Halloween Spooktacular
Saturday, October 24
Sagamore Hill Days Fall Family Festival
Saturday, October 24
Walking Tour
Saturday, October 24
Saturday, October 24
Halloween Spooktacular
Halloween is a great time for pumpkin carving and story telling. See some live spooky animals, carve jack-o-lanterns and tell stories around a campfire. Costumes are optional. Bring a pumpkin to carve. All ages. 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, 134 Cove Rd., Oyster Bay. Members $3; nonmembers $5. Call 922-3200 or trsac@audubon.org.
Sagamore Hill Days Fall Family Festival
Sagamore Hill NHS hosts a traditional Fall Family Festival from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. at the site, rain or shine. The festival will celebrate Sagamore Hill’s agricultural history as well as Theodore Roosevelt’s 151st birthday. Activities will include entertainment for children, old fashioned games and crafts, demonstrations and exhibits, music, pony rides, farm animal petting area, food vendors and more. The day’s events will include music and entertainment. Traditional American Band Music from Theodore Roosevelt’s era will be performed. Food service of traditional American fare: hamburgers, hot dogs and popcorn will be available on the site or you may bring your own picnic. On Oct. 27, the actual birthdate of Theodore Roosevelt, the annual wreath laying ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at Young’s Memorial Cemetery, followed by ceremonies at Sagamore Hill. Birthday cake will be served. Call 922-4788.
Walking Tour
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Rd., Cold Spring Harbor, invites the community to a guided walking tour of its historic buildings and botanical landscape. The tour focuses on CSHL’s historic architecture and its Nobel Prize legacy and provides a peek into the cutting edge scientific research taking place. The tour will also cover the indoor and outdoor art works featured on the 117 acre shore-side campus. The tours are primarily outdoors and take place regardless of weather conditions. Areas include stairs and steep hills and are not recommended for people who have difficulty walking. Tours assemble at 10 a.m. in the Grace Auditorium lobby. Reservations are required at least seven days in advance and a minimum of 10 participants are required for each tour. There is a non-refundable tour fee of $5 per person that can be paid in advance or on arrival. Payment can only be made by cash or check and checks should be made payable to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Call 367-6895. Also on Nov. 7, 21.
Tag Sale
At the Village Church of Bayville, 11 Mountain Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You are invited to buy a table and sell your stuff for only $30. For details call 628-3049. All items must be appropriate for a church sale. Plan to take back what you don’t sell. All shoppers and sellers with reserved tables are welcome. In case of rain the tag sale will be inside.
Sunday, October 25
Admissions Open House
Buckley Country Day School will host this year’s first admissions open house at 2 p.m. Founded in 1923, Buckley is an independent, co-educational, elementary school, serving children from toddler to grade 8, located in the village of North Hills, Roslyn. For further information or to arrange a personal tour, call 627-1910 or visit www.buckleycountryday.com.
Egg Stripping Demonstrations
Learn about trout reproduction. Observe the process of egg and milt stripping from live trout. 1 and 3 p.m. at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. General admission. Call 692-6768. Also on Oct. 31.
Pumpkin Festival
Visitors will have the opportunity to explore Bailey Arboretum’s beautiful woods and ponds, play traditional games, have faces painted, collect leaves, decorate pumpkins, drink cider, stock up on bulbs and spend a relaxed afternoon outdoors with family and friends. There will be prizes for the best pumpkins and costumes. Picnic food as well as pumpkins can be purchased at Bailey or you can bring your own. Noon to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge for the Pumpkin Festival, but a $5 donation per family is suggested.
Champions for Kids Pumpkin Carving Festival
A collection of classic children’s book characters will be brought to life. A master pumpkin carver will transform a 1,000 pound giant pumpkin into Alice in Wonderland’s grinning Cheshire Cat perched in a tree. There will also be smaller intricately carved pumpkins featuring characters from The Wizard of Oz, Where the Wild Things Are, Charlotte’s Web, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The festival takes place from noon to 4 p.m. in front of Funky Monkey Toys & Books, Wheatley Plaza, Glen Cove Rd. and Northern Blvd., Greenvale. Activities for children 7 and under include Halloween crafts and decorate your own pumpkin. Pumpkins available for a donation to Dancing Dreams (program benefit), which enables girls with physical and medical challenges to participate in ballet classes.
Monday, October 26
Bayville Hearings
The Village of Bayville will hold a Site Plan Review hearing at 8:45 p.m. at the Bayville Village Hall, at 34 School St. The purpose of the meeting is to review and if the findings conclude, to approve the site plan for 33 Bayville Ave., the former Pier One restaurant. The current owner of the site is Leonard Gross. That same evening, a hearing will be held to review the site plan for 24 and 22 Bayville Ave., the former Poseidon’s Cove and Pig and Whistle, owned by Joseph Gallo.
Wednesday, October 28
Naturally Speaking Lecture Series
Planting Fields Foundation and Hoffman Center announce the 2009 Naturally Speaking Lecture Series, held at the Hoffman Center in Muttontown. This year the Hoffman Center is offering a special tour of the grounds at 6 p.m. before the lecture (and refreshments) begin at 7 p.m. $10 per lecture. For reservations call Tracy Potavin 922-8676 or tpotavin@plantingfields.org. Oct. 28: North Shore Long Island: Country Houses, 1890-1950 by Paul J. Mateyunas, a native of Long Island’s North Shore.
Friday, October 30
Chantey Sing
At the Waterfront Center, 101 West End Ave., from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The center is a not-for-profit community marine organization comprised of the Oyster Bay Sailing School and the restored oyster sloop Christeen. Chanteys are marine work songs that were used to inspire the sailors as they hauled massive sails, booms and yards in the old square rigged ships. The music and words were often created by the chantey man to fit the ship. The sing will feature guitars, solos, choral singing and instruments such as spoons. No admission charge, but a donation will be requested. Alcoholic beverages discouraged but snacks to be shared are encouraged. Call Doug Durfree 681-1671.
