The Scene
JULY
Through September 12th
"The Sea Around Us." Artists have always been inspired by bodies of water. "The Sea Around Us," focuses on this fascination through paintings and sculpture by American and European Impressionists, Post Impressionists, Cubists, Expressionists, Surrealists and contemporary artists.
(516) 438-9338
www.nassaumuseum.com
Through August 30th
"The Heckscher at 90: Then and Now," featuring favorite works from the permanent collections and new acquisitions. From its founding in 1920, with a gift of more than a hundred works from the industrialist and real estate magnate August Heckscher, the Museum's collections have grown to over 2,200 objects. This exhibition opens with a selection of Old Master works, including portraiture and sculpture, and a broad range of 19th century American and European paintings that reflect the romantic sensibility of Heckscher's collecting aesthetic. Highlights include a rare bronze by Francois Giradon, "The Rape of Proserpine," 1693; the museum's oldest painting, Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Virgin, Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels," 1534; the dramatic "Arab Horseman, Defeat and Hate," 1863 by the German orientalist painter Adolf Schreyer, as well as works by William Holbrook Beard, Ralph Albert Blakelock, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Asher B. Durand, Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet, Jean Leon Gerome, George Inness, and the brothers Edward and Thomas Moran. The Heckscher's most significant acquisition, George Grosz's "Eclipse of the Sun," 1926 will also be included, as will important recent acquisitions of works by Edward Curtis, Olafur Eliasson, Larry Fink, Red Grooms, Winslow Homer, Man Ray, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
(631) 730-2710
www.heckscher.org
July 2nd-4th
Old Field Farm, an historic Suffolk County equestrian parkland, in Stony Brook hosts the Gold Coast Classic. Come watch some of Long Island's top competitors compete at various divisions ranging from children and ponies to professionals with prize winning jumpers.
(631) 246-8983
www.oldfieldfarmltd.com
July 2nd
The Westhampton Performing Arts Center presents "Amos Lee, a fusion of folk and soul." He is unique and classic at the same time. His songs are honest, open and organic. Touring in support of his latest CD, "Last Days at the Lodge," Lee emphasizes all the things that earned him his strong fan base: his rich singing, memorable melodies and focused lyrics. Amos has shared the stage with Nora Jones, Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello and so many notable others. He has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and performed on the Tonight Show, The Today Show and Letterman.
www.whbpac.org
(631) 288-1500
July 6th
Bay Street Theatre presents on its Main Stage: "Fifth Of July." Set in rural Missouri in 1977, Wilson's Broadway hit focuses on the disillusionment with America in the wake of the Vietnam War. Alternately funny and moving, "Fifth of July" deals with a group of former student activists and friends and the changes that have been wrought in their lives and attitudes in the years since leaving college.
(631) 725-9500
www.baystreet.org
July 9th
The Islip Arts Council presents "Sayville Common Ground Series," at Rotary Park on Gillette Avenue in Sayville, co-sponsored by the Islip Arts Council and the Town of Islip.
In her unpretentious velvety voice you'll feel the harmonious hugs of Darlene Graham and her songs. Once you the feel the pop-country rhythms and the Celtic-rock beats you'll keep rap tap tappin'!
www.islipartscouncil.org
July 12th
The State Park Summer Run Series continues in July with one of the most successful running series on Long Island, sponsored by Long Island State Parks. The running series offers Island wide competition, exciting prizes and free refreshments. Run on Monday, July 12th at the Hempstead Lake in a 4k. Run on July 19th at Belmont Lake, July 26 at Robert Moses, August 2nd at Bethpage and August 9th at Jones Beach. All races start a 7pm. Register online at www.flrrt.com or www.active.com for full series or single race. (631) 321-3510w
July 17th
The Tilles Center's presents comedian Joy Behar, who is the host of the "The Joy Behar Show," seen nightly on HLN, and one of the original co-hosts of "The View," She has hosted her own HBO special, hosted her own WABC radio show for three years, has appeared in films and has written four books, including New York Times bestsellers "Sheetzuccacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog," and "Joy Shtick."
(516) 299-3100
www.tillescenter.org
July 16th
7th Annual House and Garden Tour, sponsored by the WHBPAC Advisory Council hosts this delightful house tour showcasing notable homes, stunning ocean views and breathtaking landscapes, visiting the villages and hamlets of Remsenburg, Westhampton Beach and Quogue. Lunch will be served at the Westhampton Country Club.
www.whbpac.org
(631) 288-1500
July 17th
East End Hospice conducts its 10th Annual Box Art Auction, that features more than 100 well-known artists who have accepted the challenge to create art from a simple cigar box. The boxes are as varied as the artists themselves and will be auctioned off Saturday July 17th at the Ross School, lower campus located on Butter Lane in Bridgehampton. The silent auction begins at 4:30pm followed by live auction at 6:30pm. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Admission to the auction is $60 dollars. (631) 288-7080
www.eeh.org
July 23rd
The Stephan Talkhouse at 161 Main Street in Amagansett presents Richie Havens.
(631) 267-3117
www.stephentalkhouse.com
AUGUST
August 1st
The Bayard Cutting Arboretum, sponsored by the Islip Arts Council presents the "SWINGTIME BIG BAND." A recent article in the New York Times described the 20-piece SWINGTIME as "Musicians who make the sounds of the pre-rock era rock!" Renowned for its performances of classic music from the Swing Era and the Great American Songbook, the band brings to life both style and the spirit of this timeless music for today's audiences. With recreations of the classics from legends such as Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey.
(631) 224-5420
www.islipartscouncil.org
August 2nd-August 6th
The Whaling Museum of Cold Spring Harbor presents Ocean Explorers Summer Program from 10:00-1pm. Join our crew for amazing hands-on educational fun with crafts, activities, experiments, and discoveries about all things ocean! Sign up for one day or every day.
Ages 6-9.
Second session for kids aged 4-6 will run August 23rd through August 27th.
(631) 367-3418
www.cshwhalingmuseum.org
August 4th - 22nd
The Patchogue Theatre and the Gateway Playhouse presents "Hello Dolly." Before the Parade passes by, catch a real classic as Dolly Levi and her loveable matchmaking art takes the stage in this lavish and stylish production. (631) 207-1313
www.patchoguetheatre.com
August 7th - 22nd
The BroadHollow Theatre Company at Elmont presents "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," the lively stage version of the rip-roaring MGM film bursts with romance and energy. When Adam takes Milly as his young bride in the 1850s Oregon wilderness, his six brothers decide they want wives of their own. Get ready for some fun as these brothers get a lesson in "goin' courtin'." (631) 581-2700
www.broadhollow.org
August 9 - 13th
East End Hospice conducts Camp Good Grief, a summer long bereavement day camp for any child who has experienced the loss of a parent or loved one. East End Hospice's compassion and sensitivity to the special needs of children who have experienced the loss of a loved one through death, led to the development of Camp Good Grief, and has been making differences in lives of grieving children since 1997. (631) 288-7080
www.eehevents@optonline.net
August 14th
East End Hospice's hosts it annual Artists and Writers Softball Game. Artists and writers will gather once again in East Hampton to compete in the 62nd Annual Celebrity Softball Game for East End Hospice, East Hampton Day Care and the Phoenix House. Sixty years is an amazing tradition, as this fundraising event is held at Herrick Park in historic East Hampton at the height of the summer season in the Hamptons. (631) 288-7080
www.eeh.org
MAY Through June 28th
The Heckscher Museum exhibits “Prints from the Collection.” Experience landscapes, seascapes, city scenes, and figure works by master printmakers such as John Taylor Arms, Harold Kerr Eby, Sir Francis Seymour Hayden, Jean Francois Millet, Thomas Moran, John Sloan, Sir Anthony van Dyck, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler comprise a selection from the Heckscher Museum’s print collection. Highlights include Hendrick Goltzius’s “Hercules Destroying Cacus,” 1588; bull fight scenes from Goya’s “La Tauromaqiua;” 18th-century Roman views by Giovanni Battista Piranesi; and Rembrandt’s “A Beggar Seated on a Bank.”
Running through July 5th will be an exhibit entitled “The Luminous Landscapes of April Gornik. A resident of Suffolk County, Long Island, April?Gornik can be firmly situated in the American landscape tradition. Devoid of people, her paintings portray the majesty and allure of nature but in a carefully composed manner.
(631) 351-3250 | www.heckscher.org
Through July 12th
The Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages in conjunction with the Southold Historical Society presents, “A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island’s North Fork” in the Art Museum. Since its settlement by British colonists in the seventeenth century, the North Fork of Long Island, New York has attracted artisans of all types, from cabinetmakers to clockmakers, builders and boatwrights. Beginning in the mid 19th century, American artists began to explore the area in depth, visiting picturesque towns and villages, untouched landscapes and pristine coastlines. Later, many of these visiting artists built or bought houses on the North Fork and made it a place to call home.
This exhibition explores the history of the many painters, printmakers, and sculptors who have lived, worked and exhibited on the North Fork. It documents over 300 years of the rich artistic and cultural history of the area through the many artworks left behind by these important American artists.
(631) 751-0066 | www.longislandmuseum.org
May 1st
20th Annual Earth Day Festival in downtown Sayville at 11:00am. Venders and exhibitors wanted. (631) 224-5645
Join Friends of Karen at the Long Island Marathon where on May 1st you can walk or run the 5k - just over 3 miles and anyone over 11 can do it. On Sunday May 2nd, you can walk or run the 10k which is 6.2 miles and for the really experienced or really ambitious there are the half and full marathons, and for those run you must be 16 years or older.
(631) 473-1768 | www.friendsofkaren.org
The Diabetes Research Institute presents its Crystal Ball at the Garden City Hotel in Garden City. The honorees are Michele and Peter Bongiorno. Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D will be the recipient of the 2010 Gillin Family Humanitarian Award.
(516) 822-1700 | www.diabetesresearch.org
May 2nd
Enjoy “Nature for Mom, Fun For Kids,” at the Connetquot River State Park Preserve. Children will create a watercolor that mom will want to get framed. Dress for mess. $3.00 per child. Registration required.
(631) 581-1072 | www.nysparks.com
The Stony Brook University Department of Theatre Arts presents “Do Jump,” a program which offers fun in profusion. Aerialists who act! Vaudevillians who fly! They take you on a transforming journey from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. 3pm and 7pm on Main Stage. “Not Just For Kids.”
(631) 632-ARTS | www.staller.sunysb.ed
May 6th-9th
The 15th Annual East End Garden Festival to benefit the Peconic Bay Medical Center. Held from May 6th thru May 9th (Mother’s Day) from 9am to 6pm on the Great Lawn on Main Street in Westhampton Beach. Annuals, perennials, hanging baskets from 40 East End growers. There will also be expert advice from Cornell Cooperative Extension’s master gardeners and local garden club members. This event will occur rain or shine. For additional information contact The Peconic Bay Medical Foundation Event Coordinator Maureen Brady at
(631) 548-6088.
May 8th
“Amazing Adaptations Fun for Kids,” at the Connetquot River State Park Preserve. Play games and partake in hands-on activities, then take a walk to discover these animals and their amazing adaptations.
www.nysparks.com
The Tilles Center presents “Cabaret,” at 2pm and 8pm. The now-classic 1966 Broadway musical with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander, makes a Tilles Center debut. The original Broadway version is back, on a journey to another time when romance, passion and life itself was on the edge.
(516) 299-3100 | www.tillescenter.org
May 9th
The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum presents International Migratory Bird Day, “Birdwatching in Cold Spring Harbor.” Get a better understanding of local birds migrating through Cold Spring Harbor village during Spring migration on this morning springtime walk. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet in the parking lot of Cold Spring Harbor State Park, on route 25A. For families, kids and adults.
(631) 367-3418 | www.cshwhalingmuseum.org
May 11th
The United Way of Long Island celebrates its 45th Anniversary Luncheon in support of its Community Impact Fund which works to create tangible change in the lives of Long Islanders by supporting 113 partner agencies.
(631) 940-3743 | Contact Kristen Markel, events manager at kmarkel@unitedwayli.org
May 13th
Abilities! 44th Annual Sports Night. 6pm. Business attire. (516) 799-0190
May 15th, 16th
The Long Island Philharmonic sponsors a concert with “The Passionate Strings of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg,” on Saturday at the Staller Center and Sunday at the Tilles Center. With David Wilely, music director and conductor. Will play Saint-Saens, “Bacchanale,” from Samson and Delilah; Piazolla, “The Four Seasons of Buenes Aires,”; Smetana “The Moldau,” from Ma Vlast; Faure, “Pavane;” and Tchaikovsky, “Romeo and Juliet,” Fantasy-Overture.
(631) 293-2222 | www.liphilharmonic.com
May 16th
The Lincoln Center in NYC presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Directed by Bartlett Sher. 3pm Winner of seven 2008 Tonys.
(212) 721-6500 | www.lincolncenter.org
May 21st
The American Cancer Soceiety presents its 2010 “Gala of Hope, a celebration of caring,” at the Tam O'Shanter Club in Brookville. Honoring Kanti R. Rai, M.D., Marc L. Citron, M.D., and Shawn H. Zimberg, M.D.
(516) 921-6082 ext. 3023 | http://gala.acsevents.org/nassaugalaofhope
May 22nd
The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. invites you to a “Texas Hold “em Poker Tournament,” at 380 Washington Avenue in Roosevelt. Registration begins at 4pm and the tournament begins promptly at 5pm. Great prizes including flat screen TVs and timeshares will be awarded to the top ten finishers.
(516) 378-2000 ext. 648
June
June 5th,
East End Hospice hosts its annual North Fork Pig Roast Picnic at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic on Saturday from 4-7pm. Fun-filled, affordable family picnic with terrific food, music, line dancing and lots of activities for children.
(631) 288-8400 | www.eeh.org
The Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club 60th Annual June Dance, at the Creek Club. honoring George and Laura Bilicic.
(516) 759-5437 x 11 | www.gbbgc.org
June 8th
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation offers its Monday night races at various parks. This 5mile race will be held at the Heckscher State Park. Pre-registration required.
(631)321-3510 | www.nysparks.com
June 19th,
The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium presents Herp Day. Observe and learn about herps, which include amphibians and reptiles, in exhibits by the Long Island Herpetological Society. Don’t forget to check out the Hatchery’s Herp’s on display.
(516) 692-6768 | www.cshfha.org
East End Hospice 28th Annual Shelter Island 10K Run rain or shine. Registration is held at the school at Route 114 and School Street. There is also a 5K Race Walk, a community fun walk, non-competitive. A Post Race Party with a barbeque and live music will be held at 5pm.
(631) 288-8400 | www.eeh.org
June 26th
East End Hospice presents Casablanca Nights at the Sandacres Estate in Quogue from 7-11pm.
(631) 288-8400 | www.eeh.org
