Weekend Planner: Purlie Victorious, Easter Egg Hunt, Classic Swing

Start today and have fun right through the weekend! Here's a few event ideas to get you out and about...

New Rochelleans Film Series: Purlie Victorious, Thursday, March 21, 7 p.m. New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY. Preacher Purlie Victorius Judson (Ossie Davis) returns home to rural Georgia to claim an inheritance and bring down ol' Cap'n Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee, the ruthless plantation owner he once served. Accompanying Purlie is Miss Lutiebell Jenkins (Ruby Dee), pretty young girl who has captured his heart. Free.

Easter Egg Hunt! Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Rd., Bronx, NY. Cost: $12 children 2–12; members $10. This is one day when it’s okay to put all your eggs in one basket! Children 2–12 hunt for eggs in the formal garden, tap their talent at arts and crafts tables, and have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny. Please bring your own basket. Light refreshments offered. Registration requested.  Rain date: Sunday, March 24, 1–3:30 p.m. Parking across the street at Split Rock/Pelham Bay Golf Courses. Call 718-885-1461 for information.

The Heart and Drum As One: An African/African-American Folk Art Experience, Saturday, March 23, 1:30 p.m. Pelham Art Center, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY. ArtsWestchester Arts Award Winner Baba Abishai will lead an open circle and exercise of African and African-American drumming, dance, and storytelling, free and open to everyone! Join us and watch his demonstration, participate in a hands-on component, or simply listen to the folk stories. For more information, call 914-738-2525.

Fred Smith and the Masters of Swing: When Harlem Was King and the Music Was Swing Street and Broadway, Saturday, March 23, 8 p.m. ArtsWestchester, 31 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY. Tickets $20. Trumpet master and jazz educator Fred Smith leads a talented quartet for an evening of classic swing. Joined by accomplished musicians Tom Kohl, Bill Crow and Earl Williams, the performance promises to deliver an energetic and entertaining performance. Presented in association with NewUrbanJazz.com. For more information, call 914-428-4220 x329

18th Annual Charity Cup Hockey Game, Sunday, March 24, 1 p.m. Ebersole Ice Rink, 110 Lake St., White Plains, NY. Tickets: $5 per person, $20 per family. The White Plains Firefighters will host the Westchester Firefighters in “Battle of the Bravest,” the Charity Cup XVIII hockey game benefitting Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley. For more information, call 914-493-6455.