News You Can UseaaaaaaJune 2023

Special Events this Month

A White Plains Community Tradition Returns

White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival - 2 Days Only

The White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival has brought diverse displays of fine arts and crafts to tree-lined Tibbits Park in the heart of bustling White Plains for 59 years.

Paintings, photography, ceramics, glasswork, jewelry, textiles, and much more are on display. The festival is a great place to experience art and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor. The event also features emerging artists, the artwork of scholarship winners, a free children's art workshop and unique food vendors.

The White Plains Recreation & Parks

2023 Summer in the City Brochure

is available now.

Your handy guide to music,

movies, entertainment and other events in White Plains this summer.

Don't Miss the Celebration

White Plains

Juneteenth Parade & Festival Saturday, June 10

Juneteenth is the oldest known event marking the end of slavery in the United States. The White Plains Public Library celebrates Juneteenth all month long with special events for the family including :

• Juneteenth Grab & Go Kits for grades K-3 - Available starting June 12
• Dance and Drumming Performance with Amanda Armenteros and the  Mfoumbila Dance Company -  Sunday, June 25, 2:00 P.M.
• Afrobeats Dance Workshop - Wednesday, June 28, at 6:30 P.M.  
• Click WPPL Juneteenth activities for full details.

The White Plains Juneteenth Parade & Festival returns to Downtown White Plains on Saturday, June 10. There will be food, fun, and entertainment, as well as community services, for the whole family.

Parade -- Steps off on Mamaroneck Avenue at 11:00 A.M. The Grand Marshal is Rev. Dr . Erwin Lee Trollinger pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church (pictured) and the Community Honorees are the Evans Sisters -- Laura, Cynthia and Jackie -- and Mr. Charles Mebane with Special Guest, Kayden Jason Hern.

Festival -- Noon to 5:00 P.M. on Court Street. Click here for the White Plains Juneteenth Heritage Committee Facebook page.

The City of White Plains maintains two public pools for residents to enjoy -- Kittrell Park and Pool on Fisher Avenue and Gardella Park and Pool on Ferris Avenue. Pools will open for the weekend of June 17 and daily beginning June 24 through August 27. City residents only, current season pool passes are required. Both pool facilities are accessible and are equipped with lifts. Kittrell Pool has a zero-depth entry. For additional information please click on Gardella and Kittrell Pool information.

Purchase your Season Pool pass at 85 Gedney Way or call 914.422.1336 during normal business hours to renew over the phone. Youth/Seniors $25 and Adults $35.

Kittrell Pool

120 Fisher Avenue

Gardella Pool

175 Ferris Avenue

The Stoney Hill Cemetery Restoration Project

"On June 25, 1999, the Hills cemetery, a six-and-one half-acre site plus the adjoining church foundation, received admittance to the National Register of Historic Sites as Stoney Hill Cemetery. The Hills burial ground was the final resting spot for more than 200 Hills residents including 13 veterans of the Civil War. 

The Stoney Hill Cemetery Restoration Project began in 2016 to restore and clean up the cemetery while also educating students on the true meaning of Memorial Day. It has become a tradition that during the week prior to Memorial Day, teacher Eliseo Lugo III's Social Studies class pays tribute to those buried at Stoney Hill Cemetery by cleaning the grounds and remembering the fallen by placing American flags at the headstones of the veterans.

Independence Day Celebration - Friday, June 30

Join your friends and neighbors for a fun-filled evening of entertainment, giant inflatable rides, food, fireworks, and music by the Larry Stevens Band.

6:30 P. M. to 10:00 P. M.

White Plains High School - 550 North Street

All Summer Long

Special After Hours events for White Plains residents in grades 9-12. Teen After Hours is a collaboration between the White Plains Youth Bureau, the Department of Recreation & Parks and the White Plains Public Library.

The Edge at the White Plains Public Library announces the new College and Career Edge Series.  Click on College and Career Edge Summer link for full details.

Summer Teen Volunteering Opportunities at the Library include the Reading Buddies Program, STEM Buddies program and the Do Gooders program. Other volunteer opportunities include: The City of White Plains Love Your Block Neighborhood Clean up Program and TRA Transportation * Resources * Access. TRA provides volunteer rides to doctor visits for older adults and adults with vision impairments

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4mydogs

185 East Post Road

Playa Bowls

245 Main Street

Congratulations

To the Class of 2023!

Seven New Eagle Scouts

in White Plains

Congratulations to Nadav Wigodsky and Elijah Wiseman from Troop #613, and to Nathan Burris, Sergio De Lia, Tyler Japal, Ronan Staab, and Patrick Stanton from Troop #73 for earning the Boy Scouts of America's highest honor, Eagle Scout. As a community, we are proud of their accomplishment and wish them good luck with their future endeavors.

EMS APPRECIATION WEEK

May 21-27, 2023 marked the 49th Annual National EMS Week. EMS - Where Emergency Care Begins.

Thank you to the men and women of Empress EMS who provide lifesaving care 24 hours a day, seven days a week to those in need in White Plains.

Looking Ahead . . .

Next month, on July 25,

the Plain White T’s

will headline the

3rd Rock White Plains event.

Information and tickets here.

WP Volunteer Recruitment Fair Will Return in September

If your organization would like to find new volunteers and participate in the fair please click the link to email volunteerfair@whiteplainsny.gov 

The City of White Plains has many accessible events and

welcomes people with disabilities.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding access to an event, please call the sponsoring agency during normal business hours:

Recreation & Parks -- 914.422.1336, Youth Bureau -- 914.422.1378,

Public Works -- 914.422.1221

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