Your Best Bets: What to Do This Weekend (and Beyond)
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A Mother’s Day piano concert; storytime at Muscoot Farm; music of The Beatles for kids; learn how to play canasta; and more
Good morning! Today is Thursday, May 5, and you are reading today’s section of Examiner+, a digital newsmagazine serving Westchester, Putnam, and the surrounding Hudson Valley.
Patrice’s Picks: This Week’s Three Best Bets
1. The Cake at the Depot Theatre (5/6)
The Cake takes the cake this week! Written by Bekah Brunstetter of NBC’s This Is Us, The Cake promises to make you laugh, ponder and crave some cake. Opening on May 6 and culminating with a bake-off on May 22, the show boasts a star-studded cast, including Tony-nominee (She Loves Me) and friend, Sally Mayes; Gregory Porter Miller (Netflix’s The Crew); Kullan Edberg (off-Broadway’s Puffs); and Kullan Edberg (off-Broadway’s Puffs). It is directed by Christine Bokhour, a Hudson Valley resident, who has been seen on and off-Broadway as well as working behind the scenes directing. Tickets: $25. Reserve while you can. Remember The Depot Theatre provides an intimate setting, which means shows will sell out.
Philipstown Depot Theatre
10 Garrisons Landing
Philipstown
www.philipstowndepottheatre.org
2. Mother’s Day with pianist Fei-Fei (5/8)
Fill Mom’s day with music at a concert led by pianist Fei-Fei in the Sanctuary of the South Salem Presbyterian Church in South Salem, beginning at 4 p.m. Listen to the sweet melodies of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff from a pianist known for her stage presence as much as her melding with the music. Fei-Fei has delighted audiences throughout her tour across Spain as well as her Carnegie Hall debut in 2019, just to name a few. Tickets: $15-$40. Be sure to make reservations.
South Salem Presbyterian Church
111 Spring St
South Salem
For more info and tickets click here.
3. Storytime at Muscoot Farm (5/10)
What is better than storytime for the 2-5-year-old set? Storytime topped off by a visit to the farm animals at Muscoot Farm. What fun it is to meet at the Orange Tractor and settle in for a good book before roaming the farm, especially in spring when it is filled with new life. Tickets: $20 for one child and caregiver. Space is limited. Make a reservation.
Muscoot Farm
51 New York 100
Katonah
For more info and tickets click here.
Events + Culture Calendar
Thursday, May 5
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta (Bronxville): Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style with an open bar and tasting menu at La Casa Bronxville this May 5. Doors open at 6:30. The evening includes an open bar and the restaurant’s “Greatest Hits” plus some Fiesta specialties. From guacamole to chicken enmoladas to flan and tres leches cake, the foods will definitely make for a festive evening. Tickets: $110. Reservations are needed in advance.
La Casa Bronxville
7 Pondfield Rd
Bronxville
For more info and tickets click here.
Saturday, May 7
Music of the Beatles for Kids (Port Chester): You are never too young or too old for that matter to love the music of The Beatles. The Rock & Roll Playhouse band brings their music around the country so a new generation can love the Rock and Roll music that still makes our generation sing. Bring the whole family to a concert that will have everyone dancing in (or out of) their seats. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for a 2 p.m. performance. Tickets: $15 in advance, $17 at the door. Reservations are recommended.
Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre
149 Westchester Ave
Port Chester
For more info and tickets click here.
Monday, May 9
Canasta Group Play (Mount Kisco): When I learned to play Canasta, I needed a card holder to hold all the cards because my hands were so small. I wouldn’t trade those nights with my grandma, aunt, and Mom for anything. Learn a card game that also promises to give you wonderful memories with family and/or friends. The game combines Bridge and Rummy skills. All skill levels are invited to meet in the upstairs meeting room from 1 to 4 p.m. Free.
Mount Kisco Library
100 East Main St
Mount Kisco
For more info click here.
Wednesday, May 11
Film: A Night of Knowing Nothing (Pleasantville): As part of the Global Watch: Crisis & Social Action series, the film A Night of Knowing Nothing deftly brings fiction and reality together “to tell the story of L, a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, writing to her estranged lover while he is away.” Reviews herald Payal Kapadia’s debut film as “Lyrical [and] dreamlike” by Aparita Bhandari of the Globe and Mail and “An intoxicating love letter to the cinema of resistance” by Marina Ashioti of Little White Lies. Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers).
Jacob Burns Film Center
364 Manville Rd
PleasantvilleFor more info and tickets 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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