Calling All Volunteers
Saturday, April 24
Coastal Clean-up Volunteer Day
Saturday, April 24
Health and Wellness Walk
Saturday, April 24
Saturday, April 24
Calling All Volunteers
The Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate in the biggest community cleanup event yet. Many groups and individuals share our wonderful hamlet from the sports fields to the sidewalks and parking lots. This is a chance for all of us to do our part in the annual spring cleaning. Whether you are an adult or a child, this is a service that our town deserves. The Town of Oyster Bay, the Friends of the Bay and the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association will be sponsoring their annual Harbor and Beach Cleanup the same day, starting at 9 a.m. For more information and to volunteer, call the chamber 922-6464.
Coastal Clean-up Volunteer Day
The Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center is participating in a Town of Oyster Bay coastal clean-up in celebration of Earth Day. The event will be held rain or shine beginning at 9 a.m. Free volunteer opportunity. Call the sanctuary for more information and to sign up to volunteer 922-3200 or trsac@audubon.org.
Health and Wellness Walk
A fun-filled day. Begin the day at Doubleday Babcock Senior Center, 45 E. Main St., and join in a healthy, 1.5 miles walk (at your own pace) throughout Oyster Bay. The OB Cooperative Preschool will join in. After the walk, return to the center for refreshments, a 50/50 raffle drawing, mini-demos by strength training, aerobics, Quigong, Tai Chi, Yoga and Zumba instructors and blood pressure. Registration begins at 9 a.m. $20 adults; $10 children under 12. The fee includes a T-shirt and entry into the door prize drawing. Benefit for the Doubleday Babcock Senior Center. Call 922-1770.
Auction, Chinese Auction, Mini-Flea Market
From 6 to 9 p.m. at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 220 Berry Hill Rd., Syosset. Proceeds benefit Last Hope Animal Rescue of Syosset. No admission. Refreshments for a minimal charge. Call 921-2008. www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org.
Spring Fair
If you’re looking for a place where you can enjoy some good old fashioned family fun, you’ll find that and more at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium’s annual Spring Fair from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Environmental organizations such as the LI Greenbelt Trail, Sweet Briar Nature Center and Running with the Wolves will be on hand to discuss how they go about protecting our natural resources. There will also be an opportunity for children to go fishing in the hatchery’s tidal raceway with all gear provided. Children can also enjoy games and feeding the trout that live in the outdoor ponds. Rain date May 1. For further information pertaining to this and other hatchery special events, call 692-6768.
Arbor Day Celebration
The Long Island Bonsai Society will be giving demos and exhibiting their beautiful bonsai trees at the Arbor Day celebration at the Planting Fields Arboretum on April 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact C. Kazdan 631-549-5015 for more information.
Sunday, April 25
A Walk to Remember
There will be A Walk to Remember, honoring the memory of the children killed in the Holocaust, at noon at Welwyn Preserve, home of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. Simultaneously, a walk will be held at the Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middleneck Rd., Sands Point. Following the walk – during which educators will discuss children’s Holocaust experiences and informal conversations with Holocaust survivors will be held – participants at the Welwyn Preserve site are invited to join the organizers for a Memorial Concert, featuring musical presentations by children’s groups.
Tuesday, April 27
TR: His Life, Health and Death
Mark J. Koziol , author, former Erie Canal Museum curator and presently a museum technician at Sagamore Hill will recount “Theodore Roosevelt: His Life, Health and Death” at a lecture in the Christ Church parish hall, 61 E. Main St. This presentation will examine TR’s life through the lenses of his health problems, the challenges they presented, how he overcame or managed his illnesses and accidents and what impact his health decisions had on his personal and professional life. The lecture is the second in the Friends of Sagamore Hill’s 6th Annual Dr. John A. Gable Lecture Series. Free to the public. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the programs begin at 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 5
Spring Lecture Series
Friends of the Bay will hold its Spring Lecture Series at its offices at 2 Townsend Square. Doors open at 7 p.m. and lectures start at 7:30 p.m. The lectures have been interesting and well attended with refreshments and talk before and after the event. Lecture: Dr. Matt Draud – Alewives. What is an alewife? Dr. Matt Draud will talk about the life cycle of alewives and their significance to the ecosystem. They return to their home streams to spawn. In the past, these “runs” numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but now, because so many streams have been blocked by dams, filled in, or had their habitat ruined by pollution, the runs are only a fraction of their historic size. Actions can be taken to restore the streams. Learn what you can do to help.
Thursday, May 6
Artwalks
The Oyster Bay hamlet will be “the place to be” on the first Thursday of the month between 7 and 9 p.m. The program offers artwalks in the local galleries that will be open and featuring exhibitions of artists from around the world. Other businesses in the downtown area will also be showing artwork. Restaurants will be offering 20 percent off on meals; wine-tastings; burger and beer specials; along with indoor and outdoor music and art. Cafés and restaurants will be open for dessert and coffee specials and will also have art displayed. Currently Jessica Semins is a regular Thursday evening performer at Fiddleheads. She plays the fiddle and offers Irish songs as well as original songs. The artwalks will begin at Chase Edwards Gallery, 15 E. Main St. (802-0655) followed by a visit to the Atelier Gallery Fine Arts. 9 E. Main St. (205-0907) and The Teaching Studios, 115 Audrey Ave. (971-597-2404) which will also be open offering a workshop evening and a tour of their facilities. Also on June 3, July 1, Aug. 5, Sept. 1, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 and Dec. 2.
Friday, May 7
Spring Fling at the Boys & Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich invites members in grades four, five, and six to its very first “Spring Fling.” The event is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gartland and takes place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the clubhouse. The club’s gymnasium will be transformed into a dance club for members. There will be a live DJ from 2-Extreme Entertainment, refreshments, games and prizes. The fee is $11 until April 30; $15 thereafter. Registration is currently in progress at the clubhouse. You must be a club member in order to participate in any club activities or programs. The membership fee is $35. There are no refunds for absences, changes, withdrawals or termination. Call Valerie Buscemi 922-9285, ext. 19, or visit our web site at www.bgcoben,org, or check the club out on Facebook, and become a fan.
