Mill Neck’s Fall Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 8
Textile Preservation: An Introduction
Sunday, October 9
Dahlia Show
Sunday, October 9
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.
Dahlia Show
Held by the Mid Island Dahlia Society at Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay. Show times are Oct. 9 from 1 to 5 p.m.; Oct. 10 from noon to 5 p.m. $8 to park. Call 791- 6894 or visit midislanddahlia.com for details.
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.
John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
Located at Oyster Bay Rd. and Dogwood Ln. (public entrance), Village of Mill Neck. Open through Oct. 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Last admission 4 p.m. $7 per person; children under 12 free. Call 676-4486 for additional information, directions and reservations. All dates subject to change:
•Oct. 8, 22: Guided Tour with Tea Ceremony Demonstration. Tour is followed by a demonstration of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Fee is $12 per person, Members $5. Private Guided Tour with Tea Ceremony Demonstration and Horticultural Tours are available, call for information. Reservations are required for all tours.
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, 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.
•Open Mike at Canterbury’s. Every Thursday enjoy the open mike night at Canterbury’s. Professional musicians and novices are invited to bring their instruments, voices, and friends to join him on stage or perform by themselves. Approximate starting time is 8:45 p.m. Call Mark 922-3214.
•Clutterers Anonymous, a 12-step self-help group, offers help and support to those who have clutter problems in their homes or workplace. Meets weekly on Thursdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 265 Asbury Ave., Westbury and also the 1st and 3rd Friday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the School of the Community Reformed Church, 90 Plandome Rd., Manhasset. There are no dues or fees. For more information, email CLAWestbury@yahoo.com, call (866) 800-3881 or visit www.ClutterersAnonymous.net.
•Bingo Games every Friday at 7:15 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall, 83 Sea Cliff Ave., Glen Cove. $1,500 in cash prizes. Door prizes and progressive on last game. Smoke-free environment. Call 676-1828 for further info.
•Ballroom Dance at the Life Enrichment Center of Oyster Bay, 45 E. Main St., every Friday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. with instructor Vladimir Velev, an international ballroom dance champion. Learn to Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango and more. Donation requested. Call 922-1770.
•OBRM Preview Center. Every Saturday and Sunday visit the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Preview Center and Turntable Railyard at 100 to 102 Audrey Ave. (just north of the gazebo/bandstand – on the right), where you will be directed to the turntable railyard- featuring a variety of refurbished train cars. Open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 558-7036.
Monthly Events
•Alzheimer’s Support Group. Are you a caregiver who would like to share your experience with others? There is strength in knowing you are not alone. Join this support group at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month in the Adult Day Health Care Program Room at the Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 378 Syosset-Woodbury Rd., Woodbury. Call Sheldon Rybak, RCSW/ACSW 622-7770.
•Golf for Single Adults, a group of 50 + single seniors meet the third Tuesday of every month, at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, Sunnyside Blvd., Exit 46 off the LIE, Plainview. For info call 942-4228. The group plays on courses, mostly in Suffolk on the weekends as well as during the week.
•Oyster Bay Quilting Group held on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Green Room at the OB Library, 89 Main St. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring a project and lunch.
•Syosset Day Chapter/Homemakers Council of NC holds its business meetings the first Wednesday of the month (September through June) at 10:15 a.m. Classes are held on subsequent Wednesdays at 10 a.m. The Homemakers meet at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Berry Hill Rd., Syosset. All are welcome to join.
•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.
•Lions Club of Oyster Bay meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The Lions Club of Oyster Bay, chartered in 1948, is a non-denominational group of men and women from all walks of life, brought together in the common interest of serving the community in the spirit of Lionism. Call 922-2967, e-mail OBLions@aol.com or visit www.lionwap.org/oysterbayny.
•American Rhododendron Society. Local chapter meeting on the third Thursday of the month at the Burns Horticultural Center, Planting Fields Arboretum. Call Chas Rasweiler 334-4459 or Jim Fry 631-754-2412.
•LI Tourette Syndrome Association Support groups for those who have family members or other loved ones with Tourette Syndrome meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of each month at the DeMatteis Center, north side of Northern Blvd., Old Brookville (directly opposite the NY Institute of Technology campus). There are three separate support groups running simultaneously: one group for children, one for teens and one for parents/adults. Siblings of TS children are also invited. Free for LI-TSA members. For further information, call 876-6947 or email LongIslandTSA@aol.com.
•Modern Mystics Meeting, a modern mystic is one who experiences a presence indwelling all life, joining all as one. Informal gathering and discussion. The group meets on the second Friday of the month at 8 p.m. at the Muttontown U.U. Fellowship, Route 25A, one mile west of Route 106, on the south side of 25A. Discussion followed by refreshments. Call Rev. MarciaGrace 433-3482.
•Free Guided Nature Tours held on the first and third Saturdays of every month, rain or shine, at the Hoffman Center, 6000 Route 25A, Muttontown. Visitors should meet their guide at the entrance at 12:50 p.m. Gate locked when tour begins. No pets or children under the age of 10 are permitted. Call 922-3290.
