121 Restaurant Reopens with Jean Georges Protege
 North Salem's One Twenty One Restaurant reopened on May 7, after a 4 week renovation, with a new sleek, modern sensibility and new chef, Beck Bolender, whose New American menu with Asian influences can be traced to his experience as sous chef at Jean Georges in NYC. Read more. |
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What To Do: First Look Summer
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What To Do: With the Kids ... this summer
 The circus comes to Somers. Carnivals come to Armonk and Katonah. Our new Kids' Events Guide has 45 summer what to dos for families in & around our towns. There's boat rides, a plane ride, car races and fireworks! We take you to the farm, on the river, and to a nearby island. For your first look at What To Do: With the Kids this summer - read more here.
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What To Do: Summer Events: special foodie alert!
 We list over 60 local summer events from sidewalk sales to sailing on the Sound. And there's a foodie hook at just about all of them. We've got clambakes, and BBQs, an Oyster Festival and a strawberry festival. The Cafe of Love is now catering all events at the Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden. And you can take cooking classes at DiCicco's in Armonk, Crabtree's in Chappaqua, or Peter Pratt's Inn with Westchester Community College's A Taste Of Westchester. Read more.
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First Look! Where to hear: Summer Music 
Our Summer Music Calendar has 96 concerts from Wampus Brook Park to Jones Beach, Rigoletto to American Beauty, the Goo Goo Dolls to goo goo goo joob! We have the Clearwater Festival, the Pleasantville Music Festival, music in the park in Armonk, Bedford and Chappaqua and more. Find out where to see Norah Jones, Taj Mahal, Patty LuPone and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Did we mention James Taylor, Steely Dan and Cher?
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Our Summer Theatre & Comedy Calendar is live!
 Need a laugh? Our summer theatre & comedy calendar is live on whattododigital.com. Top comedy talent coming this summer includes Jeff Dunham and his puppet, Achmed the Dead Terrorist. You can see Dana Carvey, Bill Maher, Bob Newhart and more. There's local laughs from the Armonk Players, the Schoolhouse Theatre and the WPAC. Plus, outdoor Shakespeare on the Sound, the Hudson River and in the woods at Westmoreland Sanctuary. Summer laughs here.
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Sneak Peek: Caramoor Summer Music Festival  Joshua Bell, Patty LuPone, Roseanne Cash, Pat Metheny and Bruce Hornsby are some of the headliners this summer at Caramoor. There's a Jazz Festival, an American Roots Festival, opera, symphonic and chamber music, and dance evenings featuring music from Africa, Scotland and the Balkans. Find our complete Caramoor calendar of over 30 events right here.
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Luv! in Croton Falls
 Quinn Cassevale stars in Murray Schisgal's (Tootsie) 1964 hit comedy Luv! The play gave new meaning to the Henny Youngman punchline, "Take my wife, please." When Milt Manville saves his college buddy from jumping off a bridge he comes up with the idea to have him marry his wife so he can run off with his new girlfriend. The play, that won 3 Tony Awards, and takes a page from the Neil Simon canon pokes fun at the La Dolce Vita world of the early 1960s. It opens at The Schoolhouse Theatre on 5/29 and runs through June. More local performing arts here.
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Stayin Alive 5K and Fun Run in Armonk
 This new event is organized by the newly formed non-profit Stayin Alive whose mission it is to raise funds for North Castle First Responders. It features a 5K run followed by a fun run for kids. Start point is Armonk's Windmill Club. Lovely. Sat, 5/31: 8am. (The Windmill Club, 10 Maple Way Armonk) More on this.
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Garden Party at John Jay Homestead
 The Friends of John Jay Homestead's In The Garden event celebrates the Homestead's remarkable gardens and grounds. Sip cocktails among the peonies and iris, followed by dinner and dancing under a tent in front of the historic house. The Friends will present the Founders Award to Wendy Ross, retiring Executive Director, who has dedicated 25 years to preserving and enhancing the Homestead. Sat, 5/31: 6:30-11pm. (400 Jay Street, Katonah, 914.232.8119; More summer events here. |
Running Goddess 5K in Katonah
 The Running Goddess 5K race and Kids' Trail Run at Lasdon Park is a family event that helps support The Running Goddess Scholarship Fund founded by Bettina Sementilli as the philanthropic arm of her store Cross Sport woman in Katonah. The scholarship fund supports female students in Westchester and Putnam County interested in pursuing a math, science or technology education. Sun, 6/1: 8am. (Lasdon Park, 2645 Amawalk Rd., (Rt. 35) Katonah; Register here. |
Christo to receive KMA's Himmel
 The legendary artist Christo, will speak and accept the KMA's Himmel Award, in honor of his artistic partnership with his wife Jeanne Claude who passed away in 2009. Their provocative large scale works (The Gates in Central Park and Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin) redefined public environmental art. Reception, lecture and optional dinner. Sun, 6/1: 5pm. (Chappaqua Crossing Auditorium, 480 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua) Read more. |
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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Drink this Sardinian red and live to be 100?  This week's wine of the week is the Surrau 'Juannisolu' Cannonau di Sardegna from Sardinia. This wine made from the Cannonau or Garnacha grape in this part of the world is rumored to have the highest amount of Reservatrol of any wine anywhere! Hence the large number of centenarians in Sardinia? This juicy red shows notes of plum and cherry perfumed with wildflowers, Italian herbs and spice. Normally $17.99, with this week's discount it's only $15.29 a bottle! Buy it by the case and get an even deeper 20% discount. Please use Discount Code ITALIGEEK to purchase. Through Sun, 6/1. (Wine Geeks, 559 Main St., Armonk, 914.273.9463; www.winegeeksarmonk.com)
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 Cheers for Children: Wine tasting for MKCCC
Join the Mount Kisco Child Care Center for an evening of wine tasting, nibbles, jazz and garden views to benefit the MKCCC scholarship program. This event at the beautiful Travelers Rest in Ossining is sponsored by Mount Kisco Wines & Spirits. The Center is a non-profit, non-sectarian child care organization licensed by the NY State Office of Children and Family Services. They care daily for over 160 children from 3 months to 12 years old. Wed, 6/4: 6:30-8:30pm. (Travelers Rest, 25 Saw Mill River Rd. (Rt. 100 Ossining; www.mkccc.org) |
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Lasdon Commemorates D-Day
 This military vehicle show and D-Day exhibit features big band music from the Gerard Carelli orchestra, food from the field kitchen, and military memorabilia presentations and sales to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, France, noon to 7 p.m., Sat, 5/31: 12-7pm. (Lasdon Park Arboretum and Veterans' Memorial, 2610 Rt. 35, Katonah; What To Do: Kids. |
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Summer Camp Guide
Check out our guide to over 200 area day camps. Search categories for All Around Camps, Sports, Art, Dance, Music and Theatre, Martial Arts, Nature and Specialty Camps. Or search by keyword like chess, computers, filmmaking. (Photo courtesy of Breezemont Day Camp) Read More.
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Jacob Burns Gala: Demme, Streep & Neil Young
 A Tribute to Jonathan Demme with Meryl Streep and Neil Young: Meryl Streep will present the JBFC Vision Award to Jonathan in recognition of his outstanding career as a filmmaker, as well as for his involvement in the JBFC. Neil Young will participate in the program, along other special guests. Read more about this special event here. |
The Armonk Players Play On
The Armonk Player's take on Rick Abbott's comedy about a community theatre group's trials (without tribulations) of producing an ill-advised script,
Murder Most Foul, from one of it's members . Play On! presents Murder Most Foul in rehearsal, in dress rehearsal and then as an opening night production. It changes every step of the way ... but it doesn't get any better. Directed by Mark Pierce. Fri-Sun, 6/6-14. More on this and more local theatre here.
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Kensico Burger & Beer Blast
 Top chefs from over 30 Westchester restaurants gather at the Kensico Dam to serve up their take on the better burger. Including: 42 The Restaurant, Crabtree's Kittle House, X2O's Xavier's on the Hudson, Restaurant North, Le Jardin Du Roi, Pony Express, Pow! Burger and more. Chow, quaff and vote for the "Cadillac of Burgers". With craft beer, wine and craft vodka cocktails from Chef Peter Kelly and Slovenia Vodka. Plus music from indie rock/pop/soul band Mary C and The Stellars. Fri, 6/6: 6-10pm. (Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla; More on this and 65 summer events. |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Small Town Theatre:
 Christopher Hampton's 1985 drama from the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos tells the story of rivals and ex-lovers whose cruel game of pretense brings humiliation and degradation to two young lovers they pretend to help. The play starring Alan Rickman was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Academy and came to Broadway in 1987. Stephen Frears' 1988 screen adaption starred Michelle Pfeifer, Glenn Close and Jon Malkovich. Directed by Tom Kramer for the Small Town Theatre. Fri-Sat, 6/6-7: 8pm. (Hergenhan Hall, 40 Maple Ave., Armonk; More local theatre and comedy here. |
 White Plains Art Fest
The 52nd White Plains Outdoors Art Festival is a juried show of one-of-a-kind jewelry, crafts and artwork. This free event offers food and a children's art work-shop. Proceeds help provide scholarships to White Plains HS seniors pursuing a college degree in fine arts. More on this & more local events here.
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