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Patch Picks: 'My Brother Martin'; Cartoonists Against the Holocaust; Lawrence Jaeger Ping Pong Tournament

There is something for everyone to do this week in the Hudson Valley.

Reading Time with Fergus at KVL! Jan. 12. 4:30 p.m. Sign up your first through fifth grader for a session with the Katonah Village Library's special reading partner, Fergus. Sessions are 1 minutes each from 4:30pm-4:45pm, 4:45-5pm, and 5pm-5:15pm. Call the Katonah Village Library Children's Room and and sign up today! 914-232-1233. Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd, Katonah. FREE.

Lawrence Jaeger ping pong tournament. Jan. 13. 7 p.m. Help raise funds for battered women at the annual Lawrence Jaeger Ping Pong Tournament. Montefiore Medical Center - Larchmont Women's Center, 2345 Boston Post Rd, Larchmont. FREE.

Kid's Kingdom Pajama Party. Jan. 16. 6:30 p.m. Get the kids dressed in their pajamas and ready to party at the Kid's Kingdom Pajama Party. They'll eat pizza, play games, play in the "Kingdom" and watch a movie. Bring a sleeping bag and pillow. Kid's Kingdom, 121 W Nyack Rd, Nanuet. $25.

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Cartoonists Against the Holocaust: Art in the Service of Humanity. Jan. 13. Now through the end of the month view the "Cartoonists Against the Holocaust: Art in Service of Humanity" exhibition of 17 panels of political cartoons created in the 1930s and '40s to alert Americans of the plight of European Jews at the onset of the Holocaust. The show is sponsored by the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center at the New Rochelle High School’s Museum of Arts & Culture. New Rochelle High School, 265 Clove Rd, New Rochelle. FREE.

Golden Apple Chorus Seeks New Members. Jan. 15. 7 p.m. If you love to sing, join the Golden Apple Chorus women's barbershop chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International. Rehearsals are open and singers perform songs from the 20s to the 2000s. Rehearsals are every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Hawthorne Reformed Church Hall, 65 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY. For more information, call Carol at 914-739-5782, or Roe at 914-592-4691, or visit our website, www.goldenapplechorus.com65 Broadway, Hawthorne. FREE.

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 Jan. 14. 4:30 p.m. Bring your K through 6th grader to a reading of Christine King Ferris' book My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, followed by activities. White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Ave, White Plains. FREE.

BLOOD DRIVE. Jan. 15. 1 p.m. Donate blood at Putnam Ridge's first blood drive of 2013. Call the receptionist to make an appointment at 845-278-3636. Donate and receive a voucher for a free pound of Dunkin' Donuts. Putnam Ridge, 46 Mount Ebo Rd S, Brewster. FREE.

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