Check Out Children's Storytime, Athletic Invitationals

There are many ways to keep busy around Nyack and Piermont this weekend, including watching local high school teams participate in wrestling and indoor track and field invitationals.

Read on to learn more about upcoming local events.

• Where: Nyack Library at 59 South Broadway in Nyack
  
• When: Thursday, Dec. 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  
• Cost: Free
  
• Description: The Nyack Library Chess Club allows teens to play tournament style chess. Experienced players will serve as mentors with a tournament the last Thursday of each month. 

• Where: Rockland Community College's Levy Fieldhouse at 145 College Road in Suffern
• When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 8:30 a.m.
• Description: Top high school indoor track and field programs from New York and New Jersey compete in this annual event. Donfirmed participants include Albertus Magnus, Alexander Hamilton, Arlington, Beacon, Clarkstown North, Clarkstown South, Cornwall, East Syracuse Minoa, Edgemont, Eldred, Fox Lane, Hackensack, Haldane, Irvington, John Jay-EF, Monroe Woodbury, Murray Bergtraum, Nanuet, Newton, North Rockland, Nyack, Ossining, Paramus, Pawling, Pearl River, Poughkeepsie, RC Ketcham, Rye, Scarsdale, Somers, St. Francis Prep (girls), Suffern, Tappan Zee, Townsend Harris, Vernon, Verona, Wayne Valley, Westlake, White Plains and Yonkers. 

• Where: The Barnes and Noble on the fourth floor of the Palisades Center Mall
• When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 28 at 11 a.m.
• Cost: Free
• Description: Share in a reading of Robert Neubecker's Winter is for Snow. Follow two siblings as they explore the joys of winter, outdoors and in. This child-friendly activity includes making a snowflake after the story. 

• Where: Pearl River High School
• When: Saturday, Dec. 28 at 10 a.m.
• Description: Top wrestling programs from in and around Rockland County compete in this annual event. Confirmed participants include Clarkstown North, Croton Harmon, East Ramapo, Hendrick Hudson, North Rockand, Nyack, Sleepy Hollow, Tuxedo, Woodlands and Yorktown.