🍕 The Dish We Raved About Months Ago Is on This Year’s Restaurant Week Menu

🎃 The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
Final weekend! | Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson | Evenings | $24+
Over 7,000 hand-carved, illuminated jack-o’-lanterns light up the historic grounds in shapes ranging from dinosaurs to a working carousel, along a self-guided walk. Stop at the Gourd & Goblet Tavern or the Headless Horseman Hideaway for spooky sips and a visit from the Horseman.
Your last weekend to walk the 7,000-pumpkin trail before it goes dark till next fall →
 
🎃 Sleepy Hollow Street Fair
Sun., Nov. 8 | Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow | 10a-5p | Free admission
The chamber’s annual street fair with 145-plus arts, crafts, and food vendors, inflatables, face painters, local eateries and shops, live music, master storyteller Jonathan Kruk at noon, Witches Along the Hudson, and the Headless Horseman from 1p to 4p.
Thought Sleepy Hollow season was over? Think again →
 
🍽️ Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
Now-Sun., Nov. 16 | Participating restaurants across the Hudson Valley | Prix-fixe menus
Two weeks of prix-fixe dining across the region, running Nov. 2-16. Restaurants offer set menus at brunch ($24.95-$29.95), lunch ($24.95-$39.95), and dinner ($29.95-$44.95). A few of our favorites - Brothers Fish & Chips, Dubrovnik, and Goosefeather - join in on the fun! Reservations encouraged.
Your chance to try that local favorite, or favorites, you’ve been meaning to →

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🎻 Free First Fridays: America in Motion
Fri., Nov. 6 | Hudson River Museum, Yonkers | 5p-8p | Free
The Vanaver Caravan dance and music company performs America in Motion, a 250th-anniversary tribute blending Appalachian clogging, folk dance, and storytelling with live fiddle, banjo, and vocals. All ages; cash bar.
 
⚡ Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience
Check for date / time availability | FDR State Park, Yorktown Heights | $37.90+ (Children under 3 enter free)
A 60-90 minute illuminated woodland trail with creatures and scenes from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts, interactive wand spell-casting, and a Patronus-summoning experience.
 
🥕 TaSH Farmers Market
Sat., Nov. 7 | Patriots Park, Tarrytown | 8:30a-1:30p | Free
The Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market, with 50-plus Hudson Valley vendors selling produce, meat, bread, flowers, dairy, preserves, wine, and beer, plus live music, chef demos, and children’s activities.
 
🎄 Holiday Happiness
Sat., Nov. 7 | Primrose Elementary, Lincolndale | 10a-2:30p | Free admission
The Primrose PTA’s holiday fair with local vendors, a silent auction, 50/50 raffles, holiday photos, food trucks, a hot cocoa bar, a DJ, a Fun Zone, and a Creativity Corner.
 
🐐 Tea with the Animals
Sat., Nov. 7 | Hilltop Hanover Farm, Yorktown Heights | 10a | $15
A mid-morning tea where participants meet the farm animals and harvest and make treats for a tea party shared by people and animals alike. Adults and children 6+; pre-registration required.
 
🦊 Family Art Workshop: Foil Animals
Sat., Nov. 7 & Sun., Nov. 8 | Hudson River Museum, Yonkers | 12p-4p | Free with admission
Design and decorate an animal to hang on the wall using string, cardboard, and tin foil. Recommended for ages 4+.
 
🎃 Fall Mini Harvest Fest
Sun., Nov. 8 | Market at Yellow Monkey Village, Cross River | 11a-2p | Free
A harvest festival marking the opening of Market at Yellow Monkey Village, with live music by Colette Hourigan, kids’ activities, and a cafe happy hour. Produced by Joe Bachana, hosted by Yellow Monkey Village.
 
🎶 Disney Brunch
Sun., Nov. 8 | Yonkers Brewing Co., Yonkers | 11:30a-3p | Free
A Sunday brunch with DJ Panda spinning Disney songs all morning. Costumes welcomed. RSVP to book a table.
 
🎬 A Knight’s Tale 25th Anniversary Screening
Sun., Nov. 8 | Bedford Playhouse, Bedford | 3p | $16
The 2001 jousting adventure starring Heath Ledger returns for its 25th anniversary as part of the Playhouse’s Classics series. Rated PG-13.
 
🪂 STEM Family Sundays at iFLY Westchester
Sun., Nov. 8 | iFLY Indoor Skydiving, Yonkers | 4p | $52+
A hands-on STEM session led by iFLY educators followed by indoor skydiving in the wind tunnel for the whole family; National STEM Day finale. Ages 3+.

🎭 Fall Theater: The Importance of Being Earnest
Select dates Nov. 6-22 | Lyndhurst Mansion Carriage House, Tarrytown | Fri. 7p, Sat. & Sun. 2p and 5p | $49
M&M Performing Arts stages Oscar Wilde’s comedy of mistaken identities and Victorian satire in Lyndhurst’s accessible Carriage House, directed by Michael Muldoon. Ages 12+.
 
🎭 Bloodline of the Land: Daisy Jopling and Indigenous Enterprise
Fri., Nov. 6 | Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill | 7:30p | $59+
A multimedia dance-theater production pairing violinist Daisy Jopling with the company Indigenous Enterprise, blending pow wow dancing, live orchestra, spoken word, and film to explore Indigenous resilience and connection to the land.
 
📚 Westchester Book Festival
Sat., Nov. 7 | Katonah Village Library and Katonah Presbyterian Church | 10a-6p | $25 per session
The 2nd annual festival brings contemporary authors to Katonah for a day of paired conversations, with Malcolm Gladwell, Elizabeth Kolbert, David Pogue, Maria Semple, Pulitzer winner Hernan Diaz, and more across two venues.
 
🎻 Black Violin: The Be Free Tour
Sat., Nov. 7 | The Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase | 7:30p | $21.50+
The Grammy-nominated duo of Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus merge classical strings with hip-hop live, with opener Jon Muq.
 
🎭 Good Company Fall Benefit Concert
Sat., Nov. 7 | Irvington Theater | 7:30p | $30+
A one-night concert launching Good Company Performing Arts, with Broadway’s Laurel Harris (Wicked), Alan H. Green (School of Rock), and Ross Lekites (Frozen) performing alongside the company’s adult and youth troupes.
 
🦅 Best of The Eagles
Sat., Nov. 7 | Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill | 8p | $51.50+
The Eagles tribute returns to Peekskill after a sold-out spring show, this time with a full horn section, recreating “Hotel California,” “Take It Easy,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” and more.
 
🥊 I Play Rocky: Preview Screening and Q&A
Sun., Nov. 8 | Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville | 2p | $20+
A preview of Peter Farrelly’s film about Sylvester Stallone’s fight to play Rocky Balboa, followed by a Q&A with actor and Pulitzer-winning playwright Tracy Letts. Rated PG-13.
 
📚 Author Talk: Anna Nordberg
Sun., Nov. 8 | Bedford Books, Bedford | 4:30p-6p | $20, includes store credit
Journalist Anna Nordberg discusses her debut novel When She Was Ours in conversation with Suzanne Zuckerman. Books available to buy and sign; light refreshments served.
 
🎬 Being Heumann
Mon., Nov. 9 | Bedford Playhouse, Bedford | 7p | $16
Siân Heder’s film, based on the true story of Judy Heumann and the 1977 disability-rights occupation of a federal building, stars Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo. Rated R.

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🌳 Bonsai 101: Introduction to the Art of Bonsai
Sat., Nov. 7 | Maple Leaf Bonsai, Pomona | 11a-12p | $19.99, includes $19.99 store credit
A beginner workshop on bonsai styling, pruning, watering, and care, with expert instructors.
 
🍺 Rockland Beer and Food Festival
Sat., Nov. 7 | Clover Stadium, Pomona | VIP 11a, GA 12p-5p | $11.50+
A craft beer and food festival with live music at Clover Stadium, home of the New York Boulders.
 
🎤 Ginuwine
Sat., Nov. 7 | Lehman Center, Bronx | 8p | $46.70+
The R&B star behind “Pony,” “Differences,” and “So Anxious” plays one night only, with special guest Ro James. Orchestra Rows A-J include a 6:30p VIP reception.