Westchester County Weekend Events 5/15-5/17

 

Hello Apple Moms!   Get out this weekend and enjoy this beautiful weather!  Lots going on in Westchester.  Here’s our picks…

Friday, May 15

Tarrytown Third Friday

https://www.facebook.com/tarrytown3rdfri
Tarrytown, NY
5/15 5:00PM-9:00PM
Live bands, food, activities and shopping.   (Free event)

Two for Tweens! Meet Authors Sarah Mlynowski & Leslie Margolis

http://www.thevoraciousreader.com/
Larchmont, NY
5/15 6:00PM
Meet popular tween authors Sarah Mlynowski and Leslie Margolis.  Sarah discusses the newest in her NY Times bestselling series of fractured fairy tales, “Beauty Queen”, and Leslie Margolis with her book “If I Were You”, a Freaky-Friday type setup between two best friends.  (Free event)

Rye Brook Carnival

http://www.ryebrook.org
Rye Brook, NY
5/15 5:00PM-10:00PM
Great games, carnival rides, music, food and more.  (Free event)

St. Patrick’s Carnival

http://www.stpatricksbedford.org/carnival/
Rye Brook, NY
5/15 6:30PM-11:00PM
Great games, carnival rides, music, food and more.  (Free event)

Saturday, May 16

Wing A Ding Ding

http://www.verplanckfire.org/
Purchase, NY
5/16 6:00PM-11:00PM
Live music, beer, soda and chicken wings- a family fun night.  (Paid event)

Walk For Hearing

http://walk4hearing.org
Yorktown Heights, NY
5/16 10:00AM-12:00PM
Fund raising walk in beautiful FDR Park to benefit the Hearing Loss Association of America.   (Paid event)

Earth Day Event at Croton Point Park

environment.westchestergov.com/earth-day-2015
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
5/16 10:00AM-3:00PM
This annual spring-time celebration promises a mix of live music and entertainment, environmental exhibits, a local farmers market, free raffles and a compost bin and rain barrel sale.  A Mobile Paper Shredder will also be present to shred residents’ documents. (Free parking and admittance.)

Pleasantville Day

http://www.pleasantville.com/
Pleasantville, NY
5/16 10:00AM – 4:00PM
5K run/walk, 1mi fun run, vendors, food and more. (Free event)

Eastchester Kids Safety Day & Traffic Expo

http://www.eastchester.org
Eastchester, NY
5/16 12:00PM-3:00PM
Traffic Expo and Kids Safety Day features: Backpack Safety, Car Seat Installation, Raffles,Give-aways, Refreshments, Photo ID and Finger Printing, DJ Music, Otto the Auto, Bicycle Safety Helmets, Jaws of Life Demo Vision Screening, demo’s and more.  (Free event)

Spring Carnival at Tuckahoe High School

http://www.eastchester.org
Eastchester, NY
5/16 11:00AM-4:30PM
Annual Spring Carnival at Tuckahoe High School- Games, Prizes, Crafts, Face Painting, DJ, and Food.  (Free event)

Van Cortlandtville Tag Sale

http://www.lakelandschools.org
Mohegan Lake, NY
5/16 9:00AM-3:00PM
Bargains galore to benefit Lakeland Schools.  (Free event)

Fishing Derby at Sparkle Lake

http://www.yorktownny.org
Yorktown Heights, NY
5/16 10:00AM-1:00PM
Award Certificates will be given out for various categories. Entrants must supply their own drop line, fishing pole and hooks. Bait is available from the Recreation Department.  Ages 5-14.  (Free event, Yorktown residents only)

Family Arts Bash

https://artswestchester.org
White Plains, NY
5/16 1:00PM-5:00PM
A free day of family fun featuring children’s art workshops, art exhibits and open artists’ studios.  (Free event)

Rye Brook Carnival

http://www.ryebrook.org
Rye Brook, NY
5/16 12:00PM-10:00PM
Great games, carnival rides, music, food and more.  (Free event)

St. Patrick’s Carnival

http://www.stpatricksbedford.org/carnival/
Rye Brook, NY
5/16 1:00PM-10:30PM
Great games, carnival rides, music, food and more.  (Free event)

Big Truck Day

http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/
White Plains, NY
5/16 10:00AM-12:00PM
Learn about, see, touch, sit in, sound the sirens, honk the horns and even operate some of the biggest vehicles in the City’s fleet.  Vehicles on display  from Public Works, Police and Fire Departments and TransCare Ambulance. The display will  also include: Antique Vehicles, Brush Chippers, Stump Grinders, Backhoes, Aerial Bucket Trucks, Rollers and Pavers, Street Sweepers, Automated Side Loaders and many more Tonka Trucks that keep White Plains rolling each da  (Free event)

Sunday, May 17

Pinkster at Philipsburg Manor

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/events/discover-pinkster
Sleepy Hollow, NY
5/17 10:00AM-5:00PM
Pinkster is an African-American celebration of spring, originally held in the Hudson Valley as early as the 17th century. This event is filled with music, dance, food, and revelry, this cross-cultural festival re-creates the spring holiday with a rousing colonial-style celebration. Festivities include lively presentations of drumming and traditional dance, African folktales, and demonstrations of traditional African instruments, utilitarian wares and more.  (Paid event)

Amazing Amphibians

http://greenburghnaturecenter.org/
Scarsdale, NY
5/17 1:00PM
Discover the slippery, slimy, and cold-blooded world of amphibians. In this informative and hands-on program lets you meet some local amphibians up close. Then walk in the forest and to the pond to see what other amazing critters live there too!  (Paid event, free for members)

Rye Brook Carnival

http://www.ryebrook.org
Rye Brook, NY
5/17 12:00PM-6:00PM
Great games, carnival rides, music, food and more.  (Free event)

St. Patrick’s Carnival

http://www.stpatricksbedford.org/carnival/
Rye Brook, NY
5/17 1:00PM-5:00PM
Great games, carnival rides, music, food and more.  (Free event)