Win a dinner for two at La Cremaillere
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Watch "Days of Heaven", chat with Richard Gere
Tickets are still available for the Bedford 2020 benefit screening of Terence Mallick's "Days of Heaven", featuring a conversation with its star,  and Bedford 2020 supporter, Richard Gere. The movie won Mallick the Best Director award at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. All funds raised from the event will support Bedford 2020 projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020. Tues, 6/4: 6:30pm reception; 7:30pm screening. (Avon Theatre, 272 Bedford St., Stamford)  www.bedford2020.org

The Armonk Players present Parallel Lives
In this play by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, based on The Kathy and Mo Show, two angels go back in time to give us a feminist view of the creation of the world that answers questions like why is childbirth so painful and why do men have such big egos. Followed by a series of skits showing men and women struggling through the rituals of modern life: teenagers on a date, a man and woman at a country-western bar, and sisters at their grandmother's funeral. Fri-Sat, 6/6-7: 8pm; & Sun, 6/8: 3pm. (Whippoorwill Hall, 19 Whippoorwill Rd., E., Armonk) www.armonkplayers.org

Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers
The Schoolhouse Theater presents Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Watch the nebbishy Barney Cashman try to catch up with the sexual revolution of the sixties and strike out three times - with a whiskey swilling sexpot, a mad actress, and his wife's best friend. The play premiered on Broadway with James Coco and Linda Lavin in December, 1969 and closed in September, 1971. It was adapted for the screen in 1972 starring Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman and Paula Prentiss. Thurs-Sun: 6/6-30: 8pm. 3pm on Sundays.  (Schoolhouse Theater, 3 Owens Rd., Croton Falls) www.schoolhousetheater.org

Snapping Turtle Walk at Boscobel 
Here's a remarkable Hudson Valley phenomenon you probably never knew about. Every year these prehistoric creatures climb the banks from Constitution Marsh to Boscobel to lay their eggs. Pack your camera and head up to Boscobel's Belvedere, overlooking the Hudson River and its Highlands, to witness the Hudson Valley's version of March of the Penguins. Read More

What To Do's Summer Camp Guide
Here's everything you need to know about over 200 area camps offered by 89 camp organizations. Browse our camp listings in alpha order. Search by category: sports; nature; arts, dance, music and theater; and all around camps. Or search by keyword like tennis, swimming, photography or chess. Developed over five years in What To Do: Armonk, Bedford & Chappaqua magazine, our camp guides are now available online.  Link

Armonk Lions Club Fol de Rol
Ride the Rip Cord, Tornado, and the Tilt-A-Whirl. Visit the Fun House. You know the school year is almost over when the Armonk Lions Club Fol De Rol comes to town. With carnival games, pony rides, music, food and carnival prizes. (You can never have enough stuffed animals.) Just buy the kids a $20 wrist band, good for unlimited rides, and let them run wild. There's even a crafts fair for adults whose rip cord days have passed them by. Thurs-Sun, 6/6-9:  Check for times:  (Wampus Brook Park, Armonk)

The 2013 Katonah Fire Department Carnival kicks off with the annual Fireman's Parade on Wednesday, June 5 at 7:00pm. The carnival continues on Thursday and Friday, June 6-7 from 6-10pm. And concludes on Saturday, June 8 from 1-5pm. Ride all night for one price on Thursday June 6 and again on Saturday, June 8. (Katonah Fire Department, 65 Bedford Rd., Katonah) www.katonahfd.org

Walk to help the Sun Rise for Kids with Cancer
Help send children with cancer to the new Sunrise Day Camp in Pearl River, NY. This family-friendly walk-a-thon helps raise money for the camp which is free of charge for kids. The camp is designed to meet the emotional, social and physical needs of children while allowing them to continue their medical treatment. There will be a Finish Line Celebration with fun activities for kids. Sun, 6/9: 10am. (Henry Kauffman Campgrounds, 89 Sickeltown Rd., Orangeburg, NY; 914.741.0333 x23) www.sunrisewalks.kintera.org

Judy Collins at The Clearwater Festival
Judy Collins is just one of the reasons that Outside Magazine calls The Clearwater Festival one of the top four music festivals in the country. She will be joined by some of the greatest musical icons in American roots music including Pete Seeger, Kirs Kristofferson, Hot Tuna, David Bromberg, Mavis Staples, Son Volt and over 90 other performers. In addition to the music, The festival offers two days of family oriented and educational activities on the Hudson River. Read More

Animals & Acrobats at Van Cortland Manor
Historic Hudson Valley's Animals & Acrobats captures the spirit of an early American traveling circus with a cast of infinitely clever characters who perform on a stage in the round. Including the comedy, juggling and acrobatic troupe Boston Circus Guild, the conservation group Two by Two Zoo, birds of prey from Flight of the Raptor, plus tightrope walkers, mimes and more. Free popcorn for children under 18 when you purchase tickets online. Sat-Sun, 6/22-23: 10am-5pm. (Van Cortland Manor, 525 S. Riverside Ave., Croton on Hudson) www.hudsonvalley.org

Hot Ticket Alert: A Night On Fire
Historic Hudson Valley has expanded its A Night on Fire event at Phillipsburg Manor to four performances on two nights. The circus style event features the fire juggling comedy troupe A Different Spin in a choreographed evening of fire arts. Expect 4 flame-wielding, fire eating performers juggling, dancing, and sword fighting. Did we mention sword fighting? Read more

Celebrate Wine Geeks 4th Anniversary for a chance to win a private in-store wine class for 8 to 12 people
Drink Pink. This week's Wine Geeks Wine of the Week is the Commanderie de Preissen 'Le Rose' 2012 from the Languedoc in France. Juicy and refreshing, it brings to mind peach lemonade laced with hints of raspberry and rose hips. Normally $13.99, with this week's discount its only $11.89 a bottle. Buy it by the case and get a 20% discount. This week is Wine Geeks' 4th anniversary. Stop by Thurs-Sun to celebrate and enjoy a Wine Geeks Anniversary Rose' Tasting. Enter their drawing for a chance to win a private in-store wine class for 8-12 people. Through Sun, 6/9. (Wine Geeks Armonk 559 Main St., Armonk; 914.273.WINE) winegeeksarmonk.com

HVSF at Boscobel: June 11-Sept 1
If you ever felt like Shakespeare wrote in a foreign language, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is for you. Their bawdy, contemporary take on Shakespeare's comedies will make you feel like you're watching an episode of 30 Rock. Even Shakespeare's difficult plays are made accessible by their economy of style and clarity. And the breathtaking views of the Hudson, and summer breezes wafting through the tented theater sure beats a stuffy old Broadway venue. Pack a picnic lunch and a bottle of wine and it's all good.  Read More

Spuyten Duyvil kicks off Caramoor at KMA on June 12
Bring your own food, enjoy the complimentary beer and wine and spend a musical summer evening in the KMA Sculpture Garden amidst the enormous spruce trees and the ongoing exhibit of Andrea Lilenthal's Six Ladders. For the first time, KMA and Caramoor will co-produce a trilogy of roots, jazz and classical music concerts. First up on Wed, 6/12 is the Hudson Valley Alt-Roots band Spuyten Duyvil. Stephen Winick of the Huffington Post called them "an eight piece powerhouse of guitars, fiddles, harmonica, lap steel, bouzouki, ... and high energy vocals." Read more

Your Complete Guide to the Caramoor Music Festival
The Caramoor 68th Summer Music Festival opens on June 22 with its first ever Broadway Production, She Loves Me. In addition to its first venture in musical theatre the festival presents more than fifty-five acts over 29 nights from classical music and opera to jazz, cabaret, Caribbean and American roots music. Featured artists range from the opera soprano Angela Meade, and cabaret superstar Audra McDonald to folk-pop icon Suzanne Vega. Hot tickets include Read More

The Westchester Phil with Jeremy Denk
The Westchester Philharmonic's season finale features guest conductor Tito Munoz and pianist Jeremy Denk. The program includes Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. Tito Munoz was recently named Music Director at The Opera National Lorraine and has guest conducted many of the world's top orchestras. Jeremy Denk has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras including the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and London Philharmonia. The NY Times described his playing as "effortlessly virtuosic and utterly joyous." Fri, 6/28: 8pm & Sat, 6/29: 3pm. (Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase) www.westchesterphil.org

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