💗 Loving Westchester's Mid-Week Merriment: Say Cheese & Sneak a Preview in Pleasantville

📽 Is This Thing On?

Tue., Dec 16 | Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville | 7p | Tickets $25 (members), $30 (non-members)

Join Jacob Burns Film Center for a special preview screening of Is This Thing On?, directed by Bradley Cooper. Two-time Tony Award-winner and one of the stars of the film, Christine Ebersole, will make a special guest appearance for a Q&A session.

🎭 Finding Neverland

This week’s shows: Wed., Dec 17 - Sun., Dec 21 | White Plains Performing Arts Center | Check here for times & tickets

How did Peter become Pan? White Plains Performing Arts Center brings the heartwarming Broadway hit to life this holiday season. Follow J.M. Barrie as he finds inspiration through his friendship with a widow and her four sons, weaving their adventures into the timeless tale of Peter Pan. Perfect for families with kids ages 7+!

🍣 Learn. Laugh. Roll. Eat.

Tue., Jan 20 | Wolf & Warrior Brewing Co., White Plains | 6.30-8.30p | Tickets $55

Giving advance notice as we’d expect this to sell out… The Sushi Class brings a hands-on sushi-making experience to Wolf & Warrior guiding guests on creating their own rolls with no experience needed. Ticket includes a beer, live demonstration, hands-on help, ingredients to make a vegetarian and California roll, plus a night full of fun.

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🕎 Hanukkah Celebrations

Tue., Dec 16 - Wed., Dec 17 | Westchester Children's Museum, Rye | 10a-5p | Free with museum admission

Celebrate the Festival of Lights at Westchester Children’s Museum! Enjoy storytimes at 10a and 5p featuring uplifting holiday tales, then get crafty from 3-5p creating dreidels, menorah-inspired art and other themed projects. A warm celebration for families!

🕎 Town of Mamaroneck Menorah Lighting

Tue., Dec 16 | Hommocks Park Ice Rink, Larchmont | 3-5p | Free

Celebrate Hanukkah with the Westchester Jewish Center at a festive community menorah lighting ceremony at Hommocks Ice Rink. Lace up for a free hour of ice skating and bring the whole family!

🎄 Illuminated Gardens in Yonkers

Open every night from 4.30-8p | Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers | Free

Untermyer Gardens’ Grand Holiday Illumination continues this week, open every night from 4.30-8p. The 150,000 light installation is free with no tickets required and features holiday music for your stroll, free hot chocolate and a family-friendly scavenger hunt to test perceptive guests.

❄ Extended Opening Times for Winter Wonderland

Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla | Check here for available times & tickets

Westchester’s amazing drive-thru holiday attraction, Winter Wonderland, is open every day this week with entry times beginning at 5p on weekdays and 4.30p this weekend. The 1.2-mile drive features a 175-foot illuminated tunnel, a 40-foot Christmas tree, Candy Cane Lane and a Santa sighting!

📖 Mr. Dickens Tells A Christmas Carol

This week’s shows: Wed., Dec 17 & Fri., Dec 19 - Sun., Dec 21 | Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown | Check here for times & tickets

Jump back to 1867 and the famous Dickens Christmas Carol performance tour, recreated and brought to life in the Grand Picture Gallery of Lyndhurst Mansion. Meet the iconic characters and beware of Christmas ghosts on your way! The 1-hour performance is appropriate for those 8 years and up.

🎅 Santa’s on Tour!

Thu., Dec 18 | Various parks, New Rochelle | 5.30-8p | Free

Track down Santa this Thursday evening as he tours six of New Rochelle’s lighted parks with the assistance of New Rochelle Parks & Recreation. Santa’s tour begins at 5.30p at Pinebrook, ending at 8p in Hudson Park. Check the link above for stops in between!

🍻 Good Spirits in Goodhouse

Wed., Dec 17 | Goodhouse Social Club, Mount Kisco | 7-8.30p | Tickets $25

Goodhouse continues the Good Spirits with a special holiday-themed immersive, guided beer tasting event featuring holiday pours from The Katonah Beer Man, accompanied by chef-crafted bites.

🐟 An Intimate Music Benefit With a Phish Collaborator

Thu., Dec 18 | Goodhouse Social Club, Mount Kisco | 8-11p | Tickets $30

Phish collaborator and co-writer, Steve ‘Dude of Life’ Pollak, stops by Mount Kisco’s Goodhouse Social Club for a night of music in support of Especially Everyone, a non-profit focused on neurodiversity and inclusivity in the music world.

🤣 Dinner and a Show in White Plains

Fri., Dec 19 | Red Horse by David Burke, White Plains | 6.15-9.15p | Tickets $95

Comedians Joe Fernandes (award-winning web series I Don’t Know Joe) and Lana Siebel (NYC comedy club regular) headline a 3-course dinner and a show evening at White Plains’ Red Horse by David Burke.

🧀 Raclette Night in Pleasantville

Fri., Dec 19 | Soul Brewing Co., Pleasantville | 7-8.45p | Tickets $55 for non-drinkers, $70 full fare

Second Mouse Cheese Shop and Soul Brewing Co. team up this Friday for Raclette night complete with crispy potatoes, cured meats, cornichons, more pickled vegetables and award-winning Soul Brewing beer and wine. These evenings sell out, so don’t wait long to reserve your spot!

🎸 The Rascals Rock the Holidays

Fri., Dec 19 | Tarrytown Music Hall | 8p | Tickets from $66

Founding members Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish of the iconic 1960s rock band, The Rascals, reunite at Tarrytown Music Hall for a “Rockin’ the Holidays” show. Catch the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Hall of Famers this Friday night.

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❄ A Wonderland of Lights in Rhinebeck

This week’s timed entry available Thu., Dec 18 - Sun., Dec 21 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck

The Wonderland of Lights drive-thru light show is open for its 5th year at Rhinebeck’s Dutchess County Fairgrounds. Catch hundreds of illuminated displays made up of more than one million lights! Check the headline link for available timed entries.

🎄 If You Build It, They Will Come

This week’s timed entry available Thu., Dec 18 - Sun., Dec 21 | Heritage Financial Park, Wappingers Falls

New York Yankees’ affiliate, Hudson Valley Renegades host Winter Glow at Heritage Financial Park, a mile-long drive-thru journey of dazzling holiday light displays perfectly synced to festive music. Check the headline link for available timed entries.

🎸 An Eternal Flame Burns in Ridgefield

Sat., Dec 20 | Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield (CT) | 8p | Tickets from $76

Triple-platinum selling lead vocalist of The Bangles, Susanna Hoffs, takes the stage in Ridgefield in one of only two NY metro area shows. Limited tickets remaining!