Add These Hot Westchester Happenings to Your July Calendar

A photography exhibition in Katonah, jazz festival at Caramoor, and more make the month special.

July events — Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff, courtesy of the Caramoor Center for Music and The Arts

July 12

Westchester’s Writers

Our region is home to a fleet of fabulous writers. Exhibit A: The Hudson Valley Writers Center’s upcoming event Local Writers Series Presents: A Reading with Bonnie Jill Emanuel, Martin Torgoff, and Gillian Lynn Katz. Each of these three area writers will be heading to Sleepy Hollow to recite excerpts from their most recent books, all packing plenty of powerful poetry.

Jonathan Becker: Lost Time — Jonathan Becker: Andre Leon Talley in Savannah, 2013. Archival Pigment on Rag 58 x 59 IN (147.3 x 147.3). Courtesy of the Artist © Jonathan Becker.

July 17 to October 27

Iconic Photography

An iconic photographer known for pushing boundaries in publications like Vogue and Vanity Fair, as well as for shooting legends including Madonna and Andy Warhol, Jonathan Becker’s images make a lasting impact. From July 17 to October 27, the Katonah Museum of Art will display 40 years of the influential photog’s work in an eye-catching exhibition Jonathan Becker: Lost Time.

July 18

Cracking Wise

Missing the ’90s? You’re not alone. Luckily locals can get a fix of some true boy-band goodness when Joey Fatone & AJ McClean join up for a night of nostalgic song at Port Chester Capitol Theatre. One quarter of the multiplatinum boy group *NSYNC, Joey Fatone will be performing alongside one member of the genre-defining band The Backstreet Boys, AJ McLean, for hits that just may remind you of your heyday.

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Caramoor’s Jazz Festival — Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff, courtesy of the Caramoor Center for Music and The Arts

July 27

Festchester

Immerse yourself in the smoky sounds of one of the county’s most rollicking jazz festivals this month on the scenic grounds of Katonah’s Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, Caramoor’s Jazz Festival will be headlined this year by the three-time ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award winner Matthew Whitaker, with additional performances by Charles Overton, Francesca Tandoi, and Ekep Nkwelle, all taking place amid the center’s lush gardens and rolling hills.

Local Writers Series Presents: A Reading with Bonnie Jill Emanuel, Martin Torgoff, and Gillian Lynn Katz. — Photo courtesy of White Plains Performing Arts Center

July 27

It’s a Gas

A celebrated SNL alum and co-star of such sidesplitting films as Mean Girls and What Woman Want, Ana Gasteyer is one entertainer well worth a watch. She’ll be taking the White Plains Performing Arts Center stage this month as part of Seth’s Broadway Concert Series. Known for her lauded stint on the mega-hit musical Wicked, Gasteyer has the pipes to match her comedic pedigree and will likely prove it during this night of humorous stories and songs from The Great White Way.