Weekend Activities in and around Westchester, NY

Weekend Highlights for Friday, August 29 - Sunday, August 31:

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Friday’s highlights ( click here for more on Friday, August 29):

Farm Stand at Hilltop Hanover Farm. The farm stand will be open every Friday 1 PM – 6 PM and Saturday from 10 AM – 4 PM throughout the summer and fall. All produce is grown on the farm without the use of pesticides, herbicides, or synthesized fertilizers.

Academy of Dance Arts - Register Now for Fall! WE ARE CELEBRATING 15 YEARS AND FALL REGISTRATION IS UNDERWAY!!! So much celebrating will be happening all throughout the year, and we look forward to having you join us!

Kingston Festival of the Arts. An all inclusive city wide celebration of arts,culture and cuisine.

Peach Picking at Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm. Wilkens Farm is open for peach picking. The bakery and shops are open too!

Boogie, Bop, Skip and Hop at Stepping Stones Museum for Children! It’s time to groove at Stepping Stones! Simple dance steps and a wide variety of music will have children and caregivers bopping and hopping.

STORYWALK at Greenburgh Nature Center. The self-guided Story Walk is free at all times and able to be viewed whenever the grounds are open.

Rockland Boulders Baseball Game - August. Head to Pomona for America’s greatest family-friendly pasttime... baseball! Check out the whole May schedule and see what great promotions are available.

Parents Night Out at Tumble Jungle in Norwalk! 3 hours (6 to 9pm) - $30 1st child, $20 for siblings. Enjoy a night off, or out while your kids have the time of their lives! (zip lines, bounce houses, foam cube pits and pizza generally tend to one up the average night with the baby sitter)

YA Alliance at The Voracious Reader. Fans of YA, ages 12 and up. Free Advance Review books. $10 covers pizza and lemonade, exclusive events and discounts. Reservations please.

Fridays with Franklin at The Voracious Reader. Meet our treasured and wonderful-with- children Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Franklin enjoys being read to (and any other attention as well).

Saturday’s highlights ( click here for more on Saturday, August 30):

Cold Spring Farmers’ Market at Boscobel . Now outdoors at Boscobel!

Family Studio Art Projects at Hudson River Museum. Come to Family Studio and join in on the fun of the creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collections and exhibitions, led by Junior Docents and arts professionals.

New York Renaissance Faire. Travel back in time to a 16th century English shire, filled with adventure, music, romance and fun for the whole family!

7th annual BLUES, VIEWS & BBQ FESTIVAL. Music fans can take advantage of the addition of the premium “All Access Pass” to the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts to experience hours of top-quality, national Blues, Rock, and Funk bands.

Afternoon Family Sail Aboard the Schooner SoundWaters in Stamford. Enjoy the excitement and wonder of the Long Island Sound aboard our 80′ Schooner. Work together to raise the sails, examine the rich diversity of life beneath the waves, sample and test water quality, learn about hypoxia, and analyze groundwater.

Animal Ambassadore Photo - Op at Teatown Lake Reservation. Teatown’s live animal collection, including turtles, raptors, snakes and more will be on display in natural settings for photographers to snap!

CORNucopia at Philipsburg Manor. Feast on a bounty of corn-centric delicacies, take part in a bevy of hands-on, corn-related activities at the lower Hudson Valley’s only corn festival.

The Peekskill Farmers’ Market. Let’s get fresh! Operating hours: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Every Saturday June through November

Family Farm Tour at Stone Barns Center. On this family-friendly tour for ages 4 and up, explore the farm and some of our favorite seasonal highlights. Join us for a walk around the farm to take a closer look at the animals that we’re raising and the vegetables that we’re growing!

Sunday’s highlights ( Click here for more to do on Sunday, August 31):

New York Renaissance Faire. Travel back in time to a 16th century English shire, filled with adventure, music, romance and fun for the whole family!

FEEDING FUN at Greenburgh Nature Center. Gobble, crunch, slurp, chomp! It’s mealtime for our animals - come see what’s on the menu. Included with Museum admission

Peach Picking at Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm. Wilkens Farm is open for peach picking. The bakery and shops are open too!

Tea at Three at Hudson River Museum. New for young families! Enjoy a make believe “tea party” and story time in the Museum’s historic home, Glenview.

Afternoon Family Sail Aboard the Schooner SoundWaters in Stamford. Enjoy the excitement and wonder of the Long Island Sound aboard our 80′ Schooner. Work together to raise the sails, examine the rich diversity of life beneath the waves, sample and test water quality, learn about hypoxia, and analyze groundwater.

CORNucopia at Philipsburg Manor. Feast on a bounty of corn-centric delicacies, take part in a bevy of hands-on, corn-related activities at the lower Hudson Valley’s only corn festival.

Hands On: Egg Collecting at Stone Barns Center. Step into the shoes of a farmer and pitch in with the all-important job of collecting eggs. Head out to the egg-mobiles (mobile hen houses), learn how our hens enjoy pasture-based lives and take home a half-dozen farm-fresh eggs.


Muscoot Farmers’ Market. Mothers Day through the end of October

TREEHOUSES: Look Who’s Living in the Trees! at Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Saturday, June 21 - Monday, September 1 Hidden in the leaves, snug in the trunk or burrowed under the roots, what types of animals actually live in a tree?

Market Madness Sundays at Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Sundays, June 22 - August 31, 10 am - 2 pm, (no program 8/10) Come for a self-guided craft on the Meadow, oxen demonstrations, and lunch with Bert & Edie, North American River Otters, each week.

Biomimicry for Beginners at Teatown Lake Reservation. Nature is a technological wonder! Solutions for human technological challenges are often found right beneath our feet in the natural world. See how nature’s innovations can guide our next generation of engineers and scientists through biomimicry.

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