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Music
09/26/2009—09/26/2909 | Westchester Jazz Orchestra with Special Guest John Scofield
8 PM, Pre-concert talk with John Scofield, 7:15.
Guitarist John Scofield has been an important force in jazz since playing with Miles Davis during the 1980s. Join the hugely impressive and swinging WJO as they launch their 2009-10 season featuring Mr. Scofields music and his singular guitar playing.
Irvington Town Hall Theater
85 Main Street, Irvington, NY.
Reserved seating $35 adults/$30 seniors/$5 students.
Subscription and group discounts available.
Select your own seats online: www.westjazzorch.org
Theater box office: 914-591-6602
WJO: 914-861-9100
| Fee | Irvington
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Storyhours & Book Events
10/23/2009—12/11/2009 | Stories N More with Mamaroneck Library
<p>8 Week Session of Stories & Crafts for ages 3-5 years. Fridays 10:30 AM / 1:30 PM Registration required. Call Mamaroneck Library's Children's Room (914) 698-1250 x24. Program meets at the Harbor Pavilion in Blue Room.</p>
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Benefits and Fundraisers
11/03/2009—11/08/2009 | Designer Show House of Westchester
Many of the area's top interior designers demonstrate their talents decorating a magnificent Georgian Estate in Purchase, NY. Benefits Cerebral Palsy of Westchester. Admission: $30. Tues, Wed, Frid 10-4. Thurs 10-8, Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5. 11 Sarosca Farm Lane. A preview Gala takes place on Oct. 1st. For more information, Joan Colangelo may be contacted at (914)-937-3800 Ext. 215 joan.colangelo@cpwestchester.org .
| Fee | Purchase
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Nature
11/07/2009 | WORMANIA
Squiggly, slimy, slithery worms! Just what do they do all day long? Discover the secret, underground life of worms. Each family will make a worm bin to take home stocked with red worms for home composting. Come get wiggly with us! 11:00am - 12:30pm. Admission: Members free, Nonmembers $5. Materials: $10 for each worm bin. To register, call 914-762-2912 x110. Teatown Lake Reservation, 1600 Spring Valley Road, Ossining NY 10562.
| Fee | Ossining
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Storyhours & Book Events
11/07/2009—11/08/2009 | Mamaroneck Library Sleepover
<p>Mamaroneck Library's Annual Sleepover. Grades 2-4 Welcome! Sign-up Required / Space Limited. Call (914) 698-1250 x24. Stories/ Crafts /Pizza & Donuts!</p>
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Exhibits
11/07/2009 | Antiques Show
An annual show featuring 55 select dealers, benefiting the New Castle Historical Society's efforts to maintain the Horace Greeley House and education classes and tours for the community and schools. 10am-5pm. Today and Nov. 8. $10 admission ($8 with coupon from their Web site). Westorchard School, 25 Granite Rd., Chappaqua. 238-4666. www.newcastlehistoricalsociety.org.
| Fee | Chappaqua
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Dances
11/07/2009 | Family Jam
Music for Aardvarks Family JAM is a dance and jam party with live music for the entire family. Sing, dance, jam and laugh out loud. 11am today, Nov. 14 and Nov. 21. For children ages 6 months-5 years old. $10 in advance. $15 at the door. $10 additional siblings. Registration strongly recommended. Groove Performing Arts, 157 Larchmont Ave., Larchmont. 834-3383. info@findgroove.com. www.findgroove.com.
| Fee | Larchmont
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Films
11/07/2009 | Tribeca Cinemas Kids
The new cinema club, Tribeca Cinemas Kids, features a diverse range of full-length and short films appropriate for all ages. A series of musical and colorful shorts from around the world including award winning films Colorforms and Confection, 10:30am, Nov. 7; Mad Hot Ballroom, a fun documentary that follows 5th graders in New York City learning to ballroom dance who take part in a city wide competition, 1:30pm, Nov. 7; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is an adventure in its own right with an eccentric inventor who creates an extraordinary automobile, 10:30am and 1:30pm, Nov 21. Q&A sessions and/or fun discussions with directors follow all screenings. Morning screenings for children ages 3 and up; afternoons for ages 7 and up. $10/single screening, $18/double-feature for adults. $7/single screening, $12/double-feature for children ages 13 and under. Reservations required. Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., New York. www.tribecafilm.com.
| Fee | Manhattan
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Art
11/07/2009 | Creative Kids Art
Children get the opportunity to learn about Aboriginal people from Australia through their distinctive art style. 2:30pm. $9. Free for children under 1. Stepping Stones Museum, Mathews Park, 303 West Ave., Norwalk, Conn. 203-899-0606. www.steppingstonesmuseum.org. CT
| Fee | Norwalk, CT
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Music
11/07/2009 | Family Sing-Along
PlayMove's Sukey Molloy performs a mini-concert indoors at Hopper House with music, art play and sing-alongs. Sukey sings original and traditional songs with Nancy Ferst at the drawing board. PlayMove is an interactive movement, song and play program. 10am. For children ages 2-6 accompanied by adult. $10 adult. $5 children. Reservations suggested. Hopper House, 82 N. Broadway, Nyack. 845-353-2268. info@playmovesing.com. www.playmovesing.com.
| Fee | Nyack
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Nature
11/07/2009 | Wormania
Families discover the underground life of worms and take home a worm bin stocked with red works for home composting. 11am-12:30pm. $5. $10 fee for worm bin. Registration required. Teatown Lake Reservation, 1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining. 762-2912. www.teatown.org.
| Fee | Ossining
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Festivals & Fairs
11/07/2009 | The Red Balloon
See this 1956 Oscar winning film about a young boy and a red balloon with a life of its own. Filmed in Paris. Noon (running time, 34 minutes). Today, Nov. 8, 14 and Nov. 15. $10 adults. $6.50 children ages 11 and under. Reservations required. Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville. 747-5555. www.burnsfilmcenter.org.
| Fee | Pleasantville
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Theater & Performance
11/07/2009 | The Flying Karamazov Brothers
See 4Play, the latest Karamazov Brothers' show filled with a breathtaking mix of music, comedy, theater and juggling. 2pm. Nov. 7. For all ages. $38-$55. Reservations required. Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St. Tarrytown. 877-840-0457. www.tarrytownmusichall.org. Note: also performing at Ridgefield Playhouse, see Nov. 8.
| Fee | Ridgefield, CT
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Animal Encounters
11/07/2009 | Wolves of North America and Red Wolves
Visit the Wolf Conservation Center and learn the biology, mythology and ecology of wolves of North America and visit the ambassador wolves Kaila, Apache, Lucas and Atka. Program spotlights the endangered red wolf and guests visit the Center's red wolves on exhibit. 10-11:30am. Today, Nov. 14, 21 and Nov. 28. All ages. $12 adults. $10 children 12 and under. Reservations required. Directions provided following registration. South Salem. 763-2373. www.nywolf.org.
| Fee | South Salem
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Exhibits
11/07/2009 | Visions of Gingerbreads
See an amazing display of gingerbread creations constructed by area chefs with all edible materials. A silent auction for the treats benefit the museum's educational programs. Auction and display closes Dec. 20. 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday. 11am-5pm Sunday. $8 adults. $4 children ages 4-17. Stamford Museum and Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, Conn. 203-322-1646. www.stamfordmuseum.org. CT
| Fee | Stamford, CT
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Theater & Performance
11/07/2009 | The Flying Karamazov Brothers
See 4Play, the latest Karamazov Brothers' show filled with a breathtaking mix of music, comedy, theater and juggling. 2pm. Nov. 7. For all ages. $38-$55. Reservations required. Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St. Tarrytown. 877-840-0457. www.tarrytownmusichall.org. Note: also performing at Ridgefield Playhouse, see Nov. 8.
| Fee | Tarrytown
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Hands-on Activities
11/07/2009 | Fish Tales: Flossie Flounder
Kids hear the story Flossie Flounder: A Tale of Flat Fish by Susanne Tate, which introduces children to life on the bottom of the Hudson. Afterwards kids create a brown bag flat fish. 10:30-11:30am. For children ages 3-5. $5 per child (adult chaperones are free). Registration required. Beczak Environmental Education Center, 35 Alexander St., Yonkers. 377-1900, ext. 13. dsukup@beczak.org. www.beczak.org.
| Fee | Yonkers
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Nature
11/07/2009 | Nature Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger hunt participants meet at the sanctuary headquarters building to pick up a scavenger hunt list and start searching. 1pm. All ages. FREE. Read Sanctuary, Playland Park, Playland Parkway, Rye. 967-8720. www.westchestergov.com.
| Free | Rye
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