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. Winter golf is offered on White and Blue Courses. 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.
ice skating, weather permitting, is offered at Grant Park, Hewlett, seven days a week three times a day; evening sessions Friday through Saturday, 8:30-10:30 p.m.; puck shooting, Fridays, 6-7:30 p.m. For schedule, call 571-7821. Also, Newbridge Arena, 2600 Newbridge Rd., Bellmore. Call 783-6181. Or at Freeport Ice Rink, 130 Merrick Rd., Freeport. Public sesions are held Thursdays through Sundays. For more information, call 377-2314.
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...
Alumni Art Exhibition is a showcase of works by Molloy College alumni who graduated from the art program from 1971 through 2005. On exhibit are paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and other media. Molloy College Art Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 678-5000.
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. These include apartheid, artists' rights, Earth Day, and nuclear disarmament, and more. Through Apr. 23. Hoftstra Museum's Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead. (516) 463-5672.
Theater and music
love and lies, The world premiere of Martin De Alteriis's comic look at the contemporary love lives of three upscale singles, Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 2-4, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 5, 3 p.m. $16 Thursday, $18 Friday and Sunday, $22 Saturday. Arena Players Main Stage Theatre, 296 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale. 293-0674.
Cahoots (The Peppermill murder), Comedy/thriller involving two yuppie couples who are caught up in misadventure as a result of their urban paranoia, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 3-4, 9 p.m.; Sunday Mar. 5, 3 p.m. $18 Friday and Sunday, $22 Saturday. Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, 294 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale. 293-0674.
cole, A music and dance revue celebrating the life and work of Cole Porter, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 3-4, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 5, 3 p.m. $18, $14 seniors and students for Friday and Sunday shows. The Stage, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick.
868-6400.
jazz is dead, The band performs jazz explorations into the music of the Grateful Dead, Friday, Mar. 3, 9 p.m. $37.50, $28.50 members. Inter-Media Art Center, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (631) 549-ARTS or www.imactheater.org.
Leader Of The Pack, The backstage story of Levittown-native composer/lyricist Ellie Greenwich, Friday and Saturday, Mar. 3-4, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 5, 3 p.m. Nassau Community College's Mainstage Theatre, 1 Education Dr., Garden City. 572-7676.
The Owl & The Pussycat, The play that became the 1970 movie with Barbra Streisand and George Segal, about the stuffy author who falls in love with a prostitute, ending this weekend, Friday through Sunday, Mar. 3-5, 8 p.m. $18. BroadHollow Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. (631) 581-2700.
jerusalem sypmphony orchestra,
performs Martinu, Copeland and Prokofiev, with Leon Botstein conducting, Saturday, Mar. 4, 8 p.m. $48, $68 and $88; $45, $65, $85 seniors. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. 299-3100 or www.tillescenter.org.
man of la mancha, The acclaimed story of the glorious madman who believes himself to be a knight, with the famous score, openingr this weekend, Saturday, Mar. 4,, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Mar. 5, 3 p.m. $18. BroadHollow Theatre Company, BayWay Arts Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip. (631) 581-2700.
Reefer Madness, The Long Island premiere of the off-Broadway cult favorite, ending this weekend, Saturday, Mar. 5, 12 a.m. $20. BroadHollow Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. (516) 214-8345.
Garden city chamber music sociisle of the bards irish music and dance festival, Jane Murphy and Jon Pickow, are featured with dancers from the Petri School Of Irish Dance and harpist Margery Fitts, to benefit Our Lady of Fatima R.C. Church Music Ministry, Sunday, Mar. 5, 3 p.m. $25 sponsor/orchestra, $15 loge/mezzanine, $10 seniors and students. Purchase tickets at the church or by mail from Our Lady of Fatima RC Church, 6 Cottonwood Rd., Port Washington. The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington. (516) 767-0781.
Family
Center Mini-Ring Circus, See a demonstration of circus tricks, with performers from the National Circus Project, Saturday, Mar. 4, 1 and 3 p.m. Includes juggling, diabolo tricks, plate spinning, balancing, and unicycling. Long Island Children's Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City.
224-5844 or www.licm.org.
The Little Mermaid, The beloved tale, Saturday, Mar. 4, 2 p.m. The Stage, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
Monkey See, Monkey Do, Hudson Vagabond Puppets perform the puppet opera, Saturday, Mar. 4, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Based on a Mexican folk tale, an unfortunate sombrero salesman keeps having his hats stolen by a mischievous band of monkeys. $20. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. 299-3100.
Rumpelstiltskin, The story of the princess who can spin straw into gold, Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 4-5, 1 p.m. $8. Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, 294 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale.
293-0674.
snow white goes west, Snow White and the seven Dwarf brothers find adventure during the California Gold Rush, ending this weekend, Saturday, Mar. 4, 2 p.m. $8.BroadHollow Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, 141 South Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst (631) 581-2700.
Two Tales From Ancient Japan: Okiroku & Momtaro The Peach Boy, Delight in these two beautiful Japanese tales featured Hudson Vagabond Puppet's life-sized puppets, Sunday, Mar. 5, 2 p.m. $9, $1 additional at door. Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct., Oceanside. 766-4341.
