Best December Events for Grownups: Take a break from the holiday programming with these smart events for townies, foodies & culture vultures.
Sparkling Amazons at KMA
December 3 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sparkling Amazons at KMA: Sparkling Amazons at KMA presents the often-overlooked contribution by women artists to the Abstract Expressionist movement. Through the presentation of 30 works of art, the exhibition captures an important moment in the history of Abstract Expressionism. And the…
A Taste of Westchester: Clock Tower Grill
A Taste of Westchester: Clock Tower Grill: Holiday Madness! Proud owner of a farm supporting the restaurant’s growing needs, chef Rich Parente will teach you how to explore food in a fun and different way. You will sample local beer…
Judy Collins Winter Stories Ridgefield Playhouse
December 4 @ 7:30 pm
Judy Collins Winter Stories Ridgefield Playhouse: Collins has recorded 50 albums in a five-decade career, earning multiple Grammy Awards, including one for her rendition of “Send in the Clowns.” For these holiday shows, she will be joined by Norwegian singer-songwriter Jonas…
Mandy Patinkin Tarrytown
Mandy Patinkin in Concert Diaries in Tarrytown: From Randy Newman to Stephen Sondheim, from Harry Chapin to Rufus Wainwright, Mandy Patinkin takes you on a dazzling musical journey through the annals of American song. Mandy Patinkin in Concert: DIARIES, presents…
Taconic Opera Stars of Tomorrow
Mount Kisco, NY 10549 United States + Google Map
Taconic Opera Stars of Tomorrow: The Taconic Opera presents an ambitious program that will include works by Ravel as well as the world premiere of Red Sea Trio, a newly-commissioned piece composed by local composer and Taconic Opera Director, Dan…
Holiday Train Show Bar Car Nights
December 7 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Holiday Train Show Bar Car Nights @ New York Botanical Garden: At these ’21 plus’ after dark viewings of The Holiday Train Show you get to BEND AN ELBOW AND SEE TRAINS! HOW COOL IS THAT? Bring your husband and…
David Sedaris Performing Arts Center Purchase
Purchase, NY 10577 United States + Google Map
An Evening with David Sedaris, Performing Arts Center Purchase: The master of satire and bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and other satirical gems returns with the acerbic humor, social commentary, and outlandish stories that transfixed the audience at…
Standup at The Schoolhouse Theatre
Standup at The Schoolhouse Theatre: Myq Kaplan, imPerfect: In his newest hour of comedy, imPERFECT, Kaplan offers advice to on everything from traditional marriage to polyamory, quantum mechanics to the Talmud, childhood to much-older still-happening childhood (a/k/a “adulthood”), and more. Myq…
ChappPac: Hudson Valley Electric Jazz Band
ChappPac: Hudson Valley Electric Jazz Band: 6 piece jazz fusion instrumental and vocal group covering Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Chaka Kahn, John Scofield, Stevie Wonder, Micheal Brecker, George Benson. There will be two one-hour sets with a 15 minute intermission. General…
John Hiatt At Caramoor
John Hiatt At Caramoor: Enjoy a special benefit evening with an artistic legend who transformed American music. John Hiatt, whom the Los Angeles Times calls “… one of rock’s most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years,” has created songs recorded…
Westchester Philharmonic: Rhapsody in Blue Alert!
Purchase, NY 10577 United States + Google Map
Westchester Philharmonic: A Vision of Sound: Rachael Worby conducts the Westchester Phil and guest pianist HyeJin Kim in a program that explores jazz and Latin jazz influences on American classical music. The program includes Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” , Bernstein’s…
2019 Sundance Short Bedford Playhouse
2019 Sundance Short, Bedford Playhouse: The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 96-minute theatrical program of 7 short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many…
A Taste of Westchester: The Grille at Somers Pointe
A Taste of Westchester: The Grille at Somers Pointe: One of ATOW’s favorite instructors is back. Chef Tom Costello, formerly of Thyme in Yorktown Heights is now executive chef at The Grille at Somers Pointe. The Grille is the restaurant…
The Brandenburgs are Bach in Bedford
Bedford Chamber Concerts: The Brandenburgs are Bach in Bedford: Back by popular demand, Dr. Anthony Newman and guests perform the Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (complete) at St. Matthew Church in Bedford. Dubbed the “high priest of Bach” by Wynton…
Candlelight Holiday Tours John Jay Homestead
December 12 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Candlelight Holiday Tours John Jay Homestead: Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s. The number of tickets available for…
A Taste of Westchester: Peter Pratt’s Inn
A Taste of Westchester: Peter Pratt’s Inn: Moonshine Be Mine! Built in 1780, this colonial homestead has been a local inn dating back to 1926. Master chef and owner Jonathan Pratt weaves stories of the Inn’s history and culinary into…
Wine Around Town In Chappaqua
Wine Around Town In Chappaqua: Get some holiday shopping done and sample wines from around the world courtesy of Chappaqua businesses. (That works for us!) Last year’s participants include the New Castle Historical Society, Desires by Mikolay, Family Britches, Eye Gallery…
Candlelight Holiday Tours John Jay Homestead
December 13 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Candlelight Holiday Tours John Jay Homestead: Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s. The number of tickets available for…
A.I.M. An Untitled Love
Purchase, NY 10577 United States + Google Map
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award-winning choreographer and Purchase grad, Kyle Abraham, draws on his roots in hip hop, classical music and visual arts to present this avant premiere of An Untitled Love. This full length work is set to the music…
Holiday Traditions Jeffrey Biegel S. Salem
Holiday Traditions Jeffrey Biegel S. Salem: Virtuosic performer, Jeffrey Biegel, returns to the Series for the holiday season. His performance will feature Bach, Mozart and Chopin along with selections from his CD, “A Steinway Christmas” which reached No. 1 on…
New Year’s Eve @ Jazz Forum
December 31 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
New Year’s Eve @ Jazz Forum with Janis Siegel: Ten Time-Grammy-winner with The Manhattan Transfer, Janis Siegel performs two shows at this dinner/jazz lounge in Tarrytown. The internationally famous Manhattan Transfer covered songs from the 1930s to the 80s and…
New Year’s Eve @ Jazz Forum
December 31 @ 9:30 pm – 1:00 am
New Year’s Eve @ Jazz Forum with Janis Siegel: Ten Time-Grammy-winner with The Manhattan Transfer, Janis Siegel performs two shows at this dinner/jazz lounge in Tarrytown. The internationally famous Manhattan Transfer covered songs from the 1930s to the 80s and…