Astaire's Music and Film at the New Rochelle Library

Fred Astaire fans are in for a treat Sunday and Monday at the New Rochelle Public Library.

One program will showcase music from Astaire's movies and the other will present a movie starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, New York Cabaret Unlimited will perform music from the dancer's movies in a fully staged and narrated program called Astaire Way to Heaven.

New York Cabaret Unlimited features vocalists Revecca Axelrod, Michael Abrams, Michael Fisher and Gary Skidmore. Linda Levine is the narrator, with Walter Levine, director and pianist, and Geoff Morrow, bassist.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis in the 138-seat Ossie Davis Theater. A donation of $2 is suggested at the door. The program is made possible by the Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library.

On Monday, at 2 p.m., the library will screen The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, which stars Astaire and Rogers. They play the renowned ballroom dancers in the years before World War I.

The movie is part of the series "Set in New Rochelle," which is part of the city's 325th Anniversary celebration.

The film begins in New Rochelle, where Irene Foote Castle—who was a 2011 New Rochelle Walk of Fame inductee—lived with her parents prior to meeting Vernon Castle at the New Rochelle Rowing Club.

There is no charge for viewing the 93-minute, black-and-white film.