The Chappaqua Children's Book Festival gained rapid notoriety drawing a crowd of 4,000 and rave reviews from the Huff Post. We have more on this and lots more kids entertainment and activities from the the New Castle Historical Society's Where's Horace History Hunt to Sesame Street Live at the County Center. There's kids stuff at Chappaqua Rec, NYBG, and the Hammond Museum. Plus, the Big Apple Circus, Disney on Ice and theatre for kids at the Emelin, the Ridgefield Playhouse and the Tarrytown Music Hall. Read more.

Our Fall Music Guide is now up on whattododigital.com. We list over 114 concerts in & around our towns. September alone finds Willie Nelson at the Ridgefield Playhouse, Steely Dan and Robert Plant at the Capitol Theatre. Also in September Jason Mraz is at Radio City Music Hall and there's lots of local music including The Caramoor Fall Festival, the new Tribes Hill Music Festival in Katonah and Ars Antiqua and the Chappaqua Orchestra in Chappaqua. Did we mention Phil Lesh, Natalie Merchant and Pit Bull? What To Do's Fall Music Guide.

Three marines on a boy's night out, before their deployment to Vietnam in 1963, reveals many teachable moments in the regional premiere of the Off-Broadway musical, Dogfight, from Ben Pasek and Justin Paul (A Christmas Story). Dogfight, which won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical in 2013 opens on September 19 at WPPAC. More on this and our Fall Guide to Theatre, Dance & Comedy here. 

The Fall Benefits Season offers lots of ways to party for a good cause. Our Fall Benefits calendar lists a dozen events that support local charities. Including the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester's Annual Golf Tournament and the Mount Kisco Child Care Center's Feed Me Fresh Benefit on Sat, 9/20. Join MKCCC at Ivanna Farms in Bedford Corners for tastings from 19 local eateries including Crabtree's Kittle House, Cafe Of Love and Village Social. More Fall Benefits here.

Local fall celebrations kick off at the Yorktown Grange Fair this week. Our Fall Events Calendar lists 12 autumn fests from the Armonk Cider and Donut Festival, to Bedford's Oktoberfest, the John Jay Barn Dance, and the Hawkwatch Festival and Green Bazaar at Greenwich Audubon. There's more family entertainment at Stone Barns, Muscoot Farm, the Hammond Museum and the New York Botanical Garden. Read more.

The Bedford Riding Lanes Association Fall Pace & Picnic at John Jay Homestead on 9/7 kicks off a mixed bag of seasonal events that defy category. But there's a lot for foodies here. From the BRLA's luncheon menu to Hudson Valley Restaurant week, a new Muscoot Farm Harvest Dinner and the Mount Kisco Rotary Club's Pancake Breakfast. Plus square dancing in Katonah, New Castle Community Day, Mount Kisco's Sidewalk Sales Days, a bonfire marshmallow roast at Boscobel and the annual Herb Fair at John Jay Homestead. Read more.

Stretch your legs this fall with a host of outdoor runs, walks, hikes and bikes. Fall road races begin this week with the Katonah 5K from the Katonah Village Improvement Society. Bicycle Sundays on the Bronx River Parkway start up again this weekend. And the Schooner Soundwaters also sets sail. Plus 10 more local events as mild as a walk in the garden and as rugged as the Sarah Biship Bushwack 10K Trail Race up Bailey Mountain in North Salem. More here.

Camp season is over. so get out those checkbooks (again) because its time to go shopping for Kids' After School Program for Fall. What To Do's Kids' Programs Guide offers over 100 local suppliers of kids school year activities including, sports, fitness, art, music, theater and dance, martial arts, tutoring and enrichment, aquatics and much more. Check out What To Do"s Kids Programs Guide here.

Join Dorothy and Toto on their way to meet the Wizard. Adapted from the MGM screenplay, this musical, at the Westchester Broadway Theatre has all the songs from the Oscar-winning movie; "Over The Rainbow," "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead," "If I Only Had A Brain," "We're Off To See The Wizard," "The Merry Old Land Of Oz." Read more.

The new Tribes Hill Music Festival (great idea) at John Jay Homestead in Katonah features 10 notable folk and roots bands including Red Molly and The Sloan Wainwright Trio. Bring your own instrument and join the Shovel Ready String Band in their song circle/jam tent. Plus, food and beverage vendors for locavores, arts & crafts vendors and activities for kids on Sun, 9/14. John Jay is a great venue for an outdoor music fest. More.

The Caramoor Fall Music Festival offers three nights of roots, jazz and classical music under the big tent. Featuring Bela Flek and Brooklyn Rider, the Knights with Jazz great Joshua Redmond and and the Knights with violin virtuoso Gil Shaham. Check out the Caramoor Fall Festival and 112 more musical events on our Fall Music Guide Now Up!

Ranked one of the country's top art shows by Sunshine Artist Magazine, the 53rd annual Armonk Outdoor Art Show features over 185 juried artists showing painting, photography, sculpture, pastels, printmaking, drawing, mixed media and wearable art. More fall antiques, arts & crafts events include the Chappaqua Antiques Show, the Chappaqua Crafts & Gifts Fair and top of the line craft fairs at Lyndhurst Mansion, Purchase College and in Rhinebeck.

NEA Jazz Master, Grammy-winner and Tony Award-nominee, Branford Marsalis kicks off PAC's 2014-15 season with an evening of saxophone jazz on Sat, 9/27. Marsalis received initial acclaim playing with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and brother Wynton's quintet. He has performed with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins. More jazz on PAC's schedule includes The Preservation Hall Jazz Band with R&B master Allen Toussaint, whose songs have been covered by The Rolling Stones, Jerry Garcia, Glen Campbell, Ernie K. Doe and Leo Dorsey. More PAC music here.