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What To Do: In & Around Town This Week
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Broadway star joins New Castle Community Sing  Broadway star Jeanne Lehman joins The Chappaqua Orchestra at the New Castle Community Sing and tree lighting event. The orchestra will also perform the music of composer Brad Ross and the premiere of a new Christmas song by Michael Shapiro, along with traditional holiday favorites for the sing-a-long. Sat, 12/6: 3:30 pm. Tree lighting at 4:30pm. More.
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Bedford Jingle Pass WeekendHosted by the Bedford Village Business Association, Jingle Pass Weekend is kicked off with a countdown to the tree lighting and hot chocolate at the firehouse on Fri, 12/5: 6:30pm, followed by caroling and the annual tree lighting ceremony on Village Green. Throughout the weekend there will be a spirited shopping atmosphere with discounts and treats offered by local merchants. The Bedford Historical Society will open the Courthouse on Fri-Sat, 12/5-6: 12-4pm. More Holiday Events.
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The Armonk Players present A Midsummer Night's Dream  The Armonk Players set William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in modern times offering an imaginative take on the Bard's popular comedy and lots of surprises. Opening on Sat, 12/6 at Whippoorwill Hall. More winter theatre, dance & comedy.
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Swan Lake at PAC  Suzanne Farrell, a principal dancer for George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, was one of the world's greatest lyric ballerinas. She continues to stage his works all over the world with her Suzanne Farrell Ballet. The company's program at PAC includes his enchanting one-act classic, Swan Lake. Theatre & dance.
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The Four Seasons, Messiah & The Brandenburgs  The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's final PAC performance for the 2014-15 season features Vivaldi's masterpiece, The Four Seasons, and works by Albinoni, Geminiani, and Telemann this Saturday. There's more on this - plus where to hear Handel's Messiah, The Brandenburg Concertos and other Holiday music in our Holiday Events. More Holiday Music.
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Winter Wonderland at Kensico Dam & a whole lot more  Winter Wonderland at Kensico Dam Plaza Park continues this week with ice skating, holiday music, a choreographed light show, food, crafts and more entertainment. Read about this exciting new event from Westchester County Parks and 83 more Holiday Events from Santa to The Nutcracker right here. Check it out!
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Where To See: The Nutcracker
The Bang Group deconstructs Tchaikovsky's classic ballet and puts it back together mixing his original score with music by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and others. We also have, six more places to see The Nutcracker this year ... some nearby and some definitely worth the trip. 7 Nutcrackers all shapes and sizes.
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Coming Up: In & Around Town
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Darlene Love, Aimee Mann, Mannheim Steamroller & more  Darlene Love brings her Holiday Show to Tarrytown on Thurs, 12/11. There's more holiday music coming up including Neil Berg's Broadway Holiday, a Michael McDonald Christmas, the Aimee Mann Christmas Show, Mannheim Steamroller, the Vienna Boys Choir, the Trans Siberian Orchestra, A Celtic Christmas, the annual Rob Mathes Holiday Concert at PAC and Winter Pops! with the Westchester Philharmonic and Broadway stars Christine Ebersol, Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes. More Holiday Music here.
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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Bordeaux Blend Wine Class - Special Two for One Offer  Exclusive to friends of What To Do, Wine Geeks is offering TWO-FOR-ONE TICKETS to this week's 'Meritage - The Bordeaux Blend' wine class! Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot & Malbec. These are the five noble grape varieties allowed in the Bordeaux Blend. Join the folks at Wine Geeks to taste examples from the grapes' birthplace in Bordeaux and their counterparts from the New World. Discover what they have in common and how they differ dramatically! Discussion led by sommelier Derek Todd. Normally $35 per person. To take advantage of this TWO-FOR-ONE offer, call 914-273-9463. Use discount code BORDEAUXGEEK to purchase. TWO-FOR-ONE tickets must be purchased in advance. Fri, 12/5: 7-8:30-pm. (559 Main St., Armonk, 914.273.9463) www.winegeeksarmonk.com
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Students Tutoring & Enrichment Programs Guide
 First report cards in? Tutoring help is just a click away on our Kids' Programs Guide. No red flags? Your child is a born prodigy? Maybe it's time to dial up some enrichment programs. We have them too. What To Do"s Kids Tutoring & Enrichment Guide. |
Holiday Crafts, Tree Lighting & Santa in Chappaqua  The New Castle Historical Society's open house offers an Old-Fashioned Craft Workshop where children of all ages make paper snowflakes, corn husk dolls, potpourri sachets and paper chains for the holiday tree. The workshop is following by the annual tree lighting ceremony. Sat, 12/6: 1-5pm. (Horace Greeley House, 100 King St., Chappaqua;
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Tree Lighting & Santa at Caramoor, Mt. Kisco, Bedford Hills  The little ones are in for an adventure when Jolly Saint Nick visits Caramoor's Rosen House on Sat, 12/6: 11am. They'll play I Spy a Santa or two in the Music Room, followed by a twenty-minute concert of sing-a-longs. Santa Claus will be there so bring your cameras. Santa's favorite snack-milk and cookies-will be served in the cloisters. The Mt. Kisco Tree Lighting takes place on Fri, 12/5: 6pm. There will be caroling, Santa and hot chocolate. The Bedford Hills Tree Lighting and Caroling ceremony, sponsored by the Bedford Hills Neighborhood Association is on Sat, 12/6: 5pm. More on this & more Holiday Events.
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A Christmas Carol ... two ways 
Jonathan Kruk's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at Sleepy Hollow's Old Dutch Church is a Historic Hudson Valley tradition. His 60 minute performance of Ebenezer Scrooge's night-long journey into Christmas past, present and future with the ghost of Jacob Marley is performed with musical accompaniment. Sat-Sun, 12/6-21. At Lyndhurst, Michael Muldoon recreates this holiday tale from Dickens' original texts. The performance travels through the mansion meeting spirits in different rooms along the way. Read more.
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A Very Duchess Holiday at Lyndhurst Mansion  See how a real princess dressed and lived in this holiday exhibit of the couture of the last owner of Lyndhurst, Anna, the Duchess of Talleyrand and Princess of Sagan. Anna's hats, dresses, lingerie and luggage, toys, holiday tableware, quilts, a sleigh and more from the 10,000 piece Gould family collection are displayed throughout the mansion. Check out her hats on the upside down Christmas tree. Tours on the hour, Fri-Sun, through 12/28: 10am-4pm. (Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown) Read more.
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The Snow Queen  The Hudson Vagabond Puppets' adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's, The Snow Queen, features larger than life puppets and vibrant sets. The company has performed this production at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., and The New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Sun, 12/7: 3pm. (Paramount Hudson Valley) Holiday Kids
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Rapelling Santa  Watch Santa rappel 22 stories down one of Stamford's tallest buildings on Landmark Square. He will be joined by guest rapellers including Yankees GM Brian Cashman and former Mets manager Bobby Valentine. More on this and more Santa sitings here.
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A mime that talks  International mime sensation Bill Bowers returns with a collection of mime, monologues and music! In Beyond Words, Mr. Bowers explores sound, silence and small-town America. "To see Bill Bowers is to see the technical elements of a style that bring Marcel Marceau readily to mind. Mime can be wonderful...the air between him and us was his palette." - The New York Times. Sun, 12/7: 3pm. (Schoolhouse Theatre, Croton Falls) More Kids Stuff
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Holiday Trains: NYBG, Katonah, Stamford & more  The New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show is a must see at least once in your life. There's more holiday trains nearby at Lasdon Park, a billion LEGO blocks of trains at the Stamford Museum, and The Polar Express in IMAX at the Norwalk Aquarium, We got 'em all on our Holiday Events Guide right here.
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The Little Mermaid at WPPAC  Based on the Disney animated film, The Little Mermaid, tells the story of Ariel, a beautiful young mermaid who longs to leave her home beneath the sea to live in the world above. With a score by eight-time Academy Award winner, Alan Menken, that includes the hit songs "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl" and "Part of Your World." 12 performances from Fri, 12/19-Sun 1/4: at the White Plains Performing Arts Center. More Kids Stuff here.
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