By Irene C. Okwit
calendar SEPTEMBER
Collecting Eggs
Visit the Stone Barns Center
for Food and Agriculture and
experience an authentic working
farm. The non-profit farm and
educational center operates an
80-acre, four-season farm and
offers family-friendly farm tours
and programs yearlong.
The Center’s “Hands on the
Farm: Egg Collecting” program is
a unique experience that forever
changes how a child “sees” an
egg. The program begins with
distributing egg-collecting baskets
and then the children head out to
the pasture to learn about the life
of a Stone Barns’ hen, why they
scratch in the grass, why they
roost, how they lay their eggs in
nesting boxes, what a hen’s peck-
ing behavior means and how to
collect eggs with little breakage.
Next, the children collect the eggs
in the eggmobile (the mobile hen
house) and deliver the eggs to the
livestock barn for washing. The
eggs are later sold at the farm’s
market and at the Blue Hill Cafe.
“Hands on the Farm: Egg
Collecting,” 10-11am, Sept. 4, 11,
12, 18, 19, 25 and 26. For children WHAT’S INSIDE?
ages 2-12. $7 (free for accompany-
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ing adults). Reservations required.
Stone Barns Center for Food 80 city picks
and Agriculture, 630 Bedford Rd.,
82 connecticut corner
Pocantico Hills. 366-6200.
www.stonebarnscenter.org. 84 parent education & support
The hens and the eggmobile
at Stone Barns Center for
Food and Agriculture.
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1 Wednesday
SUBMISSIONS Butterfly Encounter. Visit the nature center’s first butterfly
Send all calendar submissions via: exhibit and walk with live butterflies, see how diverse in color,
shape and size the adults are and learn about their importance
• Email: Irene.Okwit@parenthood.com. in nature. 9:30am-4:30pm Monday-Thursday. 10am-4:30pm
• Mail: Westchester Family, 7 Purdy St., Suite 201, Saturday-Sunday. Through Sept. 30. $7 adults. $5 children
Harrison, NY 10528. ages 2-12. Free for ages 2 and under. Exhibit included with
general admission. Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore
• Fax: 914-381-7672.
Rd., Scarsdale. 723-3470. www.greenburghnaturecenter.org.
Include: Dates, times, location with address, age recommendation,
Critters, Crafts and Kids. Children with an adult come for
cost, public telephone number and Web site address.
an hour of nature fun with walks, live animals and stories.
• Information to be considered for the November 2010 10-11am. Today and Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29. For children ages
calendar must reach us by September 20, 2010. 1 1/2-5. $9 adults. $7 children. Greenburgh Nature Center,
• If you miss our print deadline, submit your event directly to our
99 Dromore Rd., Scarsdale. 723-3470.
www.greenburghnaturecenter.org.
searchable online calendar at WestchesterFamily.com. Click on
“Post Your Own Event” beneath the calendar on our home Hotel for Dogs. The TROVE Summer Flicks Festival presents
page. Online postings appear on the Web in approximately Hotel for Dogs, a live action film about a sister and her younger
48 hours after submission. brother who find themselves in a “no pets allowed” foster
home and need to find a home for their dog. Rated PG. 11am-
• Please call ahead to confirm dates, times and locations of all events. 12:45pm. FREE. White Plains Public Library, White Plains.
422-1498. www.whiteplainslibrary.org.
Pay-What-You-Wish Activities. Wednesday is pay-what-you-
CT = Connecticut Activity wish donation day at the zoo and activities abound. 3:30pm
= Go To Web penguin feeding. 2:45pm White-throated Bee-eaters (birds)
hunt live crickets and zookeeper answers questions. 11:30am,
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1:30 and 3:30pm tiger enrichment demonstrations. 3:30pm
primate training demonstration. Zoo hours, 10am-5pm.
Suggested donation: $16 adults, $12 children. $12 parking.
Bronx Zoo, Fordham Rd. and the Bronx River Parkway,
Festival and Fairs
Bronx. 718-220-5100. www.bronxzoo.com. I Annual Grange Fair. The 86th annual fair has a theme of
Locally Grown. Find food demonstrations and sampling; the
Pickle Me. Children learn about plants that can be pickled, “best of the best” of local residents’ home-grown and home-
what it takes to pickle them and make their very own batch of made goods; entertainment including racing pigs, the King
pickles to take home. 1:30-5:30pm. Today and Sept. 2 and 3.
Arthur Circus and Annie and the Natural Wonder Band; carnival
Grounds-Only admission (includes admission to Ruth Rea
rides, a horse show exhibition, livestock animals, a tractor
Howell Garden). $6 adults. $1 children ages 2-12. Free for
parade; and pie and watermelon eating contests. 6-10pm Sept.
children 1 and under. Free grounds admission Wednesdays.
9; 10am-11pm Sept. 10-11; 10am-9pm Sept. 12. $2 admission
Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden at The New York Botanical
Sept. 9; all other days $8 admission adults, $3 children 11 and
Garden, Fordham Rd. and the Bronx River Pkwy., Bronx.
under. $30 wristband for rides. Yorktown Grange Fair, 88
718-817-8700. www.nybg.org.
Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights. 962-3900.
Playland Fireworks. See Playland’s renowned fireworks dis- www.yorktowngrangefair.org.
play. 9:15pm. Today and Sept. 3. $5 parking. Playland Park,
Playland Pkwy, Rye. 813-7010. www.ryeplayland.org. I Green Corn Festival. Learn about the culture and history of
the area’s Native American residents with folk tales, song, story-
telling, a participatory presentation of traditional native American
2 Thursday dance, open-hearth cooking demos, games, live music and hands-
Movie for Mom with Baby. Moms watch the latest movies on craft activities. 10am-6pm. Sept. 4-6. All ages. $12 adults.
with their babies at National Amusements Theater's “Baby $6 children ages 5-17. Free for children 4 and under. Philipsburg
Pictures” afternoons. Theaters have dim lighting, lowered Manor, Rte. 9, Sleepy Hollow. 631-3992. www.hudsonvalley.org.
movie volume, baby changing stations and stroller area.
Today’s film, Going the Distance, stars Drew Barrymore and I Homestead Country Fair. An annual fair featuring pig races,
Justin Long. Noon. $6. Rated R. City Center 15 Cinema de pony rides, sheep and duck herding, Bedford 1779 regiment
Lux, White Plains. Visit website for list of participating the- encampment, apple pie contest and more. Food available for
aters. www.nationalamusements.com/programs. purchase. 11am-4pm. Sept. 19. $20/carload (includes house tour
and iPad raffle ticket). John Jay Homestead State Historic Site,
Storytime with Song. Ferdinand and Becka read stories and 400 Jay St., Katonah. 232-8119. www.johnjayhomestead.org.
sing songs that both children and parents love. 10:30am
Thursdays. FREE. Barnes and Noble, City Center, 230 Main I Renaissance Faire. Take a step back in time visiting a
St., White Plains. 397-2420. www.barnesandnoble.com. re-created 16th century European Village during festival time
with entertainment on multiple stages, jugglers, pirates, magi-
Pickle Me. See Sept. 1.
cians, armored knights on horseback, games, hand-powered
rides, handcrafted items, artisan demonstrations, a marketplace
3 Friday with food and 100 shops. 10am-7pm. Saturdays and Sundays
Alice in Wonderland. The TROVE Summer Flicks Festival through Sept. 26 and Labor Day. All ages. $20 adults. $10 chil-
presents Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. Rated G. 11am- dren ages 5-12. Free for children 4 and under. Visit website for
12:15pm. FREE. White Plains Public Library, White Plains. discount coupon information. Sterling Forest, 600 Rte. 17A,
422-1498. www.whiteplainslibrary.org. Tuxedo Park. 845-351-5171. www.renfair.com.
Church Tower Walk. Join a staff member for a hike up the
wooden staircase in the Church tower and see the historic
250-year-old metal bell, the oldest in the country. Weather
permitting. 3pm. Today and Sept. 17. All ages. FREE. St.
Paul’s Church National Historic Site, 897 South Columbus
Ave., Mount Vernon. 667-4116. www.nps.gov/sapa.
Meerkats and Penguins. View the aquarium’s “Meerkats”
exhibit from a viewing bubble in the midst of the action; and
the outdoor “African Penguin” exhibit from above and below
the water. 10am-5pm daily. $12.95 adults. $9.95 children ages
2-12. Free for children ages 2 and under. Maritime Aquarium,
10 North Water St., Norwalk, Conn. 203-852-0700.
www.maritimeaquarium.org. CT
Take Your Teen. Take your teen to the revolutionary rock
musical, Rent, an imaginative retelling of the Puccini opera, La
Boheme, set in New York City’s East Village. Call or visit web-
site for performance times. Runs through Sept. 25. $62-$75
(includes dinner and show). Westchester Broadway Theater,
75 Clearbrook Rd., Elmsford. 592-2222.
www.broadwaytheatre.com. Hundreds of brightly colored performers fill the
Pickle Me (last day). See Sept. 1. stages and interact with visitors the New York
Renaissance Faire.
Playland Fireworks (last day). See Sept. 1.
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My Neighbor Totoro. See Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film
about two sisters who find a protector in the form of a forest spir-
it that resembles an enormous bunny rabbit and their journey.
Rated G. Noon. Today and Sept. 5. $11 adults. $6.50 children
ages 11 and under. Reservations required. Jacob Burns Film
Center, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville. 747-5555.
www.burnsfilmcenter.org.
Peach Festival. Visit Weed Orchards for a day filled with music,
dancing contests, u-pick fruit and vegetables, petting zoo, wagon
rides around the lake and a hay maze. DJs Krista Jones and
Michelle Taylor from KISS FM and Q92 host the day. Take a
picnic lunch or visit the Apple Café and Bakery. 9am-5pm. Today
and Sept. 5-6. Free admission and parking. Weed Orchards,
43 Mount Zion Rd., Marlboro. 845-236-2684.
www.weedorchards.com.
Quest Hiking Trails. Experience the Discovery Quest Hiking
Trails and learn about the environment in a unique, interactive
way using the Quest guidebook ($5) with illustrations, riddle
poems and field notes and find the hike’s “hidden message.”
Trails vary from stroller-friendly to challenging climbs. 9am-4pm.
Saturdays and Sundays throughout Sept. FREE. Hudson
Highlands Nature Museum, 100 Muser Dr. (across from 174
Angola Rd.), Cornwall. 845-534-5506, ext. 204.
www.hhnaturemuseum.org.
Screening Under the Stars. See a FREE outdoor screening of
the 1959 Hitchcock thriller, North by Northwest. Screening pre-
ceded by an animated short created by Jacob Burns’ Minds in
Motion students. 7pm (begins at sundown). Rain date Sept. 5.
FREE. Parkway Field, Marble Ave., Pleasantville. 773-7663.
www.burnsfilmcenter.org.
Summer Harvest Festival. Visit the Global Gardens at the Ruth
Rea Howell Family Garden, and see a collection of plants from
Korea, the Caribbean, Italy, Ireland and China; sample native
recipes prepared with gardens’ ingredients and create a cultural
craft to take home. 1:30-5:30pm. Today and Sept. 5 and 6.
Learning how to grind corn during Lenape Life at the Grounds-Only Admission (includes admission to Ruth Rea
Howell Garden): $6 adults, $1 children ages 2-12, free for chil-
New York Botanical Garden (Lenape hut pictured in the
dren 1 and under. The New York Botanical Garden, Fordham Rd.
background). See Sept. 7. COURTESY NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN and the Bronx River Pkwy., Bronx. 718-817-8700. www.nybg.org.
Toy Boat Making. Stop by the aquarium’s toy boat making area
4 Saturday to build and decorate a toy sailboat for a keepsake and afterwards
Family Arts and Crafts. Visit the museum’s current exhibitions and visit the exhibits including the new “Go Fish!” exhibit. Boat mak-
afterwards join Junior Docents for related arts and crafts. Noon- ing: 11am-3pm Saturdays and Sundays only. Aquarium hours:
5pm museum hours. 1-3pm arts and crafts. Today and Sept. 5 view 9am-5pm. $5 plus aquarium admission. $12.95 adults. $9.95 chil-
the exhibition Richard Deon: Paradox & Conformity and create a dren ages 2-12. The Maritime Aquarium, 10 North Water St.,
collage on a small wood panel; Sept. 11-12 visit the historical Norwalk, Conn. 203-852-0700. www.maritimeaquarium.org. CT
home Glenview and create a fairy tale tile; Sept. 18 explore the Egg Collecting. See page 67.
Hudson Riverama and afterwards create your own riverama. $5
adults. $3 children. Hudson River Museum 511 Warburton Ave., Turning a Phrase Exhibit. See Connecticut Corner page 82.
Yonkers. 963-4550. www.hrm.org. Green Corn Festival. See Fairs and Festivals page 69.
Fish and Ships. A Labor Day seafood festival with fresh seafood Renaissance Faire. See Fairs and Festivals page 69.
including steamed lobster, a raw bar and hot dogs and such for
landlubbers. Play 19th-century games on the Village Green, get out
on the water, explore the exhibits and more. 11am-4pm. Today,
5 Sunday
Sept. 5 and 6. Museum admission required to attend (cost of food Egg Collecting. See page 67.
additional). $24 adults. $15 children ages 6-17. Free for children 5 Family Arts and Crafts. See Sept. 4.
and under. Mystic Seaport - The Museum of America and the Sea,
Fish and Ships. See Sept. 4.
75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, Conn. 860-572-5315. CT
Green Corn Festival. See Fairs and Festivals page 69.
Livestock Tour. Get face-to-face with pigs, sheep, chickens,
turkeys and honeybees and find out why Stone Barns selects and My Neighbor Totoro (film). See Sept. 4.
raises their animals and more. Noon-1pm. Today, Sept. 5, 11, 12, Peach Festival. See Sept. 4.
18, 19, 25 and 26. $10 adults. $7 children. Reservations required.
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, 630 Bedford Rd., Quest Hiking Trails. See Sept. 4.
Pocantico Hills. 366-6200. www.stonebarnscenter.org. Toy Boat Making. See Sept. 4.
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