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If you are looking for a fun and exciting event in Northern Westchester this summer, head over to the Pleasantville Music Festival! This event is a single-day music festival that is held at Parkway Field in Pleasantville in the month of July and features a variety of performers. The event first started in 2005, and has happened every year since, with the exceptions of 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. The performers that they get are major acts that are headliners for the event, up-and-coming regional acts, and small local bands from the tri-state area. In this post, I will be going over all the major artists that have performed there over the years and finish off with the artists that were just announced as performing there this year.  The first festival in 2005 didn’t have as many notable names as following years, but they did have some names that are noteworthy. One of these artists is a country and folk singer named Jonathan Edwards, who is best known for his 1971 song “Sunshi...

I recently made a blog post about a Masked Singer exhibit that is happening at the Paley Center in New York City, and I have an update regarding this event, which is that I recently went to see it in person! In this post, I will be sharing everything that was there and what it was like.  The exhibit began right when I walked in the building. A few feet from the entrance was a giant screen that played four looping videos, which were every unmasking before Season 10, all the unmaskings in Season 10, and two trailers for Season 11. On both sides of the screen were two costumes. One of them was The Gumball, which is one of the costumes in this current season. Me and my parents were amazed by how big the costume was, though I shouldn’t have been too surprised considering the celebrity that I think is underneath it is six feet tall. It was also cool seeing it right in front of me, as it made me wonder what it was made of, as there were parts to the costume that looked like they were made...

I recently made a blog post about the Pleasantville Farmers Market, and today, I am going to make a blog post about another great farmers market in the area! This one is the Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market, or as they call it, the TaSH. This is a farmers market that first started in 2015, is described as being a destination in Westchester County, and won several America’s Farmers Market Celebration awards in 2023. During its main season from May to November, it is held at Patriots Park, which is on the border of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, and all the vendors go around the park in a big circle. It also has live music, chef demos, art projects, and children’s activities.  Their outdoor season will kick off on May 11, and will feature more than 30 vendors, some of which are already confirmed, and some that still have to confirm. I will share the vendors that are confirmed to be part of it so far this year and what they sell.  The first vendor is Arlotta Food Studio f...

If you are in the Hudson Valley for the month of April and are looking for places to get food, you should consider looking into Hudson Valley Restaurant Week! This event got started in 2006 by Valley Table magazine as a way of promoting all the local chefs, restaurants, ingredients, farmers, artisanal producers, winemakers, and purveyors, is the largest and most successful dining event in the region, has had over 150 restaurants participating in it over the years, and is a key economic driver in the region. It will also be covering a time period of two weeks and will go from April 8-April 21.  Restaurants that are participating in the event are in Dutchess County, Greene County, Orange County, Putnam County, Rockland County, Sullivan County, Ulster County, and Westchester County. This year, 147 restaurants will be participating in the event, and some of them have even created special menus in honor of it. For this post, I will be talking about some of the restaurants that are in We...

If you are looking for a fun event in Westchester County where you can get some amazing food, head over to the Pleasantville Farmers Market! This is an event that is every Saturday from 9:30-12:00 in the winter, and from 8:30-1:00 starting April 6, and has won Best of Westchester from Westchester Magazine ten years in a row. The event also has a ton of vendors for certain types of food and other products. The first vendor that is listed on the website is 3X3 Kitchen Provisions from Riverdale, New York. They sell gluten-free baked goods with local seasonal ingredients from Hudson Valley farmers.  The next vendor is Alpacatrax from Columbia County, New York. They don’t sell food, but they do sell hand-crafted shawls, scarves, socks, and boot warmers made from alpaca wool.  The next vendor is Bien Cuit from Brooklyn, New York. They sell bread with a dark, caramelized crust, as well as a variety of pastries.  The next vendor is Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse from Milford, New...

As I’m sure you have probably seen by now, I have written about many places that I enjoy going to in Connecticut, and today I am going to write about another one. One of my favorite places to go to in Bridgeport is the Beardsley Zoo, which is relatively large and has many cool animals. It also has a carousel, a café, a gift shop, and one of the largest greenhouses in the state of Connecticut.  At the entrance of the zoo is a pair of Andean Condors, along with free-roaming Indian peafowl, West African helmeted guineafowl, and wild turkeys. There is also a greenhouse that has water that is home to several different koi. From there, the zoo is divided into nine exhibits. The first of these is the Rainforest Building, which is an indoor exhibit. It is home to many animals from tropical South America, such as a Brazilian ocelot, which is a spotted wild cat, a black howler monkey, a white-faced saki monkey, a golden lion tamarin monkey, a Goeldi’s monkey, a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, a Br...

I have some exciting news about The Masked Singer to share with you all! From March 13 to May 19 on Wednesdays to Sundays from 12:00 to 6:00, The Paley Center for Media will be having an exhibit for The Masked Singer! This exhibit is described on the website as having a “stunning selection of the series’ breathtaking costumes, sparkling video highlights, artifacts, and photography.” The display itself will feature some of the actual costumes from the show, which are The Leopard, The Gazelle, The Chameleon, Miss Monster, The Yeti, The Mummies, The Seahorse, The Flamingo, The Mushroom, The Rottweiler, and one of the costumes from the current season, The Gumball. There will also be a display of the “Don’t Talk to Me” hoodie and custom visor that each contestant must wear, and there will also be a Golden Mask Trophy on display.  There will also be fun activities for families, as there will be a Masked Singer-themed arts and crafts for kids in the library, and an interactive trivia quiz...