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Burbio Calendar

Dec
4
Mon
Westchester County Parks Events: Saw Mill River Audubon Bird Walk @ Muscoot Farm
Dec 4 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Come to the farm for an early morning bird walk with Anne Swaim of Saw Mill River Audubon. Wear sturdy shoes and bring binoculars. The walk leaves from the parking lot. While this guided walk is free, registration is required, www.sawmillriveraudubon.org.
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Mount Vernon Public Library: Grab-N-Go
Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 am

Pick up a kit each month to make a craft at home. We provide the materials and instructions. Limited quantities are available. First come, first served. 
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Westchester County Parks Events: Holidays on the Hill Annual Train Show
Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Visit and celebrate the season with iconic and immersive exhibits that will delight audiences of all ages.  Visitors will be surrounded by the magic of the season as they stroll by colorful characters and enchanting holiday scenes.Also: Dec. 2 3 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31.Get details and tickets https://www.lasdonpark.org/hoh23/
View More: http://www.burbio.com/states/New-York/White-Plains/westchester-county-parks-events

Dobbs Ferry Library: Baby Songs & Stories
Dec 4 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.Email [email protected], call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.
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Irvington Library: Lego Club @ Irvington Public Library at Program Room
Dec 4 @ 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Come and have fun building with the library Legos! This program is for children 5 and up, please. Limited to 10 children.
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Irvington Library: Teen Knitting Classes @ Irvington Public Library at Library
Dec 4 @ 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

You have always wanted to learn to Knit.  Now you can!!!!! Learn knitting basics and continue on to creating fun, fashionable accessories made from yarn.  All materials will be provided.  This is a 6 session knitting course taught by Knitting Master, Lori Cohen.  Each session will build upon the skills learned the session before, therefore we ask that you commit to all 6 classes.     Please register for each class individually. 
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Dobbs Ferry Library: Mary’s Yarns Crafting Group – Quilting
Dec 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Interested in Learning How to Quilt?  Our meetings are on the first Monday of the month from 6:00 to 8:00 pm – Please Join Us!We will provide you with the supplies to create a create a square to add to our annual quilt that will be raffled to benefit the Dobbs Ferry Public Library. You can join at any time at no cost.Please call 693-6614 to register or email [email protected] if we’re not working on a type of crafting you’re interested in, you are welcome to come and chat and work on your own projects! Newcomers are always welcome.
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Dec
5
Tue
Dobbs Ferry Library: Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime
Dec 5 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

18 to 36 months.Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.Email [email protected], call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.
View More: http://www.burbio.com/states/New-York/Dobbs-Ferry/dobbs-ferry-library

Dobbs Ferry Library: Hybrid Virtual and In-Person Writers Circle
Dec 5 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Are you interested in creative writing? Do you want to meet other writers and get inspired? Bring a poem, short story, or excerpt from your novel to share with the group. Get feedback and support each other.Register with [email protected] to get the Zoom link — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!
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Westchester County Parks Events: Holiday Disabled Dance @ Westchester County Center
Dec 5 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Registration required at (914) 347-4409
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Dobbs Ferry Library: Comedy Open Mic (ON ZOOM)
Dec 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Following a traditional Comedy Open Mic format, comedians new and old — who want to work on new jokes, change old ones, or just experiment — sign up and get 5 minutes apiece to perform via our Zoom meeting room.INTENDED FOR AUDIENCE 18+Pre-registration REQUIRED for first timers —> Email [email protected] reminder with Zoom link will be sent out the morning of each month’s mic to everyone already on the performer & audience list.• • •For more info about our comedy open mics and showcases, check out our Comedy on the Hudson page.
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Dec
6
Wed
Mount Vernon Public Library: Tales for Toddlers
Dec 6 @ 10:30 am – 11:15 am

A lively mix of stories, songs, and rhythmic activities that encourage learning, listening and a love of reading.For ages 2-5.Masks must be worn by everyone over 2yrs old and social distancing will be maintained. Please call 914-688-1840 ext. 211 to register as space is limited.
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Westchester County Parks Events: Westchester Knicks
Dec 6 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

The Knicks take on the Raptors 905.Get details and tickets at  https://countycenter.biz/event/westchester-knicks-vs-raptors-905/
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Dobbs Ferry Library: Dungeons & Dragons Club (Ages 8 – 18) *PROGRAM FULL* Waitlist only
Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Ages 8 – 18Programs full – waitlist onlyRegistration is required via this Google form: https://forms.gle/UdDW3BzGVV9Wm6V19. You are not registered until a librarian contacts you with confirmation and scheduling details.Questions? Participants aged 8-12 can email children’s librarian Gina at [email protected], and participants aged 13-18 can email teen librarian Alex Yeranossian at [email protected].
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Mount Vernon Public Library: Read-a-Round
Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

This book group for beginner readers meets once a week to share stories chosen by a librarian. Designed to improve reading skills and promote the love of reading, kids and librarians take turns reading aloud.  After the reading, enjoy a snack while we talk about the books.For independent readers, first grade and higher.Every Wednesday, from 4:00PM – 4:45PM, unless we have a special program.Please check the Children’s Room monthly calendar for schedule changes. 
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Dobbs Ferry Library: Celebration of LGBTQ+ Art and History
Dec 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Allee Manning, founder of The Westchester LGBTQ+ History Project, is here to celebrate LGBTQ+ art and history at DFPL!From 6-7 pm anybody age 11 and up can explore various examples of historical LGBTQ+ iconography & artwork and make their own buttons.Then, folks of all ages are welcome from 7-8 pm for a presentation on Allee’s research of Westchester LGBTQ+ history and a game of trivia!Pizza will be provided for attendees of both programs! Email [email protected] to register.
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Irvington Library: Climate Talks (Irvington Green Monthly Meetup) @ Irvington Public Library at Program Room
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Irvington Green gathers on the 1st Wednesday of the month to discuss local environmental issues and opportunities to have an impact. This fall, we are adding a climate speaker series to discuss global issues, understand potential impacts on our village, and explore strategic responses. Our guest speakers are Westchester residents with far reaching influence who can bring the discussion home. For more information, please visit https://www.irvingtongreen.org/news/events To RSVP for this event, please click here. Guest Speaker – Amy Larkin Amy Larkin lived in Tarrytown before moving to Cortland Manor. She is an award-winning  entrepreneur, activist, and  producer has been at the forefront of the environmental movement for decades.  Her 2013 book, Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy revealed the links between our environmental and financial crises –  both causes and solutions.   From 2014-16, she served as Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change. In 2019, Amy co-founded PR3, a public-private partnership forging systemic solutions that dramatically reduce plastic production and consumption.  When globally deployed, the move away from single use packaging can reduce the manufacturing of plastic packaging by 90% and cut associated emissions by 80%. (Packaging uses ~40% of all plastic production).  ­Reuse is a solution commensurate with the gravity of both the plastic and climate crises.  While Greenpeace Solutions Director, Amy led the collaboration with the Consumer Goods Forum, a consortium of 400 multinationals to eliminate HFCs.  The industry’s commitment directly led to HFCs’ inclusion in the Montreal Protocol in 2016, anticipated to save .5°C degree of global warming. This work won the prestigious 2011 Roy Award from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Amy has spoken around the world on Climate Change and its relationship to Money, Culture, and Spirituality, including at the 92nd St. Y’s 2019 Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service.  She wrote regularly for The Guardian from 2012-2015.   Topic: Climate Solutions:  It takes a village…and a lot of courage. From my 2014 Guardian column. There is no replacement for courage…Right now, we are looking on with a mix of disbelief and ennui as extreme weather engulfs us. In some cases, we are trying to take what appear to be reasonable steps, mostly in order to protect our precarious perch in the world’s economy. The trouble is, the time for “reasonable” has passed. We have somehow forgotten that if there is no nature, there is no business. We are in a global environmental emergency, but we are behaving as if incremental improvements to “business as usual” will do.  This courage must be expressed with and within our local villages and our global village.   I’ll share my current work with PR3 drafting standards to create reusable packaging systems, a significant plastic and climate solution. We are working with multinationals, entrepreneurs, packaging producers, environmental justice activists, scientists, urban planners, and numerous government departments in cities, nations, and the Global Plastic Treaty currently being negotiated.  This diverse village of brave souls and institutions is going to lead the world away from single-use packaging to serve people, planet and profit.  
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Saint Paul’s Church National Park: Holiday Performance by the acclaimed Bronx Opera Company
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Continuing a great tradition, the acclaimed Bronx Opera Company performs a holiday concert, with arias and duets from the classics, as well as seasonal favorites, with music on the 1830 Erben pipe organ.
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Dec
7
Thu
Irvington Library: YA Ballerina Snowflakes @ Irvington Public Library
Dec 7 all-day

It’s a Nutcracker Holiday!   Create these beautiful Ballerina Snowflakes to hang on your tree or to decorate your room.  This Grab and Go Kit will contain three different Ballerina poses and three different color papers.  Kits will be available for pick up at the circulation desk the day of the event until the following Monday.   Enjoy this craft!  Adults are welcome to register for a kit too!
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Pelham Schools – District Calendar: First Night of Hanukkah
Dec 7 all-day

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