Boys & Girls Club Gala
Thursday, October 24
Ffoure Pounds Sterling Exhibition Opens
Friday, October 25
Gershwin Concert
Sunday, October 27
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Business After Hours Event at Knitted Purl
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend a Business After Hours events from, 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Knitted Purl, 80 South Street, Oyster Bay. Network with local business owners and potential customers in a relaxed setting. Light refreshments served. For information call 922-6464.
Thursday, Oct. 24
Boys & Girls Club Gala
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Boys & Girls Club will hold their annual gala fundraising party at Oheka on Thursday, Oct. 24. “The galas have been held for several years at the Metropolitan in Glen Cove, and we decided it was time to do something new,” said Sharon Sliva, executive director. [Oheka Castle is the prime location for HankMed on the popular TV show “Royal Pains.”] For information on the gala, please call 922-9285.
OBRM Annual Meeting
The Oyster Bay Railroad Museum will hosts their annual meeting on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Italian-American Club, at 48 Summit Street in Oyster Bay. Meet the board of directors and hear about future plans. There will be a Q & A period. Refreshments will be served. RSVP at 558-7036.
Friday, Oct. 25
Ffoure Pounds Sterling Exhibition Opens
Ffoure Pounds Sterling, an exhibition organized by the Oyster Bay Historical Society in partnership with the Town of Oyster Bay and other lenders opens Oct. 25 at the OBHS’s Angela Koenig Research and Collection Center. The opening reception is from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit runs through Jan. 19, 2014. For more information please call 516- 922-5032.
Halloween Masquerade Ball
Raynham Hall Museum holds its Halloween Masquerade Ball on Oct. 25 from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the museum. Space is limited so please call for ticket information at 922-6808.
Sunday, Oct. 27
Gershwin Concert
The Friends of the Locust Valley co-sponsor a concert by Alexander Wu, renowned pianist for the 2013 Grace & Oliver Britton Concert. A program of All Gershwin: A Double Life, his piano music on Oct. 27 at 2 p.m.
Ghastly Grounds
The Oyster Bay Historical Society presents Ghastly Grounds on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. All little vampires, witches, ghosts and zombies are invited to drop by the Earle Wightman House for face painting, skeleton scavenger hunt, and a wild pumpkin toss! Creep, float, or crawl over for some Halloween excitement with refreshments served! 20 Summit Street, Oyster Bay – free to all. For details contact Nicole Menchise or Philip Blocklyn at 516-922-5032 or visit obhslibrary@optonline.net.
Halloween Hullaballee
Raynham Hall Museum presents Halloween fun under a scary decorated tent with storyteller Johnny Cuomo telling ghost stories of the museum and the history of Halloween and more. One pumpkin, per child ($5 fee). Call 922-6898 to register.
Saturday, Nov. 2
Victorian Spiritualism Lecture
Raynham Hall Museum presents a lecture on Victorian Spiritualism on Nov. 2, All Soul’s Day, followed by a re-enactment of a séance, and an automatic drawing experiment. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Guests are asked to wear black evening or period attire. Please call 922-6808 for reservation information. Attendance is by reservation only.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Broadway’s Greatest Songs
Fields to celebrate the restoration of Mai Coe’s 1913 Steinway Grand Piano at 7 p.m. at Coe Hall. The cost is $20 non-member. Come to Planting / free for members / no parking fee. Broadway performers from Les Miserables, South Pacific, Phantom of the Opera and more will perform songs from hit musicals of the 1920s to today’s favorites! The 1913 piano has not been played for over 50 years and has just been restored to concert performance condition. Contact Gwendolyn L. Smith at 922-8680 or gsmith@plantingfields.org for reservations and information.
LV Poets Society
The Locust Valley Library Poetry Society, hosted by Mankh, holds an open reading, Giving Thanks. Everyone is invited to bring poems of gratitude, appreciation and thanks. Readings are followed by an open mic. Light refreshments will be served. All welcome. This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc., with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Casual Books
The Locust Valley Library Casual Books features The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee on Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. Come discuss interesting books in a relaxed atmosphere. New members are always welcome. See Janet Robertson for further information and/or for a copy of the book.
Saturday, Nov. 16
Veterans Day Dinner Dance
The Robert H. Spittel American Legion Post 1285, Bayville, holds a Veterans Day Dinner Dance on Nov. 16 from 7 to 11 p.m. at 45 Bayville Avenue. The event is open to everyone. Space is limited and early reservations are suggested. Tickets are $50 per person. Includes soda and one alcoholic beverage. Free valet parking, buffet dinner, D.J., dancing, Chinese auction, raffles, 50/50, cash bar. The event is a benefit to sport the post.
Monday, Nov. 17
Nelson DeMille Lecture
Raynham Hall Museum presents the first of its lecture series “Spymasters: The uses of Intelligence in a Dangerous World.” The series was inspired by the museum’s identity as the home of a central member of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring, a forerunner of today’s C.I.A. first speaker is best-selling novelist Nelson DeMille. He will be speaking on Nov. 17, at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club from 3:30 to 5:30 P.M. Tickets are $75 each, or $50 for members. All three lectures cost $200 per person or $125 for members. The second lecture is by Brian Kilmeade on Sunday, Jan. 19. He is the author of George Washington’s Secret Six of which one is Robert Townsend, Culper, Jr. The third lecture in the series will be by Evan Thomas speaking on March 9. A “Local son” Thomas has authored eight books. His most recent is Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World (2012). Space is limited, so please call 922-6808 to reserve.
Food Pantry
The North Shore Assembly of God, 84 Orchard St, Oyster Bay is operating a new food pantry for the community. It is meant to supplement the growing needs of the community. It is open on Tuesdays during their prayer times: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. If you are in need of their service, please call Pastor Diane at 922-2547 and make an appointment to complete their screening process.
