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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...

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...

Let the hunt for Yonkers' finest begin. Mayor Mike Spano announced today that the city will search for the most talented locals in singing and dancing competitions, which kick off next weekend.

The "Yonkers Got Talent" contest, which includes "Yonkers Idol" and "Yonkers Best Dance Crew" competitions, is open to local teens and preteens. Conducted in collaboration...

Peekskill native Kurt Heitmann is the founder of Red House Entertainment, a group that's battling Tarrytown Music Hall and The Paramount Phoenix Group to lease, operate and manage the Paramount Center for the Arts, which suspended operations Oct. 4.

The City of Peekskill, which owns the 960-seat Paramount, has invited the three groups to present their proposals at a public Common Council meeting...

Celebrities with a connection to the Hudson Valley weren't just talking about the Super Bowl and region's snowstorm this week.

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Many of those attending and being honored during Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremony have strong ties to the Hudson Valley.

Here are five regional reasons to watch the broadcast, which will air starting at 8 p.m. on CBS:

1. Taylor Swift's performance: In her first Grammy Awards appearance since her summer romance with Bedford resident Conor Kennedy, which version of Swift will we see? The...

Bald eagles are soaring over the Hudson, and Teatown Lake Reservation is throwing a party. Featuring events for all ages and special eagle-viewing stations along the river, the nonprofit nature preserve will host its 8th annual EagleFest at Croton Point Park on Sunday, Feb. 10. The event was originally scheduled for Saturday but pushed back a day due to the incoming snow.

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The Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill might get a boost from a neighbor 17 miles south on Route 9: Tarrytown Music Hall.

According to a Peekskill city statement issued Tuesday morning, the Music Hall's executives are among three groups to submit plans to lease, operate and manage the Peekskill theater, which suspended operations Oct. 4.

The other two groups vying to take over...

The Voracious Reader, an independent children’s bookshop in Larchmont, will overflow with adoring fans when Dame Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, visit for a book signing of “The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart” tonight.

“We sold out in less than 24 hours after I put it up on Facebook,” said Francine Lucidon, the shop’s owner. She anticipates a crowd of up to 500...

This week's best tweets with connections to regional celebrities are all about the rock: A Rockland comic, an iconic rocker and a star of "30 Rock."

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