Fall Happenings at the Scarsdale Womans Club

The Scarsdale Woman's Club is gearing up for a new year full of entertaining and educational programs and community outreach. All opening programs and most Wednesday programs throughout the year are open to the public free of charge at the Scarsdale Woman’s Club at 37 Drake Road in Scarsdale.

Everyone is invited to an open house and membership drive Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 1-4 pm. Members of club sections on art, literature and film, music, world culture and travel, home and garden, personal investing, pottery and food and dining will showcase their activities and answer questions. Attendees can learn about trips to theaters, museums and other places of interest; special events, and the club’s support of local philanthropies.

You don’t have to wait for the membership drive to sample the club’s diverse offerings. Here’s what’s on tap for fall:

Around the World Trivia will be presented by the club’s World Cultures and Travel Section Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 2 pm. Joanne and Steve Auerbach will lead a Jeopardy-style around-the-world trivia game in which everyone can participate. Bring your travel memories, your thinking caps and your sense of fun!

The club’s Art Section will host Page Knox, a popular speaker from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and adjunct professor of art history at Columbia University on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 2 pm. She will give an illustrated talk on the Harlem Renaissance exhibit that recently closed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Whether or not you got to see this show at the museum, you will feel like you did through this engaging program.

The club’s pottery group will welcome everyone to the studio in the lower floor of the clubhouse for a tour and demonstration Thursday, Sept. 12, 10:30-12:30. Newcomers can try their hands at a simple project. No experience necessary!

“Olive Oil: Myths, Facts, Health Benefits” will be the topic of the Food & Dining Section on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 2 pm. John Arlotta of Arlotta Food Studio will offer tasting samples, recipes, and a selection of items to buy.

Leslie Chang, a trustee of the Scarsdale Historical Society, will present a film entitled “Scarsdale in the 18th & 19th Centuries: From Hardscrabble Farms to Gracious Estates” at the Home & Garden Section opener Thursday, Sept. 19, at 2 pm. Houses to be discussed include Underhill House (c.1687), Wayside Cottage (c.1717), Burgess House (c.1750), Cramer Crane House (c.1851) and the club’s own Rowsley Cottage (c.1858).

The Literature & Film Section will present a poetry reading Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 2 pm. Kathleen Williamson will read from her poetry book "Feather & Bone." accompanied by images and bird notes from Saw Mill River Audubon executive director and photographer Anne Swaim.

Finally, the Alegria Ensemble will perform in the Music Section opener Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 2 pm. Previously known as the Balsam Trio, Alegría includes violinist Chloe Dickens, cellist Sara Strozzo and pianist Ricky Asher Moreira.

Looking ahead, the club is getting ready for the huge tag and book sale Oct. 19 and 20 that supports local charities, and our popular wine tasting and silent auction on Nov. 14 at 7 pm. Free admission to both events!

For more information, go to https://www.scarsdalewomansclub.org/. Our website is updated monthly. Or call 723-0024.