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What To Do: Spring Sneak Peak
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Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
 Foodies know the drill! Hudson Valley Restaurant Week (HVRW) lasts from Mon, 3/9 to Sun, 3/22. During HVRW you can lunch for just $20.95 or dinner for $29.95 at 118 restaurants in Westchester County and many more throughout the Hudson Valley. It's a great excuse to duck your head into some of your favorite local eateries. If you are feeling ambitious or just itching to get away from town, we carefully screened the list and came up with seven HVRW participants that have no blackout dates (or exclusions we can live with) where you will save big and that are worth the trip. Read more. |
Our biggest Spring Music Guide ever
 Our Spring Music Guide has 113 concerts from Bedford to Barclays Center, Caramoor to PAC. Including Ed Sheeran, The Who, the Chappaqua Orchestra, Patty Lupone, Natalie Merchant, Bedford Chamber Concerts, a pair of Steves (Winwood and Wonder), Diana Krall, Judy Collins and Eric Church. Phil Lesh celebrates his 75th birthday in Port Chester. Plus the best tribute bands covering the Beatles, the Dead and Zeppelin. Bookmark this for spring! |
Huge Spring comedy line-up
 This spring offers the best local comedy line-up in recent memory. You can see all these headliners perform stand-up without ever paying a toll: Jay Leno, Bob Newhart, Paul Reiser, our fave rave Steven Wright, Robert Klein, Lewis Black, Wanda Sykes, Lisa Lampanelli, Whitney Cummings and John Mulaney, the rising star from Fox's new comedy Mulaney. Plus a host of comedy reviews showcasing tomorrow's stars today. More theatre, dance comedy. |
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Armonk resident Sam Morell returns to the stage
 Armonk man about town Sam Morell returns to the stage with the Small Town Theatre Company this spring in Lyle Kressler's Pinteresque black comedy Orphans. Sam last displayed his great comic timing in the lead role of STTC's 2012 production of Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Here he directs and plays the lead role of Harold, who is kidnapped by two orphans. Turns out Harold is a gangster and an orphan himself. So when he pulls his pistol on them he gets the upper hand, becoming in turn both the alpha male and the father they never had. More on this and our complete Spring Theatre line-up right here. |
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What To Do: In & Around Town This Week
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John Jay Lecture Series: Lincoln's War for Public Opinion
 Harold Holzer, New York Historical Society Fellow and winner of the National Humanities Medal, discusses his book Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion. In it Holzer tells the story of Lincoln's mastery of press relations and the three New York publishers who dominated Civil War journalism - James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald, Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune, and Henry J. Raymond of the New York Times. Thurs, 3/12. (John Jay Homestead) Read more. |
The Harvey School Presents Harvey Fierstein in Katonah
Emmy Award-winning film and theatre critic Pat Collins will interview Harvey Fierstein, the four- time Tony Award-winning actor and playwright at The Harvey School as part of their Harvey Presents series on March 13. Tickets won't last. Read more here. |
Enso String Quartet at the Chappaqua Library
 The Ensō String Quartet won the 2003 Concert Artists Guild Competition, the 2004 Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They have released three CDs, one of which was nominated for a "Best Chamber Music Performance" Grammy award. See them at the Chappaqua Library this week. More local music here. |
Diana Krall in Port Chester
 This five-time Grammy-winner is the only jazz singer to have 8 albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz charts. Diana Krall's latest album, Wallflower, is a collection of pop covers including Bob Dylan's "Wallflower", The Eagles "Desperado", Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'", and Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". See her at the Capitol this weekend. More spring music. |
Caramoor Bel Canto - Schwab Vocal Rising Stars
 Caramoor Artistic Director Stephen Blier and Michael Bennett, the Associate Artistic Director of the New York Festival of Song, mentor four promising singers in a weeklong residency that culminates in this annual performance of classical Bel Canto/Can Belto. See them this Sunday at Caramoor in Katonah. More local music here. |
Man, Pigeons, Obsession! at the Emelin
 The Pigeoning, a comedy from Robin Frohart mixes an original score from composer Freddi Price with traditional Japanese puppet theatre (bunraku) to create a parable about the modern mania for cleanliness, safety, and control. The story pits Frank, a man obsessed with order, against the pigeons that are a part of his daily life. Read more. |
VC3 Cello Trio in Chappaqua
 The VC3 Cello trio perform a program of Bach, Brahms, Tombelle, and the Venezuelan composer Desenne to benefit the Hudson Chorale, a 90 voice chorus directed by the musical director of the famed West Village Chorale, Michael Conley. VC3 trio members have all won prestigious cello competitions and performed with top orchestras such as the New York City Opera orchestra. Enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres before and after the recital. More local stuff. |
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Friday Night Movies at NCPL with Professor Valerie Franco
Pope Joan: Sonke Wortmann 's 2009 drama starring David Wenham, from
Lord of the Rings, about a mythical female pope who allegedly reigned during the Middle Ages. Fri, 3/13: 7pm. Black Book: Director Paul Verhoeven's 2006 thriller about a Jewish singer who infiltrates Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance in Nazi occupied Netherlands during WWII. 28 Up: Michael Apted's 7 Up documentary series interviews 14 British school children every seven years from the age of 7 to the age of 56. Here they are young adults and at 28 are half way through the film maker's cycle. Fri, 3/27: 7pm (North Castle Library) Read more.
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Blues Brothers, Govt. Mule, Stamford Symphony & more
 The Official Blues Brothers Review takes the stage in Ridgefield this week doing all the Blues Brothers™ classics: "Soul Man", "Rubber Biscuit", "Sweet Home Chicago", "Rawhide", and "Gimme Some Lovin'". More music this week includes Govt. Mule with local resident John Scofield at the Capitol. The Stamford Symphony takes on Mozart and Philip Glass, Music from Copland House performs Songs America Loves to Sing in Mt. Kisco, and there's Irish music from Caladh Nua at Westchester Community College. More music this week in & around town. |
The Schoolhouse Theatre presents Gamma Rays
 The Schoolhouse Theatre presents Paul Zindel's Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. Since its premiere in 1971, this masterful and moving drama about an eccentric widow and her two adolescent daughters has continued to hold its place as a mid-20th century American classic. Fri-Sun, 3/6-29. (Croton Falls) Check dates and times. |
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Breezemont Day Camp Tours
Are you ready to give your child the Breezemont experience? You can visit them to get a sense of the camp and all they have to offer! Camp tours are offered 7 days a week. Even if it's raining, you can still visit with Breezemont staff in their new visitor center. They'll even come to your home. You can arrange a home visit any day of the week. Click here to share the love. Breezemont Day Camp. |
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Summer Camp Guide
You can find over 100 summer day camps from all-around camps to camps specializing in sports, nature, science, theatre and the arts in What To Do's Camps Guide. Including, Breezemont Day Camp in Armonk pictured here. Summer Camp Guide. |
SugarFest 2015 at Westmoreland Sanctuary
 Westmoreland's Sugarfest! celebrates the sugaring season with programming, demonstrations, and of course their delectable all-you-can-eat Pancake Feast served with 100% New York Maple Syrup. They'll be flipping plain, blueberry, and gluten free (upon advanced request) pancakes. Plus, plenty of sausage, fresh fruit and hot and cold beverages. For more information check out our Kids Events guide and read more here. |
"Cra Cra" dance troupe coming to PAC
 Compagnie Kafig, the innovative dance troupe from Rio de Janeiro blends hip-hop, bossa nova, samba, and capoeira with electronic music in two new works of family entertainment that showcase the dancers' virtuosity and imaginative use of props - like the hundreds of cups of water they dance around (and do unnatural things) with here. Coming to the Performing Arts Center in March. |
Natalie Merchant at PAC
 On her first new album of original material in 13 years, the eponymous, Natalie Merchant, the former 10,000 Maniacs front has moved from the multi-platinum selling new-wavey folk rock sound that made her famous to the world of adult contemporary music. Lush orchestral strings back her magnificent lower register, on songs with nods to R.E.M. and Tom Waits, on topics as far ranging as her personal life and George W. Bush. At PAC, Merchant, a Hudson Valley resident, will be accompanied by the all-student Purchase Symphony Orchestra. More PAC for spring. |
La Traviata from The Taconic Opera in White Plains
 Yes, Westchester has its own Opera company. Dan Montez, Director of The Taconic Opera, presents La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi's classic about Violetta, the restless courtesan who is reunited with her one great love, Alfredo, for a final moment before her death. You can see them in White Plains at The Play Group Theater on Sunday, March 22. More theatre, dance & comedy here. |
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