Best Events for Grown Ups this Fall: We scoured over 150 special events in our Events for Grown Ups calendar for fall and came up with this list of 25 events you need on your radar screen for fall. Check the full calendar if you think we might have missed anything.
Neuberger Museum Re-opens
Purchase, NY United States
Neuberger Museum Re-opens: The Neuberger Museum of Art will re-open on September 25 after a summer-long renovation designed to improve the museum’s digital capabilities. The museum will open with the debut US showing of the internationally-acclaimed, Moroccan-French, multi-media artist Yto Barrada’s…
The Ivy League of Comedy TV Special
September 27 @ 7:00 pm
The Ivy League of Comedy TV Special: The Ivy League of Comedy returns to the Emelin to record their first TV special! Just how smart are the six members of The Ivy League of Comedy? See for yourself as some of…
Essex Clipper Dinner Train
September 29 @ 4:00 pm
Essex Clipper Dinner Train: Book your tickets on the Essex Clipper Dinner Train or a 4-course meal served in beautifully restored 1920’s Pullman diners, pulled by a vintage diesel locomotive. Relax and reconnect on this 21/2-hour scenic journey. Travel through the pristine Connecticut River…
Larry King at The Capitol
Larry King at The Capitol Theatre: Larry King & Anybody Who Was Anybody Over the Past 50 Years: Larry King has conducted over 40,000 interviews over a 60-year career. He is recognized worldwide as one of the best media personalities of our…
Harvest Feast 2019 Stone Barns
Harvest Feast Stone Barns: This inaugural fundraising event will celebrate 15 years of collaboration between Stone Barns Center and Blue Hill through an interactive, roving meal across their shared landscape. Explore the unique relationship between field and kitchen with farmers and…
Blues Brews & Botany @ NYBG
Blues, Brews & Botany, New York Botanical Garden: The region’s top breweries walk you through a flight of their latest creations and discuss the connections between beer and botany. Purchase a souvenir Sampling Mug and set out to try each…
Kykuit Tours
October 6 @ 9:45 am
Kykuit Tours: Fall is the best time to visit this hilltop paradise that was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family. WHY? Because the Rockefellers didn’t have air-conditioning. Whaaaaaa? A guided tour of the Rockefeller estate is without doubt No.…
Sparkling Amazons at KMA
October 6 @ 12:00 pm – 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 Westhchester: Fortina
A Taste of Westchester: Fortina: Polenta Show! Chef Christian Petroni, 2018 winner of The Next Food Network Star, is the owner of five restaurants show casing Italian fare “with a twist”. Christian and chef Paul Zullo create food inspired by…
Elton John & Time Rice’s Aida at WPPAC
October 11 @ 8:00 pm
White Plains, NY 10601 United States + Google Map
Elton John & Time Rice’s Aida at WPPAC: Winner of four Tony® Awards, Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA is a musical based on the opera of the same name written by Antonio Ghislanzoni with music by Giuseppe Verdi. The musical Aida…
Hudson Valley Bacon Bash: Hogtoberfest
Hudson Valley Bacon Bash: Hogtoberfest: This year’s Hudson Valley Bacon Bash gets a German theme with German vendors, German music, German beers and, of course, some sauerbrats. But you will still find bacon served 55 Different Ways including Bacon on…
Henry Louis Gates John Jay Founders Lecture
Henry Louis Gates John Jay Founders Lecture: Scholar, author, filmmaker, journalist, cultural critic, mentor and institution builder, Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has…
The Moth in Tarrytown
The Moth: The Moth returns to Tarrytown after a sold-out engagement in 2017 with their humorous, heartbreaking and true stories told live on stage. No script. No props. Just a microphone, a spotlight and room full of strangers. The producers…
Sutton Foster: Ridgefield Playhouse
Sutton Foster: Ridgefield Playhouse: Loved her at Caramoor in 20018. A two-time Tony Award-winner for Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 11 Broadway shows – most recently the…
Tony Bennett Stamford Palace
Tony Bennett Stamford Palace: Appearing for one-night only, don’t miss this special engagement with the legendary Tony Bennett. With worldwide record sales in the millions, and dozens of platinum and gold albums to his credit, Tony Bennett is a musician…
Feeding Westchester’s An Evening in Good Taste Event
Feeding Westchester’s An Evening in Good Taste Event: Eat, drink and make a difference at the 29th annual benefit for the Feeding Westchester’s (formerly Food Bank of Westchester) An Evening in Good Taste in White Plains. Chefs from 30 of Westchester’s…
Broadway Fright Night
Broadway Fright Night: Here’s a welcome new addition to our Halloween for Grown-Ups file. Stephen DeAngelis returns after last season’s big hit, Leading Ladies of Broadway, with a “spook-tacular” star-studded event. In Broadway Fight Night four of New York’s finest vocalists pay…
“Who’s Who” The Daisy Jopling Band
Who’s Who The Daisy Jopling Band: The Daisy Jopling Band’s new show, “Who’s Who” consists of original violin arrangements of great songs by The Who, juxtaposed with hits from the Daisy Jopling Band. The concert is celebrating the release of the “Who’s…
Gina Chavez, Performing Arts Center Purchase
Gina Chavez, Performing Arts Center Purchase: Alt-pop sensation Gina Chavez is a nine-time Austin Music Award winner — including 2015 Musician of the Year and Album of the Year. Chavez’s bilingual songs traverse cumbia, bossa nova, vintage pop, reggaeton, and folk.…
Craft Westport
CraftWestport: CraftWesport is the longest running indoor crafts festival in CT, presented by the Westport Young Woman’s League. It is a thoughtfully curated shopping event featuring 200 modern American artists and makers! Shop till you drop for one-of-a-kind and items…
Dorrance Dance at PAC
Purchase, NY 10577 United States + Google Map
Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance’s Bessie Award-winning troupe begs the question what is tap? Is it once? Or is it music? Michelle is a 2015 Macarthur Fellow and a 2018 Doris Duke Artist Award-winner. Her choreography blends traditional technique with cutting-edge choreography…
Empty Bowls Westchester
Empty Bowls Westchester from 914 Cares: Whippoorwill Club: Empty Bowls Westchester’s fundraiser has raised over 420,000 in the past four years to help raise funds to combat hunger in Westchester. Each year they auction off painted bowls created by local students and…
Sophia Loren: Ridgefield Playhouse
Sophia Loren: Ridgefield Playhouse: Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event – an intimate conversation LIVE on stage with legend Sophia Loren! Exclusive engagement – one of only 5 shows nationwide!! Synonymous with grace, beauty and artistry, the Oscar-winning actress captivates with an…
John Cleese: Ridgefield Playhouse
John Cleese: Ridgefield Playhouse: WOW! JOHN Cleese! Don’t miss this unforgettable evening with award-winning actor, writer, and comedian John Cleese as he shares hilarious stories and observations about his life and career, including highlights from Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda, 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…
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…
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…