Things To Do Near You

If you’re looking for a fun place to go with your whole family, head over to the Legoland Discovery Center in Yonkers, New York! This is an indoor family attraction that features models of local landmarks made from Lego bricks, building classes taught by master builders, a 4-D movie theatre, and some small rides and play fortresses. One of the rides that they have is called Kingdom Quest. It is an interactive ride where you are riding in chariots mounted with laser guns that you will be firing at skeletons and trolls on your journey to rescue the princess. There is also a spinner ride called Merlin’s Apprentice, which has pedals at the bottom of each ride vehicle to help you go higher. The 4-D cinema plays a movie that has wind, rain, and snow effects. There is also a virtual reality ride where you must steer clear of flying objects, soar high in the air, and fly into lava caves. They also have an interactive and build challenge activity that will improve your flexibility, agility, ing...

If you are a family that enjoys seeing train shows around the holidays, there are several you can go to in the area! Throughout the month of December, several towns in Westchester and Fairfield County will be holding model train shows for the entire family to enjoy.  One of these is at the New Castle Historical Society in Chappaqua, New York. This model train show is inside the old Horace Greeley House that got turned into a museum, and has different train displays in each period room. There are also some new additions this year, such as a LEGO train display of the Harry Potter universe and a custom-made holiday tree train that is over six feet tall with six trains running on six levels.  Another holiday train show is at Lasdon Park in Katonah, New York. The display is in the conservatory and has trains moving along twelve multi-level tracks, over bridges, through tunnels, under waterfalls, and by holiday scenes that have many colorful seasonal plants and decorations. If you w...

On Saturday, I went to the Inflation Party for the Stamford Thanksgiving Balloon Parade. These are events that I have been going to for my entire life, so much so to the point that I am now friends with some of the people in charge of the events. This year, however, things seemed a little different compared to previous years. When I got there, they had already started inflating some balloons. While it’s not strange that they started inflating balloons before the scheduled start time, what seemed strange at first was that they were using leaf blowers. We then found out that this was a change they had made this year as a way of saving helium. This makes sense, as the balloons don’t need to float at the Inflation Party, they just need to be inflated. The leaf blowers were also very powerful, as the balloons were each inflated in a matter of minutes, and they were also fully inflated compared to previous years. The people in charge of the event also seemed more excited than in recent years...

If you are looking for the perfect event to celebrate the holiday season, head over to Valhalla! From November 24 to December 31, the town of Valhalla will be having its annual Winter Wonderland Drive-thru Holiday Light Extravaganza at Kensico Dam Plaza. This event used to be much larger, with rides, ice skating, and even a circus. They were forced to turn the event into a drive-thru format during 2020 due to the pandemic and have decided not to go back to that format ever since. The event itself currently consists of a 1.2-mile drive-thru that has thousands of Christmas lights. Along the route will be some of the usual favorites that people have come to expect. These include two elves named Ned and Albert, angels of peace and a 50-foot dove, dancing trees, glowing snowballs, candy cane lane, a 100-foot light tunnel, and a 40-foot Christmas tree. In addition to these regular favorites, there will also be some new additions this year. One new addition will be a character named Snowball ...

If you are a fan of the show The Masked Singer and are wondering when you can see previous contestants on tour in our region, here are their upcoming tour dates! The Flower from Season 2, who was revealed to be Patti LaBelle, is going to be at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut on November 24. She will then have a show at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury in Westbury, New York on November 26. Her third show closest to this part of the region will be at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 10. The Tree from Season 2, who was revealed to be Ana Gasteyer, has three shows coming up in the region close to here. Her first two shows are at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on December 15 and December 16. Her third show in this part of the region is on December 17 at Enlow Recital Hall in Union, New Jersey. The Robot from Season 3, who was revealed to be Lil Wayne, has a show coming up at the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut on December ...

If you live in the area of Fairfield County in Connecticut and are looking for a place to see some great shows, head over to the Ridgefield Playhouse! The venue was opened in the year 1938 as a high school and town theatre. After three decades in business, it was closed in 1972 when a new and larger high school was built. 22 years after that, in 1994, a group of Ridgefield residents joined together and formed Friends of Ridgefield Performing Arts Center. After years of attempting to get the theatre reopened, the town approved the project in 1998. The Ridgefield Playhouse opened in December 2000 with a performance from Jose Feliciano. While its first season of operation only consisted of about twelve shows with the theatre open from September to May, it has since grown to having more than 200 shows a year as well as movies and can hold an audience of 500 people.  The venue still holds many amazing shows to this day under a variety of categories. As part of their comedy series, they ...