What to Do
Issue:  77
February 10,  2015 
Midori at PAC
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What To Eat: Foodie Alert!
Susan Lawrence Gourmet Foods: Farm Table Dinner 
Mark Kramer

Reservations for Susan Lawrence Gourmet Foods' Farm Table Dinners always fill up fast, so don't wait to reserve a seat for their next offering on Saturday, March 14. These special events from Chef Mark Kramer are like a pop-up restaurant right in the Susan Lawrence storefront. Sit at their antique farm table for a five-course dinner with wine pairings. For the complete menu read more.

What To Do: In & Around Town
John Jay Lecture Series: America at War
John Jay Lecture Series

Former Ambassador to Korea and National Security Advisor to Vice President George H.W. Bush, Donald P. Gregg discusses his memoir of 31 years in the CIA and 10 in the White House, Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas. Mr. Gregg currently chairs the Pacific Century Institute, and is a strong proponent of engagement with North Korea. Thurs, 2/12: 7pm. (John Jay Homestead, 400 Jay St., Katonah) More Winter Events here.

Author Talk in Chappaqua: Jamie Malanowski
Author Talk in Chappaqua

Jamie Malanowski discusses his book Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War, about this half-mad, naval prodigy and his impact on the Civil War. The book received a Publisher's Weekly starred review and a recommendation by Senator John McCain. Jamie was a former editor of Time Magazine and the recipient of the 2012 Folio Award for Feature Writing, He has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Monthly and Vanity Fair. Fri, 2/13: 7pm. More winter events here.

Friday Night Movies at NCPL with Professor Valerie Franco
NCPL Movies
Futile Attraction: Everything goes wrong when a Reality TV Show producer brings a couple together through a dating agency who are beyond incompatible. Fri, 2/13: 7pm. Elegy: Isabel Croixet takes on Philip Roth's novel about a May-December romance in this film with Ben Kinglsey, Penelope Cruz and Dennis Hopper. Fri, 2/20: 7pm. Twenty One Up: Michael Apted's has followed up his documentary of fourteen British seven year old children every 7 years for 49 years. This installment catches them at 21. Fri, 2/27: 7pm. (North Castle Public Library) Read more.  
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Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney
Dinotopia
This fascinating exhibit, that opens on February 14 at the Stanford Museum & Nature Center, features 59 original oil paintings from the New York Times best-selling Dinotopia book series by author and artist James Gurney. Dinotopia, the setting of the books, is a fictional island utopia inhabited by humans and dinosaurs who have created a complex, interdependent society. Read more.
More February Music
Leon Russell

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Leon Russell plays the Tarrytown Music Hall on Sunday. Rosanne Cash takes the Tarrytown stage on Thursday to support her album The River and the Thread. Living Colour will perform their Grammy Award winning hit from 1988, "The Cult of Personality" at The Ridgefield Playhouse this week and the chamber music ensemble Decoda returns for the third straight year to The Performing Arts Center in Purchase on Sunday. More Feburary Music here. 

Armonk Tennis
What To Do: Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day at PAC with Superstar Violinist Midori  
Midori at PAC
At the age of 11 she made her New York debut at the New York Philharnonic's New Year's Eve concert, conducted by Zubin Mehta. The same year, she signed with CBS Masterworks and her career was launched. For over 30 years she has made her mark as a charismatic performer of the violin concerto repertoire on works from Bach to Bartók. She is an Avery Fisher Prize-winner, and in 2007 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon named her an official U.N. Messenger of Peace. Sat, 2/14: (Performing Arts Center) More on this and more PAC. 
Valentine's Day Dates at NYBG
NYBG V-Dates
Here's a different way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Visit the New York Botanical Garden's Wild Medicine in the Tropics exhibit with a glass of champagne and some indulgent chocolates in hand. Visit the Pine Tree Café for some small plates of foods known for their aphrodisiac qualities ... say no more!  Read more.
Valentine's Day: A Taste of Italy at Lasdon Park 
Lasdon Park Valentines

Lasdon's main house will be transformed into a romantic retreat for a tasting of homemade Italian foods, wine, beer and live music. This fundraiser supports Lasdon programs and is limited to 50 people. Sample authentic Italian pasta, sauces, homemade cheese, meats, vegetables and desserts prepared by Pete Monteleone and Vincent Nicolosi. Read more.

Valentine's Day Movies at Jacob Burns: Bringing Up Baby
Bring Up Baby at J Burns
Howard Hawks 1938 screwball comedy stars Cary Grant as a paleontologist trying to raise a million dollars to complete his Brontosaurus skeleton and Katharine Hepburn, the heiress with a pet leopard named Baby, who turns his life upside. In the end he loses the Brontosaurus but gets the girl. Or rather the girl gets him. Bringing Up Baby was selected by the American Film Institute as one of the Top 100 American Films of All Time. An inspired Valentine's Day choice by Jacob Burns and with a 5pm screen time ... you can be at dinner at 7:30. Sat, 2/14: 5pm. (Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd. Pleasantville)  
Valentine's Day Concerts
Chris Botti
Pop/jazz trumpet superstar, Chris Botti has produced four albums that reached no. 1 on The Billboard Jazz charts and his 2013 Impressions won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. He will play the Ridgefield Playhouse on Valentine's Day. Also on Valentine's Day, superstar violinist Midori, a charismatic performer of the violin concerto repertoire will perform works from Bach to Bartok at the Performing Arts Center in Purchase. Read more.
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What To Do: With the Kids
Summer Camp Guide
Camp Kiwi

Have you started your summer camp shopping yet? Early bird discounts may still apply. You can find over 100 summer day camps for sports, nature, science, theatre and the arts in What To Do's Camps Guide. Including, Kiwi Country Day Camp pictured here. Shop by category/key wordSummer Camp Guide. 

President's Week Winter Recess Camps
Rosenthal JCC Winter Recess Camp

Oy! What To Do with the kids over winter break. Like the snow days haven't been enough. Check out our School Recess Mini-Camps Guide on our Winter Survival Checklist for some local listings at the Rosenthal JCC, Saw Mill Club, Armonk Indoor, Jodi's Gym and more. (Photo courtesy of Rosenthal JCC) More.

Humpback Whales in IMAX
Humpback Whales in IMAX
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk joins in the national release of the new IMAX movie Humpback Whales. Shot with IMAX 3D cameras off the shores of Alaska, Hawaii and the Kingdom of Tonga it offers a close-up look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, care for their young and migrate 6,000 miles each year. Opens Fri, 2/13 with three screenings a day. 
Grandma the Clown for Valentine's Day
Royal Hanneford Circus

Grandma The Clown headlines the Royal Hanneford Circus' annual President's Day weekend visit to the Westchester County Center. One week later, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus kicks off a 10 day run at the Barclays Center. Winter Circus.

What To Do: Coming Up
The Oscars come to Katonah & Pleasantville
Oscar Talk
View the 2014 Oscar nominated short films and stay for refreshments and film chat, courtesy of the Katonah Village Improvement Society. 
Documentary Short Films: Sat, 2/28: 7:30pm. (Katonah Village Library) Oscar Talk: Join former NYT's film critic, Janet Maslin, and Mark Harris (Entertainment Weekly) for a lively discussion about this year's Academy Award nominations. Be there for clips, gossip, inside info, and predictions. Tues, 2/17: 7:30pm.  (Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville) More on this & more events.
French-American Musical Exchange in Chappaqua 
Chappaqua Orchestra
The Chappaqua Orchestra's Chamber Series presents this French-American musical exchange that brings French saxophonists Nicolas Prost and Anne Lecapelain to the United States for a collaboration with American saxophonist Christopher Brellochs and pianist Cynthia Peterson. They will perform a program of music from Debussy, Ibert, and Milhaud. Sun, 2/22: 3pm. (Chappaqua Library) More music.
Buckwheat Zydeco, Big Head Todd, Chappaqua Orchestra
Buckwheat Zydeco

The February music scene kicks in after Valentine's Day with an eclectic mix of names and sounds including Buckwheat Zydeco, Foreigner, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Pink Floyd Experience, Lonestar, the Chappaqua Orchestra, Chappaqua's Baroque chamber ensemble Ars Antiqua, Rick Springfield, Keb Mo, Winton Marsalis and more. More Music.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike in Armonk
The Small Town Theatre Company
We have our tickets for this one.
The Small Town Theatre Company takes on Christopher Durang's 2012 Tony-winner for Best Play. VSM&W, a comedic mash-up of Chekhov themes and characters, peaks into the sclerotic lives of siblings Vanya (gay) and Sonia (adopted) who live in quiet retreat in their parents Bucks County home until actress/sister Masha and her boyfriend Spike drop in to upset The Cherry Orchard. Fri-Sat, 2/27-28: 8pm. (Hergenhan Center, 40 Maple Ave., Armonk) Read more.
Ars-Antiqua in Chappaqua
Ars-Antique Chappaqua

Mark Kramer (of Susan Lawrence Gourmet Foods) and his Baroque chamber ensemble presents House of Cards, Paris In the Age of Revolution. This special evening of music and pastries features special guest Elizabeth Wallfisch (Baroque violin) and a program of Philidor, Guillemain and Telemann. Sat, 2/28: 8pm. (Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Chappaqua)  More Chappaqua music.

Paul Taylor Dance at PAC
Paul Taylor Dance
Paul Taylor's choreography is known for its great wit and penchant for genre studies that re-imagine historical eras like the Middle Ages, the 60s, the Depression, and World War II. Taylor danced with Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham and George Balanchine before launching his own troupe. He, in turn, has launched the careers of such choreographers as Twyla Tharp, David Parson, Laura Dean and many others. In 2011 PAC was the site of the world premiere of his critically acclaimed 
Gossamer Gallants, a colorful and witty exploration of the mating rituals of the housefly. More PAC here.
In This Issue
Castle Cab
Saw Mill Club Winter Recess Camp
Camp Kiwi
The Care of Trees
Harvey Cavalier Camp
Breezemont Day Camp
Zero Otto Nove
Rosenthal JCC February Mini Camps
Rosenthal JCC Mother's Circle
Wine Geeks Armonk
LaGond Spotlight Series
Purchase College Youth Programs
La Cremaillere
Mariachi Mexico
Sound Works
Tutoring Club Armonk
Pro Swing
The Harvey School Drop In Days
What To Eat: Restaurant Guide Our What To Eat Restaurant Guide offers over 90 notable noshes nearby exclusively in Northern Westchester. It's a great place to shop and it keeps you off all those awful sites (Yelp!) with all those comments from disgruntled diners from wherever. More.