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J Sports Academy: Kick It with the Coaches

The Masters School-Fonseca Center 49 Clinton Ave, Dobbs Ferry

Join J Sports Academy at The Masters School for a taste of what’s to come this summer. You’ll get to see the beautiful facilities where camp is happening, meet camp leadership, and learn more about our program. Your child will also have the opportunity to play with J Sports coaches, so make sure to bring sneakers! They’ll enjoy activities and games in soccer, basketball, Pickleball, and fencing with Westchester sport lovers! Snacks and refreshments will be served.

Latkepalooza! Chanukah Celebration and Gift Boutique

Temple Beth Abraham 25 Leroy Avenue, Tarrytown

Latkepalooza is Temple Beth Abraham’s annual Community-Wide Chanukah Celebration and Gift Boutique. There will be jewelry, accessories, custom-made tallit, Judaica and clothing vendors where you will find gifts for everyone on your list! The Religious School is hosting a Book Fair and there will be arts and crafts for the kids! And of course, LATKES! Featured vendors include: Andrea Strongwater Ariane’s Jewel Box Marci Gifts, LLC Pixielane

Free

Fail Like a Genius: Writing Better Prose Through Minor and Major Setbacks with Kristopher Jansma (in person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow

This two-hour Master Class will examine the lessons we can learn from the many failures of our greatest fiction writers. Students can generate fresh work through a series of hands-on exercises inspired by our discussions of the lost, unfinished, and just plain bad works of the authors we love most. NB: This is a two hour Master Class in Prose capped at 10 students. It will take place in person at HVWC before Kristopher’s reading with Tracy O’Neill. We hope […]

Kensico Dam Holiday Light Extravaganza – Nov 23-Dec 31

Kensico Dam Plaza 1 Bronx River Parkway, Valhalla

Westchester’s Winter Wonderland Drive Thru Holiday Light Extravaganza, presented by Westchester Medical Center Health Network, will return to Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla for its eleventh exciting season from November 23 through December 31, 2024. Westchester’s most beloved interactive holiday event will be bigger and better than ever with thousands of electrifying lights creating magical vignettes, TWO 100-foot light tunnels and the best LIVE Santa Claus in Westchester making it accessible and convenient for all! New features for 2024 include: A […]

$37

Old Mill Singers Holiday Concert: Holiday Thrills & Chills

The Clearview School 480 Albany Post Rd., Briarcliff Manor, NY

The Old Mill Singers choral group, directed by Nell Macdonald, will celebrate the Holiday Season with “Holiday Thrills & Chills” on Saturday, December 7th at 7 PM and Sunday, December 8th at 3 PM at the Clear View School in Briarcliff Manor. Old traditional holiday favorites, including some international tunes, and some very current festive selections will delight all. The fabulous “Kids Chorus” will also help deck the halls with their rollicking performances…. Hearing sleigh bells? It’s probably Santa tuning […]

$5 – $12

An Afternoon with Harper One Prose Writers Kris Jansma & Tracy O’Neill (In Person at HVWC)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow

Kristopher Jansma is the author of the novels Why We Came to the City and The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, the winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award and a Pushcart Prize, and the recipient of an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His short fiction has been published in the Alaska Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Story, and ZYZZYVA. His nonfiction has been published in the New York Times, The Sun, The Millions, Salon, Real Simple, The Believer, and Electric Literature. Kristopher is an associate professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at SUNY […]

Free

HVWC Holiday Cocktail Party (in person after Prose Reading)

Hudson Valley Writer's Center 300 River­side Drive, Sleepy Hollow

Join the HVWC Staff and Board as we celebrate the holiday season. This party is free and open to our HVWC community. Complimentary wine will be available. Please consider giving a donation. Please consider coming early for the Prose Reading with Kristopher Jansma & Tracy O’Neill at 5pm.

Free