If you are looking for something fun and enjoyable to do this fall, Oyster Bay, NY has a variety of things to do. You do not have to travel far from home. As a service to Oyster Bay-East Norwich community and its neighboring villages - Brookville, Muttontown, Oyster Bay Cove, Bayville, Locust Valley, Syosset, Laurel Hollow, Centre Island and Mill Neck, here is a list of fall events for you to enjoy as residents of these towns.
EVERY Tuesday- OPEN MIKE NITE AT JACK HALYARDS AMERICAN BAR AND GRILL (formerly Fiddleheads) in Oyster Bay, NY, hosted by Mike D'Orio- featuring many local talents. Jack Halyards Restaurant, 8 P.M. For more information, call 922-2999 or visit www.jackhalyards.com.
EVERY Wednesday- DOUBLEDAY-BABCOCK SENIOR DINNER DISCOUNT AT CANTERBURY ALES. Members of DBSC in Oyster Bay can enjoy a $12 meal that includes main entree, soft drink, coffee or tea, tax, and gratuity. For more information and to make a RESERVATION, call 922-1770.
EVERY Thursday- OPEN MIKE NITE AT CANTERBURY ALES in Oyster Bay, hosted by musician Mike Nugent (currently of The Walkers and formerly of Cadillac Moon). Professional musicians and novices are invited to bring their instruments, voices, and friends to join him on stage or perform by themselves. Canterbury Ales, approx 8:45 P.M. start time. For more information, call Mark at 922-3214; http://www.canterburyalesrestaurant.com.
EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY- VISIT THE OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM / VISITOR CENTER and TURNTABLE RAILYARD. 100-102 Audrey Avenue (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, 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. For more information and to lend your support to the Museum, call 558-7036 or visit http://www.obrm.org/. Please also visit Canterbury Ales to view a display of items from the Museum's Art and Photo Collection.
EVERY Saturday- GREEN / FARMER'S MARKET. Bayville Commons (over the bridge and to the end of the road- on the right at the clock). 8:30 A.M. to 12 Noon.
Wednesday, October 6th- FRIENDS OF THE BAY LECTURE SERIES: MATT SCLAFANI, providing an overview of the New York Horseshoe Crab Monitoring Network. FOB offices, 111 South Street (ground floor of Townsend Square, next to The Homestead Restaurant), 7:30 P.M. For more information, call 922-6666.
Wednesday, October 6th- FREE MOVIE: MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (rated G) (via TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center). Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library, 6:30 P.M.
Thursday, October 7th- OYSTER BAY MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION STOREFRONT OFFICE OPEN HOUSE. All are welcome for the official opening of MSA's new storefront office. Refreshments served. 7 Audrey Avenue (a few doors down from Coin Galleries), 6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
Thursday, October 7th- GRAND OPENING: THINK LONG ISLAND FIRST, a new retailer dedicated to selling goods made on Long Island, featuring Cutchogue artist / wood turner, Harry Wicks, presenting his works, including bowls, plates, and vases. Other products to be carried by TLIF include pottery, photography, stationery, cosmetics, jewelry, knits, honey, jams, and jellies. TLIF will be located within Buckingham Variety Store in Oyster Bay, during this evening's Art Walk hours. For more information, visit www.thinklongislandfirst.com.
Thursday, October 7th- ART WALK / "FIRST THURSDAYS NIGHT ON THE TOWN"- art, food, wine, and music. The walk features an international spectrum of contemporary artists. 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 East Main Street; 802-0655; http://www.chaseedwardsgallery.com/), Atelier Gallery (9 East Main Street; 205-0907; http://www.jerelynhanrahan.com/), and Art(that matters) (55 West Main Street; 917-769-9921; http://www.artthatmatters.com/) having exhibitions featuring contemporary art from around the world, 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. The Teaching Studios of Oyster Bay will be open with an evening workshop and a tour of their facilities (115 Audrey Avenue; 971-597-2404; http://www.teachingstudios.com/). The Theodore Roosevelt Association gallery (20 Audrey Avenue; 921- 6319; www.curatorialservices.com) will also be open.
Art will also be available for viewing at various downtown merchants in Oyster Bay, including The Baykery Cafe, Canterbury Ales, Jack Halyards, and Wild Honey. Please see the Art Walk map for additional locations and information (available at any one of the gallery locations). For more information, please contact Bonnie at 802-0655 or info@chaseedwardsgallery.com.
Thursday, October 7th- CONCERT: THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND and SINGING SERGEANTS ON TOUR. Admission is free, but TICKETS ARE REQUIRED to assure seating. Oyster Bay Hgh School Performing Arts Center, 7:30 P.M. For more information, call 624-6500.
Friday, October 8th- HARVEST REGATTA CELEBRATION (to benefit Oyster Bay Main Street Association and Oakcliff Sailing Center), featuring a strolling dinner with food from area restaurants, live music, dancing, silent auction, and a showing of work by local artists Kirk Larsen and Bill Jonas. $75/person in advance; $100/person at the door. To purchase tickets, and for more information, visit www.oakcliffsailing.org. Oakcliff Sailing Center, 2 South Street.
Friday, October 8th (last one until Spring)- FARMER'S MARKET. Gazebo/Bandstand (between the Oyster Bay Post Office and Town Hall), 12 Noon to 6 P.M.
Saturday, October 9th and Sunday, October 10th- FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL, featuring lots of food, children's activities, crafts, and more. Mill Neck Manor in Mill Neck, NY, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. For more information, including volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, call 628-4231.
Saturday, October 9th- PASTA DINNER / FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT OPERATION WOUNDED WARRIOR, with the family of Navy Seal Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy and "Seal of Honor" author Gary Williams. Locust Valley Fire Department, 228 Buckram Road, Locust Valley, 4 P.M. to 8 P.M. For more information, call 676-5104.
Saturday, October 9th- BIRD BANDING DEMONSTRATION. Learn how birds are captured and banded, why it is important in understanding their health, migration, and ecology, and have the chance to assist with their release. TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center, 134 Cove Road, Oyster Bay, NY at 8 A.M. For more information, call 922-3200 or write trsac@audubon.org.
Saturday, October 9th- GIRL SCOUTS: BADGE IN A DAY. Fun-filled programs will feature live animals, explorations of forests and ponds, and will enable your troop to complete a badge in less than two hours. TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center, 134 Cove Road, Oyster Bay, NY - 11 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. for Juniors and Cadettes; 2 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. for Daisys and Brownies. For more information, call 922-3200 or write trsac@audubon.org
Sunday, October 10th- CONCERT: LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE. Christ Church, Oyster Bay, NY at 3 P.M. For more information, call 631-724-7386.
Monday, October 11th- COLUMBUS DAY. Per History.com: "Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century but did not become a federal holiday until...1937. For many, the holiday is a way of both honoring Columbus' achievements and celebrating Italian-American heritage."
Tuesday, October 12th- WATERSHED ACTION PLAN PUBLIC MEETING (via Friends of the Bay). The plan will include goals and action items that could be adopted by governmental agencies and private groups to protect and improve the health of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor watershed and estuary. ALL ARE WELCOME AND URGED TO ATTEND. Oyster Bay High School Performing Arts Center/Auditorium, 7 P.M. For more information, call 922-6666.
Friday, October 15th- HAUNTED MANSION MOVIE NIGHT for members of the OB-EN Boys and Girls Club (grades 4-8). Attendees are encouraged to dress up in monster costumes, with prizes awarded. 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. For more information, contact Valerie Buscemi at 922-9285 or vbuscemi@bgoben.org.
Saturday, October 16th (and November 6th, November 20th, December 4th, and December 18th)- GUIDED NATURE WALK (5 miles of trails; no pets or children under age 10). Hoffman Center (adjacent to Martin Viette's on Northern Blvd, East Norwich, NY), 12:50 P.M. For information, 922-3290; www.hoffmancenter.org.
Saturday, October 16th and Sunday, October 17th- OYSTER FESTIVAL. For more information, and to VOLUNTEER, call 628-1625. For sponsorship opportunities, call 935-4944.
Monday, October 18th- ITALIAN-AMERICAN CLUB GOLF OUTING (all are welcome). $165/person includes golf, followed by cocktails, dinner, and prizes at the Italian-American Club. $65/person for cocktails and dinner only. Cold Spring Country Club (Woodbury), 11 A.M. registration. For more information and for sponsorship opportunities, call 355-8711 or write to MandN921@aol.com.
Monday, October 18th- CAREGIVER SUPPORT SEMINAR: COPING WITH RESISTANCE (via Doubleday-Babcock Senior Center and Oyster Bay Manor Assisted Living). Doubleday-Babcock Senior Center, 45 East Main Street, 5 P.M. For more information, call 922-1770 or http://www.dbsconline.org/.
Saturday, October 23rd- SAGAMORE HILL DAYS FAMILY FESTIVAL, with old fashioned games and crafts for kids, farming skills demonstrations, exhibits, music, pony rides, animal petting area, food vendors, and more. Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck, NY at 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. For more information call 516-922-4788 or visit www.nps.gov/sahi.
Saturday, October 23rd- FREE HALLOWEEN HAUNTED MANOR. Guided outdoor tours will be provided by local Long Island Hellcats girls softball players. Donations to the Hellcats organization are welcome. Home of the Galganos- 261 Glen Cove-Oyster Bay Road, Oyster Bay, NY at 7:30 P.M. to 10 P.M. Visitors should park on Canon Lane or on Renville Court and walk to the driveway entrance. All visitors under age 10 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 297-0478. This event is weather permitting.
Saturday, October 23rd- EAST NORWICH FALL PLANTING AND CLEAN-UP (via Committee for the Beautification of East Norwich and the East Norwich Rotary). Meet at the corner of Route 106 and Northern Blvd. in East Norwich, NY (by the "welcome to EN" sign / water basin), 10 A.M.
Sunday, October 24th- SAVE THE CHRISTEEN BENEFIT PARTY / FUNDRAISER, including refreshments and auction. $30/person, with donations also welcome. The Christeen, a 40 foot wooden oyster sloop, was originally built in 1883 and completely restored in the 1990s. Serving the WaterFront Center since 2002 as a floating classroom, she has taken about 17,000 people out on the Bay on approximately 1,200 excursions. Repairs are in need at this point, with the goal of having her back out and resuming WaterFront Center programs next April. Beaver Dam Winter Sports Club, 99 Kaintuck Lane, Locust Valley, 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. For more information, call 922-7245, write info@thewfc.org, or visit www.thewaterfrontcenter.org.
Wednesday, October 27th- NATURALLY SPEAKING LECTURE SERIES: PLANTING FIELDS AND COE HALL, presented by Henry B. Joyce, Executive Director- Planting Fields Foundation (via the Planting Fields Foundation and the Hoffman Center). The Hoffman Center (just west of Martin Viette Nursery on Northern Boulevard, East Norwich, NY), 7 P.M. For more information and to REGISTER, call 922-8676 or write kferguson@plantingfields.org.
Wednesday, November 3rd- FRIENDS OF THE BAY LECTURE SERIES: ADAM GROHMAN speaking on the maritime history of the Long Island Sound and local waters, with a perspective from his many dives into ship and aircraft wrecks, maritime disasters, and more. FOB offices, 111 South Street, Oyster Bay, NY (ground floor of Townsend Square, next to The Homestead Restaurant in Oyster Bay), 7:30 P.M. For more information, call 922-6666.
Saturday, November 6th- FIRST SATURDAYS ADULT HIKING SERIES (via TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center). Hit the trails for a heart healthy Fall, joining a Sanctuary naturalist in getting to know various trails and natural sites throughout Long Island. Locations will vary, so please call or e-mail for times and sites. For more information, call 922-3200 or write trsac@audubon.org.
Sunday, November 7th- HOMEOWNERS CLEANUP (via Town of Oyster Bay). Dispose of non-hazardous debris, including large metal items, yard waste, and clean broken concrete- all of which can be recycled. Campers, boats, and trailers may also be turned over to the Town with proper title documents (all campers and boats must be drained of all oil, gas, and other fluids, and all batteries removed). TOB Solid Waste Disposal Complex, Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road, 8:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. For more information, call 677-5943.
Wednesday, November 10th- OB-EN ELEMENTARY PTA LADIES NIGHT (to benefit and raise funds for the PTA, including funding programs/materials not covered by the school budget). Donated items for the night's raffle are welcome- including gift certificates, gift baskets, etc. Donations and/or contributions can be sent directly to Vernon Elementary School- Attention: Ladies Night, 880 Oyster Bay Road, East Norwich, N.Y. 11732.
Sunday, November 14th- STOP AND ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTION DAY (via Town of Oyster Bay). ACCEPTABLE STOP Waste: pesticides, brake/transmission fluid, waste motor oil, drain/oven cleaners, paints, photo chemicals, tires, automobile batteries, grill propane tanks, consumer batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs (NOT radioactive materials, explosives/fireworks, unlabeled materials, medical waste). ACCEPTABLE Electronic Waste: computers, monitors, laptops, printers, keyboards, mouses, cables, copiers, fax machines, cell phones, televisions (NOT microwaves, stereos, appliances, VCRs). **Used Motor Oil can ALWAYS be returned to all service stations that perform oil changes (up to 5 gallons per person per day), as well as to the Town's Old Bethpage Solid Waste Disposal Complex, Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road (open 7 A.M. to 3 P.M., 7 days per week) and to the Town's new waste oil tanks located at the TR Park boat basin / marina. TOB Dept. of Public Works, 150 Miller Place, Syosset, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. For more information, call 677-5943.
Saturday, December 4th- FIRST SATURDAYS ADULT HIKING SERIES (via TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center). Hit the trails for a heart healthy Fall, joining a Sanctuary naturalist in getting to know various trails and natural sites throughout Long Island. Locations will vary, so please call or e-mail for times and sites. For more information, call 922-3200 or write trsac@audubon.org.
EAST NORWICH CIVIC ASSOCIATION
United Methodist Church (corner of Vernon Avenue and Route 106- just south of Northern Blvd.), Meeting at 7:45 P.M.
- Thursday, October 28th - MEETING
OYSTER BAY CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Italian-American Club, 48 Summit Street, 7:30 P.M.
- Thursday, November 18th - MEETING
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CHURCH FOOD PANTRY
209 South Street (just north of Dodds and Eder; 922-7322).
Pantry is open every Saturday for those in need.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT SANCTUARY AND AUDUBON CENTER
516-922-3200
http://ny.audubon.org/CentersEdu_TRoosevelt.html
EVERY Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday- CREATURE FEATURE (via TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center). Join a naturalist for a short presentation with a live animal- including hawks, turtles, owls- followed by a question and answer period. TR Sanctuary and Audubon Center, 134 Cove Road, 2 P.M. For more information, call 922-3200 or trsac@audubon.org.
EXPEDITION FRIDAYS for ages 8-15 Explore a variety of sites along Long Island's north shore, including, the Greenbelt Trail, Cold Spring Harbor Library, Oyster Bay via the historic sloop Christeen, and Planting Fields Arboretum. For more information, call 922-3200 or write trsac@audubon.org.
OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM
516-558-7036
http://www.oysterbayrailroadmuseum.org/
Every Saturday - Visit The Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Preview Center - and help them grow. 100-102 Audrey Avenue (just north of the gazebo/bandstand- on the right side).
**PLEASE SUPPORT THEM- http://www.oysterbayrailroadmuseum.org/.
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