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To sit all through seven Rocky movies, you're going to need the eye of the tiger and be ready to fly high now. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic boxing franchise, the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers is screening all seven Rocky movies on Dec. 3, starting at 11 a.m. Six of the movies, including "Creed" will be screened in 35 mm.
Mount Vernon native DMX was back in Westchester recently to thank the Yonkers police officers who helped save his life at a local hotel parking lot earlier this year. In February, the rapper was rushed to the hospital after first responders were alerted of a man who had collapsed, wasn't breathing and was unresponsive in the parking lot of the Ramada Inn in Yonkers.
Longtime educator Joyce Coppin Mondesire will be recognized for her service at a Yonkers-based nonprofit's annual fundraising gala. Leake & Watts has helped thousands of children and adults in Westchester and New York City overcome adversity and social challenges through special education, juvenile justice, pre-school, and other programs.
Chef Peter X. Kelly and New York Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer at the gala, which was held at Kelly's restaurant X2O Xaviars on The Hudson in Yonkers. YONKERS, N.Y. -- An organization that helps students in Yonkers get into and through college raised more than $400,000 from a recent gala.
Hudson Valley talent had a spotlight on its many faces during the Village of Brewster Film Festival over Labor Day weekend. Works by filmmakers, musicians, actors and producers from Ossining, Yonkers, Brewster, Lake Carmel, Pawling, Kent, Carmel and White Plains were all featured.
... Sea. Those who love the environment will be able to view and tour Pete Seeger's legendary Clearwater Sloop at the Yonkers Pier. Elsewhere in the city - at the Sara Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak, 35 Alexander St. - the Yonkers ...
The Junior League of Bronxville will help raise awareness about human trafficking through a one-time screening of "SOLD" at Yonkers' Showcase Cinema de Lux Ridge Hill, on Tuesday, Aug. 30. Based on the global bestseller "SOLD," by Patricia McCormick, this award-winning film tells the unforgettable story of a girl who risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India. "SOLD gives a voice to the millions of children who disappear every year.
