LI Dog Show
Friday, September 30
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center
Friday, September 30
There & Back: A Celebration
Saturday, October 1
Friday, September 30
LI Dog Show
The Brookhaven Kennel Club hosts its 42nd All-Breed Dog Show, Obedience and Rally Trial with special attraction of Best Puppy in Show, guided dogs show tour, education, vendors, food. Admission $12 per carload. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay. For additional information call 631-467-7510 or go to www.brookhavenkc.org. Rain or shine.
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center
Located at 134 Cove Rd., Oyster Bay. Call 922-3200 or trsac@audubon.org. Sept. 30: Nature Bowls Pottery Workshop from 6:30 to 8 p.m. All ages – younger children must be accompanied by an adult (by reservation only). Have you ever wanted to try your hand at pottery? Looking to spend quality time with your family? Bring your family, friends, or just yourself and work with local artists to create your own food-safe, nature-inspired bowl. Participants will use natural materials to create designs in clay, which will be fired for us in local kilns. A later date will be set up for you to come back and paint your bowl before a final firing. All materials will be provided. $13 members; $15 nonmembers.
Saturday, October 1
There & Back: A Celebration
The No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation announced that Elizabeth Roosevelt is the co-honoree along with Dr. Ron Israeli at the “There & Back: A Celebration of Survival” Gala at 7 p.m. at Christ Church, 55 E. Main St. A lifelong Oyster Bay resident, art historian, avid sailor and wonderful photographer, Ms. Roosevelt will represent the Roosevelt family and present the Alice Roosevelt Longworth Award, (she was a breast cancer survivor) to Dr. Ron Israeli. Tickets are $100 each; $75 for those under the age of 29.
America’s Poets Walk With Walt
The program, which will be held at the birthplace of America’s Good Gray Poet at 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station, will be hosted by Whitman Birthplace Writer in Residence George Wallace. The program will pair a nationally prominent visiting writer with one of Long Island’s fine regional poets for a program of poetry and conversation. Individual tickets to the series will be on sale in advance, or at the door, for $15 per ticket or $70 for the full series. For information about the series visit www.waltwhitman.org/component/ eventlist/details/64. Today’s event: Neeli Cherkovski with Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan. 7 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, October 2
All-Breed Dog Show/Junior Championship
Westbury Kennel Association hosts its 95th All-Breed Dog Show, 79th Annual Junior Showmanship. Special attractions: Best Bred by Competitor in Show, Best Beginner Puppy in Show, Meet the Breeds, Guided Dog Show tour, Canine Good Citizen Test, Flyball demonstration, Carting demonstration, Nose Works (dogs trained in scent discrimination). Education tent, vendors, food. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay. Admission $20 per carload; $10 per person . Call 579-3977 or go to www.westburykennelassoc.org. Rain or shine.
Nassau Dog Training Club
63rd Annual Obedience and 7th annual Rally Trial. For more information: wackydogs@nassaudogtrainingclub.org. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay. Rain or shine.
Walk4Hearing
Join Team Mill Neck at Walk4Hearing, a nationally coordinated effort sponsored by the Hearing Loss Association of America. The event will be held at Riverside Park in New York City, West 83rd St, and Riverside Dr. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk will start at 10 a.m. Come as a walker or support a team member by making a donation. Either way, help Team Mill Neck by logging on to http://hlaa.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1907&pg=entry. Click on “find a walker or team” and type in Loretta Murray in the Walker first and last name fields. The Mill Neck Family of Organizations will benefit from the proceeds raised during the event. Mill Neck will walk in honor of Ed Minicozzi, a supporter of the Mill Neck Family of Organizations since the 1990s. Minicozzi, who passed away this year, is sorely missed by his Mill Neck friends. The purpose of the walk is to increase awareness about the causes and consequences of hearing loss and to raise funds to provide information and support for people with hearing loss. The HLAA depends on generous volunteers to raise funds and awareness at each Walk4Hearing site. Call 922-4100 or visit http://www.millneck.org.
Thursday, October 6
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.
Friday, October 7
ABABABA Show at Mill Neck Manor
Back by popular demand, comic Alan R. Abarbanell will present his critically acclaimed one-man-show, “The ABABABA Road Tour,” chronicling his experiences growing up hearing in a deaf family. The show will be held on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Deaf Education Auditorium on the Mill Neck Manor campus. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased at the door. Abarbanell will also present an interpreter workshop on behalf of Mill Neck Interpreter Service at their site in Hicksville on Oct. 8. ABABABA – a name given to him by a friend who could not pronounce Abarbanell – is a proud CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and a member of CODA International. Alan wrote this as a loving tribute to his deaf heritage and CODA family. Each performance is dedicated to Alan’s parents Joe and Yetta Abarbanell, whom he credits for his sense of humor, creativity and love of community. For more information, or to reserve tickets for “The ABABABA Road Tour,” email Loretta Murray at deafmns@aol.com. For more information about Abarbanell’s interpreter workshop, call 512-6222 or email interpret@millneck.org.
Saturday, October 8
Mill Neck’s Fall Harvest Festival
Mill Neck Family’s Fall Harvest Festival will be held on Oct. 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., celebrates 50 years and promises to be better than ever, with the return of apples, crafts, seasonable produce, grilled bratwurst, children’s activities and anniversary activities throughout the weekend. Visitors will find a wide variety of cheeses in the “Cheese House,” and plenty of mouth-watering baked goods, jellies, fudge and strudels. The “Country Store” also features a full-line of famous Karl Ehmer wurst and bacon products. In the children’s activities area, Gooseberry Grove will have a fantastic array of games and activities, and face painting by Agostino Arts will also be back this year on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The festival also showcases the latest in deaf technology, sign language novelty items and books. The festival also showcases the latest in deaf technology, sign language novelty items and books. Each year, Mill Neck Manor alumni attend the Fall Harvest Festival as a homecoming, and the event brings the heart of the Long Island Deaf Community together. Other activities include a hearing van featuring free hearing screenings from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days and a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are $10 each, and the winner, picked on Sunday at 3 p.m. receives half the net profit of the money collected. Contact Nancy Leghart 628-4243 or Michelle Yadoo 628-4231.
Sunday, October 9
Textile Preservation: An Introduction
Based on the success of last April’s Preservation Workshop, the Oyster Bay Historical Society will hold a lecture of best practices for maintaining and storing personal textile collections. Topics include environmental threats and signs of infestation, safe handling and storage and disaster recovery techniques. Included in the lecture will be examples taken from the textile collection of the society. The seminar will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on the lower level of the Koenig Research Center (behind the Earle-Wightman House), 20 Summit St. Free to members of the OBHS; nonmembers $10 each. Light refreshments will be served. Attendees are encouraged to bring items that they feel need to be discussed specifically. No appraisals will be given as this is strictly regarding preservation practices. Contact Nicole Menchise 922-5032 or by email obhalibrary@optonline.net for details or to make a reservation.
Ongoing Events
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.
