Art Exhibits


Laurie Simmons:
The Music Of Regret & Other Works
Nassau County Museum Of Art Contemporary Gallery, Roslyn Harbor
Through August 12; (516) 484-9337; nassaumuseum.com
The works of this Long Island-born artist, a pioneer of elaborately staged narrative photographs.

Docent Tours
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton
Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2 pm; (631) 283-2118; parrishart.org
Docent-led tours are offered for every exhibition and are free with Museum admission.

Sixth Annual Art Show
Fire Island Lighthouse, Captree Island
Through July 22; (631) 661-4876; fireislandlighthouse.com
Local artists display their artwork in the Keepers Quarters in the Lighthouse. All artwork is for sale; free admission.
Children's Events

Cinderella Goes Disco
Arena Players Children's Theater, Vanderbilt Planetarium Theater, Centerport
Through August 26; (516) 293-0674; arenaplayers.org
A modern update of the beloved children's tale. Three classic stories are combined in this "participation play."

Kidsummer Art Camp
The Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton
Through August 10; (631) 283-2118; parrishart.org
Five one-week sessions for children ages 6 to 11. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Visit the website for complete details.

Concerts


Big Band: Something Special
Freeport Memorial Library
July 20 at 7 pm; (516) 379-3274
Seventeen-piece Count Basie-style band will perform, conducted by Dr. Phil Costa.

Film


Bride Of Summer Camp Cinema
Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington
Saturdays throughout summer; (631) 423-7611; cinemaartscentre.org
More awesome Saturday bills, 80s kitsch with Xanadu and Flash Gordon (July 21), and The Curse Of Frankenstein doubled up with The Revenge Of Frankenstein (July 28).
Free Films At Freeport Memorial Library
Freeport Memorial Library
Fridays in July at 3 and 7 pm; (516) 379-3274
Coming up: The Good Shepherd (July 27).

Lectures


Dreams & Despair:
Artists' Letters
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton
July 21 at 6 pm; (631) 283-2118; parrishart.org
Authors Barbara Goldsmith and Frederic Tuten read artists' letters from the collection of the New York Public Library.

News, Notables, & The Nation
Freeport Memorial Library
August 9 at 7:30 pm; (516) 379-3274
Howard J. Shurdut continues his look at the world today.

Opera Video & Discussion
Freeport Memorial Library
July 19 at 1 pm; (516) 379-3274
Discussion with Williams Coble continues with "Billy Budd" by Benjamin Britten.

The Actors Colony
In Freeport
Freeport Memorial Library
Fridays in July 24, 31 and August 7; (516) 379-3274
This four-part presentation will include The Lights Club and its members, actors who lived in Freeport, and celebrity visitors to the town. In the 1910s and 1920s, Freeport was known as the "entertainment capital of Long Island." The Right Track Inn was around that long?

Taxpayer Forum
Freeport Memorial Library
July 25 at 1 pm; (516) 379-3274
Receiver of Taxes Donald X. Clavin Jr. will address issues such as tax discounts, property tax exemptions, how to challenge your assessment, and more.

Video Courses


Freeport Memorial Library
July 17, 24, and 31; (516) 379-3274
July 17: Elements Of Jazz: From Cakewalks To Fusion conducted by William Coble. July 24 and 31: Russian Art And Culture.

Nature


Day On The Bay
The Long Island Maritime Museum & The Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island
July 17, 10 am to 3:30 pm; (631) 661-5876; fireislandlighthouse.com
A tour that starts with a guided museum walking tour of the museum, then board Sayville's Ferry, and a return to the museum. Rain date is July 18.

Photography


Freeport Memories
Freeport Memorial Library
Through July 31; (516) 379-3274
Photographs of houses, events, and people from historic Freeport, researched by Regina Feeney and Cynthia Krieg of the library staff.

Theater



American Dating Catastrophes Volume V
Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
July 26-28, (631) 656-2148
A world premiere of a compendium of shorts plays about the rigors of dating, written by Long Island playwrights.

Beehive
Airport Playhouse, Bohemia
Through July 29; (631) 589-7588; airportplayhouse.com
A musical revue about 1960s-style girl groups. The hits keep on coming: "One Fine Day," "My Boyfriend's Back," "Proud Mary," and more.

Footloose
BayWay Arts Center, East Islip
Through July 29; (631) 581-2700; broadhollow.org
BroadHollow Theatre Company presents a musical that defined the 1980s.

God's Favorite
Houghton Hall Theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church, Northport
August 4 through August 12; (631) 732-2926; minstrelplayers.org
The Minstrel Players present one of the Neil Simon's top modern comedies, directed by Tom Williams.

High School Musical
BroadHollow Theatre, Elmont
Through July 22; (631) 581-2700; broadhollow.org
The youth-oriented smash hit musical returns to the area for another run.

See How They Run
Studio Theatre, Lindenhurst
Through July 22; (631) 581-2800; broadhollow.org
BroadHollow Theatre Company presents a fast-paced comedy.

The Killing Of Sister George
Arena Players Main Stage Theatre, East Farmingdale
Through August 5; (516) 293-0674; arenaplayers.org
Comedy based on a character from in BBC soap opera, a nurse who cycles about singing hymns, doing good works – until the network decides to kill her off.

The Tale Of The Allergist's Wife
Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, East Farmingdale
July 20 through August 26; (516) 293-0674; arenaplayers.org
The hit comedy comes to Long Island in a new production from this popular repertory group.

Twelfth Night
Arena Players Repertory Company, The Carriage House of the Vanderbilt Mansion, Suffolk Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport
Through August 26; (516) 293-0674; arenaplayers.org
Shakespeare's comedy of mistaken identities, misplaced love, and madcap action.