Top 20 Mother’s Day Weekend Events

Posted On May 9, 2019

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Top 20 Mother’s Day Weekend Events: Mother’s Day flowers, brunch, cabaret, ballet, musical comedy, Cowboys, cows and sheep…

A Taste of Westchester, Horse and Hound Inn, South Salem, Thurs, 5/9: 6pm. French Country Cuisine at a Historic Inn! Husband and wife team Silvano and Sue start you off with an amuse bouche (my mouth is always amused) and a glass of a French wine. Guest chef Donna Davis will offer lessons on her preparation of pate, frisse salad, fingerling potatoes, lardons, a soft poached egg, a charcuterie board and a poached pear with port and bleu cheese. (94 Spring Street, South Salem , 914-763-3108, Register here.)

Local! Baby, The Armonk Players, Whippoorwill Hall, Fri, 5/10-Sun, 5/19: check times: Tom Coppola directs this 1983 musical from Sybille Pearson with music and lyrics from David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr. ( Fosse, Ain’t Misbehaving), about three couples on a university campus in their early twenties, thirties and forties that find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. The play was nominated for six Tony Awards and won two Drama Desk Awards. (North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd. E., Armonk;www.armonkplayers.org)

Hot Ticket Alert! Nancy and Beth, Featuring Megan Mulally and Stephanie Hunt, Ridgefield Playhouse, Fri, 5/10: 8pm: Hailed as “the most avant-garde show to play the Cafe Carlyle in recent memory,” (Theater Mania) and “musical misfits” (NPR All Things Considered), Nancy And Beth (aka Will & Grce star Megan Mulally and Stephanie Hunt from Friday Night Lights and Californication) have also wormed their way into the Newport Folk Festival, the Grand Ole Opry, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Solid Sound, and many other sweet venues in the US and abroad. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

We Put the Mock in Democracy, The Capitol Steps,Tarrytown Music Hall, Fri, 5/10: 8pm: Remember when politics used to make you laugh instead of wanting to get out of the car and tear that effing sticker off that guy’s 4X4? Over 30 years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the people that employed them. Since then they have recorded 35 albums including their latest Make America Grin Again. The current troupe has worked in eighteen Congressional offices with 62 years of House and Senate staff experience. (13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)

Teatown Plant Fest First Pick, Teatown Lake Reservation, Fri, 5/10: 4-7pm: Check out Teatown’s online pre-sale and pick up your bounty at their opening night or just show up to get the first pick of perennials, McCue’s wildflowers and native plants, annuals and hanging baskets, Gilbertie’s herbs, and vegetables. This event has farmers market appeal with over a dozen vendors, live music, small plates from local chefs, wine, local hard cider and craft beer. (1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining; www.teatown.org)

August: Osage County, Axial Theatre, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Pleasantville: Fri, 5/3-17: 8pm, Sat, 5/4-18: 3 & 8pm & Sun, 5/5-19: 4pm: The Axial Theatre takes on Tracy Letts’ Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner from 2008. August: Osage County takes place over three weeks at the Oklahoma home of Violet Weston and has all the hallmarks of a great American heartland family comic drama. Namely heavy drinking and prescription pill addiction, an estranged marriage, a likely suicide, confrontational mother/daughter relationships and that’s just mom and pop. The kids are smoking pot, popping pills, committing adultery and having sex with their cousins. Yee-ha! (8 Sunnyside Ave., Pleasantville; www.axialtheatre.org)

Paula Cole, Emelin Theatre, Fri, 5/10: 8pm: A Grammy-winner for her 1997 double-Platinum album This Fire, Paul Cole’s “Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?” became a Top Ten hit and “I Don’t Want To Wait” became the theme song for the hit TV series Dawson’s Creek. (153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)

Teatown Plant Fest, Teatown Lake Reservation, Sat, 5/11: 9am-2pm: PlantFest brings it all together: abundant plant varieties (natives, perennials, annuals, herbs and vegetables), expert helpers and over a dozen vendors offering jewelry, ceramics, handmade wooden bowls, kayaks, farm-to-table produce, artisanal breads, herbal vinegars, bee creams, knife & tool-sharpening and food trucks. (1600 Spring Valley Rd., Ossining; www.teatown.org)

Local! Morning Farm Chores, Muscoot Farm, Sat, 5/11: 8am-9am: Children ages 8 & up along with their grown-ups get to learn the morning routine at Muscoot and help feed cows, collect hen eggs, and more! The program lasts about an hour and a half. Step right up, there’s a chore for everyone! You will get a chance to work up close and personal with our animals–chickens, cows, sheep, pygmy goats and more. (51 NY 100, Katonah; www.muscootfarm.org)

Cool! Long Island Sound Lighthouse Cruise, Maritime Aquarium Norwalk, Sat, 5/11: 1:15-3:45pm: Venture out on the Maritime Aquarium’s Spirit of the Sound catamaran for rare close-up looks at five lighthouses from Norwalk’s Sheffield Island Lighthouse to the lighthouse at Stratford Shoal near Bridgeport, CT. All the lighthouses are on the National Register of Historic Places. Board at the Aquarium Dock. (10 N. Water St., Norwalk; www.maritimeaquarium.org)

Old, New, Borrowed & Blue, Palace Theatre Stamford, Sat, 5/11: 8pm: The Connecticut Ballet performs four pieces including “a classic ballet, a contemporary world premiere, a retelling of a beloved tale, and a dramatic ballet.” (61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)

WTD20 gets you 20% on American Pie! Don McLean, Paramount Hudson Valley, Sat, 5/11: 8pm: The Paramount Hudson Valley Theatre returns after it’s recent renovation with Don McLean, “American Pie”, “Vincent”, “Everybody Loves Me Baby” and more. Enter code WTD20 for a 20% discount on this and all May Shows at the Paramount! (1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.org)

Mother’s Day Weekend Garden Party, New York Botanical Garden, Sat-Sun, 5/11-12: 10am-6pm: Picnic on Daffodil Hill where there will be tens of thousands in bloom. A perfect spring setting for live music from Spanglish Fly and Falu Shah, food trucks, outdoor games (think badminton and giant chess) tours of the Azalea and Native Plant Gardens and Mother’s Day Gift Shopping. (2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx; www.nybg.org)

Mother’s Day Brunch with Nisa Lee, Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, Sun, 5/12: 11:am-3pm: Chef Nisa Lee provides the three course meal (plus Kids menu) and the Stroll Garden provides the ambience of spring. Lee, whose cuisine taps into the flavors of Thailand, Morocco and the Caribbean, has been featured in The New York Times and People magazine. She has catered for Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber and Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns. (28 Deveau Rd., N. Salem; www.hammondmuseum.org)

Local! REBEL Baroque, Sounds of Spring Mother’s Day Concert, Bedford Presbyterian Church, Sun, 5/12: 4pm: Flautist Matthias Maure (rock star!) and Sophie Lariviere (recorder) are featured in this program of works by Telemann, Vivaldi, van Eyck and Schwarzkopf & Schmelzer. REBEL Baroque is the only period instrument ensemble awarded a residency at National Public Radio, where they continue to be aired regularly. (44 Village Green, Bedford; www.rebelbaroque.com)

Local! Inner Voices, Ko-Eun Yi, Sanctuary Series South Salem, Sun, 5/12: 4pm: The Washington Postapplauded Korean pianist Ko-Eun Yi’s recent debut recital in DC, calling her “a masterful technician” with immaculate finger work and power. A winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and a Gold medal winner at the World Piano Competition, Ko-Eun Yi will perform works by Scarlatti, Debussy, Beethoven and Liszt. (111 Spring St., S. Salem;www.thesanctuaryseries.com)

Lea Salonga, Ridgefield Playhouse, Sun, 5/12: 7:30pm: Salonga’s Tony award-winning Broadway roles include Miss Saigon and Les Misérables. She has thrilled audiences worldwide as the singing voice of two Disney princesses – Jasmine (Aladdin) and Mulan (Mulan and Mulan II), and has toured in the title role of Cinderella. Here she sings Broadway, pop and standards with a full band. (80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)

Baah! Sheep Shearing & Farmers Market at Muscoot Farm, Sun, 5/12: 12-3:pm. Every Mother’s Day Muscoot Farm shears its adult sheep and the public is invited to watch them get their spring haircut. Mother’s Day also marks the opening of the Muscoot Farmers Market. The market is open every Sunday through October. See our guide to Farmer’s Markets. (Rt. 100, Somers; www.muscootfarm.org)

Bicycle Sundays on the Bronx River Parkway, Sun, 5/5-19 & 6/2-30: 10am-2pm: Bicycle Sundays return on May 6. The Westchester Parks Foundation closes off a six and a half mile stretch of the Bronx River Parkway for the exclusive use of bicyclists, joggers, scooters and strollers. Park your car at the County Center lot and bike to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers. Round trip 13.1 miles. www.friendsofwestchesterparks.com)

Newsies, Westchester Broadway Theatre, March 28-May 26: This 1992 Disney musical with 12 original songs from the eight-time Academy Award winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop Of Horrors, Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin) was a box office bust but a big hit on Broadway, earning 8 Tony-noms and two wins. The story is inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. (One Broadway Plaza, Elmsford; www.broadwaytheatre.com)