Experience a “Flight Risk”; relive 101 years of Broadway; help to catch and band birds; create some red, white, and blue decorations for Memorial Day with your kids; learn all about tea; and more
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Patrice’s Picks: This Week’s Three Best Bets
1. Flight Risk live at Pete’s Saloon (5/20)
Flight Risk brings their classic rock sound to Pete’s Saloon beginning at 9 p.m. Enjoy the pub fare of this Elmsford mainstay while rocking the night away—burgers, sandwiches, entrees, and more. Be sure to check out the fries, onion ring combo, or change it up with a side of sweet potato fries. Cover: $5. Make reservations online. Pete’s Saloon 8 W Main St Elmsford petessaloon.com/pages/calendar
2. “Irradiance” Featuring the Daisy Jopling Band, Orchestra 914 and Students (5/22)
Daisy Jopling and her Orchestra showcase local talent while sharing their unique sound at the historic Paramount at 3 p.m. Jopling has a way of bringing out the best in young performers as they join in the energetic shows she brings to audiences year-round. “Daisy Jopling has toured the world, beginning her solo career with a concerto at the Royal Albert Hall in London at age 14. She played twice before 30,000 people at the opening of the Vienna Festival, toured with her band to 53 stunning concert halls in China, created “Illuminance” on Bannerman Island, NY which aired on PBS in 2021, and performed her own “Awakening” Concert at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.” Ticket options are dwindling so get your seats while you can: $25-$55. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater 1008 Brown St Peekskill For more info or tickets click here.
3. Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway (5/24)
The Westchester Theatre is bringing the tradition of The Westchester Broadway Theatre to the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center. Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway includes “the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century …A journey through Broadway history with the music of Kander & Ebb, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and many more.” The stellar cast includes Rita Harvey, Carter Calvert, Joey Calveri, Roosevelt Credit, and Craig Schulman with musical direction by Neil Berg. Tickets: $49-$89 (Westchester Broadway Theatre Gift Certificates will be honored). The Westchester Theatre Chappaqua Performing Arts Center 480 North Bedford Rd Chappaqua For more info and tickets click here.
Events + Culture Calendar
Saturday, May 21
Bird Catching and Banding (Mt. Kisco): Head to Westmoreland Sanctuary on May 21 at 9 a.m. to help with bird banding. It is the perfect opportunity to see wild birds of a number of species up close. Steve Ricker, director of conservation, is federally licensed and inputs all the Sanctuary’s data into a federal database. “Bird banding is the process of catching wild birds; identifying their species, relative age, and sex (if possible); and then putting a small, light aluminum band with a unique serial number around one of their legs…This information helps us know that our protected habitats are continuing to provide high-quality water, food, and shelter for our wonderful wildlife. It also helps us track bird migration when birds are recaptured. If we capture a bird that already has a band around its leg, we can find out where it was initially banded using the federal database.” Tickets: $5 (members), $10 (non-members). Westmoreland Sanctuary 260 Chestnut Ridge Rd Mt. Kisco westmorelandsanctuary.org/calendar/bird-banding-may-1/
Monday, May 23
All About Tea (Bronxville): Learn “All About Tea” in the Yeager Community Room at 3 p.m. Hastings Tea and Coffee experts will lead an afternoon discussion to demystify tea from caffeine levels to taste to health benefits. Wrap up the afternoon with a lovely cup of tea and dessert pairing from Hastings Tea and Coffee. Space is limited for this free event. Bronxville Library 201 Pondfield Rd Bronxville https://bronxvillelibrary.org/events/all-about-tea/
Wednesday, May 25
“Let’s Talk… Conversations on Race, Equity, & Belonging” (virtual): This is a virtual event led by Chantelle Fitzgerald of Mindset Strategies, LLC, a leadership development firm that trains leaders to become more effective by being more present, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. She will lead the discussion about how we start to value difference in the workplace with panelists Dr. Marsha Riggio and Dr. Don Trahan Jr. Free — advance registration required. For more info or to register click here.
Thursday, May 26
Patriotic Crafts for Families and Children (Mt. Kisco): Get into the spirit of Memorial Day with a crafts project for all ages. Create a red, white, and blue decoration for your window to show your support for veterans on Memorial Day Weekend. Join the event downstairs in the kids’ program room at 4:30 p.m. Mt. Kisco Library 100 East Main St Mount Kisco For more info or to register click here.
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A media specialist in the education and not-for-profit sectors, Patrice Athanasidy has written in the Hudson Valley for over 25 years. A Bronx native, she loves exploring all the Hudson Valley has to offer from parks to theaters to historic places. Athanasidy is an adjunct professor of communication at Manhattan College and also an alumna. Now a resident of Westchester County, she is a wife and mom of three grown children and has written columns about living family life on the autistic spectrum.
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