A Big Selection Of Events From Which To Choose This Weekend In The 88th Assembly District

Dear friends and neighbors,

Music, movies and group discussions will highlight this weekend in the 88^th Assembly District. There are also book-club meetings, school musicals and much more in the cities, towns and villages of our district.

Here’s a closer look at some of the events that are taking place in the 88^th. Have a good weekend and remember that if you have an event you’d like me to include in the coming weeks, send the information to Paulina@NYAssembly.gov.

THURSDAY

• The Scarsdale Forum will meet at Scarsdale Village Hall (1001 Post Road, Scarsdale) at 8 p.m. Visit scarsdaleforum.com for more information.
• The Bronxville Library (201 Pondfield Avenue, Bronxville) will show the film Café Society, written and directed by Woody Allen, as part of its Thursday matinee series at 1:30 p.m. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
• The JCC of Mid-Westchester (999 Wilmot Avenue, Scarsdale) will show the documentary “Rosenwald”, the story of an immigrant peddler’s son who didn’t finish high school but became the President of Sears, at 10:30 a.m. Visit jccmw.org for more information.
• The Pelham Middle School Drama Club will perform “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” at Pelham High (575 Colonial Avenue, Pelham) at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and again at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available at the door.

 FRIDAY

• The Bronxville Women’s Club (135 Midland Avenue, Bronxville) will continue its Coffee House music series with an 8 p.m. performance by Marc Black and Ian Flanigan. Visit bronxvillewomensclub.org for more information.
• The New Rochelle League of Women Voters Coffee and Conversation Series will continue at the New Rochelle Library (1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle) at 9:30 a.m. with New Rochelle City Councilman Albert Tarantino. Visit nrpl.org for more information.
• The Bronxville Library (201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) will present “The 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s” at 11 a.m. Learn about the risk factors, the warning signs and how to receive support for the disease. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
• The Tuckahoe Library (71 Columbus Avenue, Tuckahoe) Book Club will meet at 2 p.m. to discuss The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee. Visit tuckahoe.com/library for more information.
• The Eastchester Library (11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester) will continue its EPL Film Series when it shows “Girl on a Train”, starring Emily Blunt, at 1:30 p.m. The film will be shown again Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Visit eastchesterlibrary.org for more information.
• The Scarsdale High Drama Club will present “Almost Maine”, a romantic comedy, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Scarsdale High School Theater (1057 Post Road, Scarsdale). Tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.com or at the door.

 SATURDAY

• I have chartered three buses that will travel to Washington D.C. for the Women’s March on Washington. The buses will leave from The Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Scarsdale at 5 a.m. Call my office at 914-725-1115 for more information.
• The Westchester Reform Temple (255 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale) has also chartered a bus and will be heading to Washington. That bus is scheduled to leave in the 4 a.m. hour. Visit wrtemple.org for more information.
• The Pelham Picture House (175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham) will show “They Call Us Monsters”, the story of violent California juveniles tried as adults, at 4 p.m. There will also be a post-screening discussion with director Ben Lear. Visit thepicturehouse.org for more information.
• The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park) will host Windowsill Gardening, a workshop centering on growing herbs indoors during the winter, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Visit bartowpellmansionmuseum.org for more information.
• The Playgroup Theatre (One North Broadway, White Plains) will present “Hairspray”, the big and bold Broadway musical that won eight Tony Awards, at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 2 p.m. Visit playgroup.org for more information.
• The Maccabeats, the Jewish music and a cappella phenomenon, will perform at The White Plains Performing Arts Center (11 City Place, White Plains) at 8 p.m. Visit wppac.com for more information.
  

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• The Westchester Italian Cultural Center (One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe) will host The First Battle of Lasagna from 2:30-5 p.m. Visit wiccny.org for more information.
• The New Choral Society will perform at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church (6 Greenacres Avenue, Scarsdale) at 8 p.m. Visit newchoralsociety.org for more information.
• Anthony Wooden and the Bokandeye African Dance and Drum Troupe will conduct a free African Dance workshop at the New Rochelle Library (1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle) at 11 a.m. Visit nrpl.org for more information.
• The Scarsdale Library (54 Olmstead Road, Scarsdale) will host “Meet and Greet A Dog”, giving you the chance to pet and play with friendly dogs from The Good Dog Foundation, at 3 p.m. Visit scarsdalelibrary.org for more information.
• The New York Strongest Man and Woman Competition will take place at The Westchester County Center in White Plains from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit unitedstatesstrongman.com/upcoming-events for more information.

 SUNDAY

• Writer and teacher Robert Cole will be at The Reformed Church of Bronxville (180 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) to discuss his near-fatal illness and how it impacted his life at 2 p.m. Visit reformedchurch.org for more information.
• The Scarsdale Forum speaker series will continue at The Scarsdale Women’s Club (37 Drake Road, Scarsdale) with a 3 p.m. presentation entitled “What is Alzheimer’s Disease & What Can You Do About”. Visit scarsdaleforum.com for more information.
• Classical guitarist Stuart Weber will perform at The New Rochelle Public Library (1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle) at 3 p.m. Visit nrpl.org for more information.
• Jazz ensemble Trio Shalva will perform at The Bronxville Library (201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) at 3 p.m. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
• The Eastchester Library (11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester) will continue its EPL Film Series when it shows “The Graduate”, starring Dustin Hoffman, at 1:30 p.m. Visit eastchesterlibrary.org for more information.
• The Pelham Jewish Center (451 Esplanade, Pelham) will present a staged reading of “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” at 1 p.m. The PJC is also accepting clothing donations as part of the production. Visit thepjc.org for more information.

For information about these and other events in our area, please visit http://www.burbio.com/lists/district-88-events.