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What To Eat ... and drink:
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Zero Otto Nove: Arthur Avenue comes to Armonk  Chef Roberto Paciullo's restaurant, Roberto's, is the top rated Italian in the Bronx with a 26 food rating in the Zagats Survey. His Zero Otto Nove ("089") brought upscale dining to Arthur Avenue. After opening a second "089" in Tribeca he brought Arthur Avenue's finest to Armonk. When we were there. |
The Wine Doctor Is In: Should your wine be organic?  Wine Geeks sommelier Derek Todd gets more questions about health issues than wine pairings or selections. "Sometimes I have to check my sign out front to see if it says Mount Kisco Medical Group," he joked. If you buy organic grapes should your wine be organic too? Derek tell us what wine producers are putting in your bottle and how to avoid wiine headaches. More from the Wine Geeks Wine Doctor here. |
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What To Do: In and Around Town This Week
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Jamie's 5K Road Race in Armonk  Part of the Armonk Outdoor Art Show's weekend of activities, Jamies 5K Road Race features runs for the young and ... less young. Including the Petite Picassos 100 yd. dash, the Monet Mile and Jamie's 5K Run or Walk. Proceeds benefit children's programs at the library. Sun, 9/14: 9:45am. (Wampus Brook Park, 28 Maple Ave., Armonk; More on this in the Great Outdoors section of our Fall Events Guide. |
Armonk Cider & Donut Festival  This Armonk Chamber of Commerce celebration recreates the days when Schultz's farm stand attracted day-trippers to Armonk for the best apple cider and donuts in Westchester. With live bluegrass, a pie eating contest, apple juggling, donut fishing and cider and donuts. The event begins after Jamie's 5K "Run for Love". Sat, 9/14: 11am-2pm. Read more. |
BHPA Fall Carnival
The "new and improved" Byram Hills Preschool Association's Fall Carnival offers more rides than ever before, face painting, crafts and more. Pizza, frozen treats and beverages for sale. Sun, 9/14: 10am-2pm. (IBM Community Park, Armonk) |
New! Tribes Hill Music Festival at John Jay  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. |
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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A Cali Chard with notes of spiced pear & buttered popcorn  This week's Wine Geeks Wine of the Week is the Calera Chardonnay from the heart of California's Central Coast. This luscious Chard shows notes of golden apple, lemon and apricot with subtle aromas of spiced pear and buttered popcorn. Normally twenty-three bucks, with this week's discount it's only $19.54 a bottle! Buy it by the case and receive an even deeper 20% discount off of the original price! Use discount code CHARDGEEK to purchase. Thru Sun, 9/14. Wine Geeks, 559 Main St., Armonk, 914.273.WINE; www.winegeeksarmonk.com)
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Kids After School Programs for Fall  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. |
What To Do: With The Kids  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 lots of kids theatre in the What To Do: With the Kids section of our Fall Events Guide. Read more. |
Fall Survival: Finding the Best Fit College  Are you better off being a top student at Hartwick College or an average one at Harvard? In our annual College Prep feature we asked local experts their opinion. You might be surprised about what they had to say about this and how to find the best fit school for your child? Read more here. |
Fall Survival: Is your teen binge drinking?  Do you know everything you need to know about teen substance abuse? As a parent do you know how to talk to your child about drugs and alcohol? Is there even such a thing as responsible drinking for a teen? Dr. Nan Miller, of Mt. Kisco Partners in Prevention has a lot to say about that and offers tips on the long and short term consequences of teen drinking in What To Do's interview with her. Read more here. |
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Coming Up: In & Around Town
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Fall Music: Willie Nelson, Steely Dan, Robert Plant  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. |
Fall Theatre season begins with Dogfight at WPPAC  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. |
How To Give Back: Local Fall Benefits  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. |
Armonk Art Show & more Arts & Crafts Fairs  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. |
FUNKIFYIN THE KLAVE at NCPL
The Armonk Art Show weekend free musical event will be jazz sax-man Charlie LaGond and his rowdy friends. He will be thinking World Beat, jazz fusion and funk when he teams up with Robby Armen (drums), Lincoln Golines (bass), and Bill O'Connell (piano). Over a 35 year career Charlie has performed with Chet Baker, Chuck Mangioine, The Jackson Five, Natalie Cole and Kid Creole & The Coconuts. Sat, 9/20: 8pm. (Whippoorwill Hall, North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd. E., Armonk) More music. |
Caramoor Fall Festival: Roots, Jazz & Classical  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! |
Branford Marsalis kicks off PAC season on September 27  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. |
Martha Clarke's Chéri at PAC on September 28 Martha Clarke's interdisciplinary work fuses dance, theatre and music to tell a May-December romance in Belle Epoque Paris. Featuring American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Herman Cornejo, prima ballerina assoluta Allesandra Ferri, Academy Award nominee and Obie Award winner Amy Irving, Sarah Rothenberg (piano) and text by Tony Award- winning playwright Tina Howe (Painting Churches). The NYTs called it "gorgeous" when it premiered at the Signature Theatre in 2013. More on this and the complete PAC 2014-15 Season. |
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