Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday March 21, 2008
SPRING ON LONG ISLAND: FLOWER SHOWS, FESTIVALS, NATURE AND MORE
Contact: Kristen Matejka
Director of Marketing and Communications
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HAUPPAUGE, NY -(March 21, 2008)- Revitalize your five senses this spring in Long Island, with activities ranging from flower shows to food festivals. Learn about the blossoming flowers this season or melt away the winter chill with spring concerts.
With thousands of acres of public gardens on Long Island, many on the grounds of stunning mansions and estates, and a broad range of flower shows, festivals, competitions and tours planned, Long Island is the place to visit to enjoy the fragrance of spring.
Make a day of it and combine a spring day outing with lunch at one of Long Island’s restaurants. Book a hotel with friends or family and create a “weekend getaway” that’s sure to renew your senses.
(Full listing of events follows press release)
Take in the Sights of Spring
Baby Shower
Celebrate Spring and help us gear up our Rehabilitation Center for the many baby animals the season brings. Enjoy meeting animals, listen to stories, play baby shower games.
Mar. 30. Time: 1-3, Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown, NY 11725
Phone: (631) 979-6344
Long Beach Arts and Crafts Festival
More than 200 vendors, ethnic foods, demonstrations, music, arts and craft. Date: July 12-13. Time: 9am-7pm. The Boardwalk, Riverside Boulevard, Long Beach, NY 11561. Phone: 516-431-3890
Enjoy the Fragrances of Spring
25th Annual Dutch Festival
Thousands of Tulips add to this wonderful Dutch Festival which showcases Hofstra's Dutch Roots. Enjoy food, music, vendors and more.
May 4. Time: 10 – 5. Hofstra University, 202 Hofstra Hall, Hempstead, NY 11549. Phone: (516) 463-6818
Garden Festival 2008
Stroll through Farmingdale State's Enchanting Teaching Gardens shop in our arts and crafts meadow. Take home specimen plants and flowers from the plant sale. Take a free "ask the experts" workshop. Bring in your soil samples for PH analysis and plants for diagnosis offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension. May 31 – June 1. Time: 10am - 5pm. Farmingdale State College, 2350 Broadhollow Road , Farmingdale, NY 11735. Phone: 631-420-2075
Heckscher Spring Festival
Celebrate Earth Day. This family oriented event will entertain and educate all ages. Pony rides, Environmental displays, Native American Dance, Guided Bird Walking Walks, Children's Arts and Crafts. April 26. Time: 11-4. Heckscher Parkway, East Islip, NY 11730. Phone: (631) 669-1000
Website: www.nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/
Hear the Sounds of Spring
Free Chamber Music Concerts
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, invites your to come in from the cold this winter and bask in the comfort and warmth of fine classical music on Sunday afternoons at the Carriage House at Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. March 30 - Cross Island: Cello, Reeds & Keys/ cello, clarinet & piano
Time: 2:00 PM. Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park, Oakdale, NY 11769. Phone: (631) 581-1002: This is a free event. www.nysparks.state.ny.us/
Spring, Sing, Swing
The Hofstra Cultural Center presents The Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series, "Spring, Sing, Swing 2008". Featured concerts are as follows: March 30, 2 p.m. - "Life, Love, Song! - A Visit with Gena Branscombe"
April 25. 8 p.m. - Sing Into Spring - Broadway and Hollywood!
Hofstra University, Monroe Lecture Center Theater, South Campus, Hempstead, NY 11549. Phone: (516) 463-6818. Adults: $18. www.hofstra.edu
Feel the Warm Touch of Spring
Spring Art & Craft Festival
Over 90 juried artist and craftsmen featuring fiber, jewelry, painting, stained glass, pottery, wood carving and more at the 11th Annual Spring Art & Craft Festival at the Stony Brook Sports Complex Arena. March 29-30. Time: 10am-5pm. Stony Brook University, Indoor Sports Complex, Stony Brook, NY 11794. . Phone: (631) 563-8551. Adults: $5.00.
www.goseawolves.org
Rockville Centre Art and Crafts Show
The Rockville Centre show, located on the corner of Sunrise Highway and N. Long Beach Road, features an array of arts & crafts, gift items, antiques, food, and more.
April 12-13. Time: 10am-4pm. Sunrise Hwy & N Long Beach Rd , Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Phone: (631)724-5966
Bellmore Spring Festival
The Bellmore Spring Festival Railroad Station show, located on Sunrise Highway, features an array of arts & crafts, gift items, antiques, food and more. Date: May 24-26. Time: 11 am - 6 pm. The Bellmore Railroad Station, Sunrise Highway & Centre Ave, Bellmore, NY 11710. Phone: (631) 724-5966
Taste the Flavors of Spring
Spring Craft Beer Festival
With over 60,000 square feet of floor space the Spring CRAFT BEER FEST is a true craft beer tasting featuring an incredible variety of beers from some of the finest brewers in the country.
Be there to experience the flavors of award-winning breweries from across the country – from highly-acclaimed local beers by Brooklyn Brewery, Blue Point Brewery, Southampton to great brews from special guests like Stone, Ommegang, Dogfish, and He’Brew. March 29 Time: 12-4 & 5:30-9:30. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum & Exhibition Center, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, NY 11553-1200.
Phone: (516) 794-9303. www.nassaucoliseum.com
Taste What's Cooking in Kings Park
A specialty dish will be there for the tasting from food establishments in Kings Park and the surrounding areas. Date: May 21. Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. VFW Hall, Church Street, Kings Park, NY Phone: (631) 269-7678
Pricing Information: $15/person
Following is a full listing of spring events, tours and shows:
Date: 1/3/08 - 3/27/08
Tiny Tots: "Let's Discover Nature" Hour - Ages 3 - 5
Ages 3-5 Each program's theme will use nature explorations and hands On activities as a springboard for learning.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787
Phone: (631) 265-1054
Date: 2/10/08 - 4/25/08
Spring, Sing, Swing
The Hofstra Cultural Center presents The Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series, "Spring, Sing, Swing 2008".
Hofstra University
Monroe Lecture Center Theater, South Campus
Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6818
Date: 3/22/08 Spring Festival
Welcome the season with a fun filled day of face painting, stories, and wildlife.
Time: 1-4
Sweetbriar Nature Center
62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown, NY 11725
Phone: (631) 979 6344
Date: 3/22/08
Spring At Quogue
Singles are welcome as we usher in spring at pristine Quogue Wildlife Refuge.
Time: 10:00 am
Quogue Wildlife Refuge
South Country Rd. to end, preserve straight ahead
Phone: 631-929-1035
Date: 3/23/08
Long Island Poetry Collective Spring Open Poetry Reading
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site & Interpretive Center
246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, NY 11746
Phone: (631) 427-5240
Date: 3/29/08
Spring Craft Beer Festival
With over 60,000 square feet of floor space the Spring CRAFT BEER FEST is a true craft beer tasting featuring an incredible variety of beers from some of the finest brewers in the country.
Time: 12-4 & 5:30-9:30
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum & Exhibition Center
1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, NY 11553-1200
Phone: (516) 794-9303
Date: 3/29/08 - 3/30/08
Spring Art & Craft Fair
Over 90 juried artist and craftsmen featuring fiber, jewelry, painting, stained glass, pottery, wood carving and more.
Time: 10-5
Stony Brook University, Indoor Sports Complex, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone: (631) 632-9653
Date: 3/29/08 - 3/30/08
Spring Art & Craft Festival
Over 90 juried artist and craftsmen featuring fiber, jewlery, painting, stained glass, pottery, wood carving and more.
Time: 10-5
Stony Brook University, Indoor Sports Complex
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone: (631) 563-8551
Date: 3/29/08
Freshwater Fishing on Long Island
Presented by the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aqaurium. A NYSDEC biologist will lead a discussion concerning where and what to fish for on Long Island.
Time: 10:00 am
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Phone: (516) 692-6768
Date: 3/30/08
Baby Shower
Celebrate Spring and help us gear up our Rehabilitation Center for the many baby animals the season brings. Enjoy meeting animals, listen to stories, play baby shower games.
Time: 1-3
Sweetbriar Nature Center
62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown, NY 11725
Phone: (631) 979 6344
Date: 3/30/08
Spring Foodways
Share your holiday customs and discover how different ethnic and religious groups have prepared spring holiday foods and decorations.
Time: noon to 5 pm
Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages
1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, NY
Phone: (631) 751-0066
Date: 4/1/08 - 6/24/08
Tiny Tots Connetquot
These programs will connect young children and their parents with the natural worked through short walks, activities and crafts.
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Sunrise Highway, Oakdale, NY 11769
Phone: 631-581-1005
Date: 4/2/08 - 4/6/08
Spring Discovery Days
Sweetbriar's experienced educators help open up the wonders of the natural world for children, through hands-on activities, live animals, crafts, and much more.
Time: 9 am - 3 pm
Sweetbriar Nature Center
62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown, NY 11725
Phone: (631) 979 6344
Date: 4/5/08
Spring Family Fishing Festival
Family-oriented fishing festival with children's activities, loaner fishing reels, fly fishing instruction and fish cleaning services.
Time: 10-4
Belmont Lake State Park, Sylvan Road
North Babylon, NY
Phone: (631) 667-5055
Date: 4/6/08 - 6/29/08
Caumsett Adult Ed-ventures
Caumsett State Historic Park
25 Lloyd Harbor Road, Lloyd Neck, NY 11743
Phone: (631) 423-1770
Date: 4/6/08 - 4/27/08
Oysterfest Sundays
Toast the arrival of Spring. Award winning wines paired with Fresh Oysters and inspired dishes by local chefs. Reservations Required
Time: 1 - 4 pm
Lieb Family Cellars
35 Cox Neck Road, Mattituck, NY 11952
Phone: (631) 298-1942
Date: 4/6/08 - 6/28/08
Family Adventures - Caleb Smith Park
4/25 Nature Scavenger Hunt 5/24 Springtime Saunter, 6/28 Firefly Fun
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787
Phone: (631) 265-1054
Date: 4/6/08 - 4/20/08
Children's Discovery Walk: Spring Birds
Old Westbury Gardens presents the Children's Discover Walk: Spring Birds on April 6th and 20th.
Time: 12 noon & 3:00 pm
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568
Phone: (516)333-0048
Date: 4/27/08
Arbor Day at Old Westbury Gardens
Join family and friends who have contributed to tree funds in memory of loved ones for ceremonies as new trees are dedicated.
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568
Phone: (516)333-0048
Date: 4/24/08 - 4/26/08
The Hofstra Spring Dance Concert
Exciting premieres and reconstructions of classic pieces by faculty choreographers and guest artists.
Time: 8 pm
Hofstra University - John Cranford Adams Playhouse
University Relations Office, South Campus, Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6818
Date: 4/25/08
Swing into Spring
The Hofstra Cultural Center presents "Swing Into Spring - Broadway and Hollywood!" featuring The Broadway Big Band with guest vocalists.
Time: 8 pm - 10 pm
Monroe Lecture Center Theater
California Avenue , South Campus, Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6818
Date: 4/26/08
Spring Fair at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium presents the Spring Fair..
Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Phone: (516) 692-6768
Date: 4/26/08
Heckscher Spring Festival
Celebrate Earth Day. This family oriented event will entertain and educate all ages.
Time: 11-4
Heckscher State Park
Heckscher Parkway, East Islip, NY 11730
Phone: (631) 669-1000
Date: 4/29/08
Birdwalk
Three hour hike lead by Larry Merryman of the South Shore Audubon Society.
Time: 9 am
Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc.
4640 Captree Island
Captree Island, NY 11702
Phone: (631) 321-7028
Date: 5/1/08 - 5/31/08
May is Spring Alive Month!
Animals are waking up after winter's nap and tiny buds and sprouts are appearing in the garden.
Long Island Children's Museum
11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: (516) 224-5800
Date: 5/2/08 - 5/4/08
Spring Plant Sale
Purchase select annual and perennials, many of which are the Garden's signature varieties.
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568
Phone: (516)333-0048
Date: 5/4/08
25th Annual Dutch Festival
Thousands of Tulips add to this wonderful Dutch Festival which showcases Hofstra's Dutch Roots. Enjoy food, music, vendors and more.
Time: 10 - 5
Hofstra University
University Relations Office, 202 Hofstra Hall, Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6818
Date: 5/4/08
Eighth Annual Huntington Tulip Festival
A free annual, family-oriented, floral festival featuring hands-on children's activity booths, family performances on the Chapin Rainbow Stage, art exhibitions, lectures & demonstrations; refreshment sales booths, and more than 20,000 tulips.
Time: 11 AM - 4 PM
Heckscher Park, 25A & Prime Ave. , Huntington, NY
Phone: (631) 351-3099
Date: 5/17/08 - 5/18/08
Spring Art & Craft Festival at Deepwells Farm
The 11th Annual Spring Art & Craft Festival at Deepwell's Farms.
Time: 10 - 6
Deepwells Farm County Park
Rt.25A Moriches Rd., St. James, NY
Phone: (631) 862-6080
Date: 5/24/08 - 5/26/08
From Sheep to Shawl
The Old Bethpage Village Restoration presents From Sheep to Shawl -Take a step into the world of Sheep Shearing. Get a closer look into the process of Wool Carding, Wool Spinning & Weaving. Also Music, baseball, & games.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage, NY
Phone: (516) 572-8400
Date: 5/24/08 - 5/26/08
Bellmore Spring Festival
The Bellmore Spring Festival Railroad Station show, located on Sunrise Highway, features an array of arts & crafts, gift items, antiques, food and more
Time: 11 am - 6 pm
The Bellmore Railroad Station
Sunrise Highway & Centre Ave, Bellmore, NY 11710
Nassau County
Phone: (631) 724-5966
Date: 5/31/08 - 6/1/08
Garden Festival 2008
Stroll through Farmingdale State's Enchanting Teaching Gardens shop in our arts and crafts meadow.
Time: 10am - 5pm
Farmingdale State College
2350 Broadhollow Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone: 631-420-2075
Date: 6/1/08
Herp Day at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
Presented by the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium, includes exhibits by the Long Island Herpetological Society.
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Phone: (516) 692-6768
Nassau County Strawberry Festival
Rides, entertainment, fresh strawberries and concoctions.
Newbridge Rd/Southern State Pky , Bellmore,
Phone: (516) 679-1875
http://www.bellmorekiwanis.com/site/strawberry-festival.html
Date: 6/8/08
Arts Festival by the Bay
Live entertainment including the Sweet Adelines, Babylon Chorale, Hibernian Festival Singers, dancing, artists, vendors, pony rides, petting zoo, food
Time: 11am-6pm
Main Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Phone: (631)-665-7003
Date: 6/8/08
Smithtown Festival Day
200 Vendors line the street selling crafts, Jewlery and services. Line entertainment and a display of antique cars, things to do for kids, face painting and pony rides.
Main Street, Smithtown,
Phone: (631) 979-8069
Time: 10 – 5
Date: 6/14/08
Wildlife & Craft Fair
Enjoy a full day of music, crafts, games, face painting, animals shows, and vendors, plus a visit from Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitators & their wolf ambassadors!
Time: 10 - 5
Sweetbriar Nature Center
62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown, NY 11725
Phone: (631) 979 6344
6/14/08 - 6/15/08
Father's Day Festival
The Seaford Long Island Railroad is hosting the Father's Day Festival. Arts, crafts, gifts, antiques.
Time: 11 am - 6 pm
Seaford Long Island Rail Road Station, Sunrise Highway, Seaford, NY
Phone: (631) 724-5966
Date: 6/14/08
Kings Park Day Town Fair
Some highlights include DJ's, bands, dance performances, karate demonstrations, petting zoo, pony rides, bike rally, craft fair, clowns, rides, raffles, and give-aways.
Time: 10am-4pm
Main Street, Kings Park, NY 11754, (Parking Lot Across from the Kings Park Fire Department)
Phone: (631) 804-0443
Date: 6/16/08 - 8/17/08
Summer Run Series/NYS Parks
6/16 Jones Beach 6/23 Sunken Meadow
Date: 6/16/08 - 8/17/08
Time: 7pm
New York State Parks
Phone: (631) 321-3510
Date: 6/21/08
Country Fair
Caroline Church of Brookhaven presents it's annual Country Fair. Activities include: Grandma's attic, music, vendors, games, food, petting zoo, pony rides.
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
Caroline Church of Brookhaven
Dyke and Strongs Neck Roads, Setauket, NY 11733
Phone: (631) 941-4245
Date: 6/21/08 - 6/22/08
Harbor Festival
6/20 The festival will start off with a dinner, reservations required.
5th Annual Harbor Festival - Food, Live Music, Kids Games, and Contests. Tour the Leddie B. Howard Scooner at the town dock, antique cars will be on display on the West Lake Loop, Clam shucking contest, and vendor vender booths along the closed road.
Time: 1pm-5pm
Montauk Chamber of Commerce
742 Montauk Highway, Montauk, NY 11954
Phone: (631) 668-2428
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