What To Do This Weekend: September 8-10
What To Do This Weekend: September 8-10: 21 of the best what to do’s this weekend for townies, foodies, culture-vultures & weekend warriors. Kids stuff too!
Chihuly Nights, New York Botanical Garden, Thurs-Sat, through October: 6:30-10:30pm: NYBG’s current installation of 20 large scale sculptures from renowned artist Dale Chihuly take on are spectacularly illuminated amid the garden’s sweeping vistas at these evening events. Stroll the grounds and enjoy performance artists, musicians, food and an Avion Tequila cocktail while you are there. (2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx; www.nybg.org)
Apple Picking – 9/9-10/29: Apple picking season is here. Check out our Fall Survival Checklist to find out where to pick apples and when. Apple Picking.
Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard Festival Weekends – Sat-Sun, 9/9-10/29: They’re picking apples (and pumpkins) and rocking’ at Harvest Moon in North Salem. There are hayrides, pony rides, face painting, farm animals, bounce house, and great live music. Plus the best apple cider donuts, lemonade, funnel cakes and smoked turkey legs. Other vendors include dog treats, kettle corn, gourmet pizza, pumpkin cheesecakes, Italian cheeses and sausages, local French cakes and more! (130 Hardscrabble Rd., North Salem; www.harvestmoonfarmandorchard)
Local! Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists, Katonah Museum of Art – Tues-Sun through 10/1: This exhibit presents the work of seventeen artists from across the globe demonstrating the practices of contemporary artists in this ancient medium. The featured carpets embody a wide range of formal interests, from material, to color, to spatial composition and reveal diverse approaches to collaboration between artist, weaver and commerce. (134 Jay St. Katonah; www.katonahmuseum.org)
Public Sails on the Schooner Soundwaters – Fri-Sun, 9/1-10/1: check times: Board the 80’ Tall Schooner Soundwaters, the ship that Pete Seeger made famous, for a two-hour afternoon journey on the Long Island Sound. The Schooner Soundwaters seats 40 and also offers Sunset sails on Fridays and Saturdays and Fireworks Sails on 6/30 & 7/1. (Boccuzzi Park at Southfield, 166 Southfield Ave., Stamford, CT; www.soundwaters.org)
Yorktown Grange Fair – Fri-Sun, 9/8-10: Westchester’s only true country fair showcasing home grown vegetables, flowers, baked goods, livestock, poultry, needlework and photography since 1923. There’s an antique tractor parade, livestock exhibits, horse competitions, hay rides, jugglers, magic shows, pie eating, balloon blowing, nail driving and rubber chicken throwing competitions – the stuff memories are made of. Plus carnival rides, food and music. (Yorktown Grange Fair Grounds, 99 Moseman Avenue, Yorktown Heights; www.yorktowngrangefair.org)
Norwalk Seaport Association Oyster Festival, Fri-Sun: 9/8-10: Three days of entertainment, carnival rides and games and OYSTERS, OYSTERS, OYSTERS. Featuring a 65 foot Ferris Wheel, an Arts & Crafts Show with 100 vendors, New England Seaport Village, Kids’ Cove with games, rides & activities under a circus tent, International Food Court, headline musical acts, harbor tour cruises, vessel tours and a Celebrity Oyster Slurp-off. (Norwalk Veterans Park, 42 Seaview Ave., Norwalk; www.seaport.org)
The Art of Making Sushi, Hammond Museum & Japanese Sculpture Garden – Sat, 9/9: 11am: Yoshimi Arai, the principal of Magokoro New York teaches the fine art of making Sushi rolls. Prepare your own Japanese lunch with fresh sushi rolls. RSVP by 9/6. (28 Deveau Rd., North Salem; http://www.hammondmuseum.org)
Local! 60th Anniversary Fall Fundraiser, Westmoreland Sanctuary – Sat, 9/9: 6-9pm: Bend an elbow to support the Westmoreland Sanctuary at this wine, gourmet tacos and Margaritas party at Westmoreland’s 200-year old church that serves as their nature museum. Westmoreland Sanctuary’s core conservation focus is restoring native plants to our community and forest. These habitat restoration efforts are used in their teachings to nearly 10,000 school children each year. (260, Chestnut Ridge Rd., Mt. Kisco; www.westmorelandsantuary.org)
Local! Community Family Camp Out, Katonah Memorial Park – Sat-Sun, 9/9-10: 3pm-10: 30am: Bedford Recreation provides tent set-up assistance, campfire, grills for cooking, picnic tables, S’mores, hot chocolate, coffee and tea, ghost stories, breakfast bagels, donuts, and beverages, clean rest rooms, supervision, and a Sunday morning swim at the Katonah pool. Campsite registration begins 5/1. Contact the recreation office at 666.7004)
Boscobel Big Band Concert & Sunset Picnic – Sun, 9/10: 6-8pm: Celebrate the end of summer on Boscobel’s great lawn overlooking the Hudson. Enjoy a picnic supper and dance to the swinging sounds of Count Basie, Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington from the 20-piece Big Band Sound orchestra. Swing dance and jitterbug demonstrations by the Fred Astaire Dance Studio. (1601 Route 9D, Bear Mountain Highway, Garrison; www.boscobel.org)
Romare Bearden: Abstraction, Neuberger Museum Wed-Sun: 9/10-12/22: 12-5pm: Recognized as one of America’s great 20th century artists, Romare Bearden is best known for his textured collages, evoking the history, and culture of the African-American experience. This exhibition focuses on a largely unknown body of abstract watercolors, oil paintings, and mixed media collages he produced in the 1950s & 60s. (Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.neuberger.org)
Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Sat-Sun, 9/9-10: Sample wine and food from over 100 Hudson Valley vendors, wineries, draft beer brewers and spirits distillers . Plus Gourmet Food Truck Corral. (Including our good friends from Three Little Pigs BBQ!) There’s wine seminars, cooking demos, music and 5o crafts vendors. Take home some Hudson Valley gourmet specialty foods from goat cheese to cheesecake, maple syrup to olive oil and beef jerky too! (6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck; www.hudsonvalleywinefest.com)
Local! Bedford Riding Lanes Association Fall Pace & Luncheon, John Jay Homestead– Sun, 9/10: 7am-2pm: The first of 5 stops in the Associated Bridle Trails Fall Pace Series will occur at John Jay Homestead. Teams cover a five-to-seven-mile course with 40 jumps (and companion go-arounds). Ribbon winners can compete for end-of-season awards. Includes a delicious luncheon. Non-riders welcome for lunch and as spectators. (400 Route 22, Katonah; www.bedfordridinglanes.com)
Bicycle Sundays – Sun, 9/10, 17 & 24: 10am-2pm: Bicycle Sundays return for three Sundays in September. Westchester County closes off a 6.5-mile stretch of the Bronx River Parkway for the exclusive use of bicyclists, joggers, scooters and strollers. Park at the County Center and take a 13.1-mile round trip bike road to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers. www.westchestergov.com.
Local! YOGA Sundays at KMA – Sun, 9/10, 24 & 10/1: 10:30am: Taking their inspiration from Mark di Suvero’s kinetic Yoga (1991) on the KMA’s lawn, professional instructors from O2living lead one-hour vinyasa yoga sessions for participants. Classes are free and appropriate for all levels. Please bring your own mat. Limited capacity. First-come, first-served. Call 914-232-9555 to reserve by phone. (134 Jay St, Katonah; Click here to register online)
Annie, Westchester Broadway Theatre – Thurs, 6/29- Sun, 9/10: One of the world’s best-loved musicals and winner of seven Tony Awards returns to WBT! Featuring: “It’s the Hard-Knock Life”, “Easy Street”, “I Don’t Need Anything But You” and “Tomorrow.” (One Broadway Plaza, Elmsford; www.broadwaytheatre.com)
Charming! KVIS 5K & 1 Mile Kids Race, Katonah – Sat, 9/9: 8am: The Katonah Village Improvement Society’s 5K is staged to begin and end at the junction of Edgemont and The Parkway in the heart of Katonah Village. This event will also feature a 1 mile challenge for kids. For more info email katonahvis@gmail.com or check online: www.katonahvis.com)
Pride of the Hudson River Cruise, Newburg –9/1-10/29: 1 & 4pm: See the majestic beauty of the Hudson River on this 2-hour narrated river adventure from Newburgh to West Point taking in the sights of Washington’s Headquarters, World’s End, Mt. Beacon, Bannerman Island, Constitution Island, Breakneck Mountain, and the town of Cold Spring. (Blu Pointe Landing, 100 Front St., Newburgh; www.prideofthehudson.com)
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Ride, Weekends 9/1-10/22: Take a 2 ½ hour narrated train and riverboat ride through what the Nature Conservancy calls “one of the last great places on earth,” the Connecticut River Valley. The train passes farms, waterfalls, and wetland habitats with blue heron and egrets. The riverboat cruise on the Connecticut River passes the historic Gillette Castle, Goodspeed Opera House and Haddam Swing Bridge. (1 Railroad Ave., Essex, CT; www.essexsteamtrain.com)
Planetarium Shows, Hudson River Museum – Sat-Sun: 12:30, 2 & 3:30pm: HRM presents three planetarium show each weekend from a selection of ten shows for ages 5+ and 8+. The shows range from One-World, One Sky, a collaboration between Sesame Street and the Liberty Science Center featuring Big Bird and Elmo to We Are Aliens, a 360 ° digital planetarium show to The Sky tonight, a live tour of the heavens with a planetarium educator. (511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers; www.hrm.org)
Sheffield Island Lighthouse Cruises, Norwalk Harbor – weekends through 9/25: 2 & 3:30pm: Board the 45-foot C.J. Toth catamaran for a cruise to Sheffield Island on the Long Island Sound for a lighthouse tour, a hike through Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and a picnic and beach front activities. Sails run on weekends & holidays in June and September and daily in July & August. (Norwalk Seaport Association Dock, 4 North Water St., Norwalk, CT; www.seaport.org)
What To Do Bucket List! PepsiCo Sculpture Gardens Reopen – Sat-Sun: 10am-4pm through 10/31: The Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at PepsiCo’s World Headquarters in Purchase is open to the public from April 1 through October 31. The Gardens features 45 large-scale outdoor pieces from the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. Including Henry Moore and Alexander Calder. Plus 6,000 trees from 38 species, a Koi pond, fountains, formal gardens with topiary, hedges and thousands of flowering bulbs. Read more about this WTD Bucket List-er!
Hilltop Hanover Farm Stand & U-Pick – Fri-Sun through 11/19: Offers fresh, farm-grown produce, seasonal vegetables, herbs and cut flowers. Each week’s vegetables available for purchase are listed on their website. See our Farmer’s Market Guide for more information. (1271 Hanover Street , Yorktown Heights, 914.962.2368; www.hilltophanoverfarm.org)
What To Do Bucket List! Kykuit Tours, Thurs-Sun, 8/31-9/30, Wed-Mon, 10/2-31 & Thurs-Sun, 11/2-12:This hilltop paradise, now a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family. Read our review of the guided tours of the six-story stone house; the terraced gardens with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller’s collection of 20th-century sculptures; the underground art galleries featuring a collection of Picasso tapestries; and the Coach Barn’s classic automobiles and horse-drawn carriages. (381 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow: www.hudsonvalley.org)
What To Do Bucket List! Rockefeller State Park Preserve: Our favorite hiking in the area is the 25 miles of carriage paths on 1400 acres of Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Pleasantville. These low-impact, impeccably maintained trails offer a range of hikes from flat walks and moderate grades to a steep climb. The deep forest, river and lakeside trails never feel too manicured. And it doesn’t take long to get that “back to nature” feeling. Read more about this WTD Bucket List-er!
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