Ongoing
Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
Four Harbors Audubon Society invites the community to join them for their 8th annual Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch at Frank Melville Memorial Park, 1 Old Field Road, Setauket every evening through Oct. 6 from 5:30 p.m. until dusk. The group will be tallying migrating Common Nighthawks to better understand nighthawk population trends. Join them at the Stone Bridge to witness nighthawks as they pass over during their migratory journey to their wintering grounds in Brazil and Argentina. Bring binoculars. Visit www.4has.org for further details.
Paint Port Pink
Attend events throughout Port Jefferson in October hosted by John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and its community partners as part of a month-long outreach program by the Fortunato Breast Health Center with the mission of raising awareness about breast cancer, sharing information and education and fostering solidarity in the community. www.matherhospital.org/pink
Thursday Oct. 3
Medicaid Enrollment Assistance
Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station hosts a Medicaid Enrollment Assistance event for the Aged, Blind and Disabled from 10:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those 65+, blind, and/or disabled can get assistance enrolling in selected Medicaid programs. First come, first served. Questions? Contact the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council at 631-656-9783 (option 2).
Friday Oct. 4
Sweetbriar Garage Sale
Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown hosts an Outdoor Thrift Garage Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. around the double garage in the parking lot. Household items and fun treasures! Money goes back into the wildlife center. 631-979-6344
Saturday Oct. 5
Stony Brook Train Station Cleanup
Join the Three Village Community Trust for their annual Fall Cleanup of the Stony Brook Train Station from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come help pick up litter, weed landscaped beds, trim bushes and trees and more. Bring gloves and yard tools. 631-942-4558
Library Book Sale
Miller Place Academy Free Library, 162 North Country Road, Miller Place will hold a Book Sale today and Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature a Sunday read-aloud with Krista Legge at 11 a.m., a raffle basket, white elephant sale, teacher discount, free books, and the historical society’s country fair. Cash only please. Rain dates are Oct. 12 and 13.
Fish Hatchery Fall Festival
Rescheduled from Sept. 28. Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor presents its annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with environmental exhibitors, kid’s fishing, music, games, live animal encounters, food and more. Admission is $7 adults, $6 seniors, $5 children. Rain date is Oct. 5. 516-692-6768
Miller Place Country Fair
The Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society will host its annual Country Fair on the grounds of the William Miller House, 75 North Country Road Miller Place today and Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will historic re-enactments, guest speakers under the pavilion, live music, historic walking tour, children’s games and cornucopia contest, raffles and more. $5 donation includes a tour of the historic William Miller House (c. 1720). Call 631-476-5742 or visit www.mpmshistoricalsociety.org.
Community Shred Day
Emma Clark Library, 120 Main St., Saturday hosts a Community Shred Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A shredding truck from A Shred Away, Inc. will be in the library parking lot for on-site shredding of personal documents. There is a limit of 5 boxes or bags. All paper collected will be recycled at a certified paper mill. Open to all. 631-941-4080
Christmas in October Craft Fair
The 5th annual Christmas in October Village Craft Fair will be held on the grounds of the Smithtown Historical Society, 239 E. Main St., Smithtown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featuring handmade items by local and tri-state artisans including artwork, photography, handcrafted jewelry, home decor, organic body & bath products, wood crafts, gourmet foods and more. Free admission. 631-846-1459
Fall Artisan Market
St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, 29 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown presents a Fall Artisan Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy a curated craft fair with over 75 vendors, crafts, farmers market goodies, food trucks, pet parade and costume contest, live music, face painting, classic car show, and pumpkin patch. Free admission. 631-265-4520
AMVETS Riders Motorcycle Show
AMVETS Post 48, 660 Hawkins Ave., Lake Ronkonkoma hosts a motorcycle show from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with food, raffles, 50/50, vendors and refreshments. Rain date Oct. 6. 631-236-2643
Fall Harvest Festival
Bethel Hobbs Community Farm, 178 Oxhead Road, Centereach will hold its annual Fall Harvest Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy vendors, food trucks, music, basket auction, country line dancing and so much more! Fun for the whole family. Free admission. 631-774-1556, hobbsfarm.info
Fall Harvest Festival
Join the Church on the Sound, 335 Oxhead Road, Stony Brook for its annual Fall Harvest Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lots of activities for the whole family! Free. Call 631-941-4100.
Musician in the Gallery
Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook presents a Musician in the Gallery event at 1:30 p.m. Enjoy live music by guitarist Howard Emerson performs in the Musical Masterworks gallery on his Monteleone LaCorsa #310. Come explore the beautiful instruments on view while listening to sweet melodies performed by Emerson. This is not a sit-down performance and is intended to accompany your visit to the gallery. Included with museum admission. No registration required. www.longislandmuseum.org
Old Burying Ground Tour
Huntington Historical Society hosts a tour of the Old Burying Ground at 4 p.m. Visit Huntington’s earliest public burying ground established in the 17th century, soon after the town’s founding in 1653. Enjoy stunning folk art, beautiful epitaphs and learn about Huntington’s rich heritage, including the fascinating story behind Fort Golgotha. Meet outside the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main Street Huntington. Fee is $15 adults, $10 members, $5 children. Masks are required. Rain date is Oct. 6. To register, visit www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org.
Sunday Oct. 6
Library Book Sale
See Oct. 5 listing.
Miller Place Country Fair
See Oct. 5 listing.
Soles for All Souls Race
Ready, get set, go! All Souls Church, 61 Main St., Stony Brook hosts its 16th annual Soles for All Souls 5K Run/2K Walk starting at 9 a.m. Come race or walk through the beautiful tree lined streets of Stony Brook Village. All proceeds from the race will be dedicated to making the church handicapped accessible. Award ceremony with medal presentations and prizes immediately following race. To register, visit active.com or register on the day of the race at the Reboli Center for Art and History, 64 Main St., Stony Brook at 7:30 a.m. 631-655-7798
Thunderbird & Ford Car Show
The Long Island Thunderbird Club and Thunderbird Owners of New York present the 18th annual Thunderbird & All Ford Car Show at the Key Food Shopping Center, 58 Indian Head Rd., Kings Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rain date is Oct. 13. Free for spectators. 631-724-3756
Fall into Fun Festival
Heritage Park, 633 Mount Sinai Coram Road, Mt. Sinai celebrates the season with a Fall into Fun Festival and Fundraiser on Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy live music, food trucks, craft vendors, outdoor games, kids scavenger hunt, pumpkin patch, face painting, balloon artist, apple pie contest and more. Free admission with a suggested donation of $20 per family. 631-403-4846.
Art in the Park
Northport Arts Coalition presents its annual Art in the Park event at Northport Village Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring music, dance, poetry, children’s art workshop plus forty artists displaying and selling their original work, this free event in Northport Park is a fun day for the entire family. www.northportarts.org.
Commack Day
Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack hosts Commack Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy bounce houses, rock wall, axe-throwing, petting zoo, face painting, more than 110 vendors, live entertainment and more. Held rain or shine. Admission is $10 adults in advance at eventbrite.com, $15 at the door, free for children 10 and under. www.commackday.com
Jaguar Car Show
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport will host a car show by Jaguar Drivers of Long Island on the Great Lawn from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain date is Oct. 13. Visitors pay only museum admission of $10 adults, $9 students and seniors, $7 children 12 and under, which includes estate-grounds access. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org
St. James Day
St. James Chamber of Commerce presents St. James Day, a street fair along Lake Avenue in St. James (between Woodlawn and Railroad Avenues) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy festival food, music, live entertainment, children’s activities and over 200 vendors. 631-584-8510
Huntington Village Art Walk
The Huntington Village Art Walk, a self-guided tour of the new exhibits at the museums and galleries, in the Village of Huntington, returns today from noon to 5 p.m. This year’s Art Walk will feature the Huntington Art Center, The Calling Bell, D. Velez Art Gallery, Huntington Arts Council, Heckscher Museum of Art, digho at Lens Mark Photography, fotofoto gallery, b.j. spoke gallery, The Paramount, Huntington Public Library, and the Huntington Historical Society. Free admission. No registration required. 631-380-3230, www.heckscher.org.
Northport Walking Tour
Northport Historical Society, 215 Main St., Northport will present a walking tour of Northport’s historic Main Street at 1 p.m. Join Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes for a walking tour of Northport’s historic Main Street, highlighting places, people, and stories captured in the paintings of nineteenth-century artist Edward Lange. A reception will follow the tour at the Northport Historical Society. Tickets are $25 per person at www.northporthistorical.org.
Sunday Street Concert
The Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 26A, Stony Brook presents a Sunday Street Concert featuring Willie Nile in the Carriage Museum’s Gillespie Room at 5 p.m. Expect songs and stories from all stages of his rich career, songs from a forthcoming album, along with a couple of well-chosen covers (Dylan, The Clash, maybe even the Ramones). Presented by the LIM, The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council, and WUSB-FM. Advance tickets are $ 31 at www.sundaystreet.org through Oct. 4, and $35 at the door (cash only). 631-751-0066
Monday Oct. 7
Meet the Candidates Night
Three Village Civic Association invites the community to a Meet the Candidates night and Speakers for Proposition 1 and 2 at the Setauket Fire House, 190 Main St., Setauket at 7 p.m. Hear from Anthony Palumbo, Edward Flood, John Avlon, Sarah Anker and Rebecca Kassay. Refreshments will be served. Please park in the lower lot located off Old Town Road. Also available on Zoom. www.3vcivic.org
Tuesday Oct. 8
CAC welcomes Barry Sonnenfeld
Legendary Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty, The Addams Family, Men in Black Trilogy) returns to the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington at 7:30 p.m. for a screening of Men in Black followed by a discussion, audience Q&A, and a book signing reception for his new book, Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time with live musical entertainment. Tickets are $60, $50 members and include a copy of the book. www.cinemaartscentre.org.
NYC3 in Concert
John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport continues its Special Events series with NYC3 at 8 p.m. The baby boomers had the Beatles, groups like ABBA took the 70s by storm, but now it’s time for today’s music to take center stage. Starring three of New York City’s hottest male vocalists, this high-energy concert event delivers phenomenal performances of today’s top hits from artists like Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Shawn Mendes, Usher, and more. Great songs like Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” and Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” will get your audience up on their feet. Tickets are $45. To order, call 631-261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.
Wednesday Oct. 9
Cruise Night Car Show
The Shoppes at East Wind, 5720 Route 25A, Wading River hosts a Cruise Night Car Show every Wednesday through October from 5 to 9 p.m. Visit the Shoppes, enjoy a bite to eat and then check out the fine array of classic cars in the parking lot. 631-929-3500
Thursday Oct. 10
Women’s EXPO
Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach presents its annual Women’s EXPO from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. A showcase and a marketplace for Long Island women entrepreneurs, the indoor event will feature over 80 exhibitors who create or distribute a variety of products, including jewelry, pottery, soaps, food and more. The indoor event is a great opportunity to support local women entrepreneurs while shopping for holiday gift giving. Free admission. 631-585-9393, www.womensexpoli.org. See more on page B11.
Vanderbilt Lecture
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium, 180 Little Neck Road Centerport continues its lecture series with a presentation titled In Levittown’s Shadow: Poverty in America’s Wealthiest Postwar Suburb at 7 p.m. Historian Tim Keogh will take a nuanced look at the history of suburban development and its connection to impoverished living conditions on Long Island. Tickets are $10 at www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.
Theater
‘Matilda The Musical’
Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson kicks off its 54th season with Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical from Sept. 14 to Oct. 20. Matilda is a courageous little girl with astonishing wit, a vivid imagination, and psychokinetic powers. Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, the unique and unforgettable Matilda is a joyous girl power romp. Children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special little girl on an extraordinary journey! Tickets are $40 adults, $32 seniors and students, $25 children ages 5 to 12, $25 Wednesday matinees. To order, call 631-928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.
‘Clue’
Up next at the John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport is the hilarious musical Clue from Sept. 12 to Oct. 27. Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, the farce-meets-murder mystery begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave you in stitches as they try to figure out…who did it, where, and with what! Tickets range from $85 to $95. To order, call 631-261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.
‘The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon’
Suffolk County Community College, 533 College Road, Selden presents The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, a hilarious, crazy fairy-tale extravaganza, on Oct. 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. in Theatre 119 in the Islip Arts Building. Two narrators attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other more obscure stories like Lean Lisa and The Devil’s Grandmother. General admission is $15, veterans and students 16 years of age or younger $10. SCCC students with current ID get one free ticket. To order, call 631-451-4163
‘Night of the Living Dead’
Smithtown Performing Arts Center 2 East Main St., Smithtown presents Night of the Living Dead from Oct. 5 to 27. Fall out from a satellite probe shot to Venus returns to Earth carrying a mysterious radiation that transforms the unburied dead into flesh-eating zombies. Seven people trapped in an isolated farmhouse, held hostage by the ravenous ghouls, begin to turn on each other as the dead encroach. A gripping terror-filled monochromatic play that brings all the fright of the cult classic to life. *This production is recommended for audiences high school age and up. Tickets are $35 adults, $32 seniors and $25 students. To order, visit smithtownpac.org.
‘She Kills Monsters’
Minstrel Players presents Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters at Houghton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St., Northport on Oct. 19 and 26 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 20 and 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and students. To order, call 516-361-7232
‘Mostly True Things’
(mostly) TRUE THINGS, a game wrapped in a storytelling show that features true stories and a game celebrates 10 years of performances at The Performing Arts Studio, 224 E. Main St., Port Jefferson on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. with stories on the themes Anniversary or 10! Featured performers include Jessica Piscatelli Robinson, Adam Grundfest, Sean Brown, Rita Rigano and Jude Treder-Wolff. Tickets are $20 online, $25 at the door (cash only).
Film
‘Tower to the People’
Presented with the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, the Cinema Arts Centre, 412 Park Ave., Huntington presents a special screening of Tower to the People, the tragic, yet ultimately inspirational story about Nikola Tesla’ most ambitious experiment for humanity, on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. With post-film Q&A with filmmaker Joe Sikorski in conversation with Jane Alcorn, Board Member at the Tesla Science Center. $25, $20 members. www.cinemaartscentre.org.
‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’
Rescheduled from July. As part of its Political Film Festival, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington will screen Frank Capra’s iconic film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. With post-film discussion with former congressmen Steve Israel and Peter King.$16 per person, $10 members. www.cinemaartscentre.org.
‘Invisible Nation’
The Port Jefferson Documentary Series continues its Fall 2024 season with a screening of Invisible Nation at the First United Methodist Church, 603 Main St., Port Jefferson on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. With unprecedented access to Taiwan’s sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. Thorough, incisive and bristling with tension, Invisible Nation is a living account of Tsai’s tightrope walk as she balances the hopes and dreams of her nation between the colossal geopolitical forces of the U.S. and China. Followed by a Q&A. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 students. www.portjeffdocumentaryseries.com.
Class Reunions
— Port Jefferson High School Class of 1964 will hold its 60th reunion at the Meadow Club, 1147 Route 112, Port Jefferson Station on Oct. 17. Members of the Class of 1963 are invited to join them. For more information, email Mike Whelen at [email protected].
— Ward Melville High School Class of 2014 will hold its 10 year reunion at The Waterview, 44 Fairway Drive, Port Jefferson on Nov. 30 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are $100 — plus ones allowed. Includes open bar, passed appetizers, and dinner. Please email [email protected] for the link to purchase tickets.
