Amazing Compendium: Best (Mostly) Local Events May 2019

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Spring Uncorked at the New York Botanical Garden

Amazing Compendium: Best (Mostly) Local Events May 2019: It’s a busy May in Armonk, Bedford & Chappaqua and beyond. Horses, lilacs and violins, Broadway stars, musical comedies and poker games, wine tastings, muscle cars and benefits for a cause.

Shop for a Cure for Lime Disease, Brae Burn Country Club Purchase, Wed, 5/1: 9:30am-1:30pm: Robin Jacobs and Alyssa Sokloff host The Global Lyme Alliance’s Shop for a Cure breakfast and panel discussion with emcee Tania Tyles Dempsey M.D. and panelists Dr. Daniel Cameron and Neuropsychologist Marian Rissenberg. There’s shopping before and after the panel from women’s apparel and accessories, children’s clothes and home furnishings vendors. (39 Brae Burn Dr., Purchase; GLA.org/ShopForACure)

Local! “You Got to Know when to Hold’em” at Gentleman’s Poker Night, Bedford’s Historical Hall, Thurs, 5/2: 7pm: Get your seat at the table for a night of Texas Hold’em, dinner & prizes to benefit the Bedford Historical Society’s educational programs. Nothing says Bedford like Texas Hold’em right? Professional dealers offer a refresher at 6:30pm, with games from 7- 11pm. Purchase tickets at www.bedfordhistoricalsociety.org)

Local! First Congregational Church of Chappaqua 68th Annual Barn Sale, Fri, 5/2: 9am-7pm, Sat, 5/3: 9am-2pm & Sun, 5/5: 12-2pm: The Church’s annual barn sale fundraiser offers quality consignment items from Chappaqua households and new merchandise from local merchants including clothes and furniture. The Church accepts donations for the Barn Sale Tues-Sat, 4/23-27: 9am-4pm, Sun, 4/28: 12-4pm & Mon-Wed, 4/29-5/1: 9am-7pm. Local pick up service avail call 914.238.4411. No books, computers, TV’s Oversized furniture, exercise equipment or winter cloths. (210 Orchard Ridge Rd., Chappaqua; http://www.fcc-chappaqua.org)

Local! Byram Hills Education Foundation Spring Event, Fairview Country Club, Fri, 5/3: 7pm: This year’s co-chairs Elise Margolin and Nicole Stern invite you to a casual evening of dinner, drinks and live music to support the Byram Hills Foundation’s (BHEF) annual education grants. BHEF has awarded 362 grants valued at $4.6 million since 1994. In 2018/19 BHEF made a district wide grant of over $66 thousand for a Wellness for Life program that funds professional development for teachers and resources for parents in partnership with the Stanford University Challenge Success program. (1241 King St, Greenwich, CT; www.byramhillsfoundation.org)

Christine Ebersole, Caramoor, Fri, 5/4: 8:30pm: The Rosen House Music Room transforms into an intimate cabaret for this annual Benefit Concert. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Christine Ebersole delivers a celebration of the American Songbook, and mingles with guests at the champagne reception in the Formal Dining Room after the show. (149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah; www.caramoor.com)

Local! Katonah Spring Clean Up Day & Plant Sale, Katonah Village Library, Sat, 5/4: 9am-2pm: Meet in front of the Katonah library for the Katonah Village Improvement Society’s plant sale or volunteer to help clean up the Katonah Memorial Park. Disposable gloves, garbage bags, vests, route maps, refreshments and prizes for the kids are provided. (26 Bedford Rd., Katonah; www.katonahvis.com)

CMS of Lincoln Center: Deeply Inspired, Performing Arts Center, Sat, 5/4: 5pm: In its final PAC performance of the year the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents a program of composers from four eras and four cultures all at their emotional height. Including Schubert, Arensky, Bloch and Barber’s Dover Beach for voice and string quartet. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

New York Botanical Garden Lilac Weekend, Sat-Sun, 5/4-5: 11am-4pm: The Burn Family Lilac Collection takes the spotlight as NYBG celebrates this American garden favorite in all of its glorious forms, colors, and aromas with plein-air painting, music, guided tours, and talks. (2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Local! 13 Hands Help a Horse Day, Courtyard Farm, Bedford Hills, Sat, 5/4: 2-7pm: 13 Hands Equine Rescue Inc. presents this family fun day at Courtyard Farm to support their horse rescue efforts. 13 hands rescues horses from the slaughter pipeline, rehabilitates them and puts them up for adoption. This event features, food, music, shopping, kids activities, horse care demonstrations and an auction. (111 Stone Bridge Lane, Bedford Hills; www.13handsequime.org)

Local! The Creation by Haydn, Westchester Oratorio Society, ChappPac, Sun, 5/5: 3pm: Westchester Oratorio Society (WOS) presents Joseph Haydn’s great work “The Creation” (“Die Schöpfung”). Considered a masterpiece of the oratorio tradition, Die Schöpfung celebrates the creation of the world as described in the “Book of Genesis.” Scored for chorus, three soloists and symphonic orchestra, it debuted in Vienna in 1799. The concert will feature soloists Catherine Steinbrink, Soprano, Jeffrey Strand, Tenor and David Salsbery Fry, Bass, and the WOS Festival Orchestra. (480 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua; www.westchesteroratorio.org)

Local! The Chappaqua Orchestra, Concerto Winner’s Concert, Horace Greeley HS, Sun, 5/5: 3pm: TCO’s final concert of the season features the winners of their annual Concerto Competition.The Concert will conclude with a performance of Dvorak’s 8th Symphony. (70 Roaring Brook Rd, Chappaqua; www.chappaquaorchestra.org)

Bicycle Sundays on the Bronx River Parkway, Sun, 5/5-19 & 6/2-30: 10am-2pm: Bicycle Sundays return on May 6. The Westchester Parks Foundation closes off a six and a half mile stretch of the Bronx River Parkway for the exclusive use of bicyclists, joggers, scooters and strollers. Park your car at the County Center lot and bike to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers. www.friendsofwestchesterparks.com

DeCicco & Sons, Armonk, Tues, 5/7: 5:30pm.Chef Frank Carlucci heads Decicco’s video-enhance demo kitchen offers an interactive lesson on his apricot focaccia topped with prosciutto, honey grilled chicken and citrus salad, and berries and cream tarts with puff pastry Brendon O’Brien, their in-house craft beer and bar manager, pairs a different beer with each course. (17 Maple Avenue, Armonk (Demonstration Kitchen-2nd floor)  914-499-1100, Register here.)

A Taste of Westchester, Horse and Hound Inn, South Salem, Thurs, 5/9: 6pm. French Country Cuisine at a Historic Inn! Husband and wife team Silvano and Sue start you off with an amuse bouche (my mouth is always amused) and a glass of a French wine. Guest chef Donna Davis will offer lessons on her preparation of pate, frisse salad, fingerling potatoes, lardons, a soft poached egg, a charcuterie board and a poached pear with port and bleu cheese. (94 Spring Street, South Salem , 914-763-3108, Register here.)

Local! Baby, The Armonk Players, Whippoorwill Hall, Fri, 5/10-Sun, 5/19: check times: Tom Coppola directs this 1983 musical from Sybille Pearson with music and lyrics from David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr. ( Fosse, Ain’t Misbehaving), about three couples on a university campus in their early twenties, thirties and forties that find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. The play was nominated for six Tony Awards and won two Drama Desk Awards. (North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd. E., Armonk;www.armonkplayers.org)

Cool! Long Island Sound Lighthouse Cruise, Maritime Aquarium Norwalk, Sat, 5/11: 1:15-3:45pm: Venture out on the Maritime Aquarium’s Spirit of the Sound catamaran for rare close-up looks at five lighthouses from Norwalk’s Sheffield Island Lighthouse to the lighthouse at Stratford Shoal near Bridgeport, CT. All the lighthouses are on the National Register of Historic Places. Board at the Aquarium Dock. (10 N. Water St., Norwalk; www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Mother’s Day Weekend Garden Party, New York Botanical Garden, Sat-Sun, 5/11-12: 10am-6pm: Picnic on Daffodil Hill where there will be tens of thousands in bloom. A perfect spring setting for live music from Spanglish Fly and Falu Shah, food trucks, outdoor games (think badminton and giant chess) tours of the Azalea and Native Plant Gardens and Mother’s Day Gift Shopping. (2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Local! REBEL Baroque, Sounds of Spring Mother’s Day Concert, Bedford Presbyterian Church, Sun, 5/12: 4pm: Flautist Matthias Maure (rock star!) and Sophie Lariviere (recorder) are featured in this program of works by Telemann, Vivaldi, van Eyck and Schwarzkopf & Schmelzer. REBEL Baroque is the only period instrument ensemble awarded a residency at National Public Radio, where they continue to be aired regularly. (44 Village Green, Bedford; www.rebelbaroque.com)

Inner Voices, Ko-Eun Yi, Sanctuary Series South Salem, Sun, 5/12: 4pm: The Washington Postapplauded Korean pianist Ko-Eun Yi’s recent debut recital in DC, calling her “a masterful technician” with immaculate finger work and power. A winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and a Gold medal winner at the World Piano Competition, Ko-Eun Yi will perform works by Scarlatti, Debussy, Beethoven and Liszt. (111 Spring St., S. Salem; www.thesanctuaryseries.com)

Local! Armonk Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Golf Outing, Whippoorwill Club, Tues, 5/14: 11:30am: It’s lunch, golf, cocktails and dinner at Armonk’s Whippoorwill Club to celebrate Citizen of the Year Ira Schulman and Organization of the Year, The Byram Hills Education Foundation. Ira has served as a Byram Hills School Board member for twenty years and President of the Board seven times. The Byram Hills Education Foundation has funded 362 grants valued at more than 4.6 million dollars since 1994. (150 Whippoorwill Rd., Armonk; www.armonkchamber.org)

Local! Castles of New Castle, New Castle Historical Society House Tour, Thurs, 5/16: 9:30am- 2:30pm: The NCHS’s Castles of New Castle house tour showcases five homes in different architectural styles. All proceeds from the House Tour will benefit the New Castle Historical Society. Tickets for the event will got on sale in mid-April. Check back here or at the NCHS website for more info. (100 King St., Chappaqua; www.newcastlehs.org)

ArtsWestchester ArtsBash & Open Studios, White Plains – Thurs, 5/16: 6-9pm: Enjoy an evening of cocktails and delicious tastings from 20+ fine restaurants, plus open artist studios and more at ArtsWestchester’s spring benefit. On view in the Gallery, Modern Families, a photographic inquiry into the American family from eleven regional photographers. Anchored by rarely exhibited work by Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee (1886-1983). (31 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains; www.artswestchester.org)

Local! The Hudson Chorale, Symphony of Psalms, Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, Fri, 5/17: 8pm & Sun, 5/19: 3pm:Ira Spaulding conducts the 70-voice Hudson Chorale in a performance of Stravinsky’sSymphony of Psalms, Brahms’ Quartetsand Liebeslieder Waltzes, and Bartok’s Four Slavonic Dances. (400 Bedford Rd., Pleasantville; www.hudsonchorale.org)

Local! 6th Annual Stayin’ Alive 5K & Fun Run, Armonk, Sat. 5/18: 8am: The run starts at The Windmill Club and continues through Windmill’s woodsy community. Stayin’ Alive has raised $150,000 for needed equipment for first responder’s in North Castle (Armonk, Banksville & N. White Plains) and surrounding towns. The race has attracted over 1400 runners over the past five years. The .6 mile Fun Run around Windmill Lake begins at 9am. (The Windmill Club, 10 Maple Way, Armonk; Register here.)

Local! Garden Conservancy’s Open Gardens, Garden of Shobha Vanchiswar & Murali Mani, Chappaqua, Sat, 5/18: 10am-4pm: This modest-sized organically maintained garden won the 2007 Golden Trowel award from Garden Design magazine. It features a cottage garden of bulbs and perennials, a Belgian espalier of fruit trees, grape arbor, herb garden, checkerboard garden, “meadow” with naturalized bulbs, native plants & greenhouse. (76 Castle Rd., Chappaqua; www,gardenconservancy.org)

Local! Garden Conservancy’s Open Gardens, Rocky Hills, Mt. Kisco, Sat, 5/18: 10am-4pm: William & Henriette Suhr’s Rocky Hills showcases mature specimens of black walnut, ash, weeping beech, dawn redwood, Stewartia, dogwood, magnolias & conifers. Tree peonies, rhododendrons & azaleas accent a carpet of bulbs on thirteen acres. In May/June forget-me-nots cloud hillside meadows, rock gardens, terraces, walls & paths on fern woodlands. (95 Old Roaring Brook Rd., Mt. Kisco; www,gardenconservancy.org)

Local! Spring Native Plant Sale, Greenwich Audubon, Sat-Sun, 5/18-19: 10am-5pm: Looking to fill some holes in your garden? Want to attract more birds and butterflies? Check out the annual Native Plant Sale: For The Birds, Butterflies, & Bees hosted May 18 and 19, 2019 by the National Audubon Society in Greenwich, Connecticut. Pre-order from their Native Plant Catalog by Fri, 4/26. (613 Riversville Rd., Greenwich, CT; www.greenwichaudubon.org)

Spring Uncorked, New York Botanical Garden, Sat-Sun, 5/18-19: 12-4pm: The irises and peonies are in bloom in mid-May for this al fresco wine tasting weekend at NYBG. Sample wines from Hudson Valley and Long Island wineries and check out their Farmer’s Market. There will be an eclectic mix of hip-hop folk, modern folktronica, indie rock, experimental pop and alt-chamber jazz music all weekend. (2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Local! New Castle 5k & 10K Road Race & Fun Run, Sun, 5/19: 8am: This challenging course takes you from Town Hall through some of Chappaqua’s most scenic landscapes. Runners get a police escort, water stations and a sag wagon. There are awards in 8 age categories. The one mile fun run begins at 8am. The 5K & 10K races start at 8:30am. (Town Hall, 200 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua; Register Here.)

Bedford Memorial Day Picnic, Katonah, Mon, 5/27: 11am-2pm: The local American Legion Post 1575 will host a Memorial Day picnic at American Legion Hall next to the Katonah Museum of Art. All town residents are invited. (American Legion Hall, 136 Jay St. Katonah; www.bedfordny.gov)

Cool! Trans Am Series by Pirelli World, Sportscar Vintage Racing Ass’n & Royals Car Show, Rock Park Memorial Day Season Opener, Fri-Mon, 5/24-27: The weekend mixes races from modern and vintage race cars. From 200 mph Trans Am muscle car events (Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers and Corvettes) to Sportscar Vintage Racing Ass’n events that feature classic Jaguars and Porsches, and provide a “rolling history” of motorsport. On Sunday, the Royals Car Show draws 200-400 prime vehicles from rare sports cars to muscle cars from the 60s and 70s. (60 White Hollow Rd., Lakeville CT: www.limerock.com)

Norwalk Island Cruise, Thurs, 5/30-8/29: 6-8pm: Enjoy a narrated two-hour evening cruise around the Norwalk islands with Aquarium educators who offer tales about Shea, Chimon, Tavern and other islands just off the Norwalk harbor, as well as the three lighthouses the cruises pass: Pecks Ledge, Greens Ledge and Sheffield Island. (10 N. Water St., Norwalk; www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Local! The Hudson Chorale’s Giant Tag Sale, Pleasantville – Fri-Sat 5/31-6/1: 9am-4pm: This is NOT your typical neighborhood tag sale of used toys and children’s clothing. The Hudson Chorale receives both used and new donated items in a wide variety of categories including antique furniture, collectibles, jewelry, appliances, housewares, CD’s, DVD’s, toys, sports equipment, tools, gardening supplies, good used clothing & accessories, bed & bath, decorative art, etc. Benefits the Hudson Chorale. (United Methodist Church, 70 Bedford Rd, Pleasantville)

June

On the Farm Dinner, John Jay Homestead, Sat, 6/1: 6:30pm: At John Jay Homestead’s third annual On the Farm Dinner, guests will enjoy seasonal cocktails and farm fresh hors d’oevres before sitting down to dinner at a long table in a picturesque meadow. Purdy’s Farmer and the Fish will cater the evening; dinner will be served family style. Citigrass, a Brooklyn based blue grass band, will be providing music for the evening. (400 Jay Street (Route 22), Katonah ; johnjayhomestead.org)