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Listings for August

Monday 23 to Friday 27

Science and Computer Camp: Children in grades K-6 get pumped up for space exploration by building a hydro-rocket at JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown at 10 a.m. Call 366-7898 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Gymnastics Camp: At 10 a.m. girls aged 5 years and older with some previous experience can develop and refine gymnastics skills at JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown. Call 366-7898 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Saturday 28

Go Fish!: From 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. children ages 8-10 can learn the basics of fish identification at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. Space limited. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit http://www.teatown.org

“Once Upon A Hudson”: At 2 p.m. Jonathan Kruk will perform this rollicking show with folksinger Rick Bala at the Irvington Public Library. Call 591-7840 or visit http://www.irvingtonlibrary.org.

Feeding Fun: Come visit the live animal museum at 2 p.m. and see what the critters consider a gourmet meal at the Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit http://www.greenburghnaturecenter.org.

Percussion Concert: The Rhythm Devils will perform at 8 p.m. at the Tarrytown Music Hall. Call 877-840-0457 or visit http://www.tarrytownmusichall.org.

Sunday 29

Mud-Luscious: From 11 a.m. to noon muck about in the pond and look for the many invertebrates that hide there at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit http://www.teatown.org

Small Press Celebration: At 4:30 p.m. meet members of Inkwell, Toadlily Press, the Westchester Review and Slapering Hol Press at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center in Sleepy Hollow. Call 332-5953 or visit http://www.writerscenter.org.

Ongoing

The Big Score: The Greatest Heist Films: From Aug. 6 - Sept. 2 at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. Call 747-5555 or visit http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org.

“Rent”: See this groundbreaking musical Aug. 19 – Sept. 25 at the Westchester Broadway Theater in Elmsford. Call 592-2222 or visit http://www.broadwaytheatre.com.

Kayaking: Rent a kayak between noon and 4 p.m. on the Tarrytown Lakes Saturdays and Sundays. Call 682-5135 or visit http://www.kayakhudson.com.

Art Exhibit: Oil paintings by Rosemary Phillips will be on display during the month of Aug. at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit http://www.warnerlibrary.org.

Butterfly Exhibit: Through Sept. enjoy close encounters with numerous varieties of butterflies and learn about their importance in nature at the Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit http://www.greenburghnaturecenter.org.

StoryWalk: Take a walk with your child on a woodland trail and read a favorite children’s book along the way at the Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit http://www.greenburghnaturecenter.org.

Acting, Voice and Dance Classes: Broadway Training Center of Westchester in Hastings-on-Hudson invites adults and children in grades K-12 to register now for courses starting in Sept. Call 478-7065 or visit http://www.broadwaytraining.com.

Discovering Wildflower Island: Take a guided tour of this two-acre refuge for native and endangered species of wildflowers at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit http://www.teatown.org.

“Trees: Heroes of Our Planet”: This natural history exhibit will run until Oct. 3 at the Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit http://www.greenburghnaturecenterorg.

Farm Market: Stone Barns Center’s produce, meat and eggs are on sale Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills. Call 366-6200 or visit http://www.stonebarnscenter.org.

Irvington Farmer’s Market: Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Oct. in the back lot of the Main St. School. Call 478-8068 or visit http://www.communitymarkets.biz.

Tarrytown Farmer’s Market: Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Patriots’ Park to Nov. 13. Call 923-4837 or visit http://www.communitymarkets.biz.

Piano Bar: Every Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m.to 11 p.m. in Bistro Z at the Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown. Call 524-6410.

Films for children: Weekends at noon at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. Call 747-5555 or visit www.burnsfilmcenter.org.

Weekday nature programs: Nature discovery for children ages 18 months to 5 years at the Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit www.greenburghnaturecenterorg. Also for 2 to 7 year olds at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit www.teatown.org

Healthy Life series: Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow offers the community a wide range of programs on health-related subjects as well as health screenings and support groups. Visit www.phelpshospital.org.

Stone Barns’ programs: A series of produce-related talks and tours will be offered on Saturdays and family programs on Sundays at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills. Call 366-9606 or visit www.stonebarnscenter.org.

Children’s programs at the libraries: Stories, rhymes and songs for children of various ages at Tarrytown’s Warner Library and Irvington Public Library. For Warner, call 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary.org. For Irvington, call 591-7840.

Chess club: Join the Warner Library Chess Club which meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Call 631-7734 to register.

Men’s club: Meets every Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. at JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown. Meetings have varied speakers and are open to the public free of charge. Call 366-7898 or visit www.jcconthehudson.org.