York City. For more information about Ernestʼs work, visit his website at www.delatorredesign.com.

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Book by Alice Gerard Newly Translated
Glozel: Bones of Contention by Palisades historian Alice Gerard, originally published in 2005, will soon be available in French. The English version is currently available on Amazon.com. In it she discusses a controversial archeological discovery made near Vichy in 1924 in which approximately 3000 artifacts were found dating from the Iron Age and Medieval period. While much of the archeological world considered the find a hoax, more advanced dating technology has confirmed that the artifacts are most likely genuine.

For more information, visit her web site: www.glozel.net