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What To Do: In & Around Town This Week
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Bedford Chamber Concerts with Mimi Stillman
 Dr. Anthony Newman, who Wynton Marsalis called the high priest of Bach and Time called the high priest of the harpsichord, concludes BCC's season with a program that includes Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and Mozart's Flute Concerto in D. The ensemble will be joined by guest soloist Mimi Stillman, one of the most celebrated flutists of her generation. The program concludes with the chamber version of Beethoven's Second Symphony. Wednesday at St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Bedford. More. |
Gentleman's Poker Night in Bedford
 You can go down in history by playing poker to benefit the Bedford Historical Society. Dinner, drinks and Texas Hold 'Em refresher at 7pm. Tournament with professional dealers 8-11:30pm. "You got to know when to hold up, know when to fold up ..." RSVP to 914.234.9751. Thurs, 5/7: 7pm. (Historical Hall, 608 Old Post Rd., Bedford; Plenty of stuff for MOM coming up too, like the Mother's Day Weekend Plant Sales at Lyndhurst Mansion and Teatown Lake Reservation. Check out more May events for mom and dad and the whole family here. |
I Happen to Like New York
 New York City is the underpinning for this eccentric musical and anecdotal romp through the 5 boroughs, starring Shelly Burch and guests. Shelly Burch is married to the acclaimed Broadway Director Martin Charnin and has performed in ten of his productions including Annie. Her credits also include Tommy Tune's Nine, Stephen Sondheim's Company and 42nd Street. Fri, 5/8: 8pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck; Theatre, Dance & Comedy. |
Teatown Lake Mother's Day Weekend Plant Sale
 The Teatown Plant Sale ushers in the spring planting season with rare varieties of annuals, perennials, butterfly attractors, herbs, deer-resistant flowers, vegetables, hanging baskets and Mother's Day gifts. Get on-site advice from Teatown staff and master gardeners. Friday and Saturday. Read more. |
Green Acres Garden Club Plant Sale in Armonk
Do your Mother's Day plant sale shopping, and support Armonk's Green Acres Garden Club at Hergenhan Hall on Saturday. Co-sponsored by North Castle Recreation. Read more on this and more plant sales. |
Mother's Day Weekend Plant Sale at Lyndhurst Mansion
 Buy your Mother's Day plants overlooking the Hudson at Lyndhurst Mansion. At the Garden Club of Irvington's (GCI) Spring Plant Sale you can buy plants cultivated by GCI right on the grounds at the Lyndhurst propagating shed. Just like the Gould's use to do it. More plant sales. |
"Isn't it Romantic": Cabaret at Caramoor with Eric Michael Gillett
 Award winning vocalist Eric Michael Gillett (The Frogs, Sweet Smell of Success, Kiss Me Kate) "brings new life" to the ballads of Lorenz and Hart ("My Funny Valentine", "Manhattan", Blue Moon", "Isn't it Romantic") in his show Careless Rhapsody, An Evening Dedicated to the Lyrics of Lorenz and Hart. - The New York Times. Bend an elbow after the show on Saturday night with Mr. Gillett during the champagne and dessert reception at this Caramoor benefit event. Read more. |
Pat Benatar, Rufus Wainwright, Robert Cray, JRAD, Iggy Azalea
 Big music weekend in & around town. Pat Benatar plays the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on Friday and Joe Russo's Almost Dead (JRAD) takes over on Saturday. The Robert Cray Band (Thurs), Rufus Wainwright (Fri); Zeppelin cover band, Get The Led Out (Sat), and Pink Martini (Sun) are at the Tarrytown Playhouse. There's cabaret at Caramoor, Music from the Age of Enlightenment at PAC, the Hudson Chorale is at Irvington HS, and Iggy Azalea and Nick Jonas bring their Great Escape Tour to Barclays Center (Thurs) and the Prudential Center on Friday night. Just saying... More Music. |
Katonah Museum of Art's Spring Gala honoring Dyllan McGee
 KMA's annual black & white and bling benefit offers cocktails, dinner, dancing, an auction and shuttle bus service from The Harvey School parking lot. The event will honor Katonah resident Dyllan McGee, a two-time Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer of documentary films for HBO and PBS. Her films include the Emmy Award-nominated documentary, Gloria: In Her Own Words about Gloria Steinem (HBO); the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (PBS): the Emmy Award-winning Teddy: In His Own Words (HBO); and Oprah's Roots (PBS). Dyllan served as a Director for the International Freedom Center on Ground Zero in New York. Sat, 5/9: 6pm. More May Events. |
Hammond Museum Fundraising Dinner from Celebrity Chefs
 Sample selected cuisines from Chef Nobuyuki Shikanai of the Kanoyama Japanese Restaurant in the East Village (Zagats 24 food rating) and the celebrity Chef Nisa Lee of Nisa Lee Events. Chef Lee has catered events for Vanessa Williams, Hillary Clinton and Halle Berry. Japanese musician, Ms. Yumi Kurosawa will perform a special concert on her famous 20 string Koto. Plus, a silent auction of fine Japanese ceramics from the Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts Collection, donated by art gallery owner Mr. Koichi Yanagi. Read more. |
Mother's Day Brunch at the Hammond Museum & Stroll Garden
 If you can't get into La Cremaillere or Crabtree's, the setting doesn't get better than this for a Mother's Day brunch. Enjoy a unique garden experience in the natural atmosphere of the Hammond Museum's Japanese Stroll Garden. There will be jazz music and Nisa Lee, a world-class culinary expert, will serve a buffet meal on Sunday. Sun, 5/10: 11am, 1 & 3pm. Read more. |
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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A Chardonnay for Mom: Lemon curd and salted caramel
This week's Wine Geeks Wine of the Week is the Brewer-Clifton 'Sta. Rita Hills' Chardonnay from California. This supple white shows luscious notes of lemon curd, dried pear and apricot with nuances of salted caramel, almonds, orange blossoms and spice. Normally it's forty-four bucks, but with this week's discount it's only $37.39 a bottle! Buy it by the case and receive an even deeper 20% discount off of the original price. Use discount code CHARDGEEK to purchase. Thru Sun, 5/10. (Wine Geeks Armonk 559 Main Street, Armonk, 914.273.WINE.
www.winegeeksarmonk.com)
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Summer Camp Guide
Find over 100 summer day camps from all-around camps to sports, nature, science, theatre and arts camps in our Summer Camps Guide. Including, Camp Armonk pictured here. Read more. |
What To Do: With the Kids May
 Historic Hudson Valley's Lightscapes at Philipsburg Manor highlights our What To Do: With the Kids calendar for May. This event, produced by the creators of The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze, is a nighttime display of sculptured lights that runs from May 1-31. Lightscapes is just one of 18 activities we list from the local farms to the Long Island Sound and the Bronx River Parkway. Plus carnival season begins in & around town. |
Miss Nelson is Missing
 A light hearted musical about the misbehaved kids in Room 207 and their teacher, Miss Nelson, the sweetest teacher in the world. The kids learn to appreciate their teacher when they meet Miss Viola Swamp, the substitute teacher from hell. At the Emelin on Sat 5/9. More kids stuff. |
Sheep Shearing and Farmer's Market at Muscoot Farm
 Every Mother's Day Muscoot Farm shears its adult sheep and the public is invited to watch them get their spring haircut. Check out all the animals and the 11 historic buildings at the farm while you are there. We love the ice house and the blacksmith shop. Or take a hike on their seven miles of woodland trails. Mother's Day also marks the opening of the Muscoot Farmers Market. The market offers prepared foods, organic meats and produce from Madura and John Boy farms, fish from Conte's Market, baked goods from Meredith's Bread and Dutch Desserts and, of course, pickles. The market is open every Sunday through October. See our guide to More kids events. |
Bicycle Sundays on the Bronx River Parkway
 Sponsored by Con Edison and the Friends of Westchester County Parks, a six and a half mile stretch of the Bronx River Parkway is closed for the exclusive use of bicyclists, joggers, scooters and strollers. Park your car at the County Center lot for $5 and bike from there to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers. Round trip 13.1 miles. Click here for full schedule. |
Spirit of the Sound
 The Norwalk Aquarium's 63 foot research vessel, Spirit of the Sound, is North America's first to run on hybrid-electric power. The vessel runs silently on electric power on these 2½-hour "study cruises" on the Long Island Sound. Built in Mamaroneck, the vessel doubles the aquarium's cruise capacity and cuts diesel consumption by 75%. Marine Life Study Cruises run at 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays in May and June. More. |
Coming Up: BHHS presents Little Shop of Horrors
 The Byram Hills School Theatre presents Little Shop Of Horrors, the quirky musical from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, based on the 1960 Roger Corman film about a florist who raises a plant that feeds on human flesh. The 1982 musical ran off Broadway for five years, was made into a motion picture in 1986 and produced on Broadway in 2003. Its early rock and doo-wop songs include "Skidrow Downtown," "Somewhere That's Green," and "Suddenly Seymour is standing beside you, You don't need no make-up, No need to pretend ...". Dates, times and tickets. |
St. Patick's Carnival in Bedford
 Carnival season is upon us. Up first, the St. patrick's Carnival, one of the state's biggest, raises money for the parish's educational ministries. With full-scale carnival rides, a Ferris Wheel, bumper cars, carnival games, (we love to throw darts and pop the balloons), sausage and peppers, cotton candy and a big-prize raffle. Tues-Sun: 5/12-17. More. |
The Who, Ed Sheeran, 5th Dimension & the Chappaqua Orchestra
 There's more great music coming up in May including The Who's 50th Anniversary Tour, Ed Sheeran, the Fifth Dimension, the Chappaqua Orchestra, and the Dark Star Orchestra. Plus, Blues Traveler, Southside Johnny, Jason Isbell and more! May Concerts for ABC towners. |
Bob Newhart, Paul Reiser, John Mulaney and more comedy
 May is a funny month in & around our towns. You can see Paul Reiser (Mad About You) do his standup routines at the intimate Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck this weekend. Rising stand-up star John Mulaney, from Fox's new comedy, Mulaney, is at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester on May 13. Whitney Cummings (Chelsea Lately) is at the Ridgefield Playhouse on May 15. And Bob Newhart (no introduction necessary) brings his "button down mind" to Paramount Hudson Valley on Sat, 5/16. More Comedy. |
Golf and dine with Sam at the Whippoorwill Club
 Tee time is 1pm and cocktails and dinner start at 5:30pm when the Armonk Chamber of Commerce celebrates the good citizenship (and general bonhomie) of Sam Morell, its 2015 Citizen of the Year. The date is Tuesday, May 12 and the place is the Whippoorwill Club in Armonk. (Nice venue.) 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 golf, dinner and cocktails, both or just to sponsor a hole for Sam see our Spring Events. |
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