American Rhododendron Society
Saturday, October 17
Native American Games
Sunday, October 18
CSH Laboratory Cultural Series
Thursday, October 22
Saturday, October 17
American Rhododendron Society
The NY Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will be meeting at 2 p.m. in the Burns Horticultural Center at Planting Fields Arboretum. The public is welcome. Refreshments after the discussion. Call Jim Fry 631-754-2412. Oct. 17: Jon Valigorsky of the Connecticut chapter by means of slides will draw the group into his “Success with Rhododendrons in a Cold New England Climate.”
Sunday October 18
Afiara String Quartet
The Afiara String Quartet will perform at Coe Hall at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park at 2:30 p.m. The quartet is the winner of the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York and a prize-winner at the prestigious Munich ARD International Music Competition. Tickets are $30. If you are interested in purchasing tickets call Tracy Potavin 922-8676 or email tpotavin@plantingfields.org.
Daffodil Garden/Planting Event/Admissions Open House
At Westbury Friends School, 550 Post Ave., Westbury, corner of Post Ave. and Jericho Tpke., at 1 p.m. Come to help plant the new garden, tour the school and learn about the programs available to children in toddler through fifth grade. For further information, call 333-3178.
Native American Games
Explore the ponds and woods of Bailey Arboretum in Lattingtown with Dan Kriesberg, inspiring naturalist and science teacher. Fun for the whole family. Try your hand at the games enjoyed by people living on Long Island thousands of years ago. 2 to 3 p.m. No charge, donations appreciated. The Children’s Habitat is open every day, year-round. Go to www.baileyarboretum.org or call 571-8020.
Muttontown Hike
Muttontown Preserve will host a guided hike entitled “Autumn Color” at 10 a.m. Two hours. Enrollment for the hike ($5) is limited and preregistration is required by calling 571-8500 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The hike will begin at the Bill Paterson Nature Center on the preserve, Muttontown Ln., south of 25A, East Norwich.
Thursday, October 22
CSH Laboratory Cultural Series
Senthil Muthuswamy, Ph.D., is a cell biologist and cancer researcher at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In his lecture, he will explain a new framework that he has developed for thinking about cancer biology. Muthuswamy’s insight follows from the observation that one of the first signs of cancer is often a change in the shape and internal architecture of affected cells. But very little is known about the genes, proteins and cellular pathways that regulate cell shape and spatial orientation. This is one factor that makes it difficult to devise therapies to halt the process by which an early, pre-cancerous lesion transforms itself into a deadly malignant tumor. Muthuswamy will explain the“3D” system he and his lab have developed which gives a new picture of how the shape and orientation of cells are implicated in cancer. He will also discuss how his team has used archives of gene data on cancerous tissue to identify new drug targets in patients with tumors that do not respond to chemotherapy. 7 p.m. at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Rd., Cold Spring Harbor. Call 367-8455.
