What to Do
Issue:  86
April 15,  2015 
Sound of Music Sing-A-Long at PAC
What To Do: In & Around Town This Week
Chill out on the Ivy League already: Frank Bruni talks to WTD
Frank Bruni
New York Times Op-ed columnist Frank Bruni will discuss his new book, Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote To The College Admissions at the Chappaqua Library on Friday, April 24. Here he talks to What To Do about surviving the college admissions process, Ronald Reagan, Chris Christie, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and the University of Delaware - political power school?. Read it here! 
A Taste of Westchester comes to Crabtree's Kittle House
Crabtrees

There's good eating at Westchester Community College's pop-up cooking classes and tastings. They're coming to Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua on Wed, 4/15. Check out our post for the full menu. Next up is The Beehive in Armonk on Wed, 5/29. Full menus here.

The "High Priest of Bach" with Francisco Fullana in Bedford  
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Violinist Francisco Fullana will join the high priest of Bach and the harpsichord Dr. Anthony Newman on piano to perform Bach's Partita in E for Violin (piano accompaniment composed by Schumann), Beethoven's Violin Sonata no. 3, and selections from Paganini's 
Caprices. Wynton Marsalis called Bedford's Anthony Newman the "high priest of Bach" after their 1996 collaboration on Marsalis' In Gabriel's Garden. More on this & more music.
Armonk Tennis Summer Camp
Shop for a Cure for Lyme Disease on Thursday
Shop for a Cure at Breezemont

Breezemont opens up its camp for an indoor shopping spree to fight lyme disease and tick born illnesses. Cruise the 29 vendors including 2 Friends, Beauty Counter, Chintz Giraffe, Covert Closet, Eden Max Home, Excessorize, Eye Candy, Funky Tykes, Lilly Jade, Love Tennis, Meryl Roesch Sunglasses, Michelle Vale Handbags, Peaceable Hill Paperie, Sew Scrumptious,  Simply Hip,  So Sweet Jewels, True Lipz and more. All proceeds benefit  TBDA/LRA research fund. More April Events.

Wine Tasting & Silent Auction for Teatown Lake Reservation
Teatown Wine Tasting
The ticket to this annual fundraiser offers light hors d'oeuvres, wine samplings from around the world and a silent auction for special creative experience packages. Past packages have included hot air balloon rides, dinner at local restaurants, in-home cooking lessons, sports memorabilia, a Jacob Burns Film Center membership and more. More on this and more April Events here.
Armonk's Hudson Stage production opens this week
Outside Morningar

The Hudson Stage Company presents John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar at Whippoorwill Hall in Armonk. The NYT's called Outside Mullingar, "Patrick Shanley's best since Doubt." More on this and more theatre, dance & comedy for spring here.

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Hot Ticket Alert! David Bromberg & Bela Flek 
David Bromberg & Bela Flek
Here's a hot ticket for acoustic roots fans! Guitar-picker David Bromberg teams up with banjoist Bela Flek (15 Grammy Awards), Larry Campbell and Abigail Washburn in Tarrytown. More on this.
Vintage Clothing Show & Sale 
Cord Shows Vintage Clothing

Armonk residents Ed and Vivian Cord produce this show that features 10,000 square feet of vintage clothing, jewelry, accessories and textiles. You can find everything from fine linens to lingerie, fur coats, prom dresses, hats and formal wear. Shop for period clothing from the 1800s to the 1900s. Including, top designers like Hermes, Chanel and Pucci. Plus, buttons, alligator handbags, vintage eyewear, and jewelry from art deco to mid-century sterling. No you can't buy Ed's sport jacket but there are two great days of vintage and designer shopping right here.

A Bavarian evening of music and strudel in Chappaqua
Ars Antiqua in Chappaqua

Come for the music and stay for the strudel, as Susan Lawrence Gourmet Foods' Mark Kramer leads his Ars-Antiqua chamber ensemble in an evening of Bavarian Baroque music from the likes of Vivaldi and Bach - then bakes up some strudel and other Bavarian desserts for after the show. More local music.

Jaime Laredo conducts and performs with the Westchester Phil 
Jaime Laredo with the Westchester Phil
Jaime Laredo conducts and plays violin with the Westchester Phil on a program that includes: Bach: Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe; Dvorák: Romance for Violin; Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins and Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ("London"). Joining Maestro Laredo for solo turns in front of the orchestra are the Phil's concert master Robert Chausow, principal oboist Melanie Feld, principal cello Eugene Moye and violins Robin Bushman and Sander Strenger. Sun, 4/19: 3pm. More Music.
Horszowski Trio at Caramoor
Horszowski Trio at Caramoor
The Horszowski Trio features two-time Grammy nominated violinist Jesse Mills, Raman Ramakrishnan of the prize-winning Daedalus Quartet and Rieko Aizawa, the last pupil of the legendary pianist, Mieczysław Horszowski. They perform a program of Faure, Schubert and the Grammy Award-winning contemporary composer Joan Tower. Ms. Tower will make a special appearance to discuss her work
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Pinot Noir Smackdown! at Wine Geeks 
Wine Geeks Wine Class

Are you a New World wine enthusiast or an Old World aficionado?  Or are you somewhere in between? Find out once and for all at this fun and informative tasting class where Wine Geek Derek Todd will pit French Pinot Noirs against their counterparts from California and Oregon and lay out all the subtle and not-so-subtle differences for you! Just $35 per person for the class. Sat, 4/18: 7-8:30pm. Reservations required as seating is limited. Call 914.273.WINE to register. (Wine Geeks Armonk 559 Main Street, Armonk, 914.273.WINE www.winegeeksarmonk.com 

Open House: Purchase College Summer Youth Programs 
Purchase College Shakespeare

Purchase College, SUNY will host an Open House on Sat, 4/18: 10am-12pm. for their Youth and Precollege Programs in the Arts, a premier summer arts enrichment experience for children entering grades 4-12. Learn about the programs, take a tour, and meet the instructors of the Visual Arts, Acting, Shakespeare, Musical Theatre, Filmmaking, Photography, Song-writing, A Capella, Vocal Intensive, Percussion, Journalism, Fashion Design, Video Game & App Creation, Minecraft, Architecture, Comic Books, and Creative Writing programs. (SUNY Purchase, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Music Building, Room 0078, Purchase, 914.251.6500; www.purchase.edu/youth)

What To Do: With the Kids
Summer Camp Guide
MVP Basketball Camp
Find over 100 summer day camps from all-around camps to sports, nature, science, theatre and arts camps in our Summer Camps Guide. Including, MVP Basketball Camp pictured here. Read more.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's only local appearance this spring 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia makes its only stop in Westchester County this spring at the Emelin Theatre with two shows this Saturday. They present a triple bill of Eric Carle favorites: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and The Mixed-Up Chameleon. Check out our What To Do: With The Kids calendar for the biggest Kids Events this week. Including, big time kids events for lovers of fish, sheep, Shakespeare, LEGOs and a sing-a-long Sound of Music costume party at PAC
Disney's Choo Choo Soul with Genevieve 
Disney's Choo Choo
Disney Channel's Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve! TV show comes to life at the Paramount Hudson Valley with Genevieve the train conductor and DC her beat boxing, breakdancing engineer. More!
Sing-A-Long Sound of Music and Costume Contest at PAC
New Kids Stuff for April

This screening invites you to dress up and sing along! (Sort of like The Rocky Horror Picture Show - if you're not on drugs.) Saturday night is for adults. The Sunday screening is for the whole family - where there will be a best costume competition. Read more.

Connecticut Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Connecticut Ballet for Kids

Brett Raphael's new production brings to life Shakespeare's classic tale of comic mismatches, lover's quarrels, and fairy dust in a two-act ballet suitable for all ages. Kids under 12 go free. At the Palace Theatre in Stamford on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Also, check out LEGO Family Fun Day at Lyndhurst Mansion this weekend on What To Do: With The Kids in April. More Kids Stuff.

Sheep to Shawl at Philipsburg Manor
Sheep to Shawl Philipsburg Manor

At this traditional Historic Hudson Valley spring event, sheep ready to lose their winter coats are shorn by hand just like in the 18th century. Scottish border collies herd sheep and corral ducks. Yes, ducks. Costumed interpreters demonstrate wool dyeing, spinning and weaving, and lead hands-on activities. With storyteller Jonathan Kruk. Saturday and Sunday at Historic Hudson Valley's Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow. Read more.

Go Fish at Gedney Park
Gedney Park Fishing New Castle Recreation & Parks Department stocks Gedney Pond with a variety of fish for this catch-and-take home event. With prizes and giveaways to keep the competition going. Ages 6 and up. Pre-register by Fri, 4/17 at the Recreation Department office or online. Sun, 4/19: 8:30-11am. Big Kids Weekend!
What To Do: Coming Up
Judy Collins, Steve Winwood, America, Lyle Lovett & more 
Judy Collins

There's plenty of great music coming up in April. The Ridgefield Playhouse presents Judy Collins, Luke Wade (from The Voice) and Randy Bachman. Steve Winwood, Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt are coming to The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. America, the 1970s hit makers ("Tin Man", "Horse With No Name", "Sister Golden Hair" and "Ventura Highway") get a big show at Paramount Hudson Valley. Classical music lovers get a real treat when the BBC Chamber Orchestra comes to PAC. And the Stamford Symphony takes on Bach, Brahms and Beethoven at the Palace Theatre. More music!

Chappaqua School Foundation Spring Gala
Chappaqua School Foundation Gala

CSF's 21st annual Spring Benefit will be held at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor. The event offers cocktails, a buffet dinner and a raffle. Over the past 21 years CSF has raised over $2.25 million and funded over 200 grants and projects for Chappaqua schools including 3D printers, SMART Boards, e-Readers, Visual Arts and Fitness Center technology and more. Fri, 4/24: 7pm. (Trump National Golf club, Briarcliff Manor. Read More.

Native Plant Sale at WCC
WCC's Native Plant Sale

Westchester Community College's Native Plant Center promotes sustainable gardening through the use of plants that naturally grow in our region through educational conferences and events like their annual Native Plant sale. This year the plant sale features a large selection of edible native plants. Read more.

Armonk Chamber of Commerce honors Sam Morell 
Sam Morrell of the Small Town Theatre Company

The Armonk Chamber of Commerce has named Sam Morell its 2015 Citizen of the Year. The Chamber will honor Sam at a golf outing, followed by cocktails and dinner at the Whippoorwill Club on Tuesday, May 12. Sam is the founder of the Small Town Theatre Company that performs at Hergenhan Hall. The company also produces a Summer Music Series at Wampus Brook Park. The event is chaired by Jason Rosenzweig of Castle Cab. For more information and to sign up for the event see our Spring Events.

Antique Garden Furniture Fair
NYBG

The country's most renowned stage for authentic garden antiques and rarities, the Antique Garden Furniture Fair returns to the New York Botanical Garden with a collection of ornamental and decorative art, and furniture for the home and garden from more than 30 vendors. Coming up in April. You'll find this and three more more local events for garden lovers on our What To Do: April Events calendar here.

3,000 Daffodils in South Salem 
Open Gardens in South Salem

Noted landscape designer Patrick Chassé designed the gardens on the grounds of this Greek Revival house set in a native oak-hickory forest where over 300,000 daffodils bloom in the springMore.

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In This Issue
Saw Mill Club
Almstead Tree Shrub and Lawn Care
Castle Cab
Soundworks Green Stuff
Sound Works
Breezemont Day Camp
LaGond Spotlight Series
Amore Armonk
Camp Kiwi
Harvey Cavalier Camp
Purchase College Youth Programs
Rosenthal JCC Mother's Circle
College Planning of Westchester
Zero Otto Nove
La Cremaillere
Mariachi Mexico
Pro Swing
MVP Basketball Camp
Harvey School
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.