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Jeanne Muchnick

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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Events

Bridgeport Poltergeist Activity Retold In Library Event BRIDGEPORT, Conn -- Relive the experience, the terror, the rampant emotions, and the unexplainable events that took place on Lindley Street in Bridgeport 40 years ago in a special author experience at the Bridgeport Library on Saturday, Oct 4. The Worlds Most Haunted House - The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street by William J. Hall tells the story of the 1974 Bridgeport poltergeist -- jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, attacking entities and all -- with more than 40 hours of never-before-released interviews with police officers, firefighters and others. …

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/03/2014

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Caramoor Will Brew Up Fun With Spooky Tales At Interactive Event KATONAH, NY - Little pumpkins, friendly ghosts and happy witches are part of the "Spooky (not scary) Tales" narrative at Caramoor's Oct. 30th interactive event hosted by award-winning storyteller and author Laura Simms. The program is set for 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Music Room of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Road. It is geared for children 3 to 8 years old. Costumes are encouraged and prizes will be given out to (all) the best outfits. Following the performance special "brews" and ghostly treats (i.e. hot cider and cookies) will be served i…

by Jeanne Muchnick

10/03/2014

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Halloween In Sleepy Hollow Country Kicks Off This Weekend SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- More thrills and chills await visitors to Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown and Croton-on-Hudson this Halloween thanks to added elements at Horsemans's Hollow as well as new features to the long-running Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. Starting Oct. 4 and continuing for a record 28 selected evenings through Nov. 16, The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze features approximately 5,000 pumpkins, many fused together in elaborate constructions such as life-size dinosaurs and eight-foot-tall working jack-o’lanterns-in-the-box, all lit up throughout the wooded walkways, orchards, and gardens of…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/30/2014

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Brewing Up Fun at Peekskill's Hudson Hop and Harvest PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Craft beers, farm to table food and lots of live music will be on hand Saturday, Oct 4, from 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the 3rd Annual Hudson Hop and Harvest presented by the Peekskill Brewery and Hudson Valley Marketing Group. The free event (food and beverage are pay as you go) takes place around the corner from the Peekskill Brewery (which incidentally brews a signature beer exclusive for the festival) at Peekskill's Riverfront Green Park. Aside from fresh local fare as well as area-sponsored crafts and trades, there is -- for the first time -- a strong focus on making the c…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/29/2014

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Sacred Heart University Premieres Film Festival This Weekend In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn.- Sacred Heart University’s film and television master’s program is hosting its first film festival in Stamford this weekend. This four-day event, which is free and open to the public, celebrates the cinematic arts with a wide variety of screenings, master classes, workshops and parties. It began Thursday and runs through Sunday. Throughout the festival, interactive activities will focus on the works of student filmmakers who will be joined by film scholars and highly accomplished television and movie legends. Festival venues will include the historic Avon Theater, th…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/26/2014

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Bossy Frog Band Plays In White Plains On Sept. 27 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Looking for something to do with your kids this weekend? Celebrate Fall Fiesta with The Bossy Frog Band at The White Plains Performing Arts Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. The award-winning 100 percent interactive children’s band includes Jeffrey on banjo, Alice the hula-hooping fiddler, Joe on bass as well as Bossy Frog and Monkey in costume. Tickets are $18 for adults; $15 for children. Call 914-328-1600 or visit the website for information. The White Plains Performing Arts Center is on the third level at 11 City Place in White Plains.

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/26/2014

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Cocktails Using Yonkers Chef's Vodka Honor Baryshnikov YONKERS, N.Y. -- Chef Peter X. Kelly may be best-known in Westchester for X2O, his fine-dining establishment on the Yonkers waterfront (as well as his three restaurants in Rockland County), but he is also the creator of Slovenia vodka, an award-winning spirit designed for the culinary palate. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, he was on hand with a host of top-notch mixologists from the Little Wisco family of New York City restaurants to honor the creative life of dancer/actor/activist Mikhail Baryshnikov in a cocktail tribute. The event took place at Bar Sardine in New York's West Village, where Li…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/26/2014

Lifestyle

Westchester Serves Up Recipes For Rosh Hashanah WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- With Rosh Hashanah beginning Wednesday night, here's recipes from area experts. Have a recipe you want to share? We're open to suggestions on any and all holidays. Send to jmuchnick@dailyvoice.com, along with a photo. Gluten-Free Latkes Courtesy of Chef Myong, Myong Gourmet, Mount Kisco Makes about 18-20 (no matzo meal so the yield is less) Ingredients: 10 Idaho potatoes washed and peeled (soaking in water) 5 eggs 1 cup chopped onion (Spanish onion is fine) 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Oil to fry; canola works best. On a box grater or food proc…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/25/2014

Lifestyle

Greenwich Wine + Food Festival Dishes Up Culinary Delights GREENWICH, Conn. – A number of new events, chefs, and sponsors will be highlighted at the fourth annual Greenwich Wine + Food Festival, which starts with a Raw Bar Wine Tasting at L’escale restaurant in Greenwich beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The festival, which runs though Saturday, Sept. 27, benefits Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, an organization providing a different kind of healing to seriously ill children and their families. Among the highlights of the Festival, presented by Serendipity magazine, is The Most Innovative Chefs Gala on Friday evening, with special guest…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/25/2014

Events

Send Us Your Armonk Events WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - We're updating our calendar of events and want to hear from you. Got a town-wide Halloween parade coming up? A sidewalk sale? Restaurant Week? Farmers Market? If it's happening in your community, it's something we want to cover. Got a top five list? Send it in...nothing is too big or small. Send to events@dailyvoice.com or click on Events + Add Your Event.

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/25/2014

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