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Hudson Buzz

All things entertaining in Westchester, Rockland and the Hudson Valley

Rye Brook inaugural carnival postponed until Saturday

Ferris Wheel during dusk at the 2004 Sesquicentennial

Photo credit: Iowa State Fair

The Village of Rye Brook inaugural carnival, which was scheduled to begin Friday at 5 p.m., has been postponed due to weather. The event will now run on Saturday and Sunday only.

Open to all ages, the weekend event will feature a variety of carnival games and 15 rides, including The Starship, The Dizzy Dragon, Circus Town, The Swinger, The Hampton, Bumper Cars and a 30-foot Ferris wheel.

“The...

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42 in White Plains to host fundraiser for Atka, the wolf ambassador

A portrait of the late Mary Goncalves, mother

Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro

You can eat well while supporting a good cause tonight as 42 The Restaurant in White Plains hosts a "Feast for the Beast," a fundraiser for South Salem's Wolf Conservation Center's Atka Ambassador Program. Atka is the oldest wolf ambassador at the center, which hosts programs for children and adults and travels with Atka to outside events.

Chef Anthony Goncalves, who crafted the...

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'The Price is Right' live tour coming to Westchester County Center

Host Drew Carey hosts quot;The Price Is Rightquot;

Photo credit: Getty Images

Hudson Valley, come on down! “The Price is Right” live tour will make a stop at the Westchester County Center on May 29 (198 Central Ave., White Plains; 914-995-4050; wmconcerts.com). If you want to have the game show experience without traveling to Hollywood, tickets for the event go on sale next week.

“The Price is Right” is crisscrossing the country to commemorate the iconic game show’s...

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Westchester's Suburbia Roller Derby League ready for season opener

Members of the Suburbia Roller Derby League practice

Photo credit: Elizabeth Daza

In ripped tights, her dyed black hair pulled into a side braid sticking out of her safety helmet, Aileen Walsh, a 34-year-old pediatric physical therapist from Stony Point, tightened her roller skates and prepared for battle.

"There's more to suburbia than white picket fences and housewives," said Walsh, a skater for Westchester County's Suburbia Roller Derby League, which has about...

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Empire City Casino in Yonkers continues weekly comedy nights

Comedian Eddie Brill plays Yonkers' Empire City Casino

Photo credit: Dan Dion

Looking for a mid-week laugh? Empire City Casino in Yonkers is continuing a weekly Wednesday night comedy series, and has announced the featured comics set to take the stage through June.

“Empire City Casino’s weekly Wednesday Comedy Night is considered the best-kept comedy secret in the tri-state area,” said Taryn Duffy, the director of public affairs at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway....

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Black History Month events for kids this weekend

Kids of every color can celebrate their differences

Photo credit: Handout

Looking for ways children can celebrate Black History Month? Kids can learn about an important African-American role model at a story walk, make crafts to commemorate historical figures and hear a reading and meet the author of a book about skin color and identity as seen through a child’s eyes. Find all the details here.

Sunday: Story walk in White Plains

Families with children in grades...

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Where to see Oscar nominees in the Hudson Valley

This film image released by 20th Century Fox

Photo credit: AP

The 85th Academy Awards are Sunday, Feb. 24, and if you’ve yet to see many of the nominated films, don’t despair -- there’s still time to get to the theater, watch some of the nominees and make educated picks for your office’s Oscar poll.

Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville

Rather than programming only the big-name Oscar nominees, this independent film house and education center...

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Darlene Love to play sold-out Suffern show

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love

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Legendary rock vocalist Darlene Love, a Suffern resident, will make a hometown appearance when she performs a sold-out show at the Lafayette Theatre on Valentine’s Day (97 Lafayette Ave., Suffern; 845-369-8234; www.bigscreenclassics.com/lafayette.html). Love also will be the special guest Wednesday on Rockland’s WRCR AM 1300 radio program, “Mostly Movies with Mercedes and Big Jim.”

Mercedes...

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Antics Roadshow presents Valentine's Extravaganza at the Nyack Village Theatre

Antics Roadshow presents their Valentine's Extravaganza at the

Photo credit: Richard Quinn

The Nyack Village Theatre will host four evenings of original sketch comedy on love gone wrong when the Antics Roadshow returns to perform a newly scripted Valentine’s Extravaganza from Feb. 8 through 16.

The Valentine’s Extravaganza marks the troupe’s fifth performance at the 49-seat black box theater since its production company — Ship of Fools — took up office space and established itself...

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Westchester author to lead Stone Barns’ first Cookbook Club event

Westchester County author Jenny Rosenstrach published a cookbook/memoir

Photo credit: Johnny Miller

Jenny Rosenstrach, a Westchester County mom of two, published a cookbook/memoir in June. “Dinner: A Love Story,” originally a blog about the dinner she prepared nightly for her family, chronicles the meals that she made during the past 14 years. She’ll lead the first meeting in a new monthly series -- Cookbook Club -- at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in Pocantico Hills at 6 p.m....

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