What To Do Thanksgiving Weekend

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Run off the turkey and stuffing at the Bedford Turkey Trot Saturday after Thanksgiving

What To Do Thanksgiving Weekend: There’s plenty to do after turkey day. Here’s the best 17 events to fill your long weekend!

Local! Ice Skating at The Harvey School – Fri, 11/24 & Wed, 12/28: 12:45-2:45pm: In cooperation with The Harvey School, Jim Whiting and his staff at Bedford Recreation offers two hours of public skating for all ages at The Harvey School ice rink on the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas. There will be a DJ spinning fave tunes and requests. Admission is just $5 and you must provide your own skates and no hockey playing. (The Harvey School, 260 Jay St., Katonah; www.bedfordny.gov)

Classic: Bedford Turkey Trot – Sat, 11/25: 8am: Billed as “the hardest 5K in New York”, the Turkey Trot raises funds for Bedford Community Table/Pantry. The course begins on Court Road at the Bedford Village Elementary School. The halfway point is at the top of Indian Hill Road – not for the faint of heart – and finishes at Bedford Village Memorial Park. There is also a 2-mile walk. Pre-registration required. 7am for sign-in. Walkers start at 8am, runners at 8:20 am. (Bedford Village Elementary School, Court St., Bedford; www.bedfordturkeytrot.org)

Special Black Friday Two-Fer: Buy 1, get 1 for Fri, 11/24: 8pm show! The Enlightenment of Mr. Mole, Schoolhouse Theater – Thurs- Sun, 11/9-26: 8pm, Sun: 3pm: B.H. Barry’s new adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, the classic 1908 children’s novel about anthropomorphised animals in Edwardian England by Kenneth Grahame. B. H. Barry is a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award-winning fight director and choreography in theater, film television, opera and ballet. (3 Owens Rd., Croton Falls; www.schoolhousetheater.org)

The Stanley Clarke Band, Paramount Hudson Valley – Fri, 11/24: 8pm: Four-time Grammy-winner and bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke brings his band that won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Clarke was the co-founder, with Chick Corea, of the seminal fusion group Return to Forever. (1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.org)

Tusk: Fleetwood Mac Tribute, Tarrytown Music Hall – Sat, 11/25: 8pm: In this Benefit for Autism, Tusk covers Mick, Christine, Lindsey and Steve’s hits like “Landslide”, “Rhiannon, “Go Your Own Way” and the Bill Clinton campaign theme song, “Don’t Stop”. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Sponsored: Thanksgiving Weekend with Big Pussy @ The Heights at Brother Vic’s: If you haven’t been to this backwoods oasis for foodies and sound hounds in South Salem there’s three great shows (and dinner too)on T-giving weekend including: Soul’d Again, a 9 piece band with 4 horns performing classic 60s soul music on Wed, 11/22. On Fri, 11/24 Vincent Pastore’s Gangster Squad (Big Pussy on The Soprano’s) will make you an offer of classic rock-n-roll that you can’t refuse. And on Sat, 11/25, Brothers of the Road play The Allman Brothers song book. (920 Oak Ridge Drive, South Salem, 914.704. 8427, https://www.theheightsatbrothervics.com)

WTD Fave Rave! New York Botanical Garden Train Show – Wed, 11/22-Mon, 1/15/18: 10am-6pm: NYBG’s Holiday Train Show in the Enid Haupt Conservatory features over a dozen large scale & super-sized model train sets zipping across a half mile of track and a landscape of 140 scaled replicas of iconic NYC buildings made of bark, twigs, fruit, seeds and pine cones. Including the original Penn Station & Yankee Stadium, Radio City Music Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral & the Brooklyn Bridge. (2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Editors Choice! Springs, Sprocket & Pulleys, The Mechanical Sculptures of Steve Gerberich, Stamford Museum – Sat, 11/18 – Sat, 2/3: 18: The ingenious inventions of sculptor Steve Gerberich return to the Stamford Museum for a re-imagined Holiday Exhibition. Gerberich has gathered his most outlandish large-scale kinetic sculptures and installations for a showing of the “Best of Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys.” Working with old machine parts, kitchen utensils, furniture scraps, lighting fixtures, medical supplies, toys, and carnival figurines, Gerberich mixes the aesthetics of contemporary sculpture with the scientific principles of simple mechanical motion. Open Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm & Sun, 11am-5pm. (39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford; www.stamfordmuseum.org)

Local! Westchester’s Winter Wonderland, Kensico Dam Plaza: Fri, 11/24-Sun, 1/1/18: 5-10pm: Friends of Westchester Parks & Westchester Medical Center’s Winter Wonderland features a Holiday Circus, Santa Experience, Musical Light Show, Candy Cane Lane, ice skating, rides & food trucks. Plus a Tree Lighting (11/24) Princess & Star Wars Character Appearances (12/3,10,17 & 30) Holiday Pop Up Market (12/22-23) Kids Movie Night (12/27) & Family New Year’s Party with pyrotechnics and a ball drop (12/31)(1 Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla; www.winterwonderland.com)

USA Today’s Top Holiday Tour: Holiday Mansion Tours at Lyndhurst: Fri, 11/24 – Sun, 12/30: Described as one of the “Ten Best Historic Holiday Tours” by USA Today, Lyndhurst’s “A Very Duchess Holiday” is an over-the-top display of holiday ornaments paying homage to Anna Gould, the Duchess of Talleyrand, the last owner of Lyndhurst. The display features rarely seen children’s toys, holiday dishes, silver, jewels, and clothes that belonged to the Duchess. (635 S. Broadway, Tarrytown; www.lyndhurst.org)

Local! Santa Comes to Katonah on Shop Small Saturday – Sat, 11/25: 11am – 5 pm: How convenient. Start your shopping locally, say hey to the jolly old elf and get a free candy cane.

Local! Small Business Saturday: 11/25: American Express card members can earn up to 2X rewards at qualifying small businesses with an enrolled American Express card. Hundreds of local shops and restaurants will participate. To register your card and see who is playing go to www.americanexpress.com)

The Christmas Voyager, Westchester Broadway Theatre: Thurs, 11/22 – Sun, 12/23: In this musical by Robert Fitzsimmons (Christmas Inn) & Katherine Wheeler, a Starman journeys through time searching for the spirit of Christmas. His journey takes him around the world, touching down on a small American town, the North Pole and Dickens’ England. Along the way he is accompanied by a hit list of classic holiday songs. (One Broadway Plaza, Elmsford; www.broadwaytheatre.com)

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center: Fri, 11/24: Sun, 12/31: Balanchine’s Nutcracker premiered at Manhattan’s City Center in 1954 and has been staged in NYC every year since. It is the most famous staged production of the ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s legendary score in the US. The production features elaborate stage elements, the most famous of which is the one-ton Christmas tree that grows from a height of 12 feet to 40 feet. (62-65 St. at Columbus Ave., NYC; www.nycballet.com)

The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera: Sat, 11/25-Sat, 12/9: The Met’s English-language family version of Mozart’s enchanting masterpiece has become one of the city’s essential holiday traditions. Evan Rogister conducts Julie Taymor’s spellbinding production, with special holiday pricing and a 100-minute running time. Nathan Gunn reprises his much-loved portrayal of the bird-catcher Papageno. Check dates & times. (Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center: metopera.org)

Polar Express in Imax, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk – Fri, 11/24 – 12/22: check dates & times: The Polar Express returns to the six story high IMAX® screen at the Norwalk Aquarium. Based on the Caldecott Award-winning book by Chris Van Allsburg about a boy who doesn’t believe in Santa Clause, and his magical trip to the North Pole. Polar Express has become a holiday classic on big screens and small. (10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT; www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Local Santa! Armonk’s Frosty Day Parade – Sun, 11/26: 12:30-4:30pm: Activities begin at 12:30pm with train rides, clowns, magicians, Build-A-Frosty, face painting, cookie decorating, dance & music in Armonk Square, Frosty cartoons at the library, Frosty photo opps and a visit from Santa. The parade begins at 4pm and features more than 40 local groups, floats, music, costumes and an invitation to everyone to join the march down Main Street. Followed by a tree lighting ceremony at 4:30pm. Please remember to donate to Frosty’s Winter Warmth Project. (Downtown, Armonk; www.armonkfrosty.com)