Outragehisss Pets, Springsteen Cover Band and Hazelnut Cookies

1. Is your 8- to 11-year-old fascinated by scorpions and crocodiles? Then get them to the Larchmont Public Library Thursday at 4 p.m. for Animal Diggers with Outragehisss Pets. The free event will be held at the library, 121 Larchmont Ave. in Larchmont.

2. Tramps Like Us—the Bruce Springsteen cover band—will rock out Ridge Hill in Yonkers Thursday at 6 p.m. as part of the 2013 Ridge Hill Summer Concert series. The rain date will be Monday, August 5.

3. Take a look at Patch Blogger Victoria Hart Glavin's yummy blog for dark chocolate & hazelnut cookies and test out this scrumptous recipe: http://whiteplains.patch.com/groups/victoria-hart-glavins-blog/p/victorias-dark-chocolate-hazelnut--...

4. The most-read item in Fairfield and Westchester Counties today is this post out of Darien, CT, reporting that The Eagles (yes, those Eagles) played at a private party in town over the weekend: http://darien.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/were-you-at-the-eagles-concert-saturday-in-darien

5. Sunrise for Thursday—the first day of August—will be at 5:51 a.m.; sunset will be at 8:12 p.m. The days are getting shorter: sunrise Wednesday was at 5:50 a.m.; sunset was at 8:13 p.m.