The list of things to do in Westchester grows as the warming temperatures bring a respite from the frosty cold of winter.

The fifth-annual Rockland Arts Festival begins on January 26 with 12 virtual and in-person exhibitions, performances and panel discussions…

“Children are the leaders of their learning.” says Thomas Sullivan, Executive Director at Westchester Children’s Museum (WCM).

The Diwali festival of lights is a national holiday in India; an illustrious Hindu festival celebrated around the world.

Every Autumn, New Rochelle Council on the Arts uses its annual ArtsFest as a way to provide local artists with the opportunity to showcase their works while bringing their community together.

Those visiting Peekskill on September 16 can live their Lollipop Guild fantasy at the annual OzLand Festival, where performers will celebrate the timeless fun of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz.

On August 20, co-organizers ArtsWestchester, the Village of Sleepy Hollow and sponsor Montefiore Einstein, will present Dia de la cultura ecuatoriana (Day of Ecuadorian Culture), a free day in Barnhart Park that features traditional music, folk dance and cultures of Ecuador.

On June 1, Westchester and Rockland communities gathered in Bedford Hills to celebrate Juneteenth, now finally a nationally recognized federal holiday.

Following the pandemic, artist Evan Bishop found himself standing in front of a classroom full of fifth-grade students who were thoroughly unmotivated by the traditional lesson plans he’d been handed. “I just took a gamble… I literally took those papers and threw them in the garbage. What came to me was ’Who wants to create a comic book?’” This was the start of the Yonkers Comic Creation & Convention, an exhibition affectionately known as YC3, at which original comic book superheroes created by members of the community will be on display.

The Port Chester Arts Festival (PCAF), a day of art, community and connection, will showcase local creative spaces that offer a variety of mediums.