Last Updated: October 25, 2011

Community Calendar

BAYVILLE

St. Gertrudes Parish Center
34 School Street

Halloween Ragamuffin Costume Contest, Friday, October 28, 6 - 8pm, infants to 5th graders with a best costume competition for moms and dads who accompany their children. Refreshments and prizes for all. Free.

THE BROOKVILLES

Chestnut Manor
1327 Wolver Hollow Road

Designers’ Showcase 2011, Tuesday through Friday, 10:30am - 4:00pm. Saturday and Sunday, 11:30am - 5:00 pm through October 30. Closed Mondays. General admission $30, seniors $28, children (5-12) $7. No strollers or children under 5. Call 516-671-1313

The Green Vale School
250 Valentine’s Lane, Old Brookville

Open House, Thursday, October 27, 8:30am. Call 516-621-2420.

GLEN COVE

Animal Lovers League
516-676-5913
www.animalloversleague.org

17th Anniversary Dinner and Raffle, Thursday, October 27, 6:30 - 9:30pm at The Swan Club, Glenwood Landing. Tickets $80 - open bar, buffet dinner, fabulous array of raffle prizes. Reserve by October 20. Special guest Maria Milito, author of “Clarice and Friends”. If unable to attend, donations are always welcome.

Chamber of Commerce Gala, Sat-urday, November 5, 7pm - midnight. Call 516-676-6666 for ticket information and location.

Congregation Tifereth Israel
40 Hill Street
516-676-5080

Yard Sale, Saturday, November 5, 7 - 9pm preview $7 admission fee. Sunday, November 6, 10am - 4pm free.

Glen Cove Yankee Travel Baseball Glen Cove Stadium (upper fields)

Glen Cove Yankee Baseball Team tryouts Wednesday, October 26 at 6pm.
Anyone born on or after May 1, 2000 is welcome to come try out.

Glen Cove Youth Board
PO Box 645
516-671-4600

Wine Tasting Gala, Thursday, October 27, 6 - 9pm at the Metropolitan, Glen Cove. $50 person. A not for profit organization whose purpose is to help sustain the Glen Cove Youth Bureau.

Morgan Park
Germaine Street

Gift of Life Walk, Sunday, October 30. Registration 9:30 - 10:45am, 5-K walk 11am - 3pm. This project of Rotary District 7250 was ‘born’ in 1975 and since then has sponsored more than 10,000 children from over 30 countries.for life saving open heart surgeries. Rain date, Sunday, November 6.

GLEN HEAD

North Shore High School
450 Glen Cove Avenue

North Shore Blood Drive, Friday, November 4, 9:30am - 3:30pm. Call Julia Salat 516-277-7029 to schedule an appointment to give the ‘gift of life’.

HUNTINGTON

Huntington Historical Society
631-427-7045 x 403

The Old Burying Ground, Thursday, October 27, 1pm. Meet at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main Street. A stroll and history, folk art and intriguing stories. $5 for HHS members, $10 non-members. Warm clothing and sneakers suggested.

LOCUST VALLEY

Locust Valley Library
228 Buckram Road
516-671-1837

Halloween Magic at the Library, Friday, October 28 t 6:30pm. Fun-filled, but not scary, Halloween magic show. Children may come in costume. Call 516-671-1837.

Penguin Holiday Ornament Craft Program, Wednesday, November 2, 7pm Create a unique holiday ornament from a recycled lightbulb. Registration and $5 fee required. Makes a great gift.

Locust Valley Reformed Church
Ryefield Road

Halloween Howl Chicken & Ribs BBQ, Saturday, October 29, 6pm. $20 adults, $10 children 5 - 12, 4 and under free. Chinese auction, costumes encouraged, parade and prize for best costume.

Portledge School
355 Duck Pond Road

A Safe Halloween, Monday, October 31 from 4:30 - 6pm in the middle school. Hosted by the senior class, admission is $5 per family and open to children nursery through 5th grade and you do not have to be a Portledge student to attend. This is not a drop-off event. For more information, contact Jon Sandos at 750-3177 or jsandos@portledge.org.

Fall Open House, Sunday, November 6, noon - 2pm. Pre-registration suggested, but not required. Refreshments served.
MILL NECK

North Shore Land Alliance
516-626-0908
andrea@northshorelandalliance.org

Walk in the Woods, Saturday, November 12 at 9:30am at Shu Swamp. Learn about what makes Beaver Brook one of the areas’s best site for brook trout from John Fischer. Walk is free, but registration is strongly recommended.

MUTTONTOWN

Hoffman Nature Preserve/Sanctuary
6000 Northern Boulevard
www.hoffmancenter.org

Nature Walk, Saturday, November 5. Meet guide at side entrace at 12:50pm. Gate locked when tour begins. Rain or shine. Home of 149 resident and migratory birds, 49 species of butterflies and 150 native plant species. Free.

OLD WESTBURY

Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road
516-333-0048

Spooktakular Saturday, October 29, noon - 3pm. Gather in the Scarecrow Garden for refreshments and fun. Watch celebrity pumpkin carvers in action. Costumes encouraged. Marked March and Eco-Horror Tour at 1pm. Admission $10 general, $8 seniors, $5 ages 7 - 17, 6 and under free.

OYSTER BAY

Friends of the Bay
516-922-6666
www.friendsofthebay.org

Watershed Action Plan, Thursday, October 27, 2pm. Steps to protect and improve the health of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor watershed and estuary will be presented at The Waterfront Center, West End Avenue.

Oyster Bay Historical Society
20 Summit Street
516-922-5032

Harvest Moon Annual Fundraiser, Saturday, November 5 from 7 - 11pm under a candlelit tent on the grounds of the Koenig Research Center. Hearty hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, live music, silent and live auction.

North Shore Civil War Roundtable Discussion, Wednesday, November 2, 7:30pm at Barnes & Nobel, 380 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington, by Oyster Bay Town Historian John Hammond.

ROSLYN

Buckly Country Day School
IU Willets Road

Open House, Wednesday, November 9, 9am. Call 516-627-1910 x2701.
Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Drive
516-609-9696 or 516-484-9337

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Saturday, October 29, 11am - 2pm. Interactive tours of the exhibition, traditional arts and crafts, music and a parade starting at 1pm. Wear your costume.

Museum’s Casino Night, Thursday, October 27, at the Garden City Hotel, 6:30 - 10:30pm. A night of gaming and networking, open bar, buffet dinner, many prizes. Tickets are $150 and $250 (including a Texas Hold ‘e, reservation) with a group of 10 tickets available for $1,250. 516-484-9338 x23.

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