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Sunday, January 3
New Year’s Concert
Ridotto Concerts “with a Touch of Theatre,” presents a New Year’s Concert with the Vinca Quartet. This brilliant young ensemble has risen to the top of American chamber music with their youthful flamboyance and innovative programming. The festive and ever popular New Year’s Concert includes quartets by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Haydn and waltzes by Johann Strauss. The performance is at 4 p.m. in Old First Church, Route 25A, Huntington. Tickets are $20; $18 seniors; $15 members; $10 students. Group price (minimum 10) is $12. Call 631-385 0373 or visit www.Ridotto.org.
American Rhodendron Society
New York Chapter meeting at 2 p.m. in the Main Greenhouse conference room at Planting Fields Arboretum. Call Jim Fry 631-754-2412 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For Planting Fields call 922-9200. Jan. 3: Jessica Arcate Schuler, NY Botanical Gardens, will present a program on “The Heart of the Garden…” transforming slopes and rock outcrops of the old NYBG woodland azalea garden for an opening date in May 2011.
Thursday, January 7
Blood Drive
Bayville Fire Department, in conjunction with Long Island Blood Services is sponsoring a community blood drive from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Bayville Fire Department, 258 Bayville Ave., Bayville. Blood donors must be at least age 16 to 76 (16 with written parental permission; 76+ with a physician’s note), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in general good health. All donors receive free mini-medical exams on site and information about their temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure and hemoglobin level. For more information call 1-800-933-2566 or visit www.nybloodcenter.org.
Friday, January 8
Owl Prowl
Winter is here and has brought crisp cool air, short days and owls. It is time again for the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center to offer the ever popular Owl Prowl programs. As a new twist this year the January Owl Prowls will take place at Planting Fields Arboretum in the Greenhouse Classroom, Oyster Bay. Featuring a live owl presentation, allowing participants to learn about and get an up-close look at these otherwise secretive hunters of the night. Learn about the Eastern Screech and Great Horned Owls. After the presentation, venture outside to listen for the calls of owls and attempt to attract these wild creatures closer. 7 to 9 p.m. Members $7; nonmembers $10.Registration required. Call 922-3200. Also on Jan. 22.
Sunday, January 10
Special Places at Muttontown Hike
The hike will cover several areas of the Muttontown Preserve including the “Succession Field Trail,” onetime farmland that has been reclaimed over the years by woods; the “Tall Conifers,” comprising white pine, spruce and larch planted in 1909; “Hidden Pond,” a kettle pond tucked away in the preserve where participants can engage in bird-watching; and “Glacial Kame,” a type of hilly deposit formed during the ice age. The walk will cover three miles over somewhat rough terrain. 10 a.m. to noon. Enrollment for the hike ($5) is limited and preregistration is required by calling 571-8500 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The hike will begin at the Bill Paterson Nature Center on the preserve, Muttontown Ln., south of 25A, East Norwich.
New Years Walk
Explore the ponds and woods of Bailey Arboretum in Lattingtown with Dan Kriesberg, inspiring naturalist and science teacher. Fun for the whole family. Start off your new year with a renewed appreciation for the natural world. 2 to 3 p.m. No charge. Donations appreciated. The Children’s Habitat is open every day, year-round. Go to www.baileyarboretum.org or call 571-8020.
