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Your Weekend: Dining for a Cure; Broadway Cabaret
From our neighborhood to the towns around us, if you're looking for something to do this weekend we've got you covered.
Whether you're in search of something fun to do with the kids or you have a babysitter and are planning a night out, look no further because Patch editors have picked a variety of events taking place to help you make the most of your weekend.
Yorktown: Dining for a Cure
Where: Don Tommaso's Bistro Italiano, 334 Underhill Ave, Yorktown Heights
When: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 12 p.m
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Description: 10-percent of all sales will be donated to the Dravet Syndrome Foundation in honor of the owner Gemma Cuomo's grandson Max Meyerson. Max currently has a seizure every two weeks, for which he must be given medicine to make it stop, despite the fact that he takes three different types of anti-seizure medications daily and is on a special diet to help control the seizures.
Yorktown: 'Raise Your Glass'
Where: Ron Blacks, 181 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains.
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When: Friday, April 5 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Cost: Admission is $10 in advance/$15 at the door. For pre-reservations click here or call 914-062-6402
Description: The third annual "Raise Your Glass" event that will benefit Support Connection, a Yorktown-based non-profit organization that provides support services to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer
Yorktown: SPARC's Annual Fundraiser
Where: Sleepy Hollow Country Club, located at 777 Albany Post Road in Scarborough.
When: Saturday, April 6 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are still available at $110, call 914 243-0583 or register online at www.sparcinc.org.
Description: SPARC (Special Program and Resource Connection), a Yorktown-based nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic recreation for individuals with disabilities, is holding its fourth annual fundraiser.
Yorktown: Basket Making Workshop
Where: John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 Main Street, Shrub Oak,
When: Saturday, April 6, 2013 12 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public. For information contact the Reference Desk or call 914-245-5262, x-227
Description: The workshop is led by Mary Lou Sgro. Weave a Canterbury Shaker basket with a square base and round rim. Add color accents and choose a handle or leave it plain. Dimensions: 6x6x6, 10 in. tall with handle attached. For adults and teens, please register for this program. Limited to 12.
Yorktown: Vegetable Gardening
Where: Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights, NY
When: 1 p.m. April 6
Description: Interested in a yearly vegetable harvest, minus the hassle? Looking to spruce up your garden with new, hardy, self-sustaining varieties? Come join Hilltop Hanover farmer Mike Fedison for a fact-filled workshop on perennials–the vegetables that you only need to plant once. We'll teach you everything you need to know to keep these delicious veggies–asparagus, rhubarb, Jerusalem artichokes, and more–producing year after year. Registration is required
Cost: Free
Ossining: Early Spring at the Winter Farmers Market
Where: Spring and Main streets
When: 9AM-1PM
Description: Getting that urge for spring planting? The produce vendors at the Farmers Market have pansies, violas and all sorts of seedlings from parsley to chard. And pick up fresh fresh foods—fish and baked goods, farm-grown meats, baby greens, root vegetables, NY-produced tomato juice, cider donuts, cold-storage apples, etc etc.
Cost: free
Pleasantville: Come to the Broadway Cabaret
Where: St John's Episcopal Church
When: Friday, April 5 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $30 adults, $25 seniors and $10 students
Description: Cris Groenendall is hosting an evening of Broadway music and performances, featuring Phantom of the Opera selections by Pleasantville High School students. RSVP to pvillecsf@gmail.com.
Sleepy Hollow: Tokyo String Quartet Makes its Last Appearance
Where: Sleepy Hollow High School, 210 N. Broadway
When: Saturday, April 6, 8 p.m.
Cost: $30; $15 students.
Description: This spring season marks the end of the Tokyo String Quartet's 42-year run, but they will be forever known as one of the world’s leading quartets. For this special concert, their last appearance on the Friends of Music Concert series, they will be performing works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kodály and Johannes Brahms. The group plays on a collection of instruments made by the famous Luthier Stradivari, known as the Paganini Quartet and have been captivating audiences and critics since their founding. For more info or to buy tickets visit friendsofmusicconcerts.org.
Bedford: Environmental Film Series: 'Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?'
Where: Lewisboro Library at 15 Main Street in South Salem
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Cost: $5
Description: Part of the library's series of films that focus on the environment, this piece examines the global bee crisis. Organizers say attendees can expect to learn about the "heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world." There will be a discussion, too. Registration is required, so call 914-763-3857 for more information.
Southeast: Cultural Arts Coalition of the Town of Southeast presents 'Spring Illuminated'
Where: Studio Around the Corner at 67 Main Street in Brewster
When: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday
Cost: Free
Description: This exhibit is set to feature something for everyone, with three artists showing a range of works. Attendees will view tableware by local potter Toni Levin; paintings by Ekaterina Piskareva, who lives in Carmel and was born in Russia; and paintings by award-winning artist Shelley Dell.
About this column: A guide to weekend events in central and northern Westchester County for you and your family.
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