If we asked The Old Farmer's Almanac to edit a Winter Survival Checklist for Armonk, Bedford & Chappaqua, we like to think 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 to help you survive the winter. Read more.

George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) staves off financial ruin at the hands of the evil tycoon Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore) in Frank Capra's bittersweet holiday classic set in Bedford Falls during the Great Depression. With Donna Reed ("Oh, Buffalo gals won't you come out to night") and the original Bert and Ernie - the cop and the cab driver, played by Ward Bond and Frank Faylen. Showing daily through 12/28 - including Christmas Day at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. Read more.

White Plains New Year's Eve Spectacular: It's Times Square in White Plains with music, a ball drop, confetti and a fireworks show at midnight. Wed, 12/31: 10-12:30pm. (Main St. between Court St. and Renaissance Square) Read more.

Elton John plays his first New York New Year's Eve concert ever at the Barclays Center with a special tribute to his best selling album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Phil Lesh & Friends are at the Capitol Theatre Mon-Wed, 12/29-31. The Temptations and the Four Tops' seven show run at the Palace Theatre on Broadway skips New Year's Eve but hits every day from 12/29-1/4. Locally, the New Baroque Soloists perform a program of Bach, Handel and Telemann on New Year's afternoon at the Mount Kisco Presbyterian Church. More Winter Music.

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh joins Dead cover band Joe Russo's Almost Dead at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester for three nights from Mon-Wed, 12/29-31. Most played songs on Phil's setlist this year include Dark Star, Viola Lee Blues, and Uncle John's Band. Blues Traveler is at the Capitol Theatre on Sat, 12/27 and Tower of Power holds their Pre-New Year's Eve Party at the Tarrytown Music Hall on Tues, 12/30. 

More local winter music here.

Kick off your New Year's Celebration with a family friendly, afternoon performance by The New Baroque Soloists at the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Kisco. NBS performs large scale Chamber Music for strings, brass and winds. Its members perform with the Orpheus Orchestra, the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. They love Bach, Handel and Telemann. The concert benefits the Emergency Shelter Partnership. Wed, 12/31: 4pm. (605 Millwood Rd. (Rt. 133) Mt. Kisco.

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 Theatre, Dance & Comedy 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's production of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Read more.  

The Harlem Globetrotters take on the Washington Capitals at the Westchester County Center in an afternoon game on New Year's Eve. Will the Caps break their 43 year losing streak? And you thought you had a bad last 43 years! Feel better? Check this out and more stuff to do with the kids over the school break and all winter long. More kids stuff here.

Our Winter Survival Checklist highlights 20 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.

The Polar Express returns to the six story high IMAX® screen at the Norwalk Aquarium. Based on the Caldecott Award-winning book by Chris Van Allsburg about a boy who doesn't believe in Santa Clause, and his magical trip to the North Pole, The Polar Express has become a holiday classic on big screens and small. Two shows daily from Fri-Thurs, 12/16-1/1. More stuff to do with the kids.

Visit the wolves at their favorite time of year beginning on Jan. 3 at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem. Learn the mythology, biology and ecology of wolf families and discover why winter is a magical time for packs in North America. Meet Ambassador wolves Atka, Alawa, Nikai, and Zephyr, the WCC's critically endangered red wolves and Mexican gray wolves. Drink hot beverages in a 

woodstove-heated classroom. Pre-registration required. More kids stuff here.

We list 95 concerts from December to March including, The Temptations & The Four Tops on Broadway, Elton John, Blues Traveler, 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, Billy Joel and a whole lot more.