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, organized by Nassau County Musem of Art Director Constance Schwartz and Curator Franklin Hill Perrell. Marsh, along with Edward Hopper, ranks tops among artists who depicted 20th-century American life. He created 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.s 463-5672.
Theater and music
match, Stephen Belber's mystery around the life of a choregrapher/dancer, Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 23-25, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 26, 3 p.m. $18. BroadHollow Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. (631) 581-2700.
Speaking In Tongues, The Long Island premiere of the psychological thriller about two couples in unstable marriages, opening this weekend, Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 23-25, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 26, 3 p.m. $16 Thursday, $18 Friday and Sunday, $22 Saturday. Arena Players Main Stage Theatre, 296 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale. 293-0674.
bedrooms, Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor's comedy about four couples, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 24-25, 9 p.m.; Sunday Mar. 26, 3 p.m. $18 Friday and Sunday, $22 Saturday. Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, 294 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale.
293-0674.
Hamlet, Footlight Players presents Shakespeare's classic, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 24-25, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 26, 3 p.m. Advance tickets $12, $15. Church of the Ascension, 71 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. (212) 352-3101 or www.theatermania.com.
man of la mancha, The acclaimed story of the glorious madman who believes himself to be a knight, with the famous score, ending this weekend Friday and Saturday, Mar. 24-25, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 26, 3 p.m. $18. BroadHollow Theatre Company, BayWay Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip.
(631) 581-2700.
the music of rodger and hammerstein, A musical revue, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 24-25, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 26, 2 p.m. Hofstra University, John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-6644.
Pump boys and dinettes, The rollicking musical, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 24-25, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 26, 3 p.m. $18, $14 seniors and students for Friday and Sunday shows. The Stage, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
bill cosby, The influential, sometimes controversial personality, performs, Saturday, Mar. 25, 5 p.m. $$40 and $49.50 (seniors $37 and $49.50). Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. 299-3100 or www.tillescenter.org.
Coldplay, The British rockers in concert, Sunday and Monday, Mar. 26-27, 8 p.m. $40.50, $60.50, $80.50. Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale.
(631) 888-9000.
an evening with kenny loggins, The singer/songwriter in concert, Sunday, Mar. 26, 7 p.m. North Fork Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. (631) 888-9000.
Jazz Concert, The Chamber Players Trio, performs works from the Golden Age of jazz, along with arrangements of several Mozart compositions, Saturday, Mar. 25, 8 p.m. Reservations required. Rock Hall Museum, 199 Broadway, Lawrence. 239-1157.
Skampa String quartet, The ensemble from Prague, performs a chamber music concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, with violinist Scott St. John, Sunday, Mar. 26, 3 p.m. $35. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. 299-3100 or www.tillescenter.org.
Mixed Expression Music Festival, Tne annual music festival, formerly the Folk Festival, features folk, multicultural and international rock music, Wednesday, Mar. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, Mar. 30, 6 p.m. Nassau Community College, 1 Education Dr., Garden City. 572-7153.
Family
Cinderella, The timeless story, opening this weekend, Saturday, Mar. 25, 2 p.m. $8. BroadHollow Theatre Company, BayWay Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip. (631) 581-2700.
Mary poppins, The delightful tale, opening this weekend, Saturday, Mar. 25, 2 p.m. The Stage, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
Rumpelstiltskin, The story of the princess who can spin straw into gold, ending this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 25-26, 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, Saturday, Mar. 25, 2 p.m. $8. BroadHollow Theatre Company Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. (631) 581-2700.
Yoga In Nature, Bring the kids to Tanglewood Preserve's Center to learn gentle creative animal poses, Saturday, Mar. 25, 1-2 p.m. Bring towel or mat. $17, $15 members. 1 Tanglewood Rd., Rockville Centre. 764-0045 or www.CSTL.org.
Music from the circus, All the way from Paris, Orchestre de Chambre Francais performs selections of "circus" music, Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 25-26,1 and 3 p.m. Program includes Saint Saen's "Carnival of Animals," Debussy, Dukas, and more. Long Island Children's Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. 224-5844 or www.licm.org.
the circus comes to town poster workshop, Discover circus delights through the ages by examing old and new circus posters, Sunday Mar. 26,12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Create circus art using varied media and design a circus poster to take home. Long Island Children's Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. 224-5844 or www.licm.org.
