Weekend

Exploring Nature

Seal Cruises
Get a close-up look at Long Island’s seal population, on a seal cruise offered by the Riverhead Foundation. Sail from Freeport aboard the Captain Lou Fleet to view winter harbor seals throughout Hempstead Bay. A naturalist is on board to discuss biology and seal behavior and other marine life encountered.
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16-17, 12:30 p.m. boarding time, with 1 p.m. departure. $24, $19 children. Reservations required. Proceeds support the New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program. 28A Woodcleft Ave., Freeport. (631) 369-9840 or www.riverheadfoundation.org.

Smart Move
See what some Lego enthusiasts have been up to, at Long Island Children’s Museum, as local teams gear up for the 2009-10 First Lego League competition, presented by SBPLI Long Island, “Smart Move.” Kid, ages 5-14, will be developing robotic solutions to the real world challenge of moving people, goods and services safely and efficiently. Cheer on our local teams and get a preview of the game board and preliminary solutions they’re developing before the first qualifying round.
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16-17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5844 or www.licm.org.

Art Talk

Elusive Ladies
Examine how impressionists artists view women, with Nassau Count Museum of Art’s curator-at-large Charles A. Riley II, PhD. He presents “The Elusive Ladies of Impressionism,” an illustrated exploration of the creation of the “Modern Woman” by the great Impressionists – Degas, Monet, Renoir, Vuillard and others. The program is being offered in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibition, “The Subject is Women: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.”
Sunday, Jan. 17, 3 p.m. $20 ($10 members),includes museum admission. Reservations required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr. (off Northern Blvd.), Roslyn. (516) 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.