
Tuesday, August 17 @ 7:30pm | Anna Rose and The August Infinity Benefit Concert [link] | Music Conservatory of Westchester, White Plains | Jon Chattman presents original rock music from singer/guitarist Anna Rose [link] and The August Infinity [link] to benefit the Music Conservatory of Westchester. The August Infinity band members include Joshua Hawksley, vocals, Frank Grullon, guitar, Peter Strzelecki, guitar, Chris Moss, bass, and Ian Pierce, drums. 7:30PM. $12 online; $15 at the door. All ages. Music Conservatory of Westchester, 216 Central Avenue, White Plains. 914-761-3900 For tickets, go to [link]
Sunday, Spetember 12 | The Annual Hudson River Swim for Life [link] | Sleepy Hollow - Nyack |
Join us for The Hudson River Swim For Life. Take part in a 3 mile swim across the Hudson River from Nyack, NY to Sleepy Hollow, NY or join the 1 mile swim along the shores of Sleepy Hollow. And this year, we are offering a pool option; Contact us for more information. Kayakers and boaters will be safely aiding the swimmers across the river. Swimmers of all ages will be taking part in order to raise funds for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Learn more about all of the options and register today!
Sunday, October 10 | Camp-A-Palooza | Camp Hillard, Scarsdale |
A Family Festival for all ages, featuring music by The Snacks (a.k.a. Pete and Maura Kennedy) and Bokandeye African-American Dance Theater (List in formation). Arts and Crafts, Zipline, mini-golf, basketball, playground, carnival games and more! A benefit for United Way of Westchester and Putnam’s Born Learning initiative. Visit [link] or Twitter for updates: twitter.com/Dcareywoodin.
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| Saturday, July 31 from 8:30am - 2pm Hastings Farmers Market [link] Hastings Public Libray Parking Lot The markets are every Saturday, rain or shine, in the Library Parking Lot. Please park in the Commuter Lot. |
| Saturday, July 31 @ 11am The Rozz & Val Show [link] Warner Library, Tarrytown The Rozz & Val Show is musical duo from Brooklyn made up of longtime collaborators Rozz Nash-Coulon and Andrew Vladeck. Their music incorporates tight harmony singing and high-energy pop, rock, ska, funk, hiphop, punk and folk to make for a sing-along-able, danceable, fun-filled show. |
| Saturday, July 31 from 11am –12:30pm Who's Eating Who? Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining [link] What did our owls have for supper? Meet a few of Teatown’s owls and dissect an owl pellet to find out. All Welcome. |
| Saturday, July 31 from 11am –3pm Scarsdale Sidewalk Sale [link] Village of Scarsdale Activities for kids include "The Nature of Things" of North Salem's petting zoo in Chase Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and will include an array of friendly and exotic animals. Additionally, the balloon artist Scott Kazan will be displaying his originality and inventiveness with balloons in Boniface Circle. He promises impress the crowd with what he describes as "lifelike" animal sculptures created from balloons. Visit the Scarsdale Patch [link] for more details. |
| through Sunday, August 8 Disney's The Little Mermaid [link] Tarrytown Music Hall Join The Tarrytown Music Hall's resident children theater “under the sea,” in this hour-long show featuring songs from the original animated film and the Broadway score. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and book by Doug Wright. Please visit their website for showtimes [link]. |
| Saturday, July 31 @ 1pm Gallery Talk at Dia:Beacon: Alexander Dumbadze on Dan Flavin [link] Dia-Beacon Free with museum admission. For reservations click here. Alexander Dumbadze is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at George Washington University. He is currently writing a book length manuscript entitled "Death Is Elsewhere: Bas Jan Ader and the Tension between Individual Will and Determinism." He is a co-founder, along with Suzanne Hudson and Joshua Shannon, of both the Society of Contemporary Art Historians and the Contemporary Art Think Tank. |
| Saturday, July 31 @ 2:30 pm Flights of Fancy Greenburgh Nature Center, Scarsdale [link] Butterflies seem to delight everyone. Come walk among the butterflies in our new indoor Butterfly Exhibit and have an informal chat with Travis Brady, Curator of Living Collections, who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about these “flying flowers." Included with Museum admission. |
| Saturday, July 31 from 4pm - 10pm 4th Annual Peekskill Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 [link] Intersection of Central Avenue and North Division Street, Peekskill There will be dancing in the streets once again as Peekskill presents the 4th Annual Peekskill Jazz & Blues Festival, a free outdoor concert featuring local artists who will share both their talents and their love of music. This year, Peekskill is proud to welcome late night jazz host Sheila Anderson of Jazz88 (WBGO FM), who will be hosting the evening’s festivities. Visit the website for the complete schedule of events. |
| Saturday, July 31 from 6pm - 8pm Midsummer Night Music with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra [link] Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial, Somers The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra performs works by several immortal and beloved composers during the final concert in this year’s “Midsummer Night Music” series with a program “Immortal Beloved”. Maestro Petko Dimitrov will conduct the orchestra in a performance of Overture to Egmont, Op. 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven, followed by Mozart’s Ballet Music from Idomeneo and Czech Suite, selections by Antonin Dvorak. The program concludes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4. |
| Saturday, July 31 @ 7pm
& Sunday, August 1 @ 3pm Godspell [link] Briarcliff High School Theater, 444 Pleasantville Rd, Briarcliff Manor Presented by Broadway Training Center, Hastings. "Godspell" is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time. Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, and featuring a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz, "Godspell" boasts a string of well-loved songs, led by the international hit, "Day By Day." This groundbreaking pop rock musical offers a unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love! |
| Saturday, July 31 @ 8pm Dr. John and the Lower 9-11 [link] Caramoor, Katonah Legendary pianist and singer, Dr. John (Right Place Wrong Time; Such a Night) has been cookin' up a gumbo of New Orleans-style R&B, blues, rock and boogie-woogie since the 60's. A celebrated icon and peerless performer, this classic rocker with the legendary gravely drawl and a buoyant riot of swamp-voodoo piano grooves, is at the top of his game and ready to bring the Saturday night party to Caramoor. |
| Sunday, August 1 from 12pm - 6pm River Day [link] Van Cortlandt Manor Visitors to this grand celebration of the environment can win one of three Fujifilm camera prizes by taking images at the event and posting them on Flickr! The festival-style River Day, which takes place from 12-6, is devoted to the history and ecology of the area's watershed. River Day includes two theatrical performances: Arm-of-the-Sea at 2pm and Hudson River Ramblers at 3pm. Take a boat-ride and celebrate our relationship to the river in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Hands-on activities include fishing, hearth cooking, and brick making, plus modern boat building with several organizations. Visitors can enjoy on-water opportunities, music, picnic food, and storytelling. SavATree will be offering a wood-sawing activity throughout the day. Everyone who attends may enter the photo contest. Winning images will be those that best capture the event and Van Cortlandt Manor. Your photos may include visitors, interpreters, activities, buildings, and landscape, and should provide context of the event and site. Three cameras will be given away as prizes: A Fujifilm FinePix HS-10, and two Fujifilm FinePix Z700EXR. |
| Sunday, August 1 @ 1pm: walk, @ 2pm: music & event Road to Freedom Walk [link] Gould Park & Mead House, Dobbs Ferry The walk starts with a salute to the 13 states, then follows route of the Continental Army in 1781. Them at The Mead House, there will be music, cannon display, costumed re-enactors. Road to Freedom 2010 is a shared initiative of The Dobbs Ferry Hostorical Society [link] and the Village of Dobbs Ferry. |
| through Sunday, August 8 Disney's The Little Mermaid [link] Tarrytown Music Hall Join The Tarrytown Music Hall's resident children theater “under the sea,” in this hour-long show featuring songs from the original animated film and the Broadway score. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and book by Doug Wright. Please visit their website for showtimes [link]. |
| Sunday, August 1 from 1pm - 4pm Exhibition Reception Remediate/Re-vision: Public Artists Engaging the Environment [link] Wave Hill, Bronx Remediate/Re-vision: Public Artists Engaging the Environment reflects Wave Hill’s continuing interest in art that engages environmental issues. A dozen remediative artworks sited in the U.S. and abroad, in settings as diverse as parks, water treatment facilities, waterfronts and city roofs, are represented through video, drawings, diagrams, photos, montages and models. The exhibition explores the role of artists as instigators, collaborators, activists and designers, raising awareness of such concerns as watershed fragility, industrial and natural history, personal responsibility and ecological balance. Artists: Lillian Ball, Jackie Brookner, Mags Harries and Lajos Héder, Natalie Jeremijenko, Patricia Johanson, Lorna Jordan, Matthew Mazzotta, Eve Mosher, Buster Simpson, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Suzanne Lacy and Yukata Kobayashi, George Trakas, Mierle Laderman Ukeles. August 1–November 28, 2010 |
| Sunday, August 1 @ 3pm Godspell [link] Briarcliff High School Theater, 444 Pleasantville Rd, Briarcliff Manor Presented by Broadway Training Center, Hastings. "Godspell" is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time. Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, and featuring a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz, "Godspell" boasts a string of well-loved songs, led by the international hit, "Day By Day." This groundbreaking pop rock musical offers a unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love! |
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