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Winter Survival: Generators, $$$ therapy & craft beer
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Winter Survival Checklist 2015
 We like to think that if we asked the editors of The Old Farmer's Almanac to put together a Winter Survival Checklist for Armonk, Bedford & Chappaqua it would go something like this. You'll find holiday entertaining craft beer pairings from DeCicco's, some financial therapy from Chappaqua's Scott Kahan, tips on generator maintenance and winter tree care, our interview with Dr. Nan Miller on teen prescription drug abuse, insights on how your child can win an eSports college scholarship and our School Recess Mini-Camps Guide. All will help you survive the winter. Read more. |
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What To Do: In & Around Town This Week
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Gedeon Luke and The People at The Haven
Lagond Music School's Spotlight Series continues with Memphis soul band Gedeon Luke and The People - think Sly Stone and Curtis Mayfield. The band recently shared the lineup with Robert Plant on the BBC2 show Later ...With Jools Holland. Read More. |
Musica Sacra: Handel's Messiah at PAC
 No need to go all the way to Carnegie Hall this holiday season, the Concert Hall at PAC will reverberate with the sound of Handel's Messiah and its Hallelujah Chorus. Musica Sacra, acclaimed for their performances of the great choral masters sets the standard by which all other Messiahs are judged. Sat, 12/20: 2pm. (Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; More Holiday Music |
Rob Mathes Holiday Concert at PAC
 Rob and his all-star band's annual celebration offers an evening of original tunes and holiday classics. A Grammy-nominee, Mathes has worked with virtually every big name in the music industry including Bono, Tony Bennett, Sting, and Bruce Springsteen. Fri-Sat, 12/19-20: 8pm. (Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; More Holiday Music and Events |
It's a Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Christmas & more  The swing revival band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy injects some cool sizzle into the holiday season as they rework yuletide classics like "Blue Christmas" and "Jingle Bells" and rewrite the holiday songbook with originals like "Mr. Heatmiser" and "Rock-A-Billy Christmas". There's more holiday music coming up including A Celtic Christmas and Festival of Lights: An Intimate Evening with Matisyahu Unplugged in Tarrytown. Plus, The Rob Mathes Holiday Show at the Performing Arts Center in Purchase. Holiday Music.
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Westchester Phil's Winter Pops! with Broadway Stars
 Ted Sperling conducts the Westchester Phil and Broadway stars Christine Ebersol (42nd Street), Frozen's Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes (South Pacific) through the Frank Loesser Songbook. Loesser wrote music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. His hits include "Heart and Soul", "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve", and "Baby, It's Cold Outside." Sun, 12/21: 3pm. (Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; More Holiday Music |
Where To See: The NutcrackerThis weekend you can see The Westchester Ballet Company's production of The Nutcracker at the County Center, Connecticut Ballet's Nutcracker at the Stamford Palace, a Colonial Nutcracker at Paramount Hudson Valley, Max & Ruby in The Nutcracker Suite in Tarrytown and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center. Nutcrackers - all shapes and sizes right here.
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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Stoppers and Corkscrews and Aerators, Oh My!  This week's Wine Geeks DEAL OF THE WEEK is on wine accessories throughout the store! Everything from stocking stuffers like Rabbit Aerating Pourers and Houdini Wine Preservers to luxury items like the Coravin Wine Access Technology System and the Metrokane Original Rabbit Cork Remover (pictured)! Now through Sunday 12/21, find the perfect wine accessory for the wine geek on your holiday gift list and use discount code GIFTGEEK to save 10%*! Discount available to WHAT TO DO insiders only! That's you! *not to be combined with any other discount, does not apply to wine, spirits or gift buckets. (Wine Geeks, 559 Main St., Armonk, 914.273.9463) www.winegeeksarmonk.com
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Big Savings at LOL Kids Armonk's Holiday Sale
 Are they old enough for fur? You bet, with this knitted nylon coat with removable fur trimmed hood from Slvian Heach. At LOL Kids Armonk's Holiday Sale all outerwear is 40% off. There's also storewide savings of 15-30% on all fall & winter clothes. Check out LOL Kids Sample Sale on springwear from Fun & Fun and Gaudi Italia all at wholesale prices! (LOL) New owner Julia Rozenfeld of Chappaqua has big plans to expand upstairs to stock more "little Fashion big Style" for boys and girls, newborn to 14, from Silvian Heach, Sarabanda, Miss Blumarine, Ki6, iDo, Monnalisa, Spitfire, and Aston Martin. LOLKIDSARMONK.com |
Have you downloaded this App yet? You will ...
 If you haven't downloaded the new Castle Cab App - you will. Castle Cab, the new mobile-device based taxi serving North Castle and surrounding communities with on-demand service and advanced reservations has a motto: Ride Castle = Freedom. So why would a suburban community like Armonk, Bedford or Chappaqua need a cab service? We offer 29 liberating reasons - and a new game you can play at home to add to our list. More. |
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What To Do: With the Kids
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School Recess Mini-Camps & Mt. Kisco's new Rockin' Jump
 Our Winter Survival Checklist highlights offers 19 venues where you can find school recess programs from the Holidays through Spring Break in & around town including a preview of the new Rockin' Jump trampoline center in Mt. Kisco due to open in mid-January. School Recess Mini-Camps & the new Rockin' Jump. |
What To Do: With The Kids Winter
 Our Guide to Winter Events for the Kids lists the best 39 what to dos with the kids from December through March. There's plenty of circuses, puppets, basketball and maple sugar. There's winter wolves and a Winter Family Festival from BHPA. Plus, Curious George, Sid the Science Kid, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Click! Clack! Moo!, Charlotte's Web, Fly Guy and a whole lot more. |
Holiday Trains at Lasdon Park, NYBG, Stamford & more  Lasdon Park's second annual Holiday Train Show continues this week. See Metro North trains travel up the Harlem lie to Katonah. Santa will be there. There's more Holiday Trains at the County Center, the New York Botanical Garden, a billion LEGO blocks worth of trains at the Stamford Museum, and The Polar Express in IMAX at the Norwalk Aquarium right here.
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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 Santa. Read about this new event from Westchester County Parks and 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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The Little Mermaid at WPPAC  Based on the Disney animated film, The Little Mermaid tells the story of Ariel, a young mermaid who longs 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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Our Winter Music Guide is up!
 We list 95 concerts from December to March including, The Temptations & The Four Tops on Broadway, Smokey Robinson, Elton John, Marshall Tucker Band and Phil Lesh in December. Take a first look at 2015 shows featuring Dave Mason and Madeline Peyroux in Tarrytown, Houston Person in Croton Falls, the Chappaqua Orchestra, Bedford Chamber Concerts, Fleetwood Mac, Jack White, The B52s, Bela Flek and a whole lot more. |
Theatre, Dance & Comedy: Winter 2015
 It's back! After a nine week fall run, Rodger's & Hammerstein's South Pacific returns to the Westchester Broadway Theatre for a four week engagement beginning on New Year's Eve. More Winter TD&C includes Camelot, Davide Mamet's A Life in the Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Armonk's Small Town Theatre Company takes on Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Read more. |
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