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Bottles are the inspiration in Recycled Bottlenose Dolphin Planter at the Vanderbilt Museum. Just add dirt and a seed to your creation, then take it home to watch it grow. Click for details
April 28
Stony Brook Village celebrates the season with a Spring Appreciation Day featuring horse-drawn carriage rides, a petting zoo, refreshments, demonstrations, and more. Click for details
April 20-22
Underwater Ballet
Hans Christian Anderson’s tale of an adventurous young mermaid has been told countless times, but the Hampton Ballet Theatre School presents a particularly poetic version of The Littlest Mermaid on stage at Guild Hall. Students from the school take the form of sea creatures, princesses, sea horses, sharks, and of course, one memorable little mermaid. Alan Menken provides the orchestral score. Click for details
April 21-22
A Tale of Friendship and Magic
The French animated film Azur and Asmar tells the story (in English) of two childhood friends living in the Middle East who reunite to search for the magical Djinn Fairy; see it at the Plaza Cinema and Media Arts Center in Patchogue. Click for details
April 22
Get Moving for a Good Cause
Lace up your running shoes for the Jigsaw 4 Mile Run-Walk for Autism sponsored by the EJ Autism Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to raise awareness and to support programs and schools on Long Island that work with children on the spectrum. This is an event every member of the family can participate in. There is a ¼-mile kiddie run (9am) followed by the main event: a 4-mile run for all ages (9:30am). Click for details
At left, Michael Nehr, a special education teacher from West Babylon, was first to cross the finish line at the 2011 and 2010 Jigsaw runs.
April 29
Gustafer Returns
Kids will delight in seeing space alien Gustafer Yellowgold experience a year’s worth of Earth holidays in one all-new animated story, Gustafer Yellowgold’s Year in the Day, featuring an eclectic blend of pop music and hand drawings created by Gustafer’s picnic partner, Morgan Taylor, at Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington. Click for details
For even more fun stuff to do on Long Island and the NYC area, head to our full, searchable calendar of events.
