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RYE, N.Y. Heres a look at what's happening around Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester this week, including government meetings and community events. See our events listings for more.
Monday, Sept. 24
Blind Brook Board of Education Meeting: 8 p.m. Roundtable discussion of the 2012 results of the district Drug and Alcohol Survey. Monroe E. Haas Instructional Media Center, 390 N. Ridge St., Rye Brook.
Rye Free Reading Room Auxiliary Board Meeting: 9 a.m. Community Meeting Room, Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Monday Mother Goose: 10 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Granny Jean Klein will introduce babies and toddlers to language, letters and simple stories through playful rhymes, songs and puppetry. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Teacher In The Library: 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Homework help for elementary school students. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Port Chester Planning Commission: 7 p.m. Justice Court Room, 350 N. Main St., Port Chester.
Rye Board of Architectural Review Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Rye City Hall, 1051 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Rye Brook Village Board Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Rye Brook Village Hall, 938 King St., Rye Brook.
Tuesday, Sept. 25
Spin A Yarn: 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Join local knitters for a weekly handwork circle. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Teacher In The Library: 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Homework help for local public and private elementary school students. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Current Events Book Group: 6:30 p.m. Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, by Ian Bremmer. Each month the group chooses books that cover diverse opinions about events in the world. John Dolan of Greenwich, Conn., leads the discussion group. Free. Ogden Nash Room, Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Rye Free Reading Room Board of Trustees Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Community Meeting Room, Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Dirty Projectors at The Capitol Theatre: 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 on the day of show for this 16-and-older event. The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester.
Wednesday, Sept. 26 Yom Kippur
All Schools Closed
Wiggle & Giggle Time: 9:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Children will wiggle to music, giggle to funny rhymes and pretend to be wild and wonderful animals in this interactive program. Free every Wednesday and Friday. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Preschoolers Fall Storytime: 10 a.m. Children will listen to stories and participate in songs, finger-play, movement and crafts. Free. Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, 10 Haseco Ave., Port Chester.
Toddler Fall Storytime: 11 a.m. You and your child will participate with finger-play, songs, stories, musical instruments and other related parent-child activities. Free. Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, 10 Haseco Ave., Port Chester.
English As A Second Language: 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Instructor Vincent Byrne, an experienced literacy teacher, relies on the dialogue method of teaching to help his students become comfortable and even proficient in spoken English. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Teacher In The Library: 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Homework help for elementary school students. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Rye Landmarks Advisory Committee: 7 p.m. Mayors Conference Room, Rye City Hall, 1051 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Thursday, Sept. 27
Preschoolers Fall Storytime: 10 a.m. Children will listen to stories and participate in songs, finger-play, movement and a craft activity. Free. Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library, 10 Haseco Ave., Port Chester.
Tales For Tots: 10 a.m. Childrens librarians read simple picture books, lead finger-play and sing songs to encourage language development and instill a love of stories in children learning to speak. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Microsoft Excel: Creating & Working With Lists: 10 a.m. Explore using Excel to create and work with lists. Sorting, filtering, auto-subtotaling and pivot tables will be covered. Prior experience with Excel is required. No advanced signups are necessary. Free. Raho Technology Center, Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Teacher In The Library: 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Homework help for elementary school students. Free. Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye.
Port Chester Town Hall Meeting: 7 p.m. Quality of Life Issues. Port Chester Senior Community Center, rear of 222 Grace Church St., Port Chester.
Parents of Special-Needs Children Social Group & Workshop: 7 p.m.-7:45 p.m. These bimonthly meetings are specifically designed for parents of children with special needs. The meetings guest speaker will be Marion Anderson, executive director of Heartsong, a music and art program for children with special needs. Free for members and nonmembers. Rye YMCA, 21 Locust Ave., Rye.
Play Readings at The Osborn: 7:30 p.m. See Comic Miscommunications with Frances Sternhagen and John Cunningham in the Sterling Auditorium at The Osborn, 101 Theall Road, Rye. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Susie McNamee at smcnamee@theosborn.org or call 914-925-8367.
David Gray at The Capitol Theatre: 8 p.m. Admission is $67.50 for this 18-and-older event. For tickets visit ticketfly. The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester.
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