What's your house worth? How long will it take you to sell it? What percent of your asking price will you be able to bank on? We asked Ted Holmes of Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Chappaqua and Michael Levy of Grand Lux Realty in Armonk to report in on the local real estate market. Here's what they told us. Read more.

Is it time to prune your trees? We sat down with Ken Almstead, arborist and CEO of Almstead Tree, Shrub and Lawn Care, for the skinny on tree care. He told us, "The most common reasons for pruning ornamental and shade trees are to promote healthy growth, correct structural defects or improve aesthetics. As every alteration made to a tree has the potential to impact its growth, it is important that pruning typically be done for only the following reasons": Read more.

We've had a lot of fun and good eating at Westchester Community College's pop-up cooking classes and tastings. In April they're coming to Pour Cafe and Wine Bar, Cafe of Love and Via Vanti! in Mt. Kisco, The Beehive in Armonk, Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua and One-Twenty-One in North Salem. Check out our post for the dates and menus that include a mint ravioli with goat cheese, Western Ross Island Scottish Salmon, a Cinco de Mayo feast and chamomile pots de creme. More Yum Here.

No, this is not an image of a (yet another) new Armonk restaurant. It is Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting A Peasant Wedding. Learn more about this and Northern Renaissance Art at Professor Valerie Franco's Art History lectures at NCPL in April. Read more. 

This week at the music halls: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday night. This weekend, Citizen Cope will perform a solo acoustic performance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. Robbie Krieger, guitarist for the Doors, who penned their hit song Light My Fire, will play Doors hits and selections from his recent Grammy-nominated album, Singularity, at the Tarrytown Music Hall. And Damien Rice takes his spring tour to promote his new album My Favorite Faded Fantasy to the Beacon Theatre in NYC. You can find more April Music right here.

Fill up your Outlook calendars with these 15 kids events for April. From Thomas Jefferson to the Amazing Max and Pinkalicious, fishing derbies, sheep shearing, The Sound of Music and even some Shakespeare for the kids. What To Do: With the Kids in April

Kids, ages 2-10, hunt by day. Festivities include photo ops with the Spring Bunny, magic by Joe Barney of Center Ring Productions, and the egg hunt. BYO baskets. Tues, 3/31:10:50am. (John Jay Homestead, Rt. 22, Katonah) Kids, grades 3-7, hunt at night. Bring a flashlight for the hunting and a bag for the goodies. Registration required with Bedford Recreation. Wed, 4/1: 7:45pm. Can't wait for the weekend? Go to Bedford where non-residents are welcome. 

Everyone's welcome in Bedford!

Snowed out last week, the North Castle Recreation Department's annual egg hunt has moved to Sat, 4/4. Wear boots and bring a bag for your eggs. For boys and girls pre-K through grade 5. Sat, 4/4: 10:30am SHARP! (Community Park Track Field, 205 Business Park Dr., Armonk) Sat 4/4: 12:30pm SHARP!. (North Castle Community Center Fields, 10 Clove Road, N.W. Plains) More kids stuff.

Be there by 12:30pm for the Chappaqua Fire Department's Egg Hunt that kicks off at 1pm on Sun, 4/5 at Chappaqua Crossing, Rt. 177 Roaring Brook Rd. The bunny will be cruising downtown Chappaqua on Sat, 4/4: 11:30am. Be there, too! More kids stuff.

Magic comes to Muscoot with magician Madeline Steele. Ms. Steele appeared in the Discovery Channel's Grand Illusions, The Story of Magic. Expect a colorful act with lots of audience interaction. And yes, she can make small animals appear out of thin air. And we expect she will. This Sunday at Muscoot Farm. More kids stuff.

Here's more than thirty of the top events in & around our towns in April. Highlights include: A Taste of Westchester comes to Chappaqua, Mt. Kisco, North Salem and Armonk. Plus, shopping, wine tastings, plant sales, author talks, local benefits, road and trail races and a Jewish Film Festival at J. Burns. Guide to April Events.

Our Spring Music Guide lists 34 concerts from Bedford to Barclays Center, performing all genres from Bavarian Baroque and Broadway to bluegrass and the British blues. In April you can hear Stevie Wonder and Judy Collins, Bela Flek and David Bromberg, Dead on Live and the Westchester Philharmonic. Bookmark for April!

Here are 17 new spring exhibitions at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield (pictured here) the Katonah Museum of Art, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, the Hudson River Museum, the Nueberger in Purchase, ArtsWestchester in White Plains, North Salem's Hammond Museum and the Stamford Museum & Nature Center. All on our new Spring Museums Guide. Culture Vulture Alert here!

Jacob Burns' Westchester Jewish Film Festival presents 38 films and live programming celebrating the grand sweep of the Jewish experience. The lineup includes everything from forbidden footage from Nazi propaganda films to Hitchcockian thrillers of concentration camp survivors searching for lost loved ones in post-war Berlin. Zero Motivation, aka M.A.S.H. in the Negev, offers a humorous take on women in the Israeli military. Plus documentaries like Famous Nathan (pictured here) of the legendary Coney Island eatery, Touchdown Israel (yep an Israeli football league) and The Outrageous Sophie Tucker. Mazel Tov.

The Hudson Stage Company, Whippoorwill Hall's new Artists-in-Residence at the North Castle Public Library, presents John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar for its second main stage production. The NYT's called Outside Mullingar, "Patrick Shanley's best since Doubt." Shanley also wrote the screenplay for the film Moonstruck. 

More on this and more theatre, dance & comedy for spring here.