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Name: Monthly KVIS Board Meeting: Community Members Welcome – Join us!
Start: 2024-11-25T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-25T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Katonah Village Library

Clean Up Katonah on 5/4!

April 7, 2019

Clean Up

After the winter there is always a collection of litter along the sides of the roads and in the parks and other public places in our town. Let’s work together to clean it up!

KVIS Town Clean Up Day provides an opportunity for you and your family to volunteer together, to feel great about doing a service to your community, and to make Katonah look so much nicer. Volunteer service credit available, and kids of all ages can help!

Stop by the Katonah Village Library plaza between 9am and 2pm on Saturday, May 4th to pick up supplies (work gloves, trash grabbers, plastic bags, work vests) and a map. After you are finished picking up litter, bring your bag of trash back to the KVIS table for a big THANK YOU and a gift certificate for each participant to receive an ice cream cone from King Kone (thanks, Deb Hopkins!).

Please come out for an hour or two and pitch in for a cleaner Katonah – and bring your family and friends, too!

Plant Sale

“Salad Bowl” planter. Image Credit: Two-Spoonfuls

At the Katonah Village Library Plaza the annual KVIS Plant Sale will also take place that day from 9am – 2pm.

Please purchase some herbs ($5) or salad bowls ($20) and support Katonah Village Improvement!

Annual Wine Tasting is Back – with Beer!

March 5, 2019

Here’s to Katonah! Please join KVIS at Katonah Village Library for an evening of tasting wine and beer, fine nibbles, and your neighbors and friends on Saturday, April 6th at 7pm.

The Hip Replacements will keep toes tapping while we catch up with neighbors, meet new ones, and embrace Spring!

Thank you to our participating sponsors:

Click here to buy tickets

WINE TASTING

There will be a variety of good, decent, friendly wines to taste – the kind you would share with or recommend to a neighbor. These are wines you would not hesitate to open on a weeknight, but still good enough to bring over to someone’s house on the weekend. All wines are great value, available at Katonah Wine & Liquor, and all but one are priced in the teens. Click here to see the list of wines that will be offered for tasting at the event.

BEER TASTING

John Blye from Vista Beer & Beverage has chosen a great breadth of beers that will definitely broaden the palates of the beer tasters. There will be four beer categories: IPA, Belgium’s-Saison-Pale Ale, Sour-Bruts, and Stouts. There will be several brands and flavors in each category, and they will be arranged from left to right going from lighter in taste to more robust. There will be a printout of the descriptions for all the beers at the event, and all tasting beers are available for sale locally.

Oscar Nominated Films Came to Katonah

February 9, 2019

Every year KVIS brings you the Oscar nominated live action and animated short films – a.k.a. “shorts” – within a few weeks of the Academy Awards show. It is usually a packed house at the Katonah Village Library with drinks, movie snacks, neighbors, and great new short films!

This year the screenings was on Friday, February 22nd for the Animated Short Films and Saturday, February 23rd for the Live Action Short Films.

Both nights the audience voted for both their favorite film and the one they thought the Academy would choose on Sunday. Both nights they predicted correctly!

Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the films and support KVIS!

Live Action Sort Films (R)

Detainment – dir. Vincent Lambe, UK/Ireland, 30 minutes

Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts from the James Bulger case which shocked the world in 1993 and continues to incite public outrage across the UK today.

Fauve – dir. Jeremy Comte, Canada, 16 minutes

wo boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer. Alone in the wild the boys play around and take turns outdoing each other until the stakes are suddenly raised and it’s no longer a game.

Marguerite – dir. Marianne Farley, Canada, 19 minutes

An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.

Madre (Mother) – dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain, 19 minutes

While at home with her own mother in Spain, a woman gets a phone call from her six-year-old son, who’s on holiday in France with his father. Every parent’s nightmare ensues.

Skin – dir. Guy Nattiv, US, 20 minutes

At a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a Black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

Click here to buy tickets.

Animated Shorts (PG and G)

Animal Behaviour

Dealing with what comes naturally isn’t easy, especially for animals.In “ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR”, the latest animated short from the Oscar®-winning team of Alison Snowden and David Fine (Bob’s Birthday), five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist.

Bao

In Disney•Pixar’s “BAO,” an aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. Mom excitedly welcomes this new bundle of joy into her life, but Dumpling starts growing up fast, and Mom must come to the bittersweet revelation that nothing stays cute and small forever. This short film from Pixar Animation Studios and director Domee Shi explores the ups and downs of the parent-child relationship through the colorful, rich, and tasty lens of the Chinese immigrant community in Canada.

Late Afternoon

Emily is an elderly woman who lives between two states, the past and the present. She journeys into an inner world, reliving moments from her life. She searches for a connection within her vivid, but fragmented memories.

One Small Step

Luna is a vibrant young Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. From the day she witnesses a rocket launching into space on TV, Luna is driven to reach for the stars. In the big city, Luna lives with her loving father Chu, who supports her with a humble shoe repair business he runs out of his garage. As Luna grows up, she enters college, facing adversity of all kinds in pursuit of her dreams.

Weekends

“WEEKENDS” is the story of a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family in this hand-animated film set in 1980’s Toronto.

Halloween 2018 Parade – Dry and Fun!

November 5, 2018

2018 KVIS HalloweenParade — 2018 KVIS Halloween Parade

The 2018 KVIS-Sponsored Katonah Halloween Parade was able to take place this year after two years of rainouts. Approximately 300 people gathered on Sunday, October 28th, in Katonah to enjoy the DJ Music provided by Abcent, watch parents, kids and dogs in costume parade up and down Katonah Avenue, and enjoy cider and donuts that were provided by KVIS.

The event was co-sponsored by the Town of Bedford and KVIS and organizers very much appreciated all the help from the Highway Department and Police Department in closing down the roads and ensuring the kids event was fun and safe for all!

Save the date for next year!

Click on the thumbnails of the photos below to see the full slideshow.

Katonah 5k Results

September 11, 2018

Click here to see the final results of the KVIS Road Race on September 8, 2018.

Katonah Road Races Coming Soon!

August 18, 2018

September marks as much of a “new year” as January for many of us. So how about make a new year resolution to participate in the Katonah 5k? It’s good for you, good for the community, and it’s a lot of fun!

For the 17th annual Katonah Village Improvement Society Road Races, KVIS will be making a special gift to the Town, local singer Skylar Martins will be singing at the starting line, and our volunteers, generous sponsors and donors have arranged for a great morning of running! The Awards ceremony will be held immediately after the races end. Come to run, or come to cheer on the runners and walkers!

Registration

5K: Adults register for the 5k around beautiful Katonah. The race starts at 8am at the corner of Edgemont and The Parkway. Pre-registration costs $35 and the first 150 to sign up get a cool K5k t-shirt. If you sign up after Sept 7th, the price increases to $40.

KIDS 1-MILE: Kids are encouraged to run the 1-miler that also starts at 9:00am at the corner of Edgemont and The Parkway. Pre-registration for the 1-mile race costs $25 and the first 60 to register get a t-shirt. After Sept 7th the price increases to $30.

Discounts

5K STUDENTS: Use the code KATONAHTEAM at checkout to get $15 discount off the race fee.

1-MILE MULTI KIDS: Families with more than one child running in the kids 1 mile race, use the code KATONAHKIDS at checkout for a $10 discount for each child you register.

Volunteers

Want to be a spotter on the race course? Contact Elizabeth Plunkett to volunteer.

Kids Training Runs

Local runner and resident Rhea Johnson, MD, will hold a series of training runs for kids interested in getting warmed up for the big day. The dates and times will be posted on the on the KVIS website when they are available.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Please thank the area businesses and individuals who have generously sponsored the races this year. The Katonah Road Race is an important fundraiser for KVIS which improves life in Katonah with enriching programs, live theatre and music, hamlet beautification projects, and scholarships to local residents! To learn more click here.

MARATHONER LEVEL SPONSORS

Allstate
Katonah Chamber of Commerce
State Farm