Camellia Weekend
Saturday, February 25
Walk in the Woods with NSLA at Roosevelt Preserve, Hempstead
Sunday, February 26
N. Syosset-Woodbury Republican Club
Wednesday, February 29
Saturday, February 25
Camellia Weekend
Planting Fields welcomes visitors to its third Annual Camellia Weekend Feb 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featuring new and exciting activities in the Camellia House and Coe Hall Mansion. This year the fabulous camellia blooms of over 200 camellia shrubs and trees will be accompanied by wonderful saxophonists from Chamber Players International. Entrance to the park and Camellia House is free. In the mansion ($5 per person; members and children free) there will be magic performances, jump rope workshops, hula hoops, a hopscotch room, Alice in Wonderland, the movie, all day long, and a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with storytellers Jonathan Kruk and Andrew Sadler. For adults there are tours in the Camellia House and lectures in the mansion about camellias. There will be camellia plants and jewelry for sale as well as other activities. Call Jennifer Lavella 922-8678 or jlavella@plantingfields.org.
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society
Join the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society at 8 a.m. at Croton Point Park, Look for bald eagles, short-eared owls and hawks. Waterfowl in Croton Bay include scaup, common merganser, common goldeneye and bufflehead. Contact the trip leader, Blair 802-5356 or visit the website at www.hobaudubon.org for more information, directions and to register.
Walk in the Woods
If it snows take your snowshoes (or not) on a walk NSLA is doing jointly with Seatuck Environmental Association. The Land Alliance’s Jane Jackson and naturalist Joanne Tow will lead an exploration of this skinny, scenic woodland. 11 a.m. at Roosevelt Preserve, Hempstead. Meet at the Frederick Ave. entrance at Brooklyn Ave. The walk is free and registration is encouraged. To register and for directions contact North Shore Land Alliance 626-0908 or andrea@northshorelandalliance.org.
Wednesday, February 29
N. Syosset-Woodbury Republican Club
Monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at The Woodlands at the TOB Golf Course, Southwoods Rd., Woodbury. On this Leap Day welcome our guest speaker Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos who will discuss his bid to be our next U.S. Senator from New York. Coffee and refreshments will be served. For information on attending this event, contact 921-1000.
Saturday, March 3
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society
Join the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society and bird the ponds at Massapequa Preserve at 9 a.m. Then head east in search of variety of wintering ducks and land birds. Contact the trip leader, Sharon, 433-5590 or visit t www.hobaudubon.org for more information, directions and to register.
Thursday, March 8
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.
Sunday, March 11
LI Baroque Ensemble in Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach. Voices and instrumentation make the great master’s work soar in this annual tribute. 3 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay. Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 seniors; $10 students. For tickets call 631-724-7386.
Birding at Target Rock NWR
Join Huntington- Oyster Bay Audubon Society and search for birds that spend their winter at Target Rock NWR. Within the 80 acres are various habitats with a 1-mile trail that goes from the forest to the beach at Huntington Bay. 9 a.m. Contact the trip leader, Blair 802-5356 or visit the website at www.hobaudubon.org for more information, directions and to register.
Upcoming Events
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Located at 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. Call 631-367-3418:
•March 4: Ocean Science Sunday: Submarines. In honor of National Submarine Day in March, enter the world of submarines. Find out how the science behind how they work and how their design has changed over history. Create your own periscope to take home. Ages 5 to 12. Free with paid admission (members $4 kid).
•March 5, 19: Monday Minnows. Come for fun Storytime, hands-on activities and crafts about the ocean, nature and seasonal themes. Different them every week. 1:30 p.m. Ages 3 to 5. Members free; others $5 parent/child pair; $3 additional sibling. 45 minutes.
•March 10: Women’s History Sunday for Girls and Girl Scouts. What’s a corset busk? How did a woman wear her hair in 1850? Enjoy hands-on history for National Women’s History Month. Touch artifacts, go on a special Her-story Scavenger Hunt and create a Silhouette Portrait craft of your own profile to take home. Families and scouts of all ages welcome. 2 to 4 p.m. $8 child; members $4. Girl Scout discount – come in your scout uniform – get 2 for 1 kid’s admission. Large troops – call ahead, ext. 16.
Ongoing Events
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Needs Oyster Bay Recruits
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla in the Oyster Bay area is recruiting new members. They are needed to assist the Coast Guard in performing Homeland Security missions and to implement the Coast Guard’s many recreational boating safety programs. No experience or boat is required. Training will be provided. For more information call Joe Orlich, Vice Flotilla Commander of Flotilla 22-05 in Oyster Bay at 624-USCG (8724).
Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
The Fellowship provides an atmosphere of warmth and camaraderie, 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.
•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
•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.
•Meet the Doctors. Focusing on education, Premiere OBGYN will sponsor a Meet the Doctors program on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 79 Froelich Farm Blvd., Woodbury. Women who are planning a pregnancy or are already expecting can join Drs. Prince, Brooks and Flynn and have their questions answered on conception and a safe pregnancy.
•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.
•Locust Valley Garden Club. The Executive Board of the Locust Valley Garden Club invites new members to join. The club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. at Bailey Arboretum. Some of the committees take care of local gardens, do garden therapy with residents of Jones Manor, make projects with the children of the Grenville Boys and Girls Club and decorate local libraries at holiday time. If you are interested in becoming a member and perform a service to the community, contact Madeline 643-9109. Membership is not limited to Locust Valley residents. Anyone interested from surrounding towns is welcome to join. Upcoming programs include: garden video, holiday arrangements, sustainable landscapes and terrariums.
•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.
