Center for Science at Tanglewood Preserve, Rockville Centre, is a 17-acre preserve complete with ponds, nature trails, and a fishing pier. Run by the Center for Science Teaching and Learning, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to science education, the Center for Science offers an exciting array of activities for children and adults year round. Highlights include an interactive Native American Exhibit (through April 30), children's programs, birthday parties, and adult education courses. For more information, call 764-0045.
Echo Park Pool Complex, West Hempstead, is a great place for year-round fun, with indoor and outdoor pools. A special lap swimming period is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7-10 a.m. For more information, call 483-7400.
EISENHOWER PARK, East Meadow, is a great place to bring the family on a sunny day or play some golf. For more information, call 572-0200; golf ticket office, 572-0327.
GRANT PARK, Hewlett, has activities for kids of all ages. There are children's playgrounds, tennis courts and a skating rink. For more information, call 571-7821.
lido golf Course, Lido beach; Merrick Road park and Golf course, Merrick; North Woodmere Park (9 Hole), North Woodmere, offer year-round golf. For more information, call Lido Golf Course at 889-8181, Merrick Road Golf Course at 868-4650 or North Woodmere Park at 571-7814.
Norman J. Levy Park and preserve, Merrick, offers an array of wildlife, kayak launch, jogging and walking trails, fishing pier, and more, on 50 acres of a former landfill site. Park rangers are on hand for guided tours. For information, call 804-2000.
Exhibits and more...
archival to contemporary: six decades of the sculptors guild is an exhibition of the works by members of the Sculptors Guild, who have enriched New York's cultural landscape for more than six decades. The display includes creations of such sculptors as Louise Bourgeois, David Smith, Chaim Gross and contemporary artists. Through Apr. 8. Hillwood Art Museum, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. 299-4073 or www.liu.edu/museum.
Reginald Marsh is original retrospective of the artist's work. See Marsh's depiction of 20th-century American life in his beautiful and provocative representations of New York's colorfully flamboyant settings and characters. Through May 14. Nassau County Museum of Art, Main Galleries, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337.
Infamous New York: Bosses, Burlesque & Mayhem is an original examination of how New York's vital character of notoriety arose from the tensions wrought by crowding, crime, corruption and mayhem from the end of World War I into the 1950s, as New York evolved into a world capital. This exhibition is linked with the Reginald Marsh retrospective. Through May 14. Nassau County Museum of Art, Main Galleries, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor.
484-9337.
robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a better world features approximately 20 framed posters produced between 1970 and 1996 that address important issues of our times. Through Apr. 23. Hoftstra Museum's Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead. 463-5672.
sea fever features maritime art from 60 contemporary artists, documenting Long Island's whaling and maritime history. The works on display are created in various media. Coordinated by the Whaling Museum and the Art League of Long Island, throgh May 14. Jeannie Tengelsen Gallery, 107 East Deer Park Rd., Dix Hills. (631) 462-5400.
Book reading and signing, Come meet Yolanda Coulaz, when she reads from her book of poems "Spirits and Oxygen," Saturday Apr. 8, 4 p.m. Village Bookshoppe,7 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 764-1395.
Theater and music
Speaking In Tongues, The Long Island premiere of the psychological thriller about two couples in unstable marriages, Thursday through Saturday, Apr. 6-8, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 9, 3 p.m. $16 Thursday, $18 Friday and Sunday, $22 Saturday. Arena Players Main Stage Theatre, 296 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale. 293-0674.
spring dance concert, Hofstra University dance students perform modern, barogue and contemporary tap, with guest artists Errol Grimes and Olivia Rosenkranz, Thursday and Friday, Apr. 6-7, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Apr. 8, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 9, 2 p.m. $10, $8 seniors. Hofstra University's John Cranford Adams Playhouse, SouthCampus, Hempstead. 463-664.
bedrooms, Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor's comedy about four couples, Friday and Saturday, Apr. 7-8, 9 p.m.; Sunday Apr. 9, 3 p.m. $18 Friday and Sunday, $22 Saturday. Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, 294 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale.
293-0674.
the diary of anne frank, The life of the famous Holocaust victim, Friday and Saturday, Apr. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 9, 3 and 7 p.m. $18. BroadHollow Theatre Company, BayWay Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip. (631) 581-2700.
Pump boys and dinettes, The rollicking musical, Friday and Saturday, Apr. 7-8, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 9, 3 p.m. $18, $14 seniors and students for Friday and Sunday shows. The Stage, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
the laramie project, Moises Kaufman's play based on interview with residents of Laryamie Wyoming, and their responses to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepherd, Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 8-9, 2 p.m. $10, $8 seniors. Hofstra University's West End Theatre, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-6644.
modern orthodox, Comedy about a Manhattan financial consultant and his relationship with an Orthodox diamond merchant, opening this weekend, Saturday, Apr. 8, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Apr. 9, 3 p.m. $18. BroadHollow Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst.
(631) 581-2700.
new york philharmonic, With soloists Philip Myers on horn and violinist Glenn Dicterow, Saturday, Apr. 8, 8 p.m. Program includes Mozart's Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Zwillich's Horn Concerto, Mozart's Violin Concerto in G Major, and Franck's Symphony in D Minor. $50, $80 and $110 (47,
$77, $107 seniors). Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville.
299-3100 or www.tillescenter.org.
70's SOUL JAM, The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, Heatwave, Peaches & Herb, and Eddie Holman perform, hosted by Jimmie "JJ" Walker, Saturday, Apr. 8, 8 p.m. $47.50. North Fork Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. (631) 888-9000.
medeski, martin & Wood, The acoustic improvisational ensemble performs, Saturday, Apr. 8, 8 and 10 p.m. $37.50, $28.50 members. Inter-Media Art Center, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (631) 549-ARTS or www.imactheater.org.
Garden city chamber music society, Thomas Sauer, on piano, performs Beethoven's Op. 126 Bagatelles and Waldenstein Sonata, Sunday, Apr.9, 3 p.m. $10, $8 seniors and students. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Ave., Garden City. 248-8855.
Family
Mary poppins, The delightful tale, Saturday, Apr. 8, 2 p.m. The Stage, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick.
868-6400.
native american exhibit, Experience life in a wigwam, make wampum necklaces and explore varied aspects of Native American life, Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 8-9. Through Apr. 30. Tanglewood Preserve's Center for Science, 1 Tanglewood Rd., Rockville Centre. 764-0045 or www.CSTL.org.
pinocchio, A musical adaptation of the classic tale, opening this weekend, Saturday, Apr. 8, 2 p.m. $8. BroadHollow Theatre Company, BayWay Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip. (631) 581-2700.
seal cruise, Join the Riverhead Foundation to view the winter harbor seal population throughout Hempstead Bay, Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 8-9, 12:30 p.m. A naturalist is on board to talk about the behavior of seals and other marine life encountered. $20, $17 children. Reservations required. East Marina, Point Lookout. (631) 369-9840.
sleeping beauty, A new rendition of the age-old classic, with audience participation, Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 8-9, 1 p.m. $8. Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, 294 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale.
293-0674.
The wizard of Oz, Join Dorothy and friends, on their way to Oz, ending this weekend, Saturday, Apr. 1, 2 p.m. $8. BroadHollow Theatre Company Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst.
(631) 581-2700.
adventures in instruments, Discover how musical instruments are made, Sunday, Apr. 2, 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Create a musical instrument to take home. Long Island Children's Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. 224-5844 or www.licm.org.
music and magic with tom knight, Musician and puppeteer Tom Knight peforms song and skits, with audience participation, Sunday Apr. 2,1 and 3 p.m. Long Island Children's Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. 224-5844 or www.licm.org.
