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What To Do: In and Around Town
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HOT TIP: Wednesday at the Katonah Museum of Art
 ProjectTrio, brings their high energy, eclectic chamber music to the sculpture garden at the Katonah Museum of Art in this second of a three part Caramoor at KMA series. By eclectic we mean anything from The Flight of the Bumblebee to Guns n' Roses to the Super Mario Brothers theme song. Hear them play Dave Brubeck's Blue Rondo a la Turk on whattododigital,com. |
Summer Concert Series in Chappaqua
 Breezemont Day Camp's Summer Concert Series from the Chappaqua-Millwood Chamber of Commerce continues this Wed at the gazebo on Recreation Field at 7pm where the Chappaqua Orchestra will perform summer classics with guest clarinetist Eric Drucker. Next week The Don Dupont Big Band plays the music of the 40s. And Chappaqua's own Bruce Springsteen tribute band, Tramps Like Us finishes up on 7/30. More local music. |
Opera week at Caramoor
 Caramoor's Opera week kicks off on Thursday in the Spanish Courtyard with a Bel Canto Showcase featuring bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs performing Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Rossini and Verdi. On the weekend Caramoor presents a staged concert of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia on Fri, and Verdi's Rigoletto on Sat. With the Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by Will Crutchfield. More Caramoor Festival here. |
Sunset Jazz Series at Lyndhurst Mansion
 Lyndhurst Mansion's Sunset Jazz series continues this week with vocal and instrumental jazz of the Tony Jefferson Quartet. These picnic friendly events are held on Lyndhurst's bowling alley hill Thursdays through 8/28. New this year are two Swing Dance Parties. For the full summer lineup read more here. |
Carriage House Theatre at Lyndhurst
 Lyndhurst's resident theatre company M&M Productions production of the comedies Show People and Travels with My Aunt continue through Sat, 8/2. Picnic on the mansion grounds before the show. Our mid-summer theatre and comedy update includes more on this and a new production of the Alfred Uhry play Parade at the WPPAC. Read more. |
Summer Music this week: Franki Valli, Foghat & more 
Franki Vallie & the Four Seasons are at the Capitol Theatre this week, Procol Harun plays the Ridgefield Playhouse on Fri. Paramount Hudson Valley presents Eaglemania, "the world's greatest Eagles tribute band", on Fri, and classic rockers Foghat ("Slow Drive", "Fool for the City") on Sat. Natalie Merchant is in Tarrytown on Sat. More Summer Music here.
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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A Pinot Noir Rose from the Loire Valley  This week's Wine Geeks Wine of the Week is the Roger & Didier Raimbault Sancerre Rosé from France's Loire Valley. This elegant and refreshing rosé of Pinot Noir is the perfect summer quaff with supple notes of black raspberry, cherry and plum perfumed with violets, porcini and spice. Normally twenty-five bucks, with this week's discount it's only $21.24 a bottle! Buy it by the case and get an even deeper 20% discount off of the original price! Use discount code ROSÉGEEK to purchase. Through Sun, 7/20. (Wine Geeks, 559 Main St., Armonk, 914.273.9463; www.winegeeksarmonk.com)
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Summer Circus in Stamford
 The National Circus Project brings its cast of jugglers, acrobats, aerialists, hula hoop artists and clowns to Stamford's Palace Theatre in July. More what to dos with the kids include summer carnivals, the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival, a baseball card show and more. Read more. |
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Pirate Adventure On Sheffield Island: Ferry over to Sheffield Island for a day of pirate themed activities at the lighthouse. Sat-Sun, 26-27 & 8/2-3. (Sheffield Island Ferry Dock, Washington/N. Water St., Norwalk) More Kids Stuff here.
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Free Movie Night in Bedford
 The Bedford Village Chowder & Marching Club presents their annual Movie in the Park. THIS YEAR'S FLICK: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERESTRIAL. Fri, 7/18: 8:30pm. (Bedford Village Memorial Park, 65 Greenwich Rd., Bedford) You can find more stuff to do with the kids this summer including CORNucopia at Philipsburg Manor right here. |
Shakespeare in the Sanctuary in Mt. Kisco
 Westmoreland Sanctuary's 2nd Annual Shakespeare In The Sanctuary presents The Tempest. This 60 minute family friendly production, hailed as Westchester's only outdoor Shakespeare Festival, is presented in the natural setting of the sanctuary. Follow the action through the sanctuary woods, picnic before the show, enjoy a marsh-mallow roast after. Read more. |
Putnam County 4H Fair
 Produced by the Cornell Cooperative Extension this fair offers three days of family entertainment with horse shows, dog show, animal showmanship of all kinds, environmental education exhibits, games, crafts, food and music. Read more. |
Mario Batali Family Dinners at NYBG
 Family foodie fun at the New York Botanical Gardens. Featuring hands-on garden and craft activities, cooking demonstrations and a three course family style meal from Mario Batali's chefs. Four events beginning on July 27. Read more. |
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Coming Up: In & Around Town
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Summer Music Update: Lady Antebellum, The Zombies ...
 There's lots more music coming up including Lady Antebellum, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Buffett, and Wiz Khalifa at Jones Beach; the Caramoor Jazz Festival; Gogol Bordello, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Kenny Loggins, The Zombies, Eminem and Rihanna, and more. Check out summer music updates here. |
What are you doing the rest of the summer?
 Our newly designed What To Do: In & Around Town guides offer over 100 hundred events yet to come for summer. Everything from Bob Newhart and Andrew Dice clay at the Paramount Hudson Valley, and comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham at Stamford Center for the Arts to a new production of Alfred Uhry's Parade at WPPAC plus family events for the kids, museums and more. Summer Events, Kids Stuff, Music, Theatre, Comedy. |
Ghana comes to Caramoor
 Music, dance, stories and song from Africa Wonba with the Wassa Pan Afrika Ensemble - the most renowned traditional African dance and drum performance group in Ghana. Wed, 7/23: 5pm. Complete Caramoor Festival guide here. |
What To Do: Summer Events: special foodie alert!
 A Taste of Westchester, a series of special cooking classes and tasting events from Westchester Community College comes to Armonk on July 24. Make shish- kebob, get marinade tips and taste some summer brews. Find out more about these tasty evenings and more events for foodies here. |
David Grisman Sextet at Caramoor
 There's more great roots music at Caramoor in July as the David Grisman Sextet takes the stage at the Venetian Theatre on 7/25. For a complete list of Caramoor Summer Festival Events click here. |
Paul Shaffer & Daddy Bands for Music Therapy in Katonah
 Daddy bands The Shaves, Ask Your Mom and ONL are joined by Paul Shaffer, of The Late Show With David Letterman, and legendary jazz trumpeter from Blood Sweat and Tears Lew Soloff, in a musical evening to support the Music Therapy program at Northern Westchester Hospital. With MC Ray Ellin - host of Gong Show Live at The Comic Strip. Sat, 7/26: 7-10pm. (The Harvey School, Walker Center for the Arts, Katonah) Read more. |
Chappaqua Sidewalk Sale & Taste of Chappaqua
 This three day event, from The Chappaqua-Millwood Chamber of Commerce, offers steep discounts, samples and bargains to die for up and down King St. and Greeley Avenue on Thurs-Sat, 7/24-26. Participating retailers will offer sales inside their stores and on the street. It all gets rather tasty on Sat, 7/26 when the restaurants kick in with their own promotions in Taste of Chappaqua. More summer events. |
Summer Concerts at Wampus Brook Park
 The Small Town Theatre Company's Summer Concerts in Armonk's Wampus Brook Park continues on Sat, 7/26 with Broadway favorites from The Hager Trio; the a capella groups Chances Are and Our Town on 8/9; and The Swingaroos will perform golden oldies from Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey on 8/26. More details & more summer events here. |
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