1. Happy Birthday Edgar Degas, Father of Impressionism

177 years ago today, Edgar Degas was born. In honor of Degas’ birthday, take a trip to Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum and enjoy a vast art collection that includes an impressive assemblage of the French Impressionists. Or, if you’d rather stay local, hop on over to the Katonah Museum of Art. Executive Director Neil Watson points at that while KMA is not currently exhibiting any works of impressionism, they do have another “isms” for art lovers to enjoy.  Surrealism is in full display in KMA’s Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy exhibit.   

2. National Raspberry Cake Day

Today is National Raspberry Cake Day, and the raspberries at Amawalk Farm in Katonah—which were picked last Saturday July 16—are expected to be ready for picking again today. So quick, before the mercury rises above 90 degrees again (as it’s forecasted to do for the rest of the week), pick your own raspberries, then start baking.  

3. Town of Bedford Meets

The Town Board will meet tonight at 8 p.m. to discuss the next steps for the Hunterville Road Sidewalk Improvement Project, as well as the Lions Club of Bedford Hills request to use Lot 3 for the annual Car Show Oct. 16.

4. Preview Sundance Film Winner, Another Earth

Turns out Harry Potter isn’t the only science fiction flick causing some buzz. Another Earth—which won the Alfred P. Sloan award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—has the critics raving. Another Earth tells the story of two strangers, an MIT student (Brit Marling) and a composer (William Mapother), who, on the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, become intertwined in an unlikely love affair. 

The Jocob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville will preview the film tonight at 7:30 p.m. followed by Q&A with lead actors Brit Marling, Willaim Mapother, filmmaker Mike Cahill, and NY Times critic Janet Maslin. The event costs $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers.

5. It’s Getting Hot Out Here

In anticipation of the hot weather coming our way over the next few days, The Westchester County Department of Health has issued a heat advisory. As temperatures elevate, the Department of Health advised residents to avoid strenuous activity, drink plenty of non-alcoholic, non-caffeinated fluids, and take precautions against suffering heat-related illness.