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Pinkster Festival Coming To Sleepy Hollow SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- The Discover Pinkster! festival is coming to Phillipsburg Manor on May 17. The African-American celebration of spring features traditional cuisine, music, dancing African folktales, cooking demonstrations and dramatic vignettes. Inspired by the Dutch settlers and enslaved Africans during colonial times, Pinkster is a festive celebration of the arrival of spring. Activities include African colonial dance by Judith Samuel and the Children of Dahomey and storytelling by April Armstrong. Renowned Ghanaian drummer Maxwell Kofi Donkor will lead demonstrations of African danc…

by Frank Mojica

05/05/2015

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Leiberts Appliance Center Announces Chef Event Series WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Lieberts Royal Green Appliance Center is launching "Chef Series," a quarterly kitchen showroom event series with local food writer and radio personality Kate Schlientz of IntoxiKate.com. The series will feature top chefs from Westchester, using first-class appliances, demonstrating cooking and presentation. "For the longest time we have been searching to create an event platform at Leiberts to match and rival our retail capabilities and it hasn’t been easy," said Stuart Royal, president of Leiberts Royal Green. "But with the emergence of Kate Schlientz and her sho…

by Frank Mojica

05/05/2015

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Learn How To Use Mindfulness At Scarsdale Workshop SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Clinical psychologist Ilana Rosenberg will lead a "Secrets to Balancing Work, Life and Family Using Mindfulness" workshop at Scarsdale Public Library on Friday at 10 a.m. and May 27 at 7:30 p.m. During the workshop, Rosenberg will share techniques on balancing life, work and family and how to use mindfulness to endure the daily challenges of life. The workshop will instruct on how to use the mindfulness practice to deal with negative thoughts and achieve a sense of balance in life. Rosenberg attended the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center when living in Boston and co…

by Frank Mojica

05/05/2015

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Fox Lane HS Students To Sing At Pound Ridge Library POUND RIDGE, N.Y. --Singers from Fox Lane High School will perform a solo voice recital at Pound Ridge Library on May 20 at 7 p.m for the Young Artists Series. The event is presented in partnership by Pound Ridge Library and the Bedford Central School District Visual and Performing Arts Department. Light refreshments will be served at the recital.

by Frank Mojica

05/05/2015

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Woman Exhibits Art Created During Therapy At Hastings Station Cafe HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Christina Thomas created a way to combine daily physical therapy with art. Presented by Speak Your Truth, a collection of Thomas' work titled Spring Awakenings will be exhibited on May 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hastings Station Cafe. During her art-creating exercise, Thomas sculpted letters out of tissue, dyed them and applied them to canvas without adhesive. The works were created during times of limited mobility due to dialysis. After a diagnosis of kidney failure, Thomas underwent three and a half hour-long …

by Frank Mojica

05/05/2015

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Teatown Hosts Plant Sale Mother's Day Weekend OSSINING, N.Y. -- Teatown Lake Reservation will hold its annual celebration of the planting season on May 8 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Teatown looks forward to this special event each year, marking the beginning of the planting season and filling our guests with the anticipation of flowers and vegetables in bloom all summer,” said Kevin Carter, Teatown’s executive director. Teatown will offer free tours of Wildflower Island on May 9 starting at 9 a.m. and sell a few prized plants from the island. Perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetables will be available for…

by Frank Mojica

05/05/2015

Neighbors

Norwalk Alliance Adds Kids Category For Flowering Tree Photo Contest NORWALK, Conn. – Young photographers can now enter A Flowering Tree Photo Contest: The Norwalk Tree Alliance has added a category for photographs taken by children 12 years of age and younger. Prizes for every age group will be awarded at the Connecticut Tree Fair Festival in Cranbury Park on May 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The photos will be displayed at the Gallaher Mansion and terrace in Cranbury Park. The contest is open to Fairfield County residents. Submissions must be taken in Fairfield County and printed on uncreased 8- by 10-inch photographic-grade paper. Photographs can be in c…

by Frank Mojica

05/04/2015

Neighbors

New Canaan Library Hosting Panel Discussion On Dementia NEW CAANAN, Conn. – The New Canaan Library will host a panel discussion on "Dementia: A Primer for Families and Caregivers" on May 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the library's Adrian Lamb Room. The panel is aimed toward the families of persons with dementia as well as seniors and their children seeking to learn about the disease. The program is co-sponsored by The Alliance of Business Professionals and Staying Put in New Caanan. Panelists include Dr. Stephen Jones, gerontologist and Director of Greenwich Hospital’s Center for Healthy Aging; Tania Paparazzo, southwest regional director of th…

by Frank Mojica

05/04/2015

Schools

Edgemont High National Chess Champions Honored WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Edgemont High School's national ninth-grade chess championship team was welcomed and honored by Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky, D-Hastings-n-Hudson, during the county Board of Legislators' meeting on Monday. Students Alexander Crump, William Graif and Victor Lue each played seven rounds of chess over three days to win the National Scholastic K-12 Grade Chess Championships during the United States Chess Federation event in Orlando, Fla.

by Frank Mojica

05/02/2015

Events

Children Invited To Ridgefield Kids Duathlon RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- The second annual Ridgefield Kids Duathlon takes place on June 14 and children between the ages of 4 to 15 are invited to participate. The event consists of a run-bike-run sequence and the course will be closed to cars. Participants will be grouped by age: 4 to 6; 7 to 10; and 11 to 14. All participants will be professionally timed with posted results and receive a race t-shirt. The duathlon will be held at the Recreation Center campus, 195 Danbury Road. Participants must register by June 12. For registration and more information, visit www.ridgefieldbicycle.com.

by Frank Mojica

05/01/2015

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