Weekly Virtual Events -Week of June 5

As our state continues to make progress, it is important to continue to take precautions as we ease back into the public sphere. While we remain mostly in our homes, it remains as vital as ever to stay engaged with our community. Luckily, our community organizations make this an enjoyable and relatively easy effort by providing accessible virtual and limited in-person events. I hope many of you find time this week to take in some of the great virtual events hosted by the wonderful libraries, cultural institutions and community organizations in the cities, towns, and villages of the 88th District and beyond. 

If you are interested in any of the virtual events listed below, please check their websites for any updates or cancellations.

If you have a virtual event that you’d like me to include in the coming weeks, send the information to paulina@nyassembly.gov.

Sincerely,

Amy Paulin

News

• The library book drops at the Tuckahoe Public Library, Scarsdale Public Library, Eastchester Public Library and Bronxville Public Library are now open. The library book drop at the White Plains Public Library will open on Monday, June 8th. Visit https://www.tuckahoe.com/library/urgent-alerts/library-book-drop-now-open- please-check-followings-details, https://www.scarsdalelibrary.org/library-updates/, https://eastchesterlibrary.org, https://bronxvillelibrary.org and https://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1096 for more information. 
• The Bronxville Public Library has begun a curbside pickup option of library materials. Orders are being taken via phone call or email only. Visit https://bronxvillelibrary.org/curbside-pickup/ for more information. 
• Rye Playland and Croton Point Beaches have reopened for Westchester County residents on Saturdays and Sundays only from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm. The beach will accommodate no more than a 50% capacity for both sunning and swimming. Visit https://parks.westchestergov.com/lasdon-park-and-arboretum/203-news/1849-swimming-at-pools-and-beaches for more information and updates. 
• Governor Cuomo has signed a piece of legislation into law, bill number A10528/S8427, which will provide death benefits to the families of frontline and essential workers who have passed away from the Covid-19 virus in New York State. Visit https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-law-new-measure-providing-death-benefits-families-frontline-government for more information. 
• Governor Cuomo has announced that those regions that have entered Phase Two of the reopening process, which the Mid-Hudson Region is on track to enter next Tuesday, June 9th, may resume outdoor dining at restaurants. Visit https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-outdoor-dining-restaurants-will-be-permitted-phase-two-reopening for more information.

Virtual Resources

• The New Rochelle Council on the Arts Rotunda Gallery is presenting its second virtual exhibit “See Me: A Celebration of LGBTQ Life” in honor of June being LGBTQ Pride Month. This exhibit features 34 works by 12 artists. The exhibit can be viewed via the NRCA YouTube channel starting on June 5th. Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCM6yam3ncRx56sjIGobNVQ to access. 
• Arts Westchester is offering numerous opportunities for New York based artists spanning from jobs and internships to award winning opportunities. Visit https://artswestchester.org/artist-opportunities/ for more information.
• Harry Potter author JK Rowling has decided to release a chapter or more of her previously unreleased children’s book The Ickabog each week until early July to inspire children to continue to be engaged with reading during quarantine. Visit https://www.theickabog.com/read-the-story/ to access. 
• The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is offering various educational reads and DIY projects for families to enjoy via their Garden News Blog. Visit https://www.bbg.org/news/category/children_families to access.
• The Monterey Bay Aquarium is offering individuals a peek at some of their beautiful sharks via a Shark Cam that runs live daily from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm PST or 10:00 am to 10:00 pm EST. Visit https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/shark-cam to explore. 
• TADA! Youth Theater is offering various virtual song and dance classes for children each week. Registration and payment are required to participate. Visit https://www.tadatheater.com/virtual-classes to enjoy. 

Friday 6/5

• The New Rochelle Public Library is hosting a TGIF dance party at 4:00 pm via Facebook Live where they will be joined by DJs from F Sharp Entertainment who will provide some family-friendly tunes. Visit http://nrpl.evanced.info/signup/calendar?df=calendar&libnum=999 for more information.
• The Tuckahoe Public Library is hosting an online story time event for children of all ages at 11:00 am. Registration is required to participate.  Visit https://tuckahoelibrary.libcal.com to access the event calendar. 
• The Scarsdale Adult School is hosting a movement to music event at 9:30 am, a key turning points in U.S. history event at 10:30 am, a chair yoga fitness class at 11:00 am, a total body workout class at 11:00 am, a piano live concert series honoring Beethoven at 1:00 pm and a discovering tradition in landscape through Chinese paintings course at 2:00 pm. Registration is required for all events. Visit https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=templates.CustomTemplatePreview&ContentID=158 to view their event calendar.
• The White Plains Public Library is hosting a virtual happy hour event at 5:00 pm for adults and a virtual book club meeting at 6:30 pm for teens where the novel The June Boys by Court Stevens will be the topic of discussion. Both events will be given via Zoom. Visit https://whiteplainslibrary.evanced.info to view their event calendar.
• The American Ballet Theater is offering a virtual ballet class at 12:00 pm inspired by a classic ballet which would have been performed this season, Of Love and Rage. Visit https://www.abt.org/performances/master-calendar/?start=2020-05-29 to access the event calendar.

Saturday 6/6

• The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is offering a virtual Tai Chi class at 11:00 am. Visit https://jccmw.org/group-fitness/ for access to the fitness calendar.
• The White Plains Public Library is hosting a program at 10:00 am aimed at helping individuals emotionally cope with the Covid-19 crisis through resilience building strategies. This program will be given via Zoom. Visit https://whiteplainslibrary.evanced.info to view their event calendar.
• The American Ballet Theater is offering a talk at 12:00 pm via their YouTube page to focus on the ballet that would have been performed this weekend, Of Love and Rage. Visit https://www.abt.org/performances/master-calendar/?start=2020-05-29 to access the event calendar.
• The Bronxville Farmer’s Market will be open every Saturday for the 2020 summer season from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm at Stone & Paxton Avenues. Face masks are required to attend and shoppers must sign up for a shopping slot via an Eventbrite link on the Bronxville Farmer’s Market Facebook page. Walk-ins are permitted at 12:00 pm only. Visit https://www.facebook.com/BronxvilleFarmersMarket/ to access their Facebook page and visit https://www.bronxvillefarmersmarket.com/index.php for more information.

Sunday 6/7

• The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is offering a moving to the music event at 10:00 am. Visit https://jccmw.org/group-fitness/ for access to the fitness calendar.
• The Sousa Mendes Foundation is offering a film watch and discussion event at 4:00 pm of the documentary Ahead of Time, which documents the life of American photojournalist Ruth Gruber. Visit http://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-ahead-of-time-the-extraordinary-journey-of-ruth-gruber/#more-18476 for more information. 
• The Katonah Museum of Art is offering a history behind the photographic inspirations of Bisa Butler’s work event at 1:00 pm. Visit http://www.katonahmuseum.org/programs-and-events/BisaButler-Virtual-ForgottenStories-BisaButlersPhotographicInspirations/ for more information.
• The Pelham Art Center (155 Fifth Ave, Village of Pelham, NY 10803) has announced that on the first Sundays of June, July and August at 1:00 pm in the Art Center Courtyard, they will be hosting a community art day event. Pelham Art Center teachers will be conducting live painting demos and will be available to speak with individuals. Visit https://www.pelhamartcenter.org/news/pelham-art-center-announces-upcoming-community-art-days-and-pelham-art-rocks/ for more information.

Monday 6/8

• The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is offering a functional movement class at 9:15 am, a gentle hatha yoga class at 11:00 am, a fit 4 life class at 2:15 pm, a yoga class at 6:00 pm and a HIIT class at 7:30 pm. Visit https://jccmw.org/group-fitness/ for access to the fitness calendar.
• The Tuckahoe Public Library is hosting a sing-along with Miss Elaine at 11:30 am for ages 0-6 years, a virtual crochet class at 4:00 pm and a free health lecture at 6:00 pm where information for how to combat stress and insomnia will be discussed. Registration is required for all events. Visit https://tuckahoelibrary.libcal.com to access the event calendar. 
• The Scarsdale Adult School is hosting a painting with acrylics, oil or watercolors course at 10:00 am, a walk 15 fitness class at 10:00 am, a gentle yoga class at 10:30 am, a fit blast fitness class at 1:00 pm, a Scotland’s heritage and history course at 2:00 pm and a sweet to savory baking event at 2:15 pm. Registration is required for all events. Visit https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=templates.CustomTemplatePreview&ContentID=158 to view their event calendar.
• The White Plains Public Library is offering a practicing English conversational skills course at 12:00 pm, a book discussion event focused on the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison at 1:30 pm and how to use Zoom event for library patrons at 6:00 pm. All events will be given via Zoom, registration is required for the how to use Zoom event. Visit https://whiteplainslibrary.evanced.info to view their event calendar. 
• The Bronxville Public Library is hosting a Title IX discussion event at 2:00 pm with New York based political and sports commentator Evan Weiner. This presentation will be given via Zoom and registration is required to attend. Visit https://bronxvillelibrary.org/events/title-ix-a-zoom-lecture-with-evan-weiner/ for more information. 
• The American Ballet Theater is offering a virtual Met memory event at 12:00 pm where artists reflect on their memories of performing at the Metropolitan Opera House, via their YouTube page. Visit https://www.abt.org/performances/master-calendar/?start=2020-05-29 to view the event calendar. 

Tuesday 6/9

• The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is offering a step-up fitness class at 8:15 am, a Blaze fitness class at 9:30 am, a mat Pilates class at 11:00 am, and a Zumba class at 6:00 pm. Visit https://jccmw.org/group-fitness/ for access to the fitness calendar.
• The Tuckahoe Public Library is hosting an online Qigong and Taiichi course at 9:00 am, an online baby time class at 11:00 am for ages 0-2 years and a virtual meditation course at 1:00 pm. Registration is required to participate in all events. Visit https://tuckahoelibrary.libcal.com to access the event calendar.
• The Scarsdale Adult School is hosting a movement to music event at 9:30 am, a beginners’ bridge course at 10:00 am, a symphonies of Brahms event at 10:30 am, a Vinyasa yoga for beginners’ course at 11:00 am, a multi-media artist course on Yayoi Kusama at 1:00 pm, a sit and be fit class at 2:00 pm, a beginners Spanish II course at 4:00 pm and a Hatha yoga class at 4:00 pm. Registration is required for all events. Visit https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=templates.CustomTemplatePreview&ContentID=158 to view their event calendar.
• The White Plains Public Library is offering a stories and songs event at 11:00 am for children ages 2-6 years, a family Breath-Reiki guided meditation and visualization event at 4:00 pm and a pause and reflect writing workshop at 7:00 pm. Visit https://whiteplainslibrary.evanced.info to view their event calendar.
• The Bronxville Public Library is hosting a how to protect your assets from inflated home care and nursing home costs presentation at 1:30 pm. This event will be given via Zoom and registration is required. Visit https://bronxvillelibrary.org/events/protecting-your-assets-from-medicaid-home-care-and-nursing-home-costs-2/ for more information. 
• The Pelham Art Center is offering Part 1 of their virtual workshop series at 1:00 pm which will discuss how YouTube channels operate and will bring attention to the fact that operating a channel is much more than just creating videos. Registration is required to attend.  Visit https://www.pelhamartcenter.org/event/virtual-workshop-youtube-more-than-making-videos-part-1/ for more information. 

Wednesday 6/10

• The New Rochelle Public Library is hosting a bilingual rhyme time event at 10:30 am for children of all ages with Miss Maria. Visit http://nrpl.evanced.info/signup/calendar?df=calendar&libnum=999 for more information. 
• The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is offering a body blast class at 8:15 am, a gentle hatha yoga class at 11:00 am, a Zumba gold class at 12:15 pm, a meditation class at 3:30 pm and a yoga class at 6:00 pm. Visit https://jccmw.org/grofitness/ for access to the fitness calendar.
• The Tuckahoe Public Library is hosting an online yoga class at 11:00 am for children ages 2.5-5 years and an ask a librarian virtual event at 12:00 pm. An appointment is required to speak with a librarian and registration is required for the yoga event. Visit https://tuckahoelibrary.libcal.com/event/6731861 to access the event calendar. 
• The Scarsdale Adult School is hosting a body sculpting class at 10:00 am, a bridge strategies class at 11:00 am, a Hollywood screen legends discussion at 11:00 am, a current events discussion at 12:30 pm, an introduction to drawing course at 1:45 pm, a visionary artist course on Maya Lin at 2:30 pm, a personal essay writing course at 4:00 pm and an intermediate to advanced Spanish course at 4:00 pm. Registration is required for all events. Visit https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=templates.CustomTemplatePreview&ContentID=158 to view their event calendar.
• The White Plains Public Library is hosting a lunchtime meditation event at 12:00 pm, a discussion of the novel The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffith at 2:30 pm, an author visit event with Erica Liodice at 4:00 pm who will be reading from her novel Rookie of the Year (Higher Flyers), an introduction to the Alexander Technique to improve posture and release tension course at 7:00 pm and a White Plains Public Library board of trustees meeting at 7:00 pm. Visit https://whiteplainslibrary.evanced.info to view their event calendar.
• The Bronxville Public Library is hosting a sharing your story to make your goals a reality event at 7:00 pm and a virtual knitting and crochet session at 12:00 pm. Registration and access are required to participate in both events. Visit https://bronxvillelibrary.org/events-programs/ to view their event calendar.
• The Yonkers Public School Administration and the Foundation for the Yonkers Public Library are hosting an event at 7:00 pm welcoming special guest and award-winning author Julia Alvarez who will be speaking to students and book lovers at a public book party and fundraiser. Registration is required to attend and autographed copies of two of Alvarez’s novels are available for purchase in the form of a donation to the Foundation. Visit https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E114318&id=16 for more information and to register.
• The Pelham Art Center is offering a virtual paint a plant art class at 1:00 pm. Registration is required to participate. Visit https://www.pelhamartcenter.org/event/virtual-workshop-paint-a-plant/ for more information. 
• The City of White Plains Farmer’s Market is now open every Wednesday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Court Street between Main Street and Martine Avenue. Face masks and proper social distancing are required at all times. Visit https://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/civicalerts.aspx?aid=1091 for more information.

Thursday 6/11

• The New Rochelle Public Library is hosting a “Let’s Pretend” song and movement event with Nora Maher at 2:00 pm for toddlers and preschoolers. Visit http://nrpl.evanced.info/signup/calendar?df=calendar&libnum=999 for more information.
• The Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester is offering an HIIT fitness class at 8:45 am, a Tabata interval class at 9:30 am, a Zumba class at 10:45 am and a LAAB class at 12:15 pm. Visit https://jccmw.org/group-fitness/ for access to the fitness calendar.
• The Tuckahoe Public Library is hosting a digital literacy class at 11:00 am where the online resource PressReader will be discussed and information for how to navigate the website will be given. Visit https://tuckahoelibrary.libcal.com/event/6731861 to access the event calendar. 
• The Scarsdale Adult School is hosting a movement to music event at 9:30 am, a finding your voice through writing workshop at 10:00 am, a current events discussion at 10:00 am, a body sculpting class at 10:15 am, a meditation for beginners course at 11:00 am, an art appreciation with Page Knox event at 1:00 pm, another current events discussion at 1:00 pm, an advanced conversational Spanish course at 4:00 pm and a bridge strategies course at 6:30 pm. Visit https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=templates.CustomTemplatePreview&ContentID=158 to view their event calendar.
• The White Plains Public Library is hosting a stories and song event at 11:00 am for children ages 2-6 years, an author visit event with Valerie Bolling who will be reading from her latest book Let’s Dance! at 2:00 pm, a gaming live stream for teens at 3:30 pm and a beginners’ Spanish course at 7:00 pm. Visit https://whiteplainslibrary.evanced.info to view their event calendar.
• The New Rochelle Public Library Foundation is hosting a virtual cocktails and conversation event at 8:00 pm to discuss what is happening in the world of books right now alongside some special guests. Registration is required to attend and will close on Wednesday, June 10th. Visit https://nrplfoundation.org/cocktails-conversation-immigration-the-american-dream-and-the-politics-of-unrest/ for more information. 
• The American Ballet Theater is hosting a celebratory look back at the iconic moments of the two-act ballet Giselle at 12:00 pm in honor of the 80th Anniversary of America’s National Ballet Company which is this year. Visit https://www.abt.org/performances/master-calendar/?start=2020-05-29 to view the event calendar.
• The Pelham Art Center is offering a virtual art studio visit at 5:00 pm via Zoom with multi-disciplinary artist Samson Contompasis. Registration and payment are required to attend. Visit https://www.pelhamartcenter.org/event/virtual-studio-visit-samson-contompasis/ for more information. 
• JCY-Westchester Community Partners is offering a free seminar at 7:15 pm to offer insight on how to protect your family’s finances and properly budget during this time of financial uncertainty. Financial Advisor Sally Pinto will present information and advice for how to create a budget that works for you. Registration is required. Visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNB5g6eACzv3M8VIg_lWAqptchHI8KsfA5GIgDo7qO9yux6Q/viewform for more information.