Chelsea Summer Concert Series
Wednesday, July 27
Art Walk First Thursday
Thursday, August 4
Sundown Concert Series
Thursday, August 4
Monday, July 25
Blood Drive
Held in partnership with the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Library and Youth And Family Counseling Agency of Oyster Bay-East from 1 to 7 p.m. at the library, 89 East Main St. For more information call 922-6867 or the library at 922-1212.
Wednesday, July 27
Chelsea Summer Concert Series
The concerts will be held on the Chelsea Estate, 34 Muttontown Ln., East Norwich, at 7:30 p.m. Grounds open to the public at 6 p.m. Bring your own chairs, blankets and picnics. Call 572-0215. July 27: Long Island Conservatory of Music.
Thursday, July 28
Walk in the Woods
With the North Shore Land Alliance. Space is limited. Registration recommended. To register and for directions call 626-0908 or andrea@northshorelandalliance.org. July 28: Come out in the cool of the evening with naturalist Peter Warny to see who’s living in the wetlands of this sublime preserve. Bring the kids. 6 p.m. at Clark Sanctuary in Old Brookville.
Thursday, August 4
Art Walk First Thursday
Art Walk features an international spectrum of contemporary artists. Get some artistic inspiration as you visit local art galleries. Other businesses and sites in town will be displaying artwork. Local restaurants will be exhibiting art and are offering a percentage off on meals, wine tastings and more. Live music entertainment is scheduled. Cafes and restaurants will remain open late for dessert and coffee. The evening will begin with Chase Edwards Gallery, 15 E. Main St. (802-0655) and continues at Atelier Gallery, 9 E. Main St.; Art (that matters), 55 W. Main St. (917-769-9921); The Teaching Studios of Oyster Bay, 115 Audrey Ave. (971-597-2404); and The Artist Club Gallery, 29 Berry Hill Rd. will also be open. Art will also be available for viewing at various downtown merchants, including Canterbury Ales, Jack Halyards and Wild Honey. The Oyster Bay Main Street Association office (17 Audrey Ave.) will also be displaying the works of local artists, with refreshments served. Visit Think Long Island crafts gallery at Buckingham’s Variety Store. See the Art Walk map for additional locations and information (available at any one of the gallery locations). For more information, contact Bonnie at 802-0655.
Sundown Concert Series
Once again, the acts will coincide with Oyster Bay’s “First Thursday” Art Walk, adding another option for residents and visitors enjoying the gallery exhibits, restaurant specials and general bonhomie on those evenings. Sundown concerts are free for everyone and chairs are provided for your listening pleasure. All concerts are from 7 to 9 p.m. and each month will feature something different. Call the Oyster Bay Main Street Association 922-6982. Aug. 4: “Jack Morelli’s Jazz Duo” delivers a swinging evening under the stars.” Enjoy classic jazz, blues, and songs from the Great American Songbook. Art Rome, on keyboard and vocals, is a master of improvisation and has played on Broadway. Jack Morelli is one of the top drummers anywhere. Renaissance Plaza, 24 Audrey Ave.
Upcoming Events
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center
Located at 134 Cove Rd. Call 922-3200 or trsac@audubon.org:
•July 23: Nature at Night. Come for an evening of exploring nature at night and discover that wandering in the woods in the dark doesn’t have to be scary. Have an up close encounter with some nighttime creatures, learn how to use all of your senses, and search the sanctuary for signs of animals that use the cover of darkness to hunt for prey or hide from predators. There will even be time to sing songs around a campfire and roast marshmallows. 7:30 to 9 p.m. All ages. Members $5; nonmembers $7.
•Aug. 3: Movie Night – The Parrots of Telegraph Hill (PG), a movie focused on the relationship between man and animal. Join the staff and volunteers of the sanctuary at the Oyster Bay Library for a nature-inspired movie night. The movies that are selected have an environmental theme and are appropriate for families and children. 6:30 to 9 p.m. All Ages. Free.
Free Nature Tours
Enjoy a guided nature walk on the trails throughout the year on the first and third Saturday of every month at the Hoffman Center Nature Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, 6000 Northern Blvd., Muttontown (between Route 106 and 107 – just west of Martin Viette Nursery). Meet the guide at the site entrance at 12:50 p.m. Gate locked when tour begins. No pets, no children under 10 years of age or organized groups permitted. Rain or shine. No registration required. Visit www.hoffmancenter.org. Aug. 6, 20.
Call For Craft Vendors
The Mill Neck Family of Organizations is calling for vendors of handmade items for its Annual Fall Harvest Festival, held on Oct. 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A favorite tradition on LI, visitors eagerly await the Fall Harvest Festival for its crafts, apples, pumpkins, pies and other delicious treats. The country crafts, offering handmade items and holiday gifts, are one of the festival’s main features. If you make or sell crafts and feel that you would be a great addition to the Festival, we encourage you to apply. Vendors are assigned an outdoor space (10’x10’), with a table and two chairs. All vendors are required to have a tent or canopy; those vendors who do not own a suitable tent may rent one from Mill Neck Manor for a small fee. A non-refundable fee of $300 will be due once vendors are selected. The deadline to apply has been extended to Aug. 5. Payment must be received upon notification or a late fee of $100 will incur. The Mill Neck Family of Organizations is looking forward to another successful year and hopes that you can be part of the Fall Harvest Festival. For more information, or for an application, call Roberta Baade, 516-922-4100, ext. 220.
Ongoing Events
Classic Car Cruise Night
Every Tuesday through Sept. 27 at 5:45 p.m. on Audrey Ave. Via OB-EN Chamber of Commerce.
Friday Nights at the Hay Barn
Candlelight, food, premium bar and live music every Friday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Hay Barn, Planting Fields Arboretum. Call 922-5700 or visit www.periwinklescaterer.com.
OB Farmers Market
The market features over 15 vendors and offers goods as varied as homemade pickles to natural pet treats, will celebrate its grand opening. New hours this year are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The market will continue to operate every Friday through Oct. 28. Many vendors from the market’s inaugural year are eagerly returning to harvest the benefits of a bursting downtown. They will be joined by an impressive number of new exciting vendors wanting to be part of the weekly event. The market will now be situated on Audrey Ave., north of the Oyster Bay Bandstand, which will become a pedestrian thoroughfare on market days. The Oyster Bay Main Street Association is organizing and managing this enterprise in conjunction with the Town of Oyster Bay. Call 922-6982.
Mill Neck Manor Campus And Mansion Tours
The Mill Neck Family of Organizations announces that the historic Mill Neck Manor House, located in Mill Neck between Oyster Bay and Bayville, is open for interior/exterior tours, location shoots, wedding and still photography and corporate events. Tours are led by a docent and are available to the public on Sundays, Aug. 7, Sept. 25, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4. The majestic Tudor Revival mansion is set on an 86-acre scenic estate overlooking the LI Sound. The 34-room mansion, once called Sefton Manor, was owned by Robert Leftwich Dodge and his wife, the cosmetics heiress Lillian Sefton Dodge, and features exquisite stone and plaster work as well as stained glass windows depicting five Shakespearean plays. Gardens adorn the lovely exterior landscape, where tourists will find an array of delicate blooms, gazebos and bronze gates. The house has undergone beautiful enhancements from Designers’ Showcases as well as first floor modifications. The Department of the Interior designated the honor of National Register of Historic Places to Mill Neck Manor for its outstanding architectural achievement. The Manor House is handicapped accessible. Tours must be scheduled and paid for in advance. For more information or to schedule a tour (payment expected at time of scheduling), contact Nancy Leghart 628-4243 or nleghart@millneck.org. Tours may also be booked and paid for at http://millneck.org/manor_house/registration.html.
Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
The Fellowship provides an atmosphere of warmth and comraderie, with talks presented by intelligent enlightening and non-dogmatic speakers who come from the entire spectrum of the Arts, History and Sciences. This is followed by coffee and an informal discussion circle, held in the turn-of-the-18th century farmhouse in a bucolic setting. Sundays at 10:30 a.m. The Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is located on the south side of Route 25A (Northern Blvd.), East Norwich, directly east of Martin Viette Nurseries and about a half mile west of Route 106. Look for the white brick gate posts with a large sing for Hunter’s Moon Farm. All are welcome. Call with any questions 659-1686.
Weekly Events
•Alcoholics Anonymous closed step meeting Sundays at 8 p.m. and open meeting at the same time. On Wednesdays at 8 p.m. there is a beginner’s meeting and a closed discussion meeting. Any one can attend the open meetings. The closed meetings are for anyone who has a desire to stop drinking. The meetings are held at Christ Church, 61 E. Main St. For information call 922-6377.
•Play Bridge will be held at the OB-EN Library, 89 E. Main St. Meets every Monday at 7 p.m. Bring a partner or come by yourself. Beginners welcome. Call 922-1212.
•Open Mike at Jack Halyards Restaurant at 8 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call 922-2999 or visit www.jackhalyards.com.
•Alanon meeting will be held every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church, East Main St. All are welcome.
•Substance Abuse Groups meet at the Youth and Family Counseling Agency, 193 A, South St., on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Registration required. Call 922-6867.
Monthly Events
•Jewish War Veterans, Gieir-Levitt Post #655 invite all Jewish war veterans to join them at the Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview, at 9 a.m. on the second Sunday of every month. Call Larry Sklar 942-3327.
•Young at Heart Parkinson’s Support Group meeting from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of the month in the cafeteria on the ground level, near the emergency room at North Shore University Hospital at Syosset, 221 Jericho Tpke. Open to patients, caregivers or anyone interested in learning about Parkinsons. Call Debbie 390-9454.
•Bereaved Parents of the USA. This national self-help support group charters the LI NY Chapter. Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 231 Jackson Ave., Syosset. The group offers support, compassion, understanding and hope. No dues or fees.
