What To Do: With the Kids November

November

Local! Annual Mt. Kisco Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast: This year’s pancake breakfast is moved up from mid-November to Halloween morning. It will be held at the regular venue – the Holiday Inn in Mt. Kisco. Sat, 10/31: 8am-11am. (www.mountkiscorotary.org)

The Big Apple Circus – The Grand Tour: Set in the 1920s, this new show features acts from around the world. Ships, trains, automobiles, and airplanes will serve as the backdrop for breathtaking acts of wonder, accompanied by the seven-piece Big Apple Circus Band. Acts will include clowns, jugglers, acrobats, and aerialists, from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, as well as domestic and rescue animal acts.  Wed-Sun, 10/21-1/10/16: check times. (Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park, 62nd Street, NY; www.bigapplecircus.org)

Fantasia – Jacob Burns: Disney’s 1940 masterpiece, Fantasia, an innovative and revolutionary animated classic combines Western classical music with imaginative visuals, presented by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The eight animation sequences are colorful, impressive, free-flowing, abstract, and often surrealistic pieces. They include the most famous of all, Paul Dukas’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” with Mickey Mouse as the title character battling brooms carrying endless buckets of water.Sat, 11/7: 12pm.  (Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville; www.burnsfilmcenter.org)

Olate Dogs – Tarrytown Music Hall: These dogs are all millionaires since they scooped up the one million dollar prize from season 7 of America’s Got Talent. Since then they’ve been headlining at The Palazzo in Las Vegas. Fri, 11/6: 7pm. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Local! Chappaqua Orchestra Children’s Concert – Peter and the Wolf and Runaway Bunny: Narrated by famed WQXR broadcaster Elliott Forrest. With violin soloist Kinga Augustyn. Sat, 11/7: check time. (Wallace Auditorium, Chappaqua Crossing; www.chappaquaorchestra.org)

Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny– Tarrytown Music Hall: The children’s books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny from Margaret Wise Brown and illustrator Clement Hurd come to life in this original musical with whimsical puppetry. “Good night stars, Good night air, Good night noises everywhere.” Sun, 11/8: 11am. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Disney On Ice – 100 Years of Magic: Mouse-ter of Ceremonies Mickey Mouse, heads up a cast of over 50 Disney characters in this ice extravaganza featuring Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Ariel, Snow White and Tiana. Not to mention moments and cast members from Disney’s Frozen, Disney Pixar’s Toy Story and Finding Nemo, Disney’s The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. With 30 memorable Disney songs including “Let It Go”, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”, and “Hakuna Matata”. Tues-Sun, 11/10-15: check times. (Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn; www.barclayscenter.com)

Local! Harlem Wizards for the Byram Hills Education Foundation: Professional trick hoops and alley oops team takes on the Bobcat Bruisers (BHHS faculty.) Since 1994 the BHEF has raised over $3.5 million in grants for state of the art programs and technologies at all of the district’s schools. They recently announced ten new grants totaling $154,000. Fri, 11/13: 7pm. (Byram Hills H. S., 12 Tripp Lane, Armonk; www.byramhillsfoundation.org)

Click, Clack, Moo – Emelin Theatre: All day long Farmer Brown hears “click clack moo, clickety clackety, moo…” The cows and chickens have joined together in protest and are typing up a list of conditions or they’ll strike! Will Farmer Brown give into the animals’ demands? Will Jenny get her computer back? (You know she will.) Find out in this hilarious musical about negotiation and compromise, based on the Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. A Theatreworks USA production. Ages 4 and up. Sat, 11/14: 11am & 1:30pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Frosty – Ridgefield Playhouse: Theatreworks USA’s production of Frosty the Snowman, set in New York City, is an urban adventure telling the story of how Frosty helps young Billy find his real family for Christmas. Sat, 11/14: 11am & 2pm.  (80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

Black Violin – a family event: “Sometimes they play with the intense seriousness of orchestral soloists; at others they fiddle as if at a hoedown.” – The New York Times. Following their PAC debut last year, Wil B and Kev Marcus, bring their viola and violin for another high-energy celebration of music from classical, to hip-hop, rock, R&B, and bluegrass. The guys perform 200 shows each year literally for everyone from kindergarteners to grandmothers. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Sun, 11/15: 3pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)

Disney On Ice – 100 Years of Magic: If you missed it at the Barclays Center or just like Newark better than Brooklyn … see it here. Wed-Sun, 11/18-22: check times. (Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark: www.prucenter.com)

WTD Fave Rave: New York Botanical Garden’s Train Show: The New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory features more than a dozen large scale model train sets (some super-sized) zipping across a quarter mile of track and a landscape of 140 scaled replicas of iconic New York City buildings made of bark, twigs, fruit, seeds and pine cones. Including, the original Penn Station and Yankee Stadium, Radio City Music Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the Brooklyn Bridge. An absolutely must do event – if you’ve never been. Sat-Sat, 11/21-1/18/2016. (2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Warren Miller’s Chasing Shadows: Warren Miller Entertainment‘s 66th snow sports film, Chasing Shadows, follows snow sports stars JT Holmes, Seth Wescott, Caroline Gleich, Steven Nyman, Marcus Caston and more up and down the mountains of dreams: Chamonix, Alaska’s Chugach, the Chilean Andes, Utah’s Wasatch and the mightiest range of them all: the Himalaya. Warren Miller once said, “A pair of skis are the ultimate transportation to freedom.” Sat, 11/21: 6 & 9pm. (Stamford Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)

Local! Ice Skating at The Harvey School: 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. No hockey playing. Fri, 11/27: 12:45-2:45pm & Mon, 12/26: 12:45-2:45pm. For more info call Bedford Recreation at 914.666.7004 or check you Fall Brochure. (The Harvey School, 260 Jay St., Katonah; www.bedfordny.gov)

Curious George – Emelin Theatre: With every swing and flip, George takes the audience through a fun-filled adventure in which he learns about Rome…and meatballs…and the “secret ingredient” to cooking! Join Curious George, star of books, movies and the award-winning PBS television show in this delightful musical. A Theatreworks USA production. Ages 3 and up. Sun, 11/29: 11am & 1:30pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Where To Celebrate: Thanksgiving

UBS Parade Spectacular: Skip the Macy’s Day Parade and stay local with one of the largest helium balloon parades in the country. When we were there we saw the Pink Panther, Popeye, Underdog (anyone remember Underdog?) Nemo, Mighty Mouse, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Miss Piggy, Spiderman and Kermit the Frog. Plus marching bands, floats and street food. Sun, 11/22: 12pm. (Stamford Downtown)

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: With Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Savannah Guthrie. Accept no substitute: Thurs, 11/26: 9am on NBC only!

Game times for football fans: It’s another all NFC Thanksgiving from the NFL. (Sorry Jets fans – no AFC again this year.) The triple-header features: Thurs, 11/26: Eagles vs. Lions on Fox: 12:30pm; Panthers vs. Cowboys on CBS: 4:30pm; Bears vs. Packers on NBS: 8:30pm.

December

Cinderella Ballet: The Breaking Ground Dance Center brings the story of Cinderella, her evil stepsisters (the original mean girls), the Fairy Godmother and the handsome prince to life in this ballet set to music from Sergei Prokofiev. Sat, 12/5: 1 & 4:30pm. (Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)

The Lightning Thief – Ridgefield Playhouse: The story of Percy Jackson from Rick Riordan’s 2005 fantasy adventure novel, based on Greek mythology, comes to the stage from TheatreWorks USA.  Sun, 12/6: 1 & 4pm. (80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

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