ONGOING & UPCOMING
Summer Movie Madness will takes place at the following locations: July 20 at 7pm – Tibbetts Brook Pool, Yonkers showing “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen;” July 28 – Glen Island Beach, New Rochelle showing “The Blind Side;” August 3 – Willson’s Wave Pool, Mt. Vernon showing “Coraline;” and August 10 – Saxon Woods Pool, White Plains showing “Monsters vs. Aliens.” Call 864-PARK for ticket information.
The Pelham Art Center, 155 Fifth Avenue, Pelham presents the Faculty and Student Showcase Exhibition through August 15. For more information call 738-2525.
Westchester County Parks present the following Heritage Festivals in July: July 11 – Irish Heritage Day from noon to 7pm at Ridge Road Park, Hartsdale; July 11 – Italian Heritage Day from noon to 7pm at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla; July 18 – Arab Heritage Day from 3 to 8pm at Tibbetts Brook Park, Yonkers; July 18 – Polish Heritage Day from noon to 6pm at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla; and July 25 – Hispanic Heritage Day from noon to 7pm at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla. For additional information call 864-PARK.
The Bronxville Women’s Club, 135 Midland Avenue, Bronxville will host the following events: July 4 at 6:30pm – All-American picnic and watch the Macy’s fireworks on The Big Screen; Mondays, July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2 and 9 beginning at 6:30pm – Summer Soirees on the patio: bring your own picnic and enjoy live music; Tuesdays, Movie Nights at 6:30pm – July 6 The Queen, July 20, The Man Who Knew Too Much, August 3 Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator, August 10 The Thin Man; Wednesdays at 11:30am – Summer Socials, July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4 and 11; Thursdays from 2 to 4pm – Square Dancing on July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and August 5, and 12. To register for any of these events call 337-3252.
Swim Across America will hold a Pool and Ocean Swims at the following locations: July 11 from 6 to 10am – New York Athletic Club, Travers Island, Shore Road, Pelham; July 17 from 6:15 to 9:30pm -- Orienta Beach Club, 1054 Walton Avenue, Mamaroneck and The Long Island Sound Swim on July 24 starting at 6am at The Larchmont Yacht Club. To register, donate or volunteer, email tony@swimacrossamerica.org or call Billie Halliday at 914-632-3236.
The Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale is offering following programs: July Weekday Classes for Young People (drop-in classes where no pre-registration is required); Nature Bugs – children 3 to 5 years old on Mondays 1:30 to 2:30pm on July 5, 12, 19, and 26. July 11 – Water Olympics!; July 18 – Storywalk; July 24 – Scientist at Work, all starting at 2pm. Ongoing Live Butterfly Exhibit runs through September with Flights of Fancy on July 31 at 2:30pm. Member’s Family Camp-out will be held July 10 at 5:30pm to July 11 at 8:30am. To register call 813-1280.
The OSilas Gallery at Concordia College will feature the following events: The Hero Next Door: Local Stories of Courage in Wartime on exhibit through July 5th. For more information call 395-4520.
Yonkers Public Library’s Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Yonkers is holding origami classes for tweens and teens on Thursday, July 22nd and Thursday, August 19th. Join librarian Jody Maier and learn the art of Japanese paper folding to create a sailboat, pigeon, fish, swan and crane. No registration is required. For more information call 337-1500, ext. 461.
Calling all High School and Middle School writers! The Rye Arts Center announces submissions are open for their annual Evermore Mystery Writing Contest and accepted through October 1st. For complete details visit www.ryeartscenter.org or call 967-0700, ext. 33.
The Westchester Choral Society, 216 Central Avenue, White Plains, will host its 33rd season of Summer Sings on July 6, 13, and 20 at 7:30pm. For details call 761-3900, ext. 103 or visit www.westchesterchoralsociety.org.
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From 9:30 to 11:30am, the Women’s Enterprise Development Center will offer “Putting Your Best Face Forward” at 1133 Westchester Avenue, lobby Board Room, White Plains with workshop presenter Cara Beth Goldberg. To register, email pzill@westchester.org or call 948-6098, ext. 13.
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Business Networking International will sponsor a Golf & Tennis Challenge and Networking event at the Elmwood Country Club, 850 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains. All proceeds will benefit Cerebral Palsy of Westchester. Registration begins at 9am golf and tennis participants and 11am for pool guests. For more information call 937-3800, ext. 215.
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Westchester’s First Women’s Tennis Classic to benefit people touched by cancer, sponsored by Gilda’s Club Westchester, will take place at Sunningdale Country Club, 300 Undershill Road, Scarsdale with registration starting at 9:15am. Luncheon and speaker to follow Round Robin Tennis. Call 644-8844 to register.
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At 7:30pm, the Taconic Opera will host its second annual Summer Sing of Opera Choruses at the Music Conservatory of Westchester, 216 Central Avenue, White Plains. For further information call 944-8109 or visit www.taconicopera.org.
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From 6:30 to 8pm, Forever Families Through Adoption will host a free information session entitled “Adoption: What You Need to Know” at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites, Summerfield Rooms 1 & 2, 101 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains. For additional information call 939-1180.
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The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, in conjunction with the Young Israel of Scarsdale and the Westchester Jewish Council will be hosting a donor recruitment drive at the Young Israel of Scarsdale at 1313 Weaver Street in Scarsdale from 9am to 3pm. For complete details call 355-0156.
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The Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra will present a free 3pm concert at Untermeyer Park, 945 N. Broadway, Yonkers. For details call 631-6674.
Beginning with cocktails at 6:30pm, The Single Gourmet-MetroNY hosts their monthly event at Quattro Pazzi, 165 Fillow Street, Norwalk, CT and sit down to a 3 course dinner at 7:15pm. To make reservations call 600-4267 or email info@SingleGourmet-MetroNY.com.
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The 3rd Annual “Swinging for the Sisters” Golf Outing and Dinner will be held at the Pelham Country Club, Pelham Manor. Proceeds will support the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk’s retirement fund. For more information call 631-363-2422, ext. 2060.
The Westchester Italian Cultural Center (WICC), 1 Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe celebrates the work of Venetian artist Roberto Merelli (1936 – 2009) with a display of some of his most impressive paintings, on view through to July 15 in the exhibit halls. The exhibit is free and open to the public. To learn more about the Center visit 
The Beczak Environmental Education Center will host a two-and-a-half hour Hudson River sail on the A.J. Meerwald on Thursday, July 15, from 6:00 to 8:30pm. To register call 377-1900, ext. 13.
Westchester County Parks presents Screenings Under the Stars 2010 on the following dates: July 8 – Sherlock Holmes and August 19 – Avatar at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla. The park opens for picknicking at 5pm, entertainment at 6pm, and movies begin at sundown. Admission is free. For additional information call 864-PARK. 
Westchester Community College is presenting a magical night with Fantasmagique on Saturday, July 17 at 8pm. The performance will be held in the Academic Arts Theatre and feature a Houdini-style magician/illusionist and a comdic ventriloquist. For tickets call 606-6262.
